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           AN
           EXHORTATION
           TO
           CHARITY
           (
           And
           a
           Word
           of
           Comfort
           )
           To
           the
           Irish
           Protestants
           .
        
         
           BEING
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           Steeple
           in
           Dorsetshire
           ,
           Upon
           occasion
           of
           the
           Collection
           for
           Relief
           of
           the
           Poor
           Protestants
           in
           this
           Kingdom
           ,
           lately
           fled
           from
           Ireland
           .
        
         
           By
           SAMUEL
           BOLD
           ,
           Rector
           there
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Awnsham
             Churchill
          
           at
           the
           Black
           Swan
           at
           Amen-Corner
           ,
           MDCLXXXIX
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         
         
           An
           Exhortation
           to
           Charity
           .
        
         
           
             
               ROM
               .
               viii
               .
               18.
               
            
             For
             I
             reckon
             ,
             that
             the
             Sufferings
             of
             this
             present
             Time
             ,
             are
             not
             worthy
             to
             be
             compared
             with
             the
             Glory
             which
             shall
             be
             revealed
             in
             us
             .
          
        
         
           OUR
           Blessed
           Saviour
           hath
           discovered
           very
           much
           Plainness
           ,
           Ingenuity
           ,
           and
           Candour
           ,
           in
           propounding
           his
           Religion
           to
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           offering
           it
           to
           Peoples
           acceptance
           .
           And
           he
           hath
           manifested
           singular
           Love
           and
           Faithfulness
           towards
           his
           Disciples
           and
           Followers
           ;
           more
           particularly
           with
           reference
           to
           the
           Sufferings
           and
           Inconveniences
           to
           which
           they
           may
           be
           exposed
           on
           his
           Account
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           their
           Religion
           ,
           whilst
           they
           are
           in
           this
           World.
           
        
         
           He
           doth
           expresly
           warn
           those
           ,
           who
           have
           a
           mind
           to
           espouse
           his
           Faith
           and
           Religion
           ,
           of
           the
           Discouragements
           which
           may
           be
           in
           their
           way
           ;
           assuring
           all
           those
           who
           will
           follow
           him
           ,
           and
           give
           up
           themselves
           to
           his
           Government
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           look
           for
           Troubles
           and
           Disturbances
           .
           He
           tells
           them
           plainly
           ,
           they
           must
           not
           dream
           of
           Ease
           ,
           and
           worldly
           Prosperity
           ,
           and
           of
           going
           to
           Heaven
           on
           a
           Carpet-way
           ;
           that
           so
           they
           may
           duly
           weigh
           Matters
           ;
           and
           ingage
           in
           his
           Cause
           ,
           with
           a
           disposition
           of
           Mind
           suited
           to
           a
           suffering-Estate
           ,
           since
           they
           must
           pass
           
             through
             many
             Tribulations
             into
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           And
           as
           he
           hath
           plainly
           told
           us
           ,
           what
           we
           must
           expect
           and
           prepare
           for
           if
           we
           will
           be
           his
           Disciples
           ;
           so
           his
           Love
           to
           ,
           and
           Concern
           for
           his
           People
           ,
           doth
           wonderfully
           appear
           ,
           in
           that
           he
           hath
           made
           such
           plentiful
           provision
           for
           their
           Support
           and
           Encouragement
           against
           all
           the
           Hardships
           and
           Difficulties
           they
           may
           be
           called
           to
           grapple
           with
           .
           He
           assures
           them
           of
           sufficient
           Assistance
           and
           Comfort
           ,
           during
           all
           their
           Conflicts
           and
           Trials
           ,
           and
           of
           such
           recompences
           afterwards
           as
           are
           enough
           to
           blunt
           the
           edg
           of
           all
           Instruments
           ,
           and
           abate
           the
           force
           of
           all
           Strokes
           which
           shall
           be
           imployed
           against
           them
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           ingaged
           in
           his
           Cause
           .
           He
           will
           
