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5,1

q

wh t

perfecution is.

text there,

sd

ùyx,ne Po'vrs

it

perfecure that

which is

gooci.

And

in

the

1-2

IN:

14.

Follow Peace;

there's

the

fame

word

;.

1

Cor:

14.

1.

Follow

after

charity

;

there's the

.fame

word

there

too

;

It

figniies therefore

fo

to

follow

a

thing,

as

not to

leave

it

till

we have .gotten

t}'1

at

we would have

:

SO

the Apo

-

ftle:

ufes

it

in

the

3

Ph

:I:

14.

I

prep

towards

the

marl¿;

I

pore

fecute

the mark,

as

it were, that

is,

look

With

what eagernelfe

I did

ever

follow

the

Saints in

the perfecution

of

them,

-I

doe.

now

with the

fame

eág_rnef

e

prelle.

towards

the mark.A

mail

that

hash an

ewer

fpirir dada

prelle

towards

a

thing

;

Now

as

it

is

applyed

in an

ill fence

:

Taking the meaning

of

ir,

To

follow the thing throughly.

Now

if

you

would know what

perfecution

is,

it

is

nothing but this

:-

A

pertinacious following

of

one

to

doe him

hurt,tending to

his

del

}ruolion

:

when

men

doe,follow eagerly a

bulinetfe

that

is

evil!,

and

follow

a

man or'woman in

a

thing

to

doe hurt

to

them,

and follow

them

eagerly,

and

refolve never

to

leave

till

-they have

got their

wills of

them

they

may be

aid

to

perfecute

thefe

men

;

For perfecution

is

not meerely to doe

a

man

hurt

;

There's a

difference between wronging

a

man, and

perfecu-

ting

a

man

;

they

may

doe them

wrong in fome one

a,

they

may

doe them

wrong accidentally

;'

But

now

perfecution

when intending-

to

follow

a

man or

woman in

`a

confiant way,

and refolve never

to

leave

them

until! they have had

their

wills

of

them

:

O bleifed

are

they that

are

perfecuted,

that'are fol-

.lowed

by

the world, thole that the perfecutors of the

world.

are fet upon, and

are

eager to doe

hurt

unto. This

is

for

Righ

teoufneífe

;

Ir

is

not the

punit}cnrent,butthe Caufe that

makes.

the

Martyr

;

Thofe

are

not

bleffed that are followed hard for

their

fin,

for their

wickednefle,

that

fuffer

for wickednetfe,,

that

fuffer for

evill;doers,for God would

not have

them fuffer

fo

;

Nó,

that's

a

part of

the Curfe

of God

Upon

them, that

as

they doe evil!,

fo

-they

Ìhould

infer

evils.

Now

the

`dines

that

are bleffed, they labour

to

be fo

farre from

fuffi

ring for

evilf

doing, that they

would

rather

fuffer

all

the

evil! in

,:he

world,

then doe the

lea

t:There,'sagreat

deale of difference

between

there.

two.

Bicf

ed