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594

Sememen

can

baneill

language

6rmt

not

perfecation.

Grand-

father loft his

life

in

your caufe,

would not

any

Haan

re-

ward this

child,

when he

knowes

this

was

the child of the fa-

ther,

or

the

grand

-

child of that Grand- father that

fufl'ered for

you,

it

may

be

you

fuller

perfecution

now,

and ye be

pronoun

cedblefied,

and ye find no

bleifedneffe comes, but

you have

a

double

Welling

yrovided

for

you

hereafter,

chofe

men that

now have

reviling fpirits,

ifGod

gives power

into their

hands

they will

have

perfecuting fpirits, Oh

let

us

pray

that

the

Lord

would keep them

thort,for

they would

be

in

danger

of

being

Perfecutors.

Secondly, And

further this

is

added perfecuted,

becaufe

there

are

Tome

that

can

bear

ill language

that

cannot bear

per

-

fecution,

fome

men

care

not

what they

fay

of them

in

words,

words

break no bones,

but

if

they

come

to

futfer the lode of

any

thing,

of

of

}ate,

imprifonment,

then

they are ready

ro

fly

off

;

be

not

only

willing

to

bear

evill words, but to

bear evill

anions,

then

when

they

fpeak all

manner

of

evill, they

fpeak

all

fpeaches,

all kind

of

evil',

it

is

a

ftrange thing that

this fhould

be

Paid

of

the Difciples,thofe that fhould be

fent

out,

that they

should

have all

manner

ofevil'

fpoken againft

them, that

they

thought they fhould

be

a

little

too

ftria

but

not

for all

man-

ner

of evill

CO

be fpoken

of them,

But

Saint

Pao/faith,

we

are

the

off-

Jèauring of

tkrworld,

t

Cor.

q..

13. The word

is

taken

,

f109,rione accordingto

Tome

Interpreters

from

the

Dung

carts,every

one

pegarrenrrrm

brings

his

dirt

and calls

into their

carts,

fo

faith

Paul,

We

are

The

word

fig-

the

off-

fcouring

of

the world, and

we

are

the

dung

Carts,

and

nifies

proper-

there

is no

man

but

hash

force

dirt

or

other to

call

upon us.

I

filth(

,d

i

t

The

Apofiae

alludes

to

the

expiation

in ufe among

the

heathens

Cart that

goes

(SAid

Bssdæa2s)

When

certaine condemned

perfons were

through the

brought forth, with garlands

on

their

heads

to

be

put

to

death,

City wherein

as an

offering

to

Neptune,

they

ufed

to

fay,

Sir

pro

robin peripfe-

all filth

is

can,

ma be thou

a

propitiation

for

us, fo

as

if

the

A

oftle had

faid,

And

fomtpt

i-

)

p 'P

r

p

tordes,

we

are

as

hatefull in the fight

of

the people,

as

thole condem-

11th. Both

ned

perfons,

that

was

offered

up by

woy

of

expiation

:

--.

words

lgnife

And

nowwe

are

loaded

with curlings

and

revilings

as

chore

the farne

perfons

were.

Bleed

are

ye

when

they fpeake

all

manner

of

evil;

There

are

fonde

that

can

bare

foia

e reproaches,'

but not

all

re-

proaches,,