142 The Evil of Evils, or the ffory, that theChriftians went up anddo the world inSheepSkins and Goats Shins, few. tedand alliefed,anddwelling in the Caves ofthe Earth; theyhat tryalsofcruelmoc ings, ándfcourgings, yea, moreover, of bards, andimprifonment : tbey were flo- ned, they werefawn afunder, were tempted, were flair with thefword; they wandered about in fheep .(kris andgoat skins, being deflitute, a idted, tormented. What canbe laidbemore of athiótion? if all i Fion can make a man inferable, furely thefe mull needs be miferable : They were mocked and flouted, and made the off fcouring of the World ;' driven from houle and home, and went in (beep fkins andgoat fkins : many think themfelvesmiferable ifthey cannot go fine and brave;, thefe went in fheep thins and goat fkins, and were fawen afunder, miferably tormented and afflicted : It may be fozne will fay, certainly thefe were in a molt miferable condition : now mark themext wordsofthe holyGhofi, ofwhom theworldwas not worthy : they were under fuck fore aliCtions,and yet they were fuchexcellent perlons as theworldwas not worthyofthem in their worfi condition, they were fo excellent that the worldwas not worthyof them : They were thought tobe fuch as were not worthy to live in the world, thus the evil world thought of them; but mark thedifference of the Judg- ment ofGod from the Judgment ofthe World the World thinksthey are fo vile that they are not worthy to live in the World ; and God thinks theyare fo excellent that theWorld is not worthythat they should live arnonglt than I re-
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