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Of
thepreparation
o
f
rye
Gofpell
o
f
peace:
55.
Pell
ofpeace,vnleffe
we be
alvvaies
prepared
to
make confef-
-eon
and
profeffion
therof,
though therby
we incurre
world
-
-
ly fhame,
lou
es,
affli
&ions
-and
perfecution.
And this the A-
poflle fignifieth,
by telling
vs
that our
feete
mull
bee
fhod
What
it
ista
with
the preparation
ofthe
Gofpell ofpeace;
that
is,as thofe
be
pr
who
are
welifhod
are
in
readines
to goe thorow rough
and
Go
jpcü.
vnpleafant waies
fo
thofethat
are
indued
with
the know-
ledge
of
the Gofpell,
muff
alwaiesbe
ìn
readines
to
make
profeffion
thereof
in
the
middefi .ofafili6tion
and perfecu-
tion.
For
as
with
the
heart
man beleeueth
vnto
righteorifnes,
fo
Rom.to,xo:
with the
mouth
he
mug
confrffe
vnto
f
luation,
Rom.io.ro.
And
this
is
that_
which
the
Apoile
Peter
requireth
of
vs,
x.P-st...
;a
5
'r.Epifl.3.I
S.
That
we doe
not
onlyfan
&lifie
the Lord.in
our
'hearts,
but
alfo
that
we be
readie
al,i-aies
to
gum,
an
anf
.ere
to
euery
man
that
asketh
vs
a rearm
of
the
hope
tbat
¡Sin
vs.
But.if
we
lay
afide
this armour,we
Thal
be
as
vnfit
to trauet
in
zhe-affii&ed way
which leadeth
to Gods
kingdome,
as
thofe
fouldiers
who
are
barcfoote be
vnfit
to
march
thorow
waies
which
are
full
of
briars
andthornes-;
neitherfhall
we
be
readie
to
make
confeifion
and
profeffion
of
our faith in
the
time ofperfecution and
trouble,but
rather to
flide
backe
into
a
generali
apoilafie from all
religion,vnleffe webe
con
-
firmed and
comforted
with the
fweete
promifes
of
the
Gof
-pell,
made
w
thole who
fuffcr
afilition
for Chriíls
fake,
namely,that
if
we
con
feffe
himbefore men, he will
confeffe
vs
6e-
Matth.
re;;
s;
fore
his
father
in heauen,
Mat.ro.3-2,.
That
whof
euerfhalllofe
Maik.8.
31.
his
life
for
Chrisfall
and the Gopels,
!hallfaue
it,Mark.8.3
5
That
whofoeuerfhall f
orfa%e
howls, orbrethren,orlifterr,
or
fit-
Matth.i9.:
Cher
or mother, or
wife
and
children, or lands
for
1215
names
fake,
Jhall
reee
e
an
hundredfold
more,
and
Jha11
inherit
easerlafting
1
:fe,
Matth.19.29.
CHAP.
XIII.
Of
thefhield
of
faith.
Tilfourth
peece
of
the Chri lian armour which theA-
pofile
exhorteth
vs
aboue
all
to
put
on,
is
the
fhield
of
faith,which
of
all
other parts
is
moll
necef4ric,becatífe
how
E
4
vveake