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r

e

they

are

awarmay

maV

others

jssjer

for

riglteonfiefs.

543

But

to

come

to ,that

which

is

the

maine.

Perfecuteci for righreoufnefie.

You will

fay,

how can

r

hat be,

is

there

any

that

will oppofe

men for

doing well

?

Surely

there's

fome4vhat'clf in

ir.

Swe-

tonics

reports

of

Tiber

u3,

that

having

a

mind

to

have

a

virgin

to

be

ílrangled,

fome come

to

him and

tell

a-im,

That

it

is

againfl

the

Law

of the

Romans

that

any

virgin

jlaould

be

fo

u-

fed

;

upon

that he

gave

order

to

have

the virgin Defloured,

.

and

then

he might be put to

death;

fo

sloe

the

mein

of

the

world

doe with

fuch

as

are righ eous; and

righteous

=cau

es ;

It's true,

they

havingfotnething

in

their Con.ci

noes

that

tells

them they muff

not

oppofe

that that

is

righteous,

'.herefo

e.

they

will

defloure

it,

and

labour to put

coifs

-apps henfions

up-

on

ir, that

then

they

may

oppofe

it

wuh

,the

fore,

f4r

eedome.

But certainly men

may

perfecute

B.ighteaufueffe

that

are

not

away

of

it

themfelves

:

Many

nn

that if they were

ce

tainly

and fully

Convinc't that

this

is

righteoufneffe,

and a

righteous

Caine,

they.Would

not

oppofe

it,

yet

they

may

op-

pofe

Righteoufnelle

:

There

may

be that colour

put

upon

things whereby they

may

think themfelves

free,

and

yet

Cod

fees

their

hearts

are againfl

righteoufnefle.

As

erfl,

Certainly

all

men

in

the

won

naturally have

their

hearts oppofite

to

Righteoufn

fle,there

ore where

there

is

not

a

new

nature

there

is an

oppofation

toRighreoufneife

:

Now

moll men

are

fill

naturalt, therefore they do

o

Tpofe.

righte-

oufneffe

If

ive

fhould

come

into the vileil

pla

that is, and

(peak

with every man, what

do

you

hate

righreou

male

?

why

they

would

defieyoud

believe there

is

not

one

hn.all

!his

City

from one

end

to

the other,

but

if

von

azke

then

the

CZ:

í1i

-

on

,

Do

you

hate Righteoúfneffe

?

they

would

abhor

you

;

yet this

is a

certaine

truth, that

all

men

n'turfally

are en mies

to

Righteoufnetîe

therefore

Cutely

there

are

fore

that

arr.

a

gainfl

righ:eoufnefle, that know

not

of

it rhmfelves.

Secondly

,

Men

of

great part

e

thaì

ai

e

he

to

imderff

and

things very

Farr,

et

they

may

be

o'pofers

orfkighreoufi

effe

:

Say

many

r

oore

eople,

what

?

cchollu

s,

L

earned

lMen

,

hey

know

whether

it

be

good or no, and if they knew

that

ogre