           protect
           and
           animate
           ,
           and
           bear
           them
           out
           in
           all
           that
           can
           befal
           them
           on
           his
           account
           .
           He
           will
           give
           them
           his
           Holy
           Spirit
           to
           support
           ,
           comfort
           ,
           and
           refresh
           them
           in
           the
           most
           furious
           and
           outragious
           Attaques
           of
           their
           Adversaries
           .
           He
           will
           resent
           all
           that
           is
           done
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           done
           to
           himself
           in
           Person
           .
           He
           will
           most
           certainly
           be
           avenged
           of
           all
           those
           who
           shall
           any
           way
           wrong
           and
           injure
           them
           .
           Yea
           ,
           he
           will
           honour
           ,
           reward
           ,
           and
           crown
           their
           Patience
           and
           Sufferings
           in
           the
           End
           ,
           with
           an
           Inheritance
           and
           Glory
           which
           doth
           unconceivably
           overbailance
           the
           weight
           of
           all
           those
           Pressures
           ,
           under
           which
           they
           may
           at
           present
           groan
           and
           be
           uneasy
           .
        
         
           And
           he
           gives
           such
           full
           and
           large
           Assurances
           of
           those
           Rewards
           with
           which
           he
           will
           recompence
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           doth
           but
           duly
           consider
           them
           ,
           and
           then
           compare
           this
           Glory
           with
           the
           greatest
           Sufferings
           which
           can
           possibly
           befal
           sincere
           Christians
           during
           this
           present
           Time
           ,
           he
           may
           easily
           and
           certainly
           attain
           to
           a
           sound
           ,
           strong
           ,
           and
           satisfactory
           perswasion
           ,
           that
           these
           present
           Sufferings
           are
           unconceivably
           less
           than
           that
           Blessedness
           is
           whereunto
           they
           shall
           be
           advanced
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           what
           the
           words
           I
           have
           now
           read
           unto
           you
           ,
           do
           expresly
           instruct
           us
           in
           .
        
         
           Where
           you
           may
           take
           notice
           of
           these
           two
           things
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           How
           much
           that
           Glory
           ,
           suffering
           Believers
           shall
           be
           crowned
           and
           recompenced
           with
           ,
           doth
           transcend
           all
           the
           Sufferings
           they
           can
           be
           called
           to
           endure
           whilst
           they
           be
           in
           this
           World.
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           firm
           and
           solid
           perswasion
           our
           Apostle
           had
           touching
           this
           Matter
           .
           I
           reckon
           upon
           a
           due
           and
           thorow
           comparing
           of
           Matters
           on
           each
           side
           ,
           after
           a
           just
           computation
           ,
           and
           casting
           up
           of
           all
           Accounts
           ;
           having
           weighed
           and
           considered
           things
           impartially
           and
           faithfully
           on
           both
           Hands
           ,
           I
           am
           fully
           satisfied
           ,
           I
           am
           firmly
           assured
           ,
           I
           do
           rest
           settled
           in
           this
           conclusion
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Sufferings
             of
             this
             present
             Time
             are
             not
             worthy
             to
             be
             compared
             with
             the
             Glory
             which
             shall
             be
             revealed
             in
             us
             .
          
        
         
           Here
           are
           two
           Points
           then
           to
           be
           briefly
           discoursed
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           That
           the
           greatest
           Sufferings
           sincere
           Christians
           can
           be
           exposed
           unto
           for
           their
           Religion
           whilst
           they
           are
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           do
           not
           bear
           a
           proportion
           with
           the
           greatness
           and
           excellency
           of
           that
           Blessedness
           and
           Glory
           with
           which
           they
           shall
           be
           recompensed
           in
           the
           next
           World.
           
        
         
         
           Secondly
           ,
           That
           this
           is
           so
           certain
           and
           evident
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           satisfied
           and
           assured
           concerning
           it
           at
           present
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           
             The
             greatest
             Sufferings
             sincere
             Christians
             can
             be
             exposed
             unto
             for
             their
             Religion
             ,
             whilst
             they
             are
             in
             this
             World
             ,
             do
             not
             bear
             a
             proportion
             with
             the
             Greatness
             and
             Excellency
             of
             that
             Blessedness
             and
             Glory
             with
             which
             they
             shall
             be
             recompensed
             in
             the
             next
             World.
             
