A Box of precious Ointment : Or, Mat.f.t o,t 7,12 Burn my ruin If", you will (aid that nobleMartp: S.Bafil) that it invyta,,ce iy,withthe Angels in heaven. Cot. 2.9. Aas 16.17. I than any their adverfaries were able to propofe to draw them of from Chrif},their profetTion or principles, &c. and by this means they didvery couragioally & honorably maintain their ground in the, face of all the gay and golden temptations that they met withal. Crudelita6 villra,gloria,nofira, Your cruelty is our glory, faid they in nrit4Ilian ; and the harder we are put to it, the greater mall be our reward in heaven. Batt will tell you, that the moa cruel MartyrdoM is but a crafty trick to efcape death, to pats from life to life, as he fpeaks It can be but a dayes journey between the Crofs and Para- dife. Though the Crofs be bitter, yet it is but Mort A lit- tle Dorm, as one faid of hilians perfecution; and an eternal calm follows. Adrianw feeing the Martyrs fulfer cheer- fully fuch grievous and dreadful things,. asked, Why they would endure fuch mifery, when they might (by retra&ing) free themfelves; ',upon which one of them alledged- that Text, Eye hath notfeen, nor eitr heard, neither have entred in, to the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. The naming of the Text , and feeing them fuller fuch hard things cheerfully, did (by a blelfing from on high) fo really and effeaually convert him, that afterwards he became a Martyr too. When we fee poor,weak, feeble Chriflians, defying their torments, Conquering in the midfl of fu.fferings, singing in prifon as PeciAll and Silas did, killing the Rake, as Henry Floes - did : clapping their -hands when they were half confirmed with fire, as I a?kes did ; bleffing God that ever they were born to fee that day ; as John-Noyes did; calling their execution day, their wedding day, as Bi- flaop Rikey did; we cannot but conclude,:that they had an eye to the recompen-ce-of reward, and-theyfaw filch great; and fweet, and glorious-things .in the promifes, that fo refreih, delight and ravish - their hearts, and tranfport their fouls, that all their, heavy afili#ions.feem'd light, and their long affliaions short, and .their-.moit hitter, OliOions tweet -ancleafie to them. But, The
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