Thai Gon u. 65 , weakely beleeved ; fo have they more or leffe influence into the hearts and lives ofmen. As take a man that bdeeves fully, that there ii A- G o o ~ and, that theScriptures arehuword; this breeqes an unrefiftable refolution to ferve and ple~le him, . , , notwithftanding altoppofitions he meeteswith. Take the greateft things that ufe to daunt rrien; _ as take a~nan that is to die, if bee confiders that there is aGod, with whom hee is to live for ever, what is death then? No more than the fiones flying about Stephenseares,when he beheld the Hea. vens opened. So,when men fpeake againfl: him, and flander him; when they fcoffe and revile him, and _trample uponhim: yet, if God be with him, bee canboldly fay; 1 cAre 11otfor mA.nJ day, nor f9r the JPeaking4gain.ft offin11ers: bee is .not moved a whit with them; they paffe awayas a vapour,that moves him not. So,though he fee the cuqent of the times to runne againll: him,yet when bee.fees that there is an Almightie Godthat takes notice of him,hee is able to fl:and againfl: and defpife them all, and is not !Hrred an haires bredth out of the way for them; they are as waters_beating againft a Rocke. · · · Confider theMartyrs, that died in the fire : If you had·fi:ood by,when one of them fuffered,you would have faid; Surely, that man hatha ftrong faith, that can goe out of this life, and fuffer fuch a kinde ofdeath: Butwhy,dothbeedoe it? Becaufe bee beieeves, that there is a .GoD, that is a t'ewarderefthem that feeke him. So,every regenerate Heb.u.l. man, whatfoever bee doth 1 bee doth it with the F fame
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