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Whether
ever
any
gedly
man
per
fecuited
anther.
545
very loving
fweet nature otherwife, yet
when he comes
to
op-
pofe
rightcoufnefle, he
may
be
very fierce
and furious
;
Detidt
gencrie
Its
Paid
of
finis
Y'efpatiau
that
he
was
the
very
delight of hu-
mane
kind, and
yet
a
very
great
enemy
co
the people of
God.
`I
but he
was
of
another Religion, though
he
were of
a
fweet
nature.
Fifthly, But further then,
A
man or woman may
be very
de-
vout
in
the
profellion
of Religion,
and
yet
a
.great
perfecutor
;
and
fomtimes
the
.greateP;
Thofe
that
are very devout
in
their
own
way,if
any
go another
way
that they do not apprehend,they
will
perfecute them molt, and
for
that
you
have
a
Text
in
the
a
3
of
eflîfs
so. Paul
he
preached,
and
was
much
oppofed,bùt
by
whom
?
How
did
the people come
to
oppofe
Paull
?
But
the.Jewes
faith
the text,
furred
up
devout
and
honourable women,
and
the
chief
men
of the City,
and
railed
perfecution
againft
Paul
and
Barnaba.
and
expelled them out of
their
Coatis.
I but
can you
tell
-us
any
one example,
that ever
any
god-
ly man
perfecuted another
?
Iconfeffe
if
you ask
me
the
queftion whether ever
you
find
any
godly
man,
that
had
true godlinefle,
to
perfecute others
that
were godly,you
put
me
to
a
great
Rand
I
had
need
fearch
from
Generation
to
the
Revelation
to
rind you
an
example
;
And
I
think.I
can
tell
you
of
one,
that
in one
pallionate acî
did
it,
and
that
was
king
Afa,
when
the Prophet
came
to
him
and
told him
the mind
ofGod,
his
heart
was
inraged
againft
him,
and
ftrucl¿ him,
and
put
him
into prifon
-:
I
confeile
I remember
not
any
other
example but him,
ez
the Scripture
fpeaks
of
him
to be a
godly
man
:
Therefore
this
is
more dangerous
for'th®fe
that
do
perfecute.
Secondly,
It's
more grievous to thofe
that
are
perfecuted
becaufe
their
perfecution
is
fuch
as
hath no former example
Indeed when
I
come
to
the next verfe,'
I
Ihall
Thew you
how
it
"kith been the condition
of
the
people of
God
to
be
perfecu-
ted
;But
I
cannot
thew
you
that it
ever
was
theit
lot
to
be
per-
fecuted
by
godly men
,_
Therefore
if
ever we
fall
into
an age
Wherein
godly men fufferby
godlymen,it
is a
time
unparalelsd,
A,
a
a
a
that
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il