i ent.aitieüir P aa a a*s.' atcA.49fr k> ? :J * g; t + , %L i ,- 4 6 i....... .,....... Q +.xßF ....... SERM®N XXXII, O fl. Difi:iples of Chri nruji ex_peía perfecsttion. M A T x. 5. ro. Bleed are they. which are perfecuted for Righteoufnee fake, for theirs is the sing dome of heaven. E made a little entrance into the firff point, and it was towards the clofe of the Exercife,fo that we went but a little way. That all the Difciples of Chrií}muff expec` perfecution This is the firff Leffon that Chrií# teaches any that come to him, if any will be my Difciple, let him deny himfelfe, and take up hi crofe and follow me, and in the g Acts 16. As foon as everSaul was converted, prefently it was declared to him, what things he muff futfer for Chrifis fake, and in the 2 Tim: 3. 12. The Apofile pronounces that all that will liveGodly in Chriff Jefus shall fuffer perfecution. We fpent a little time in the opening of that Text, hewing what an Emphahs there is almoff in every word : But I shall proceed for the farther opening of the point by Scripture, ex- amples, and reafon, and fo apply ir. We read in the book of Jofhua of the Ge6ufates, as foon as ever they had entered into Covenant with Jofhuah and the people of God. The Kings round about them rote up againfa them : They were quiet enough with their neighbours before, but
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