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who
6leffednle
there
is
infuffering
for
righteoufneffe,
deed in the
kingdome
of
the
.world,
I
but
there
is
-another
kingdome in
which
you hhall
be honoured.
In
the 7
Revel.
14.
And
IPaid
unto
him
,
Sir
thou
newer
,
And
he
fill
unto
me,
T
hefe
are they
which
came out
of
great tribulation,
and have
wafhed
their
robes,and made
them white
in
the
blood
of
the
Lamb.
Thefe
are
they,there fhall be
a
Glorying
in
them. As
I
remem-
ber I
have
read
of
Carta
the Emperour,
that hearing
Agrippa
fuffered
in
his Caufe
before he came
to
be
Emperour,
the
firft
thing
that he did
it
was
this,
he :call'd for.
the
chain
that
4-
grippa
was
chain'd withall for
fpeaking
in
his
behalfe,
and.gave
him
a
chaise of
Gold that
weighed jufl
as
much
as
that
thaine
did
;
and
fo
certainly, the
firfl wprk
that
Chrifl
will
doe
when
he
comes
to
take his kingdome,
than
be to
call for
all
that
hath fuffered for
his fake,
and
to
proportion out
a
proportio-
nable
meafure
of Glory
:
Saith
Turtullian,
The
greatefl
re-
ward follower
thegreatefl
contefl,
firife,
and futlering for
Je-
fus
Chrifl, Therefore
I
remember I have read of
Gordius
a
Martyr, that
when
he
was
to fuifer,
he
told
his
perfecutors
that
if
they
did
but
abate
any
füffering
that
they intended
to-
wards him, he fhould:be
a
loofer
;
when
therefore the gene-
rail Judgement
(hail
be,
O the Imbracements then
of
Jefias
Chrifl,
Imbraceing thofe
that
have
fuffered
for him,
and
then
he
(hall fet them with
-whine
Robes
upon his
Throne,
and
they
(hall
be Judges
of
their
Judges
;
They
(hall
Judge
the twelve
Tribes of
Ifrael
;
not
onely
the
Apofiles, but
all
the
Saints
;
they
now
Eland
before the wicked,
and are
Júdged
by
them
;
they
(hall
fit
with
Guilt
and
judge
the wicked
and ungodly
at
that day,
and
fo
afcend with
Chrifl in Glory, and there
In-
joy
the fruit
of their
futferings.
Bleffed are thofe
that
die
in
the
Lord.
It
may
be
as
well
read,
Bleffed are
thole
that
die
for
the
Lord,
for
they
refs
from
their
labours, and
their
wort¿!
follow
them.
Now
this the Apoflles
and
others,
they
fayv
cleerely
;
s
Cor:
4.
latter
end,
For
our
light
of
liaion,
which
is but
for
a
moment,w
rlteth
for
us
afar
more exceeding
and eternall
weight
of
Glory.
It's
one
of
the moll elegant
expreifions,that ever
was
in
any
Author in
the
world.
The
exceeding,
excetfive,
eter-
nail
weight
of Glory,
And but
our
light
affidlions
that arebut
fora
moment.
Bur