Chap.c. According to St M A T T H E VV. II but through delre of thofe heavenly happinefies, waxed bold a- contra bòtren- gainfl thofe terrible things, At 42 hoc in carne adhuc vivens (it is da ausaxfait, S. B f is obfervation ) and this he did, whiles he was as yet in -m g a t °, t the flefh. For he had oculum in metam ( which was Ludovicus ire infcendrt. - Vives his Motto) his eye upon the mark, He preft ßrward to- is fib, ward the highpri. oe,with Paul;and looking thorow the terrour of Phil.;, r 4. the fire, law heaven beyond it : and this made him fo valiant, fo violent for the Kingdoine. A Dutch Martyr, feeling the flame di and Mon. to come to hisbeard ; Ah, faid he, what a final' pain is this to be /If s r 3 compared to the glory tocome. Hellen Stirk,, a Seotch-'toman, ' toher husband at the place ofexecution fpke thus, Husband, re- joyce; for we have lived together many.) ,yfull daies : but this day in which we mull die, ought tobemoil joy full to us both, becaule g4. we muffhave joy for ever : Therefore I will not bid you good night ; for we fh all luddenly meet within the Kingdpme of hea- ven. The fublcrip :io.n ofMiflrefic Anne Askew to her confefli. on, was this : Writtenby me e.4nne Askew, that neither wifheth /bid f r death, nor fcareth his night, and as merry as one that is bound toward heaven. Oh howmy heart lea peth for joy ( laid M. Phi/pot) that I am fo near the apprchenfion of eternal' life. God forgive me mine unthankfulnefie and unworthinefle of fò great glory. i-I have to much joy ofthe reward prepared for me, moil wretched firmer, that though I be in place of darknefle and mourning, yet I cannot lainent , but, both night and day, am fo joyful', as though under no croffe at all : yea in all the dales of my life, I was never fo merry, theNaineof the Lord bepraifed there fore for ever and ever ; and he pardon mine unthankf ialneffe. /bid. a 670. The world wondereth ( faith he in another place) howwe can be fo merry, in such extreme mifery: but our God is omnipotent, which turneth mifery into felicity. Believe me, there is no Iuch joy in the world, as the peopleof Chrifl have under the crofle, I (peak by experience,&c. To this joy all other being conspared,are Ibid,Y 6911: but mournings, all delights forrows, all fweetneffe fowre, all beauty filth, and finally all things counted pleafant, are tediouf- nefk. Great then, we fee, is their reward in earth, that fuller for Chrifl : they have heaven afore-hand, they rejoyce in tribulation, With joy unffieaka6le and glorieux, they have an exuberancy of a Fer.r.s, joy, fuch as no good can match, no evil over- match. For though I tell you (faidM.Philpet in a letter to the Congregation) that I un in hell,in the judgement of this world, yet of uuredly, ,i feel, in
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