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'
urcrd
of
rife
to profe,(Jòrs
of
Keligion.
Son,
to be conformable to
him
in
his
fuf
erings.
Fifthly
and
L.ri
ily,
he
Lord tu(fers
his
people to
be under
'perfrcutrcns
in
a
way
of righteous
judgment
again!}
the wicked
and ungodly
of
ibis
wo.ld,that
they Ihould be left
to.
their own
bate corruptions,
and
thimble
at this humbling
(tone7e
and
fo
to
perifh
for ever
:
I verily beleeve that
it
bath
been
an occafion.
of the eternal! de(truçtion
ofxhoufand thou
finds,
the
îu(ferings
of
godly
.peoi
le.
Many
other
holy
ends
we
might
'fpeak
of that
Cod
doth
aime
at
in
futfering
of the
Saints
to
be
under
perfecution,but
this
is
not thepoync
I
would inlarge my
felf
in.
Now
by way
of
Vie
briefly.
Let
none
that
begins
to
make
up
any
profeffion
of
Religion,
ever
make account
of
any
reft
in this
world,
never think of
ir,
thou
art inbnirely
miftaken
in
the
matter of the
profeifìon
of.
Chriflian religion,
in
the
a
of
.41:cah
it
is
faid,
Depart,
here
is
not
your
ref,
never bleue
your (elves in
the enjoyment of habi-
tations,
of
comings in,
of repute
and effeenae, of
liberty
in
the
world,
of
credit
and
honour,
depart, let
your
hearts be gone
from
thefe things,
for
certainly here
is
not
your
reft,
no,
you
are
apoynted
to perfecution,
as
Paul
Paid,
when they would
nor have
him
goe up
to
ferrifalem for
fear of fuffering,
faith
he,
I
know
not
what
I
Thail
meet
withal! at
jerufalem,
but
I
know
that
wherefoever
I
am,perfecution,and bonds,and
of
iaiens
do
at-
tend me,
I
have taken up this
for
a
granted
and fure
principle,
that
wherefoever I am,
bonds and
afflictions
do attend
me
And
therefore that's the
fpeciall
ufe that concernes
us
all, to
prepare
before hand,
and
to
lay
up
beforehand for
fuch
times,
let
us
never think,
why now we
hope we
íhall
he
dayes
of
peace
and
}rofpei
ity,
and
the
like.
I
but
is
this
apoynt
that doth concern
us
now
?
I
confeffe
I
would hardly
have chofen
buch
a
Text
as
this
un
purpofe, but
only
that
it
falls
in
my
way,
therefore
feeing that
providence
brings this
Text
to me,
let
me
fay
thus much,
that
;here
may be
much
evil! in mens
hearts that
they do not
know
of,