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Principles
for
fuffering.
Surely
if
it
were Chrifts
end,
he
accounted
it
the 'end
for
-which
he
was
feat
-into
the world,
we have
cause
to
account
it
-ours
too
i
that Scripture
in
the
18
'John
37, plainly
chews
it
To
this
end
was
I
-born,
and
for
this
carafe
carne
I
into
the world,
that
I
fhould
hare
witneffe unto the
truth
:
It's
a
notable
Scrip-1
Lure,
and
certainly
all thofe that
profeïle them!elves to
be
the
Disciples
of
Chin+,
is
ould make much the
of
this
Scripture,
For
this end
crane
l
into
the world
that
I
(hoald
bare
witnefs
to
the
truth:
Bare
witne
s
any way,
Chrift did not
bear witnefs
in an
ad`Iive
way
only,but
in
a
pa:five
alto,
and
he
fpeaks
Of
this when
he was
called to tùfter before Pilate
:
O that
Chriflians
were
well
principled
in
this,
that every
one
that
profe{fes
hinifelf
a
Chriftian would
think thus
;
Wherefore
was
I
born,wherefore
came
I
into
the world,
furely
nor
that I
should ease and drink
and
live bravely
in she
world, that
was
not
the
end
for
which
I
was
born,
I
wa.s
born for
a
higher,
a
more noble
end, that
I
thould be
a
witnefs
of
1
od
to bare witneffe
to
his
truth,
and
if
this
were the end
for which
I
was
born,
then it's
fit
that
God
fhould
call
me
to
witneffe
any way
whatoever
by
doing
or
fuf-
fering, that I
should be willing
to
do
it,
for
I
attain
my
end
for which
I
was
born
in
ir,
and above all witnefs
for
the
truth,
the
witnelle
by way
of
iúffering
is
the moil
glorious
witneffe,
faith
(Irian
(concerning the Martyrs
that
were
perfecuted)
They
confeffed
with
a
glamors voice
;
When
men
confefs
the
truth
by
words,
from
the truth
in
their hearts,
God
accepts
it,
but when they
come to
witnefs
to the truth
by fufferings
this
is
a
glorious
profeffionof
the truth,
and
unto
ir,
and
herein dóth
a
Chriflian attain
the end
for which
he
was
born
:
That's the
firfi
flittering
principle.
The
fecond
fufering'principle
is
this:
It
is
better
to
loofe
for
God, then to
enjoy for
our
felves
:
Let-
Ch'riftians'
but
oughly
principle thernfelves
in
thefe
thingsand
you
will find
it
an
-eafie
matter to
fuffer
any
thing
for
Chrift:
It's better
for
a
man
that
bath
an
eflate,to
lode
it
for
God
then to
inloy
it for
himfelfe
;
Better toloofe
our
liberties
for
God
then
to
injoy
them
for
our
felvs,
better to
loofe our
credit,
our
honour, for
God then
to
enjoy them
for
or
.'"
1vea,
our
pleafures and
de
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