190 Comfortahlefolfering 1 w~en,and_what. · ' Cap. I 3.life in all godJinefJ andho.nejliP. Vle are to trie . ~how far In!egritie and i nnoceucie may protect 1 Tim.2.2.. us, and how long we may be followerJ ofthat Pfal. 2 S· ».·hieh ifgood, before men molejl: m, 1 Pet.3. I 3.. The good Confcience mu~ not go out of Gorf.r way to ineetwith {ufl ering, as he muit not go out offuffering way to meet with j:'ri. In a word, theChrifiian can never expea to take the degree ofMartyr, till he have firft commenced Saint. ' It is notPcrna~ but Caufa that commends the fufferer. . 2. Ifhedo fufft(r for il~duiN[!., yet he nm!t be 1ure tq look to it, that it be wronffu!ly, 1. Pet.2,19. And ifany evil be charged upon: bim, that it befaljly, Matth. s. 11. And then we are · under the fame Promifeof ble!fed– nefs,as ifwe fuffered for Righteoufnefi; Bt4t if ye d~ well, and fujfer wrongfully, takjng it p~ti~ ently, thi.r i.r that which is thanft:worthy with God. A11d bleffod are ye, faith our Saviour> -u;hmmen revile you, perfecute you, and fay all marmer ofevil agai11fl you (fal(ely) for my fa~. \\.]HnCo:nfcichc.ecan,f.1.ywe arear deceiveu; yet not deceivers, OUt true; 'aS unknowefi, yet weiiknowen toGod,2Cor.6 .9,i0• 3. Tpe good Confcience deflres chiefly and cfpe~.ially to futfer i.n th~Caufe, and for the.Na.me qfChrifl, this with Ilim is to fuffer as a Chriflian. In thematterofrheKingdom Dan.6.4,S· Daniel was careful to carry himfdf nnre...:. provea~lc, .bnt in the matter ofGod he ca-– redllOt what he fuftered. All the bufineffes •fa Kingdom are below a wife ChdillanS. ' fph-it ,
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