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Il

Rory

of

the

Prophets

f

if

ferings.

blew

out candles

,

arid

committed

all uncleannef

es

and

worthipped

an

Mies head

(corning

ar

the Chri

{lians,for

a

company

of

fooliíh people

;

and

Chrifotorno was

banished by

the

Emprefs

ánd much

lcornwas earl

on him. Aisftine,what

revilings

was

caft on him in his

rimel

When

I

fpoke

of

the

póint of perfect

Lion

of the

Difciples,

I fliewed

What

their

futferings

was

in

particular,- but

I

referred

this

till

now, what

bath been call

on

erai`i7ent

Chriftians that are

the

moll

re-

formers

of

Religion

:

Now Calvin that

was

the

famous

flrumem_

of

good

'for

the Church of

Cod

,

fouie

fay

of

him

that

he

was

eaten up'with

worms,and

Tome

fay

he called

on-the

Devil,

though

he was

a

fweet

man and had

a

gracious

and

comfortable death.

And.

for Beza

they

objec`l

againfl

him

that

he

deured

Lordil-dp,and they

accufe him to-be

a

froward

man and of

an

'implacable

fpirit,

and

herein they do

verefie-

that

they do

(peak

all

manner

of evil

;

it

is

rel

orted

that

Peza did

live without

any

gall

,

'becaufe

he

was

io

quiet that

they could never

fee

hiM

pro

z

ked

although

the

enemies

would provoke him with

a

moll

violent

Tpirit

,

yet he

was as

quiet

as

if

he

had

been

a `man

without

a

gall

,

to

(hew

you

how

it

hath been the

way

of evil

men

rd flrive with

thofe

that

any

way

have

been inflruments of good

and

reformation,

and

did

feek

it

with the moll earneflnefs and, zeal

in ÇZteen

Eli

-

zabeths

days

I

mean

:

Thole that fet

themfelves

a

airìfl

Pre

lacy,

its

known how

the

Bishops tiled

them.

Thérèfore

do:

not

think your names

more preciòus then

their

names,

and

why fhotild

you

think

to

go

eater

to.

heaven

then

they

?

why

fhould

you

think

that God Iliould:rather

favour

ÿou'then

them

?

and look back and

renierñbei'..that

there

it

the

fame

fpirit of

darknefsflill`prevailing

its

évér did therefore

keep

your hearts

dole

toGod

and

(Trill;

and,befure

you

riff

r "no-

thin`

but

for

Chrifls

fake,

for then, re dyee

and

be-exceeding

glad

,

for

great

is

your

reward

inheaven,

for

fo perfecuted

they

'the.I?ròph

is

o'A

hick

here

beforé

y`öu:

SERMON.