122 A Commentary upotrthe Code{ Chap.5. in the fame, the confolationofheaven. And this lothfomè and laid. 4663. horrible prifon, is as pleafant to me, as the walks-in the Garden in the Kings bench. What will it be then, when they (lull have .crowns on their heads, and palms in their hands, when they {hall ,RCV,íyUers. come to that generali Affembly, Heb. 12. a;. and have all the -Court of heaven to meet and entertain them, when they Jha/1 fcl.. low the Lamb Where(everhegoeth, Revel. 14. 4. and have pla- Zeeh. ;.7, cesgiven them to Walkamong thofe that fl'and by,Z:ch. 3. 7. that txpou -is, among the Seraphims (as the Chaldee Paraphraft expound- -eth it) among the Angels of heaven ; Alufively , to the walks and galleries that were about the Temple ? c'Ytajora certamina, majora fequuntur pritmia, faith Tertullian. ifquts volens detrahit fama mea, 'totemsaddit mercedi mea, faith eAugufiine. The more we fuffOr with and for Chrift, the more glory we #hall havewith and from Chrift. bptimumjola- For (3 perfecntedthey, the Prophets Which Were befire you,] tium /oQalititt. Your betters feed no better : Strange not therefore at it,Hart not fir it. Perfecucion hath ever been the Saints portion. How early did Martyrdome come into the %%orld ? The firft man that died, AEi. t.s 1. died for religion. And although Cain begone to his place, yet I would he were not Hill alive inhis Eons add fucceffours, who hate Puchetc, their brethren, be-caufe they are more righteous, Et clavarn ejus fànguine Abelu rubenrem circumferunt, as one fpeaketh. But that is not to he wilhed; or at haft, it is, Magic openbile quam, opinabile, that ever a Prophet (hall want a perlecu;our, while there is a bulle devil, anda mal cious world. TheLopard is laid fo to hate man, that he fleech uponhis very picture, and teareth it fo Both the-devil and his imps, Godand his image. The Tigre is laid to be enragedwith the finell ofTweet odours : fo are the wit, II:Cc bu,e Iced of the world with the fragrancy ofGods graces. Noah rote fhraugtrconi up and condemned them by his contrary-courfes, and therefore ac{irhou,hi- under-went a world of-calamities. PuritanLot was an eye-fore to ther thus -- the finfull Sodomites, and is caft oui, as is were byan offracifine. No;Puritan, (te.sylvefl. His father Haman, the brother of Abraham, died before his fa- , Dubart. therTerah, in Vrof the Caldees. The Hebrews tell us that'he Gen. IT. :8. wascruelly burnt by the Caldees, bccaufèhe wouldnot wor(hip slot Perfe the fire, which they had made their god. Howoften was Mo- /tramorimaf fee made (as Cato among the Romans) to plead for his life? dam' And although David's innocency triumphed in Saxlt confcience, yet could he not befate, but carried his life in his hand continually, . a
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