Eleiirt~'tre~fure~ ~· ~19. *nto the death ; it is the dutie ef eve~y Chri.. .flian to Jay up fuch truths in t_he clofe ~abi-. , net of _l, ..:· _heart, as hemay lrye and dte by · . and adlt ·~ '·clo{elie and confian~lie unto; we _ mult do· .. :·t[J.lths, as C~[11r ~y ht~ books, who being to fwim through a Rtver toe(c3pe the , furieof his enemies, carried his booksabove MttjDr fuit water with his hand, but loft his robe, fo ::,/ih~ though we fuou!d be pUt ~o{wim through a qulfll' 'pNr• Sea of trouble tn followtng t~e Lamb, yet pur_~~ -·· ~ muft we keep the Lords Dc~ofitum, t~ou&h . we fuould lofc our ~arments of earthhe em- · joyments, yea our lives themfelves, rathet than part with the facred ·and faving truths of God contained in this bleifedbook of books, . the 'holie Scriptures, which are to be our ~ __ .,_., ·· treafures : hence {aich the wifeman, take faft Pto!4• r1~ hold of infiruc!tich.J; let her not go, keep her, '· for ilie is thy life: hence fpmegood fouls have been willing ~o be burnt tbemfelves, rather thanwillinglie to burn their Bibles, andhave · been rackt in pieces, rather than fuffer them.: felves to he rent from truth: it is our great ·dutie to hold faft, andhold forth the word of , trucb, to be wirneffes to ,the truth activelie 1 and for the truth paffivelie, and if we main.. ta_in it, .it !ha~.maintain us, Revel. 3· 1 o. B-e~ ~~~Hfe thtJu hA{J !(_ept the word 1{ m] pAtien-ce, 1 ;rlfo will ~eep tiNe from the hour of temptAtion– Theword of his patience maybe taken eithef / effe6tivelie, 'for fuch aword as works aquiet, -compof~d, fubmiffive frame of {pirir, or e.:. veutJuallte, for that word that mayput a min. upon the excrciie of padenccj fo that hemay • ~- ·- - {uffe~:' l '
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