          
        
         
           True
           Christianity
           is
           so
           opposite
           unto
           ,
           so
           destructive
           of
           ,
           all
           the
           Designs
           and
           Interests
           of
           Satan
           ,
           and
           so
           contrary
           to
           the
           Lusts
           and
           Practices
           of
           ungodly
           Men
           ,
           the
           Prince
           of
           Darkness
           ,
           and
           his
           Adherents
           will
           undoubtedly
           do
           their
           utmost
           ,
           to
           make
           the
           profession
           and
           practice
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           uneasy
           and
           frightful
           unto
           People
           as
           possibly
           they
           can
           ;
           so
           that
           as
           long
           as
           Satan
           remains
           unchained
           ,
           or
           has
           any
           liberty
           permitted
           him
           ;
           and
           Idolatry
           ,
           Superstition
           ,
           Wickedness
           and
           Debauchery
           do
           prevail
           on
           Earth
           ,
           those
           who
           will
           approve
           themselves
           firm
           to
           the
           Religion
           of
           their
           dear
           Saviour
           ,
           must
           expect
           many
           violent
           Assaults
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           shall
           be
           much
           molested
           and
           disturbed
           in
           their
           Passage
           to
           another
           World
           ,
           under
           the
           open
           profession
           and
           practice
           of
           the
           
             Gospel-Faith
             ,
             and
             Laws
          
           .
        
         
           But
           we
           have
           this
           Incouragement
           ,
           to
           persist
           and
           hold
           fast
           our
           Integrity
           ,
           to
           contend
           for
           ,
           and
           continue
           in
           our
           Christian
           Faith
           and
           Course
           ,
           that
           let
           what
           will
           befal
           us
           at
           present
           ,
           we
           shall
           be
           no
           losers
           ,
           but
           extraordinary
           gainers
           ,
           by
           our
           approving
           our selves
           faithful
           to
           our
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           our
           Religion
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           the
           greatest
           Sufferings
           ;
           
             For
             the
             Glory
             which
             shall
             be
             revealed
             in
             us
             ,
          
           will
           abundantly
           compensate
           for
           all
           the
           incommodious
           Occurrences
           ,
           and
           most
           penetrating
           Instances
           which
           can
           at
           present
           happen
           unto
           us
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           now
           a
           little
           consider
           the
           Sufferings
           which
           are
           incident
           unto
           us
           here
           for
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           then
           enquire
           a
           little
           after
           the
           Glory
           with
           which
           we
           shall
           be
           recompensed
           hereafter
           ,
           if
           we
           deport
           our selves
           aright
           under
           our
           present
           Sufferings
           ;
           and
           then
           I
           will
           prove
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           the
           greatest
           Sufferings
           here
           do
           not
           bear
           a
           proportion
           to
           that
           Glory
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           We
           are
           in
           the
           first
           place
           to
           consider
           those
           Sufferings
           which
           are
           incident
           unto
           us
           at
           present
           on
           the
           account
           of
           our
           Religion
           .
           And
           in
           general
           they
           are
           very
           great
           ,
           considered
           
           simply
           in
           themselves
           ,
           and
           they
           may
           be
           of
           long
           continuance
           ,
           if
           compared
           only
           with
           the
           Abode
           we
           are
           to
           make
           in
           this
           World
           :
           We
           may
           expect
           to
           suffer
           what
           can
           be
           devised
           and
           inflicted
           as
           the
           Result
           of
           that
           Malignity
           ,
           Hatred
           ,
           and
           Enmity
           ,
           Satan
           and
           wicked
           Man
           have
           to
           our
           most
           holy
           Faith.
           And
           therefore
           we
           had
           need
           be
           well
           provided
           with
           Grace
           in
           our
           Hearts
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           expert
           in
           using
           the
           whole
           Christian
           Armour
           ,
           that
           our
           Spirits
           may
           not
           sink
           ,
           nor
           our
           Strength
           fail
           us
           in
           the
           evil
           day
           .
        
