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516

Saints

muß

expel

to he

revild

in

Chrifls

camp.

is,

The petfecution

of

the

Tongue for

the

fake

of,jefus

aria;

BlefJed

Aire

you

when

usen

(hall

revile

you.

Revile yin :

The

word

it fignifes

to

reproach

with

detefla-

Lion.,

and

with chiding,

to

objea

evil

again(l men,

and

fo

to

'Chide.

and

fall out

with men,and give them evil language,that's

the propriety

of

the

word

The Englilh word

revile

you,

It comes from

the Latine that

fignifies

vileneffe,

to

uf,:

one

as

if

they

Were

bale and

contemptible, not

worthy to be

regarded, to

Beak

fo

of

any

a's

vild,

to

feek to

render

a

man

vild

and

contemptible

by

our wórds

; i Pet:

2.

23,

You

have

the

fame

word

in

your books

ofChritl,

That

When

he

Was

reviled

he

reviled

not

again, but

it's

not

the

fume

word

in

the

Greek,

but yet

to

the

fame

purpofe

,

now

there

are divers

points here, but

the

main

it

1s.

Obferve

,

That

the Saints mull

éxpett

this

ill

ufagefront

Wicked

men

while they

live here,

to be

revil'd

in

the caufe of Chrifl,

Secondly,

So

long

as

it'be

for

Chris,

and falfly

(lying)

fo

the

word

is,

here

it's

tranflated,

when

they (hall

fay

all

manner

of

evill

falfely;

when__they

fpeake

all

manner

of.

evil!

lying)

While

its

for

Chrifl,

and

falle, the

Saints

are

bier

-

fed

in

their

fufferings,

in

this reviling

that they

mull

expec`l;

Reviling

and fpeaking

all

manner

of

evil,

every evill thing,

fo

is

the word, they

muff

expect

what

ever

Hell

or

wicked men

can invent

againfl

them, that they mull

expel

to

be

cal+

upon

them

:

The time would

quickly be gone if we

íhould

looke

over Scriptures to

fee

how

the

Saints have

been

revil'd

üi.;alt

times

;

that

it's

no new thing,_but

that I

(hall

rather omit, till

I

come

to

the next thing,

where

it's

laid,

For

fo did

they

life

the

Prophets,

there

we (hall

fee

how the

Saints in all

times

have

been

reviled,

and

therefore

we (hall fpare

the

mentioning

of

Scriptures

in

this

place; referring

it

to that

they

muff expe&,

reviling fromwicked men,

becaufe wicked

mein

hate

them,and

mall

;ce

is

very inventive

to

find

out

falle accufations, where,

there

is

hatred, if

they

cannot reach

them

with

the hand, they

will reach ithem

by

the

tongue, thole

that

can

they

will

reach