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Saints
fhould
rejoyce
in perfecution.
In the
t
5
Chap. of Jeremiah,
i
5
verle: O Lord,
thou
knowef,
remember
me,
and
vtf
t
me,
and
revenge
me
of
my per
fec.
<etors
;
take
me
not
away
n
thy
long fufferïng,
knew
that
for
thy
fake
have
fuf
Bred
rebuke.
When
you
fuller for
your lull
fake, for
your
one
pa:':
on,
you
iutfer thofe
things
for
your
ovine wick
ednefle
;
but
when
it'is
for the
Lords
fake
,
then
you
can
got
with
comfort ro prayer take
heed that
Chrilt
doe
not turret
for your
takes
in
i
hat
fence, namely,
for your
fin and
wicked.
nelle;
is
i,
not
enough
that
Chrilt
bath fuifered for
rur
fakes_
in
a
meritorious
way,
ruder for
Chi'iits fake,
but let not Chrilt
fuffer
for yours.
To proceed to
the
a 2
verfe.Re`oyce,
and
be
exzeeed:ngglad,
rejoyce
and
leape
and
skip
for ;by. In
the
6
Chapter of
L
>he,
and
the
2
3
verfe.
Rejoyce ye in
that
day, and
leapt
for
joy,
for
behold, your
reward
is
great
in
heaven; for
in
the
like
manner
did their
fathers
unto
the Prophets.A
matter ofgreat joy
should
be
to
the
Saints
,
when they are
reviled
and
perfecured for
Chrifts
take,
great joy,
becaufe
it
is
Inch
a
cleare evidence
that
they
are
in Chrifts
way,
that
they are
Chrilts,and
that
they are
entred
farre
in;u
hat way
that
they
are
come
to
be fufferers
for
him,
re
-oy
cc
in
that, thofe good
things
you
doe,it
is
good
to
you, but not
to
ouch
as
in
fuffering,
the
Spirit
of
God
and
glory
teas
on you,
when
you
are
reviled.'
a
Peter
q.
Chap.'
r4
ver,
e.
If
yee
be
reproached
for
the
name
ofChrifl,
happy
are
yet,
for
the
Spirt
of
glory'
and of
God
refteth
on
you
:
on
their
part
he
is
evil
fpiken
,
f
but
on
your
part
he
=s
glorified
.That
for
the peo-
ple
of c:od, it
is
not enough
for
them to be
patient
in fuffer-
mg,
but to
be reproached.
Mo
fes
accounted
the
reproaches for
Chrift, greater
riches
then
the
trearutres
of Egypt.
Perfecuti-
ons
for
Chrilt
to
a
true
gracious
heart, they
are riches
to him,
therefore
re
oyce.
Fi
-a,
How (hall
I
rejoyce, for
it
is
an
aíRi
&ion,
If
any
be
etrtled
let
him
pray.
T
confefle when our affliction'
corms
as
chaliiitment for
fin,
then
mourning
is
called
for,
but I never
find
that the Scripture dot')
call
for
mourning from
the
Saints
that
fuffer
in
the
caufe
of
Chrift,
though
it
is a
great
evill in
it
felfe,
yet never
calls
for
mourning, what
other
affliaions
God
H
h
h
h
may
Gor