369 / 1054
On the Excellency
of
the
Saul.
369
-and becaufe hee would
no: deny
the
Truth,
they (hike his
body
in
all
his
members
out
if
joynt, and when they had
done that,
they make wounds in all
parts
of
his
body,
then
thirdly,
they bring
Iron
combs
tharpened,
and
fo
rake
upon
his
body
thus
wounded,
and
when they
hzd done that
they
laidhim
upon
an,Irongrate,
and with in(iruments,
Iron
open thofe wounds,
and
after that
they
melt
hot
burn-
ing
falt,
and
arm
it
upon
thofe
wounds
being
opened, and
then they
come with
hot
Irons,
and
fear him with
thofe
hot
Irons,
and
after
that
dragg him
by the
heels into
a
dungeon,
where they had prepared,fharp
ihèlls,
and
therebee
lay and
pedaled;
here
is One
that went
to Heaven nn
'hard
terms,
you will
fay;but
God calls
not
you
to
do
fo, but to
deny
your
felves in
fome
bafe
lull,
in
fome
finful
and
ungodly
way
,
in
fomething
that
you may
fpare, that
you
may fpare
as
well
as
the
water
out
of
your
thooes,
as
wee
ufe
to
fay.
And
then of
a
woman,
that
was
of Noble birth, and yet
íheebeing
convenced for
Religion
, and anfwering
boldly
and refolutely,
and
would
not
yeeld, after many
tempta-
tions and fair fpeeches,
they
dragged her
by
the
hair
of
the
head
from the
feat of Judicature,
and having dragged her
they pull
off
one joynt from another, and having done
that,
get the teeth and
claws
of
wilde beafis, and rake
her fle(h
from the bones,
and
having
afterwards
done
that then
they
came with
hot Irons
-and
porches,
and
burning
flames,
one of
one fide,
and another
of another
fide, and
fcorch
and
burn
her
to
death
in
fuch
a
way
as
that
was,
.
and
yet
(hee
goes
on
confiantly;
fo
bee
it 'hee
might
fave her foul,
Thee
was
willing to indure all this mifery;
wee
do
not
know
what God
may
call
you
to
before
you
die;
many
of
our
Bre-
thren
have
fuffeted
very
`h
rd
'things;
arid
Göd-
may
call
you
to
hard things
,
Oh
that this Text might prepare
you
!
And now my
Brethren,
as
it
hath been
a
means
to
carry
o-
thers thorow
temptations
and many difficulties in this
world,
fo
if
you
would
lay
but thefe truths to
your
hearts
and
if
you
cannot
think
of every
particular
paffage ,
yet
do
but think
of
the Text,
and
take but this one
Note,
and that
Aaa
is,