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about
the
b
/effednefs
of
perfecution.
575
there's another Scripture
that
faith,
when
Jefus
fpeaks
of him-
felfe,
he
faith fefus
of
Nazareth
:
Now
Nazareth
was
the
-place that he
was
fcorn'd in,
and
he
was
fcorn'd becaufe
he
came
out of
Nazareth,
and
yet Chrift
glories
in
that
Title,
Jefus
of
Nazareth.
.
Seaventhly, and
Laftly,
If
thole
be
bleffed
that
fuffer
per
-
fecution,
then
it
becomes
the
Saints
in
all
their
fufferings
r®
futferwith
Méeknefs
to
fuffer
with
gentlenefs, not to
manifeft
any
paflon in
their
fufferings,
why
?
becaufe
you
are
blared
in
fuffering.
Let
thofe have
their
hearts inraged
that
are
cures
fed
in
their
fufferings,
but
for thofe
that are
bleffed
in
their
fufferings,
let their
hearts
be quieted
and
fill,
and be
not
troubled
at
your fufferings
;
Carry
your
raves
fo
as
to
be more
quiet
then
your
perfecutors
:
I
.
Remember
I
have
read
of
So-
crates
fpeaking
to men
how
they fhould
carry
themfelves
meekly
toward thofe
that
they
fuffer
by;faith
he,l
f
you meet
one
in
the
Street
that bath a
body
more
di feafed
then yours,
will you
be
an
y
with them
becaufe
of their
bodges f
And
fo
if
you
meet
with
t
ofe
that
wrong you,
it
is
the
difeafe
of
their
fouls,
and
they
ore
let not
our fpirits rife
againft
them,
but
rather
pitty
them
:
And this
was
the
commendations
of
the
Martyrs
to
pitty
them,
and
to
pray for
them
as
Stephen
did,
and this
in-
deed
is
true
Chriffian like
:
--
But
I
am
not
willing
to
proceed
further in this point,
but
we (hall
go on
to the
next
verfe.
MATH:5.II.
Bleffed
are
ye
when men
fhall
revile
you
, and perfecute you,
and (hallfay
all
manner
of
evill
agail
fl
you
falfly
fer
my
fake,
Chrift
having fpoken
of perfecution in general, here
he
comes
to
inftance
in
a
particular nerfecution, and
that
is
the
perfecution of the
Tongue
;
Ble
f
ed
are
ne
(
faith he
)
when
men
fhall
revile
you, and
pe'rfeeate yoti,
that is, perfecute
you
in
reviling
you,
and
fhall
fay
all
man: er
of evil
wail
you
falfly for
my
fake
The
Argument that
Geis
verfe holds forth
unto
us
it'
is,