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abota
t
the
blefJekrefs of
jerfectttion.
that
thou
wouldeft be difcouraged, thou thinkeft
that
others
go
upon the fame principles
;
Thou
art miftaken, their prin-
ciples are high
-r
and more noble, and
therefore
though
perfe-
cuttons
would difcourage
thee,
it
will
not
difcourage
them,
in
the
x
3."
of
fer_
27.
(faith the
Prophet
there)
which
think
to
caufe
my
people to
forget
my name,by
their
dreams which
they
tell
every
man
to hi§
neighbour
:
He
fpeaks
here of
the
faalfe
Prophets,
and
that that
s
faid of
them,
may
well
be
applyed
to
this cafe,
to
perfecution; they think
to
caufe my
people
tic&
forget my name
;
O
no,
they
are miftaken, for
their
dreams
could
not
make
thofe that were
true
Saints
to forget
Gods
.
name,
fo no fufferings of
perfecution
can
make
the
faithful[
to
decline
from
the
wayes
of
God,
no, they
fee
a
bleifednefs
in
them,
can you
delude them
from
any
way
by making
them
bleffed,
why
the
more
you
rage againti
them the
more bleffed
they are.
Thirdly,
If
it
be
fuçh
a
bleffed thing
to
fuller
perfecution,
O
how
bate
and
vild are thofe Hypocrites
and
tpoftates
that
do
decline
from
God
for
fare
of
perfecution,
how
beneath
are they thofe that
are
true
Chriftians
?
One
rejoyces
at
it,
ble{Tes
God
for
it,
accounts
it
an
addition
to
his glory, he is
flrengthned,
incouraged
in
the
wayes
of
God,and
on
the other
fide thou lookeft upon
it
as
fo
great
an
evil,
as
thou
wilt
leave
God,
Chrift,
thy Confcience,
the
Trbzth,
thy
Profeffion,'rSaints
and
all,
rather
tofuffer
in thy efface,
in
thy
liberty,
in
thy
name, but
efpecially
if
the danger
be greater
;
O
thou
haft
a
dro'lie
and
vild fpirit,thou knoweft not the things of
God that
art
to
fhy of
perfecution,
as
rather will
bofe
the greateft
rich-
es, then
to be
willing
to venter
upon
God
in
that
that God
himfelf faith
to be riches,
thou mighteR
be
bleffed,
by
'it,
and
thou wilt rather
venter
the loge of
thy
portion in
God,
and
thine inheritance in
the
Állmighty, thou
wilt`'
rather
venter
thine
own
Confcience,
and,
putting
thy
felt
under the wrath
of
the eternal
God,
then
shot
wilt
venter
upon
the
wrath
of
man;
fuch
a
one
is
inraged as
mft
thee,
why to
avoid
his
pro-
vocation, and his raging, thou
wilt
hazard
thy foul and
body
CO
be under the wrath
of
the
eteern
111
God
fo
:.ever.
O
thou
farted