         
           But
           tho
           these
           Sufferings
           may
           be
           great
           considered
           simply
           in
           themselves
           ,
           yet
           very
           much
           of
           their
           Horror
           and
           Dreadfulness
           do
           depart
           as
           soon
           as
           we
           compare
           them
           with
           the
           Glory
           which
           shall
           be
           revealed
           in
           us
           .
        
         
           The
           Sufferings
           we
           are
           more
           especially
           here
           to
           take
           notice
           of
           ,
           are
           those
           Safferings
           we
           are
           exposed
           unto
           in
           this
           present
           Life
           ,
           on
           the
           account
           of
           the
           true
           Religion
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Perverseness
           and
           Fury
           of
           wicked
           Men
           ,
           as
           irritated
           and
           employed
           by
           Satan
           in
           order
           to
           the
           withdrawing
           of
           People
           from
           the
           Profession
           of
           the
           true
           Faith
           ,
           and
           serious
           Practice
           of
           real
           Holiness
           ,
           and
           the
           deterring
           of
           others
           from
           engaging
           themselves
           in
           this
           cause
           .
           These
           Sufferings
           are
           all
           comprized
           in
           the
           word
           Persecution
           .
           And
           here
           they
           should
           be
           considered
           in
           their
           most
           formidable
           Dress
           ,
           in
           their
           most
           frightful
           Appearances
           .
           They
           may
           be
           reduced
           under
           these
           Heads
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Outward
           Losses
           .
           We
           may
           on
           the
           account
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           be
           brought
           into
           such
           straits
           ,
           that
           we
           must
           part
           with
           all
           our
           dearest
           and
           tenderest
           Relations
           :
           We
           may
           be
           separated
           from
           the
           Wife
           of
           our
           Bosom
           ,
           and
           the
           Children
           of
           our
           Affection
           ,
           or
           see
           them
           inhumanly
           treated
           ,
           and
           most
           barbarously
           used
           before
           our
           Eyes
           .
           We
           may
           be
           deprived
           of
           all
           our
           Estates
           ,
           Riches
           ,
           Houses
           ,
           and
           useful
           Accommodations
           ;
           heavy
           Fines
           ,
           pressing
           Mulcts
           may
           be
           imposed
           on
           us
           .
           We
           may
           be
           reduced
           from
           plentiful
           Estates
           ,
           to
           the
           extreamest
           Penury
           ,
           Nakedness
           and
           Want
           :
           We
           may
           lose
           our
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           be
           forced
           into
           soul
           and
           loathsome
           Consinement
           ;
           we
           may
           exchange
           convenient
           and
           delightful
           Habitations
           ,
           comfortable
           and
           pious
           Conversation
           with
           Religious
           Friends
           and
           Acquaintances
           ,
           for
           deep
           and
           dark
           Dungeous
           ,
           and
           the
           horrible
           Society
           of
           the
           vilest
           and
           most
           impious
           Miscreants
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Corporal
           Pains
           .
           We
           may
           be
           called
           to
           sustain
           the
           keenest
           and
           most
           penetrating
           Pains
           that
           envious
           and
           malicious
           Ingenuity
           
           can
           devise
           :
           Our
           Flesh
           may
           be
           torn
           from
           us
           by
           piece-meal
           ,
           our
           Joynts
           may
           be
           wrack'd
           one
           from
           another
           ,
           our
           Bones
           may
           be
           broke
           in
           pieces
           ,
           and
           all
           those
           Tortures
           may
           be
           experimented
           on
           us
           ,
           which
           can
           be
           occasioned
           by
           the
           uncivilized
           use
           of
           Water
           ,
           Iron
           ,
           Fire
           ,
           and
           the
           perverted
           mixture
           of
           all
           the
           Elements
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Reproach
           and
           Infamy
           .
           We
           may
           be
           exposed
           to
           the
           Scorn
           and
           Contempt
           of
           all
           who
           are
           void
           of
           Grace
           ,
           yea
           who
           are
           loaden
           with
           ill
           Nature
           ,
           impregnated
           by
           Popish
           Principles
           .
           We
           may
           be
           accused
           and
           have
           the
           most
           detestable
           Crimes
           imputed
           and
           laid
           to
           our
           Charge
           :
           We
           may
           be
           publickly
           represented
           as
           the
           most
           execrable
           Villains
           ,
           and
           be
           made
           as
           the
           
