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51.6

What meant

by

theirs

is

the

k;1.:s

dor,sesf,icaven.

and

the fpirits of

men

that

bare

rule are ordinarily

againft

them

;

Well,-

faith

Chrill to

his

Difciples, be nor troubled,

though here

in

the kingdomes

of

the world

you

fuffer wrong,

.

and are

condemn'd

as

evill

doers,

you

are followed

as

if

you

were the dillurbers

of the places where

you

live,

be

not trou-

bled,

yours

is

the

kingdome

of

h;

aven. As

I remember

Lra-.

:her laid

in

another

cafe, when

heard of the_Determinati-

ons againff him

at

N

renberse;

It's

otherwife concluded

in

heaven, then

in Norenberge

;

So

may fuch

as

are

perfecuted'

Comfort

themfelves

in

this

,

Though the kingdomes

of

the

world fet the,nfelves

againíf us, yet ours

is the kingdome

of>

heaven

;

there's

another Court where

all things

f}iall

be.

exa-

mined over

again,

and

there

the enemy fhali be'caft.

And then

secondly

;

Theirs

is

the kingdome of

heaven,

that is,whereas

by

perfecution here

you

fuffer

the

Joffe

of

your

names,

the

Tolle

of

your

liberties,

the

Tolle

of

your effares,

the

'Pile it

May

be

of

youp'lives

;

be

not difcoura

ed,

for theirs

is

the,kingdome of.heaven;

It

is

the

way

to

that

kingdome

which

will

requite

all ; you

shall have

as

much

Glory

as

ever

you

did

endure affliaion in

fuffering

There

Ihall.be

a

proportion

of

Glory to

your fuffering. As

I

remember

it's

faid

of

Caligula

the

Emperour, Agrippa

having fufl'ered

before he

was

Empem.

rour

in

fpeakimg

for him in his

Caufe,

fo

as

he

was

raft

into

prifon,

and had

an

Iron chaine

laid

upon him

;

As

fbone as

e--

ver

he came

to the

Empire,

one

of

the

full

things

was

to

re

-.

leafe Agrippa,

and he

gave him prefently

a

chime

of

Gold.

that

did

weigh

as.

much

as

the

èhame

of Iron

did

weigh when

he

was

in

prifon

:

So

faith

Chriff,

Tours is

the

k

ngdome

of

hen-

-

ven

;

look ac.colding

ro what you fuffer

here

in

this world,

fo

you (hall

have

your

Reward

in

the

kingdome

of

heaven. And

thus

you

have

the

meaning

of

this bleifedneife opened

to

you.

Now

then there

are

thefe

three

points that are the

princi-

pall

points

in his

verle.

Firff

, That

all

the Difciples

of

Chriff, live they never

fo

inoffenfively

in

die world,

yet

they mull expect to

fuffer

per-.

fecution,

and

that

for

Righteouinefle.

Secondly,.