I 14 Flying -in perfccution. . . ' ·, 1 the m oft ·happy_:da!es ofQueene I Elizabeth. · / ob. But this is to deny Chrifi, and not confeffe him before men. .An("'P. No~ to flye friends and countrie is an inferionr confeffion and fuff.ring for Chrifl,though in dying is a greater perfetlion and degree in fuffering. Ou.B.utwemuft not fear them that can kill the body : therefore not flye. · .Anf.That is,notfearthem more than God ; not feare fo as to apofiate or deny faith & good confcicnce, which is not the feare of them that flye :for, would they. deny ChriU or his faith, they need ·not flye at all. oh;ell.But \Ve muG: preach & counfell the greatefl: perfection. .Anfw. Yes :.but in the feverall rankes ofbeleevers God bath not fet all his children in the fame degree of grace; fome are babes, fon1e young,fome old men. It is · not -------------~- ~
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