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erf

word

of

v

fe

to thofe

that

are

reviled;

of

Grid;

And

if

they will

revile them

for

any

thing

elfe,

it

mutt

be.

either

by

hear

-fay from

ochers,or

from,

devices

of their

own ;

doe

not

fu(fer

Like

ffoles, O let

not Chrittians

fug

%r

as

evil.!

-doers ,

why

they

are.

like

to

fufrer for

Chrifs.

fake.

'Ihirdly,ivlu(}

the.

Saints

expect

revilings from wicked

men,;

O

then

lec

not

Saints

revile

Saints ;

It's

enough

that the

Saints:

are revil'd

by

the

ungodly,

let

not

chofe.that are.profelfors

of

Religion,add to

them

Do.not

you

bind

me,

as Sampfon

faid,

fo

let not

filch as

are

reputed

godly revile

me,

O let

not the

godly

make

the

lives

of other godly

men

to be

grievous

unto.,

them

any

way,

though

Chria

will

turne

it

to

a

bletling

very hard for

the

Saints

to indure

reviling

f

ecial

ye

l

from

thofe

that are

godly too

:

David

faith

in

s,

of

the

Pfalmt,,

Tbat

he

was

revil'd

by his

neighbours

;

It

was

he that

eat

bread

with me

at

my

Table,

it

was My

friend

and

intimate

ac-

quaintance:

and

in

that,

David

was

a;

type

of Chrid

that

was

betrayed

by

Judas,

that

was his

intimate friend

:.

You that

are,

tae

people

ofGod,

you

ihould

be very careful!

of

one

anthers'

names,

for

certainly

the

devill

laughs much

at

it,

there

is no

greater

matter

ofjoy

in-

hell,then

when one

godly

man reviles,

another,

O

you make

(port even

for

the

Devil's themfelves,

and certainly

there

was

never the

like

of

that,

as

within thefe.

few years, Thofe that are

the people

of

God

fhould not

revile,

the

vile wicked ones,

much

lefle

the

Saints.

I

remember I

have

read

Of

2arius

his

Generali,

one Memnon,

that

having

fouldi-

ers

in

his prefence

which

did

revile Alenand

again(t

whom,

he

fought, fmote

him

withahis

lance on

the

head

and

Paid,

Sir-

rah,

I

pay thee

thy

wages

to-

fight

againfi

Alexander,

and

not

revile

&

mifsall him.

O

where you fee

anywork

of

grace,take

heed of

reviling.

.

We

might

hying

now

that queftion

in

here,Why

may we

not

fpeak

evill

of

men

that

are evil!

?

It

will

either

b'eloa,

to

this

place,

or when

we

come in

way

of

Application

to

the

feconci,

That

thofe

are

bleffedthat

are reviled

:

Wherein

we ilaould

Phew

how

the

Saints

il ould behave

themîelves, that

though

bey

be

reviled fhould

nQt

revile

againe,

-

Thofe

that

fuffer

re-

vilinn