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Some
Heads
from
what
hath
deem
faid
world,
but comes out
of
the
mouth
of Chrift,
and
by
what
w
laid
the
lair,
day,
we
made
it
good
:
Then
by way
of
Ufe.
Hence
we fee
the excellency
of
a
Chritlians
mate,
look
up-
on him in
his wort}
condition he
is
bleffed,
yea and the
worfl?-
conditidn that he
can
be
put into
makes
him bleffed,.furely
his
efface
'is excellent,
he
gets
by
his fufferings
:Thé
Philofophers
Bone is
commended for
turning
all
thingsto Gold,
why
grace
in
a
Chriflian hath
the
venue
to turn
all
their
loffes,
all
theîr
full rhigs,
and
the durt
and
drof e that's
call
upon
them,
to
turn it into blet%dneffe, and;rherefore
excellent, furely then
Godly people
are not
fools
that are
willing
to
fuffer
fo
much
in
the
caufe
ofGod,
they
know what
they do, for they
know,
how
it
furthers their bletfednefs.
Secondly,
It's
a vaine
thing
for
the
men
of
the world to
think to
take
oft
the
Saints from
any way
ofChrift
by
perfecu-
ti'on
.
It
may
be
you
are ingaged
againft
fervants, friends;
kin
dred,
neighbours, wife, or
others,
and
you
think
with
your
felves
you
will make
them do
otherwife then
they
do:
--
--
Why
what will
you
doe
?
you will make
them
to
fuffer
Joffe
in
fuch and fuch
things
that they might
have,you
will
put them
.
to
hard ufage, and
you
think that
will
do
it,
there's
a
great
miftake
in
that,
perfecution
rather
railes
the
fpirits of
the
Saints
then
any
avay
takes
them off from
God, it
improves
their graces, it heightenstheir graces, they
are above
you
in
your perfecution
;
I
remember
one
told
e..Modeftzts
that
was
the
Emperors
Officer, when he had
to
deal
with
Bazil,
Let
him,
alone,
for Bazil
is above'you,
faid he
;
Thofe men that
are
car-
nal and
wicked,
they
think
with themfelves
it
would difcou-
rage
us
in any way
of Religion,
if
we should fuffer
by
it,
and
.
therefore
they
think
that they
can
difcourage others
by
ma-
king them
fuffer by
it
:
Ir
s
true,
If
others went
up-
on no
better
principles then thou doff,
they would be difcou-
raged
by
perfecution,
but becaufe thou
art
confcious
to
thy
felfe
of
the
bafe
principles
thou
goeft
upon, and
knowett
that