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5

t

S

'i

fsipler

ofChr

flt snrtfl.

expel'

perfecutron,

pies of flefhly

wifdome,

but

they

0-4a11

he

:tie

principles

o'

od1inefle,

which

they fhall receive frchi

God,

and

that

that

1

fhall

aìme'at it

i1

gall

be that

1

may

live to

the

praife

and ho

nour of

God

,

I

am

refolved that though

I

have liv'd hereto

-

fore

to

my felfe,

to

provide for mine

ovine

eafe

,

and

all

that

time

I

liv'd quietly

;

but

now

I am refoly'd not

to

live

any

fur-

ther to

my felfe

but

to God

;

All that

will

live

Godly.

Asa

allthat

live

Godly,

if

men or

women

content

them-

(elves in bare

whiles

;

Why

we may have

a

good

heart

to

God,

what

need

I

trouble

my

felfe,

and make

Such

(laws

in

the

world

fo

long

as

I

keep

a

good'heart

to God,

there

May

avoid

perfecution, but

if

they will

live

Godly,

that is, nianifefi

it

in

their

lives

and coiaverfaticns,

t

hey

muff

Surfer.

And

thenLaaflly,All

that

wil.live

Godly

inChr

fl

efus

:There

is

a

kind

of profe lion of Religion

that

men

may have

without

any

fuffering:thatis,for them to keep from

gross &

notorious

fins

in

the

world may,but

all

that

wil

live

Godly

in

Chr

fl

Iefiu,that

is,

all

that

wil live Godly

in

the

.power

of Chri(I Jefus,in

the

Spirit

of

Chrifl Jefus,

ál1

that

Iliall

minifefl

th,. power

and Spirit

ani

life

of

Jefus Chrifl in their carriages,all that

will live

Godly

in

Jefus Chrift:So

that it

feems

there

is

a

kind

of

Godlinefs

which

the

world takesfor Godiinef

e

that

is

not

in

Chrift

Jefus,there

is no

manifeflarion of the power

and life and

efficacy

ofthe

Spi-

rit?

ofChrifl Jefus

in

it:But

now thofe

that

wil

live

fo

(odly,

they

muff make account

to

fuffer

perfecution,&

the more emi-

nent

andforward

theyare,they

muff make

account

to

fuifer the

more:Men that

go

on in

a

fair

kind

of

way,as in

former times,

men

that

were

io

difcreete

in

their

way,

as

that they were

Shy

of

fuffering, and whatfoever came

of

it

they

would be fure to

take

heed of that

;

and

they did not

love

there

zealous

men,

and

fo

they avoyded perfecution

:

But

now had

their

hearts

been forward

in the

way

of Godlinefie,

and

their

hearts zea-

lous in

the

Spirit of

Chrifl, then

they could not

have avoyded

perfecution

:

Thofe

that

will

live Godly

in

Chrifl Jefus

null

fuller

perfecution,

All

of

them. This

lefíon

Tau/learned

even

from

Chrifl

hinffelfë,

though

he

liv'd

not

in

Chriils rime,

yet

it