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I)ifciples

ofChrifh

muff_

expel

perfecution.

-8ecóndly

That

though

theybe

brought to

fuffer

perfecu-

tion,' yet they

are,

and

Chan

be blefíed

in

this

their

flittering

;

They

i'hould

not

at

all

be difcouraged

and

troubled

at

their

fufferings

;

For

in

the mid'fi of them

all, they are blei

ed,

and

fhall

be

fo.

Thirdly

,

That

this

is

the

great

bleffednefie

of

the

Saints,

and

in

a

more fpeciall manner

the bleíledneife

of

filch

as

flif

fer

perfecution,

that theirs

is

the

kingdome

of

heaven

;

The

fliall

have

the kingdome

of heaven

for

their

reward,

I

had

thought

to

have

fpoken

of the

firfi

point,

but I fee

I

cannot

goe

on

in

it

;

I

will onely

open

chat

text

in

7=:naothy

All

that

will

live

Godly

inChrifl7efus

irzufl'

Puffer

perfecution.

Mark

here

it

is

all that

will live

Godly.

Why

they

may

be

Godly,

you

will

fay, and

yet

they are

ve-

ry

indifcreet

in

their

way,

and have not wifdom

to

carry

them

-

felves,and

fo

they

may

bring

fufferings upon

themfelves

;1k'o,

esll

that

will

live

Godly.

And then,

All

that

Will

live

Godly, that

is, if the heart of

a

man or

womanbe

fet

upon

the

wayes

of

Godlineffe,

that

he

is

refolved upon

it

that he

will live

Godly

whatfoever comes

of

it he

muff

make account

to

hitter

Indeed there's

many

a

one in

a

Family begins

to

think, my

wayes are

not good, and

there wayes in

the Family,are

not good,and

I

would

I

did

bet-

ter

;

Obut then

my

Mafler

or

Mffris

will hate me,my

friends

will

hate me

;

Therefore

let

me take heed

what

I

doe.

And

fo

the wife perhaps

is

afraid of the hard

ufage

of her

huf-

band,

though

fhe

hath force conviction

of

Confcience, I

brit

all

that

will

live

Godly,

though

I

delire I might have the love

of

Maher and Miltris

and

Friends, but

what

ever

I

fuffer,

this

I

fee

to be the

way

of God,

and

I

am

refolv'd

upon

ir,

I will

fet upon

this Cou -fe.

And

then, All that

will

live

Godly

:

The

English word

that

we

have for

Godlineffe,

is as figniGcanr

as

any

to

fet

out

the

na

use and

work

of

Grace

in

the heart

;

For

it

is

ro

live

from

a

principle

of

God

unto

the Glory of .3od;tha

's

ro

live

God-

ly

:

when

men

are refolved

that the

7rinci de

that

(hall

guide

them

in

their lives,

fhall

not be

any'carnall principle

,

princi-

ples.

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