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fudgeraent

of

the

Wcr1d

about

who

are

Wed.

fend

their

right,

No,

Bleffed

are the

peace

-

makers

that

will

ra-

ther parrwith

that

which

is

their right

then that

there fhould

:not

be peace..

But

above

all,

the

world

would

n

ever have thought

ghat

thole were

Blejf

cd

that

are

perfeçuted

:

Nò,

faith

Chrrft,

.now

.I

appeale

to

your

.Con ciences whether ever

you

would

have

thought that

bletfednefi

had confifled in

thefe things,had

-not

we had

it

from

Chrifl

:

Thus

have we feene

that

there

is

a

,great

dealt

of

difference between the

judgement. of

Chriftz

and the judgement of

the

World

about

true

happinefle.

It's

-of

great

concernement

for the

Minifters, and the

young

Difciples ofChrift to

have

their

hearts taken off from

all

earth-

ly

bleifedneffe,

and

to

confider wherein

true

heavenly

blefled-

neffe

doth

confifl

:

for this

is

-the

Sermon (as

.I

told

you).

that

Chrif}

Preaches to

Minifters

when he-fends

them to Preach to

others,

and likewife

to

other

Difciples

that

were

newly

con-

verted:

for

Chrift

had

been in his

publick Minif

}ry

for

2

years

before

this Sermon,

and many

were turned

to

the Profe

lion

of

Chrift

;

But nówthough they were

-

turned to

be

theDifciples

of

Chrifl yet

nothing but troubles

and aífliedons

did

befall them

in

this,

world,

upon

that, Chrift flw that it

was

like

they-might be offended through

their

weakneffe,therefore

Chrift

takes

care,

fully

to

informe and

inf

Crud

them,

that

though

-they

did

continue

in

a.poor,

acid

me

m

,

and

loX

Bond

-

tion

for

the world,

and

perfecuted

and

reviled;

yet

therm

was

a

blefledn

.flc

that

was

beyond

all

thefe;

yea in

the

fufferiiig

of

all

thefe,they night-be

moll

happy,ivhy this

is

that

that

Chrif

would have

Minifters

and young

Difciples to

know,

becaufe

that their

hearts

may

be taken off from'outward

things

They

are like

to

meet

With

afliiciion; and troubles,

and

there-

fore

Chrift

would have

them

to

be fpirituall;

and

if

theybe

not

fo,

they are not

like

to dó

much

-good

to

thofe

-they

Preach

to.

If

their

hearts-be intangled with

-the

world

and with

fenfuall

things

and

the

pleafitres

of the

flea,;

they

are

never

like

to

do

bood,

'bur

they that

fee

'a

happineffe

higher then thefe

things

they

-are

like

to

do the greateft good

-in.tlaefr

vay:p

---

.

tid

then

for

you.that are

young

ones,if

you

are not

fuliy°in

ed

it