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XXXII.

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Difi:iples

of

Chri

expeïd

perf

cutiova.

M

A T

H.

S

to.

Bleffed are they

which

are

perfecuted

for

Righteoufneffe

fake, for

theirs

is

the

king-

dome

of

heaven.

E

made

a

little

entrance into the

firft

point,

and

it

was

towards the clofe of the Exercife,fo that

we went

but

a

little

way.

That

all

the

Difciples

of

thrift

mud

expect

perfecution This

is

the

firft Lefton

that

Chria

teaches

any

that come

to him,

if

any

will be my

Difciple,

let

him

deny himfelfe,

and

take

up

his crofe

and

follow

me, and

in

the

9

A6%s

16.

As

foon

as

ever Saul

was

converted,

prefently

it

was

declared to

him,

what things

he

muff

futfer for Chrifts

fake, and in

the

2

Tim:

3.

12.

The

Apofile pronounces that

all

that

will

live

Godly

in

Chrift

Jefus

shall

fufi

r

perfecution.

We

fpent

a

little

time

in

the

opening

of

that Text,

fhewing

what

an

Emphafis

there

is

almod

in

every word

:

But

I

shall

proceed

for

the farther opening of the

point

by

Scripture, ex-

amples, and reafon, and

fo

apply ir.

We

read

in

the

book

of

jofhua of the

Gebufîtes, as foon as

ever they had

entered into

Covenant with jofhuah

and

the

people

of

God.

The

Kings

round

about

them

rofe

up

againll;

them

:

They were quiet

enough with

their

neighbours before,

but