             Dung
             and
             Off-scouring
             of
             all
             thing
          
           ;
           we
           may
           be
           lest
           open
           to
           the
           Insolence
           and
           Taunts
           of
           all
           who
           are
           destitute
           of
           Civility
           and
           common
           Breeding
           ;
           yea
           ,
           who
           have
           learn'd
           to
           express
           Hatred
           and
           Malice
           in
           the
           most
           enormous
           Instances
           of
           Spitefulness
           and
           Disgrace
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Death
           it self
           ;
           yea
           we
           may
           be
           brought
           to
           die
           a
           great
           many
           Deaths
           in
           one
           :
           We
           may
           be
           put
           to
           the
           most
           infamous
           ,
           the
           most
           lingering
           ,
           the
           most
           torturing
           ,
           the
           most
           intricate
           sorts
           of
           Death
           that
           can
           be
           devised
           :
           We
           may
           be
           brought
           to
           undergo
           whatsoever
           can
           be
           found
           out
           ,
           whereby
           Suffering
           and
           Misery
           may
           be
           represented
           execrable
           ,
           and
           set
           off
           with
           Ostentation
           .
        
         
           In
           short
           ,
           our
           Sufferings
           may
           be
           very
           various
           ;
           innumerable
           Instances
           of
           Cruelty
           may
           be
           experimented
           on
           us
           ,
           if
           possible
           ,
           to
           the
           glutting
           and
           surfeiting
           of
           the
           truculent
           and
           insatiable
           Adversaries
           of
           our
           Faith.
           These
           may
           be
           often
           repeated
           ,
           that
           so
           we
           may
           feel
           their
           whole
           Force
           and
           Keeness
           .
           Our
           Sufferings
           may
           be
           of
           long
           continuance
           ,
           considered
           only
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           time
           we
           shall
           spend
           on
           Earth
           .
        
         
           But
           yet
           let
           me
           note
           unto
           you
           (
           by
           the
           way
           )
           that
           tho
           all
           this
           may
           be
           possible
           ,
           yet
           God
           doth
           very
           seldom
           (
           if
           ever
           )
           permit
           his
           single
           Servants
           to
           be
           exercised
           with
           very
           numerous
           sorts
           of
           Cruelty
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           long
           continued
           under
           their
           Trials
           .
           But
           whatever
           the
           Designs
           of
           their
           Enemies
           may
           be
           ,
           he
           orders
           some
           way
           or
           other
           ,
           that
           their
           Sufferings
           shall
           be
           moderated
           either
           for
           Kind
           ,
           Number
           ,
           or
           Duration
           .
        
         
           But
           let
           us
           magnify
           and
           raise
           the
           Idea
           of
           horrible
           Sufferings
           to
           the
           utmost
           ,
           wherein
           they
           can
           possibly
           be
           inflicted
           on
           sincere
           
