. . 192 Sujfring honourab/e. e!J- CfJinjortabfe,When, Cap.13~ I have contended, and have fought for thee, __ _ ... I have livf:d and hav~ died for thee, God Zech. 7 . 5, maynot reje:lt aH, and fay, You have eaten , 6. and drunk, tafl:ed and feail:ed, Jived tmd died, to your felves : As the poor perfecnted and hated ]ewes have for many ages, from the Romanu firfi:, and all other Nations fince, f I fuffered all extremities; yet while they fay, it is for their Confcience, God J~lith, it is for their obftinacy, and contempt ofCJJrift and theGojpe!. · · - . '5. As themattermufi: be good that we fi.1f- · . , ferfor, foitmufrbeinagogdmanne;·thatwe 1Pet.2.'19, u1ffer after,.or we frain our ft1ffering. Ifthou 20 • filffer wrongful!J,,thou muft yet fti fferpatient!y; impatience in the beft caufe willKeep thee from thy Crown : This is to fi1ffer accord– ing to the will of God; not onely for the m.ztter, but manner : This is to follow the ex• JPet.2·2 I, ampleof all filfferings, Jefw c hrift, who be22,23· ing reviled, revilednot again, when he fuffered, , he tbreatmed not, but committed hu caufe to him who judg€th righttoujly ; yet had he done no tvil, neither WM any guile found inhumouth. 6. LatHy, be fure thou commit thy fdf .to God, when thou art fi.Ifiering according to the will of God in welJ d11ing, fo is the -Apofiles rule, 1Pet. 4·19· Suffering times had not need bee firming times ; he will never ma.kegoodMartyr, that is not a good Saint Ex.2.2~ . firit. The l{raelites were warned not to go out of their doors, but to be within at their Sacrifice, when the DeftrOJer was abroad.• Daniel
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