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wherein:
they
are
bleffed
that
fuffer
reviling.
g$I
v;l "are
bleffed, they
are bleffed
many
wayes.
Not
to
name
the
many
Scriptures
which we
might
:
2
Cor.
12. I
o,
&
Heb.
II.
26. But to
enew Wherein
they
are
bleffed when they fuf-
ter
reviling.
Firlt,hereby they
fee
a
great
difference that
God
bath
made
between them
and
others,they
may
think thus with
themlelvs,
I
night
have
been
among
the number
of revilers,
but behold
I
am
revil d
for
Chriits fake.O
what
a
bleffed thing
is
that,
I
that have
as
wretched
a
heart
as
any,
I
that might
have
been
left to my felfe
to
have
been
among
the rout of revilers of the
Saints,
yet that I should rather be reviled, then be
among
the
revilers,
the
difference
is
great.
But fecondly,
Bleiled
are they
that
are
reviled,
for
by
this
means
they
come
to
increafe in
grace, rather then
any way
to
hindered
;
Its
Paid
Of
Luther that
he
was
fed with reproaches
that wicked men call
upon
him
;
And
indeed God doth
futfer
he revitings ofwicked men,
to
make
the
Saints
more fruitful,
as
the
calling of dung upon.the earth maketh
it
more fruitfull,
Bleffed are they
therefore,
they never
grow More
then
when
they are móft
reviled.
Thirdly, But then further,
Bleffed are they, for
all
the
re-
proaches
that
are
call
upon
them; Ch
ift
doth
own,
I
account
them
as
mine faith
Chrnî,and
Chrifl
takes care of
their
names,
and
Chrifl
will honour
them,
Chrift
will
reward them for
every reproach
;
for
every
nick name that
is
call
upon
then.
they (hall
have
a
great reward
in
Heaven
:
Therefore
they are
bleffed.
Now then
if
it
be
fo,T,hough
there
be
divers particulars
for
Application, yet this
is
the
maine
thing that
I
(hall
now
infra
tipon
;
That
if
it be
a
bleffed thing
to
be
reviled
for
Chrifl
Then
thofe
that
are
reviled fhould
not
feek
to
help themfelves
by
reviling
again,why
wilt thou
in
a
rage
revile
back
again?
--
Why
I
am reviled, who can
bare
it
?
--
Why
what
hurt
cant{
thou
get
by
it
?
thrift
faith thou
art
bleffed in
it;-therefore
thou mayeft
be
,the.
better
pa
ient
undèr
it
:
Yea
th
g
r
pa-.
tientthou
art
in
it,
the more
will
Chrift
own
thee,3
f
..
&
15. Davidhe.
had been
revil'd
and
reproacht,
7heyrfo
ho