5 z6 What rnearirby theirs is the kjvgdorne of ihwven. and the fpirits of men that bare rule are ordinarily againfl them ; Well, faith .Chrifi to his Difciples, be not troubled,_ though here in the kingdomes of the world you fuffer wrong, and are condemn'd as evil! doers, you are followed as if you were the diflurbers of the places where you live, be nor trou- bled, yours is the kingdome of heaven. As I remember Ls -. then faid in another cale, when he heard of the Determinati- ons againfl him at Norenberie; It's otherwife concluded in heaven, then in Norenberge ; So may fuch as are perfecuted. Comfort themfelves in this , Though the kingdomes of the world fet themfelves against us, yet ours is the kingdome ,of; heaven ; there's another Court where all things thall be exa- mined over againe, and there the enemy Thal! be'catt. And then secondly ; Theirs is the kingdome of heaven, that is,whereas by perfecution here you futfer the Joffe_ of your names, the Joffe of your liberties, the loffe of your eflates, the Joffe it may be of yourlives be not difcouraged, for theirs is the, kingdome of heaven; It is the way to, that kingdome which will requite all ; you shall have as much Glory as ever you did endure affliClion in fuffering ;. There !hall be a proportion of Glory to your fuffering. As I remember it's faid of Cal;ula the Emperour, Agrippa having fuffered before he was Empe,. rour in fpeakümg for him in his Caufe, fo as he was caul into prifon, and had an Iron chaine'laid upon him ; As foone as e -. ver he came to the Empire, one of the firff things was to re -- leafe Agrippa, and he gave him prefèntly a chain of Cold that did weigh as. much as the chaise of Iron did weigh when he was in prifon :. So faith Chrifl, Tours is the kingdome óf het- ven look acccillitiing ro what you fuffer here in this world, fo you î7-,a11 have your Reward in the kingdome of heaven. And thus you have, the meaning of this bleffedneif e opened to - you. Now then there are thefe.'three points that are the princia pall points in this verfe. Firff , That all the Difciples of Chrifi, live they never fo inoffenfively in t he world, yet they mull expeèl to fuffer per fecution, and that for Righteouineflè, Secondly,
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