           Christians
           here
           ,
           yet
           their
           Terror
           and
           Frightfulness
           will
           in
           a
           great
           measure
           disappear
           ,
           when
           duly
           compared
           with
           the
           future
           Glory
           .
           Which
           leads
           me
           ,
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           To
           enquire
           a
           little
           after
           that
           Glory
           ,
           suffering
           Christrians
           shall
           be
           recompensed
           with
           hereafter
           .
           Now
           concerning
           this
           Glory
           ,
           you
           may
           observe
           ,
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           it
           doth
           import
           the
           blessed
           and
           happy
           Estate
           those
           who
           suffer
           for
           the
           Faith
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           Cause
           of
           true
           Holiness
           ,
           shall
           certainly
           be
           advanced
           unto
           in
           the
           other
           World.
           There
           is
           a
           most
           happy
           Inheritance
           and
           Estate
           provided
           for
           true
           Believers
           ,
           into
           which
           they
           are
           ordinarily
           to
           enter
           through
           Sufferings
           and
           Tribulations
           .
           It
           is
           purchased
           for
           them
           by
           the
           Blood
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           it
           is
           secured
           unto
           them
           by
           the
           Promise
           of
           the
           faithful
           and
           true
           God
           ,
           who
           cannot
           lie
           .
           Actual
           Possession
           is
           taken
           of
           it
           on
           their
           behalf
           by
           Christ
           their
           Head
           :
           And
           he
           is
           continually
           interesting
           himself
           on
           their
           account
           ,
           and
           interceding
           for
           their
           Admission
           into
           it
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           an
           Estate
           of
           Joy
           and
           Pleasure
           ,
           so
           sublime
           ,
           so
           great
           ,
           so
           excellent
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Inheritances
           and
           Delights
           of
           this
           World
           are
           but
           Dung
           and
           Filth
           when
           compared
           to
           it
           .
           Here
           true
           Christians
           will
           be
           advanced
           to
           that
           height
           ,
           the
           greatest
           Honours
           and
           Priviledges
           of
           this
           World
           are
           less
           and
           more
           empty
           than
           Shadows
           when
           compared
           with
           it
           .
           Their
           macerated
           and
           abused
           Bodies
           ,
           will
           here
           be
           made
           conformable
           to
           the
           glorious
           Body
           ,
           of
           their
           dear
           Saviour
           .
           All
           the
           Powers
           of
           their
           Souls
           will
           be
           mightily
           purisied
           and
           inlarged
           .
           Here
           they
           will
           have
           all
           sorts
           of
           Objects
           most
           exactly
           suited
           to
           their
           refined
           Capacities
           ,
           which
           can
           administer
           any
           Delight
           and
           Pleasure
           unto
           them
           .
           They
           will
           be
           free
           from
           every
           thing
           that
           can
           any
           way
           sully
           ,
           intermit
           ,
           or
           obstruct
           their
           perfect
           and
           most
           absolute
           Satisfaction
           .
           They
           will
           injoy
           God
           and
           Christ
           ,
           all
           the
           Happiness
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           every
           thing
           that
           can
           refresh
           ,
           entertain
           ,
           and
           please
           them
           ,
           even
           all
           that
           is
           comprehended
           in
           those
           great
           and
           comprehensive
           Expressions
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Promises
           of
           the
           Gospel
           are
           folded
           up
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           is
           an
           Happiness
           which
           far
           exceeds
           all
           that
           we
           can
           conceive
           and
           apprehend
           at
           present
           :
           We
           may
           with
           reason
           enough
           use
           those
           words
           concerning
           it
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Apostle
           describes
           the
           glorious
           Mysteries
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           
             Eye
             hath
             not
          
           
           
             seen
             ,
             nor
             Ear
             heard
             ,
             neither
             have
             entred
             into
             the
             Heart
             of
             Man
             ,
             the
             things
             which
             God
             hath
             prepared
             for
             them
             that
             love
             him
             .
          
           
           When
           our
           Thoughts
           and
           Imaginations
           are
           raised
           to
           the
           greatest
           heights
           to
           which
           they
           can
           possibly
           be
           wound
           up
           at
           present
           ,
           we
           fall
           unconceivably
           short
           of
           reaching
           to
           the
           great
           and
           excellent
           things
           those
           who
           suffer
           for
           the
           Gospel
           shall
           fully
           enjoy
           .
           We
           may
           easily
           form
           Notions
           of
           more
           excellent
           things
           than
           this
           World
           can
           afford
           ,
           but
           our
           ripest
           and
           most
           elevated
           Apprehensions
           of
           things
           great
           and
           good
           are
           as
           short
           of
           what
           Believers
           will
           inherit
           ,
           as
           the
           faint
           glimmering
           of
           the
           Glow-worm
           is
           of
           the
           most
           shining
           Brightness
           of
           the
           Sun.
           
             Our
             Life
          
           
           and
           our
           Happiness
           is
           yet
           
             hid
             with
             Christ
             in
             God
             :
             Now
             we
             are
             the
             Sons
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             it
             doth
             not
             yet
             appear
             what
             we
             shall
             be
             .
          
