Taylor - BV4500 T195 1635

_ ___ up tbe crojfe_. ____ 49 Prielts lanced themfelves, and J· Ne.gat~rc.. Popifh Priell:s and Profelytes at ' Iy • · fer times affliCt and torture their bodies by whipping cheare, to merit thereby. Neither is it to run into affliClion, or pull the croffe upon our fhoalders,or thru!l: our felves into danger, no not for Chrifl: ,'as Peter thruft hitnfelfe into Caia-· phas hall. · · · . For firfl: , Chrift did not carry Rearens his cro[e, till it was layd upon that ne him. Second1y,our rule is,to ufe may not all good meanes for the preferva- pull rhe tion of cur bodies , health, -crofie oa GlUr felvc:s. wealth, fl:rength, and comfort.· Chrifl: pimfelfe did flye perfe~u- 1 • tion~till the time was come:; and 2 • commanded hi3 Difc.ples if they were perfecuted in oae city, to flye into another. Thirdly,every bearing of affliction mufl: bee an obedience offaith; and therefore muft bee grounded upon a commandement of~od. No fouldier D ·mufl: .., 3·

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