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SERMON

XXXVII.

oR

Saints

fhould

take

had

they

f

itffer

not

for

evil,

truly.

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A T

H.

5.

12.

Rejoyce,

and

be

exceeding

glad,

for

great

your reward in heaven

;

for

fo

per

f

ecuted

they

the

Prophets which

were

before

you.

Ë

s

1

He

lafl of

thefe Rules of bleffedneile

,

it

is

the

fuffering

of perfecution,of

reviling

for

the

fake

of Chrtfl,

for bleffed are they

;

,.

We

have (poke

ofpertecution

in

general!,

and of reviling more particularly

;

and

the

bleflednef e

that there

is

in futfering

ei-

ther

perfecution

or

reviling,

when they

(ball fpeake

all

manner of evil!, evil!

that

is

moll

unlikely,

that

hath no kind of

thew

in

it,

yet they

ven:ure

to

fatten

all

manner

of

evil! on us,

but yet

falfely,

let

the

Saints take

heed

that there

be

no

evil!

fail

of

them

truly,

for

that

is

a

grievous

thing,

they are nor bleffed

in

that

,

but

when

it

is fpoken

of

them fatiely,

and for my

names fake,

not

for your owne wills

fake, for your

owne lulls

fake,

but

for

the Lords

fake, and

then

Chrifl

will owne you,

fo

certainly Chrifl

hatla

a

fpeciall regard

'to

thdfe who

fuller

any

thing

in his

caufe,

as

to

have

their

names

any

wayes

wounded,

why

he

will bind

up

this wound.

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