           
        
         
           3.
           
           But
           it
           will
           be
           fully
           made
           known
           and
           revealed
           .
           Sincere
           Christians
           shall
           actually
           inherit
           what
           is
           at
           present
           too
           great
           and
           comprehensive
           for
           them
           to
           understand
           and
           conceive
           .
           This
           Glory
           
             shall
             be
             revealed
             in
             them
          
           ;
           they
           shall
           actually
           partake
           of
           it
           :
           it
           shall
           be
           discovered
           openly
           to
           their
           Comfort
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           view
           af
           all
           their
           Adversaries
           to
           their
           greater
           Astonishment
           and
           Confusion
           ,
           Luke
           13.
           28.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           called
           
             the
             Glory
             which
             shall
             be
             revealed
             in
             us
             :
             Glory
          
           in
           opposition
           to
           the
           Shame
           and
           Disgrace
           which
           may
           be
           cast
           upon
           us
           here
           .
           
             The
             Glory
             which
             shall
             be
             revealed
             in
             us
          
           ;
           we
           shall
           partake
           of
           ,
           and
           inherit
           the
           shining
           ravishing
           Lustre
           and
           Brightness
           of
           all
           the
           Excellencies
           and
           Perfections
           of
           that
           happy
           Estate
           ,
           which
           is
           now
           reserved
           for
           us
           ,
           and
           shall
           hereafter
           be
           fully
           discovered
           in
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           our
           God.
           
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           And
           now
           I
           am
           to
           prove
           to
           you
           ,
           that
           the
           greatest
           Sufferings
           which
           can
           befal
           us
           in
           this
           present
           time
           on
           the
           account
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           have
           not
           any
           thing
           in
           them
           which
           may
           render
           them
           worthy
           to
           be
           taken
           notice
           of
           ,
           as
           a
           Discouragement
           to
           us
           in
           our
           Christian
           Course
           ,
           when
           we
           consider
           the
           glorious
           Estate
           ,
           unto
           which
           we
           shall
           hereafter
           be
           advanced
           .
           The
           greatest
           Sufferings
           here
           do
           not
           bear
           a
           Proportion
           with
           what
           we
           may
           warrantably
           expect
           .
           But
           that
           Glory
           which
           shall
           be
           revealed
           will
           abundantly
           exceed
           all
           that
           is
           offensive
           and
           troublesome
           in
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           this
           present
           time
           .
           For
           ,
        
         
         
           1.
           
           The
           greatest
           of
           these
           Sufferings
           ,
           yea
           ,
           put
           them
           altogether
           ,
           they
           do
           but
           touch
           our
           outward
           Part
           ,
           and
           affect
           our
           outward
           Interests
           :
           they
           do
           not
           come
           near
           ,
           they
           cannot
           of
           themselves
           prejudice
           our
           highest
           and
           chiefest
           Concerns
           ,
           our
           noblest
           and
           most
           excellent
           Part.
           Notwithstanding
           all
           that
           Men
           may
           inflict
           and
           do
           ,
           our
           Souls
           will
           still
           retain
           their
           own
           Liberty
           and
           Freedom
           ,
           our
           Innocence
           and
           Integrity
           ,
           our
           inward
           Peace
           and
           Comfort
           will
           remain
           unimpared
           ,
           firm
           and
           inviolable
           .
           Hence
           our
           Saviour
           doth
           so
           aflectionately
           warn
           us
           not
           to
           fear
           them
           ,
           who
           when
           they
           have
           done
           their
           worst
           ,
           cannot
           hurt
           our
           best
           Part
           ,
           but
           must
           leave
           our
           Souls
           as
           safe
           ,
           and
           our
           Uprightness
           as
           firm
           and
           entire
           as
           ever
           .
           
             I
             say
             unto
             you
             my
             Friends
             ,
             be
             not
             afraid
             of
             them
             that
             kill
             the
             body
             ,
             and
             after
             that
             have
             no
             more
             that
             they
             can
             do
          
           ;
           Luk.
           12.
           4.
           
