I 42. _ ·Grace A!Jott-Hding. · : not be dealt with thus wickedly ·by the world I fllould want one fign -of aSaint, and Child ofGod. Bleifed are you (faid the ·Lord Jefus)– ~hen men jhaO revileyou, andper[tcNte yo.u,~nd .. • fhaO [AY a/[ mAnNer of ev# of you Jt~./fcly fQr my_(~ke, rejoyce and be exceeding gla-d forgreAt isyour rewArd in He11vcn ;forjo perflcr4t-td they the Prophets which were before J'U~ Mttt. S· 1,. 3 t 1. 'Thefe things therefore upon mine own account trouble me not, no, tho11gh tbey were twenty -- times more then they are, I have a goodConfciepce, and whereas they · fpeak evil of me, as aB e\'il doer, they !hall be afha-· med that fal.fely accufe my goodConverfation in Chrift. ' · ' · _ 312. So then :what fhall I fay ·to thofe that have thus befpatt~red me,fhall I threaten thrm?' Shall I chide then1 ? !hall I flatter them? fhall ] entreat them to h~ld their tongues ?no not l, were it not for that thefe things n1ake them- ripe for damnation that are the Authars and Abettors, I would fay unto them ; Report , · it?Beczufe?twin increafe n1yGlory. , ·313· Therefo-re l bind thefe lies and flan- · ders to me as an ornan1ent, it belongs to my Chriftian Profe.ffion, · to be vilifycd, flande· red,reproached, and reviled;and fince a!l this is nothing elfe, as ~yGod and my ·Confctence– do bear m·ewitne11 :I rejoyce in reproa~h• fQr Chrifts fake. · 3 •4· l a.lfocallingall tbofe fools or knaves that have tbus made it aoy thiugot their bu– " ·fillefs .
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