Difciples of Chtig múfi" expeEt perfecution. `Secbnd1 , That though they be brought to fuller per ecu rion,''ydt they are, and Chaff be bleifed in this their fuffering ; They should' not at all be difcouraged and troubled at their fufferings ; For in the mid'ft of them all, they are bleffed, and (Iraltb: fo. Thirdly , That this is the great bletfednetfe of the Saints, and in a more fpeciall manner the bleífednetfe of filch as fitf fer perfecution, that theirs is the kingdome of heaven ; The9 (hall have the kingdoine of heaven for their reward. I had thought to havé fpoken of the firft point, but I fee I cannot goe on in it ; I will onely open that text in Timothy All "that will. live Godly inChrifl7eftos muff Puffer perfecution. Mark here it is all that will live Godly. Why they may be Godly, you will fay, and yet they are ve- ry indifcreet in their way, and have not wifdom to carry them - felves,and fo they may bring fufferings upon themfelves ; No, all that will live Godly. And then, All that Will live Godly, that is, if the heart of a man or woman be fet upon the wayes of Godlineffe, that he is refolved upon it that he will live Godly whatfoever comes of it he mutt make account to futfer Indeed there's many a one in a Family begins to think, my wayes are not good, and these wayes in the Family,are not good,and I would I did bet- ter ; Obut then my Matter or Mfitris will hate me,my friends will hate me ; Therefore let me take heed what I doe. And fo the wife perhaps is afraid of the hard ufage of her huf- band, though the bath fome conviction of ConCcience , I brit all that Will live Godly, Though I delire I might have the love of Matter and Miftris and Friends, but what ever I fuller, this I fee to be the way of God, and I am refolv'd upon it, I will fet upon this Cou "fe. A.nd then, All that will live Godly : The Engli!h word that we have for Godlineffe, is as fignicant as any to fet out the na tire and work of Grace in the heart ; For it is ro live from a principle of-God unto the Glory of God;tha 's ro live God- ly : when -men are refolved that the princi de that flaail guide them in their lives, (hall not be any carnali principle , princi- ples 517
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