he Evidences of the Truth Vol lT. exercifed upon them, and the Chcioians kill'd by thoufánds inaDay, as if they would have deflroyed very the Nameof Chrift out of the World,as.every óuc knows that is acquainted with Ecclefiaflical Hiflory. Particularly he foretold the two Sons of Zebedee, 5.,mes and john;'iliat they fhould be put to Death. Matth. zo. z ;. faith he to them;' '7eß /had drink indeed of -my Cup, and be baptized with the Faptifen that I am'bapW, d with. And this accordingly happened to them, for we find Acs rz, z, that James was (lain by. Herod. Indeed St. John lived a great while after, as our Saviour foretold, Yobs at. zz. That John Jhould tarry till he carne;' that is, he fhould live till the Defruélion of 7erarflem, which is very fre- quently in the Evangelios call'd Chri(t's coming ; and fo he did, and at lac was put to Death by the Sword, as St. Cbry/oflor faith ; tho' Juflin, I- reneus, Clemens Alex. fay nothing of it ; and Origen and Tertullian íáy he died another Death. He likewilc foretold Peter what kind of Death he fhould die, namely that when he was old he fhould be crucified, John zt. t8, t 9. Verily, veri- ly Ifayunto thee, When thou waft young, thou girdedfl thy felf, and a-alkedfl whi- ther thou weuldell ; but when thou flialt be old, thou (halt perch forth thy hands, and another /call gird thee, and carry thee whither thou r,oaldefl not. And the F.'vangeliil adds, This fpake he, fignifying by what Death he fhould glorify God. And accordingly he was crucified about Forty Years after, as Eufebiw tells us, and feveral of the Fathers. z. Another great Difcouragement which our Saviour foretold they fhould meet with in the publifhing of the Gofpel, was, from the rifing of falle Chrifls and falle Prophets. This ourSaviour foretels in the 24thof St.Mblatth ver. ï.a4 I hat many fhould come in his Name,and lhould deceive many ; that there Mould arife falfe Chri/ls, and felfe Prophets, and (hew great Signs and Wonders; infemueh, that, if it were Fallible, they fhould deceive the very Elea. And this I have already ¡hewn was fulfill'd in thole many Impotours, that rote up a- mong the Jews, pretending themfelves to be Mead's, and drawing many People after them, both before and after the Deflruolion of 7erufalem ; and in Simon and the other Heads of the Gno/lick Se&, who did great Prejud ce to Chriflianity, by turning the Grace ofGod into Wantonneff, and abulin4 the holy Dohrine of our Saviour to all manner of Licentioufnefs, and drawing off Chritlians, not only to loofe and filthy Pra &ices, but to a Denial of the Gofpel for fear of Perfecution, and at ha to joyn with the Heathens in the perfecuting of the Chriflians. I1. Our Saviour likewife foretold what AfìNance the Apoftles fhould find in the carrying on their Work. He promifed that he would be with them in the Preaching of the Gofpel, Match. z8. ìo. More particularly before his Afcenfron, he told them that they fhould receive power by the coming "of the Holy Ghofl upon them, whereby they fhould be qualified to be Díitneffes unto him, in Judea, and Jerufalem, and Samaria, and to the uttermof Parts'of the Earth, Bas t. 8. And Matth. to. a9, zo. our Saviourpromifeth that his Spirit fhould dire& them what to fay, when they fhould be accuf'ed before Kings and Governours, When they deliver you up, take no Thought how, or what ye Jball (peak : for it (hall be given you in that fame Hour what ye (hall Rook. For it is not you that ffeak ; but the Spirit of your Father which ffeaketh in you. And again to the fame Purpo(è, he encourageth them a little be- fore his Death, Luke zt. 14, 15. Settle it therefore in your Hearts, not to meditate before what ye (ball anfwer. For 1 will giveyou a Mouth and krif- dom, which all your AdverJaries (ball not be able to gainfay nor refill. And all this we find was made good to them after our Saviour's Aleen- fron. They were wonderfully aflioed, and carried on above themfelves in the preaching of the Gofpel. So the Evangelia St, Mark tells us, Mark
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