           But
           the
           Glory
           which
           shall
           be
           revealed
           relates
           unto
           ,
           and
           w●ll
           powerfully
           affect
           both
           our
           Bodies
           and
           Souls
           in
           all
           their
           Parts
           and
           Capacities
           .
           It
           will
           inrich
           and
           beautify
           both
           in
           all
           respects
           to
           unimaginable
           degrees
           .
           All
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           this
           present
           time
           are
           not
           so
           much
           when
           compared
           to
           the
           Miserie
           's
           wicked
           Men
           must
           endure
           hereafter
           ,
           as
           the
           small
           scratch
           of
           a
           Pin
           ,
           is
           to
           the
           Trouble
           and
           Torment
           of
           a
           ranckling
           Gangreen
           ,
           and
           a
           wounded
           Spirit
           together
           .
           The
           Sufferings
           of
           this
           Life
           ,
           when
           compared
           with
           the
           future
           Glory
           ,
           do
           not
           bear
           the
           same
           Proportion
           therewith
           ,
           that
           the
           biting
           of
           a
           Flea
           ,
           or
           stinging
           of
           a
           Gnat
           doth
           ,
           with
           a
           whole
           Age
           of
           Pleasure
           and
           Delight
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           All
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           this
           Life
           put
           together
           ,
           are
           not
           so
           great
           ,
           but
           our
           Thoughts
           may
           easily
           comprehend
           them
           ,
           and
           add
           to
           them
           something
           worse
           than
           Men
           can
           possibly
           inflict
           .
           Indeed
           the
           most
           tremendous
           Sufferings
           here
           are
           ordinarily
           less
           than
           our
           own
           Apprehensions
           and
           Fears
           do
           make
           them
           ;
           our
           own
           Minds
           and
           Suspicions
           do
           commonly
           create
           the
           most
           troublesome
           part
           of
           those
           Sufferings
           we
           do
           endure
           .
           But
           this
           is
           certain
           ,
           that
           our
           Sufferings
           are
           never
           so
           great
           from
           Instruments
           ,
           but
           we
           can
           readily
           form
           Notions
           of
           much
           greater
           .
           Whereas
           the
           Glory
           to
           be
           revealed
           is
           such
           ,
           that
           when
           we
           have
           mounted
           as
           high
           in
           Imagination
           as
           we
           can
           ,
           we
           are
           much
           more
           defective
           in
           forming
           Notions
           pleasing
           and
           delightful
           ,
           answerably
           to
           what
           this
           Glory
           doth
           contain
           ,
           than
           we
           do
           hyperbolize
           in
           magnifying
           Troubles
           and
           Calamities
           ,
           when
           our
           Thoughts
           and
           Fancies
           do
           most
           exceed
           Realities
           .
        
         
         
           3.
           
           The
           Sufferings
           of
           this
           present
           time
           tho
           they
           may
           appear
           long
           ,
           when
           considered
           only
           with
           respect
           to
           our
           continuance
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           yet
           they
           are
           very
           short
           and
           momentary
           ,
           if
           compared
           with
           the
           Duration
           of
           that
           
             Glory
             which
             shall
             be
             revealed
          
           .
           The
           Sufferings
           we
           may
           sustain
           on
           the
           account
           of
           our
           Religion
           can
           at
           longest
           endure
           but
           the
           time
           of
           that
           short
           stay
           we
           make
           here
           .
           They
           are
           but
           
             the
             Sufferings
             of
             this
             present
             time
          
           ;
           they
           are
           at
           most
           of
           an
           uncertain
           and
           short
           continuance
           :
           
             Weeping
             may
             indure
             for
             a
             Night
             ,
             but
             Joy
             cometh
             in
             the
             Morning
          
           ;
           Psal
           .
           30.
           5.
           
        
         
           But
           on
           the
           other
           side
           ,
           our
           Glory
           will
           be
           endless
           and
           eternal
           ;
           so
           that
           on
           this
           account
           there
           is
           not
           so
           much
           proportion
           betwixt
           our
           Sufferings
           and
           our
           Glory
           ,
           as
           there
           is
           between
           one
           minutes
           disturbance
           and
           an
           entire
           Age
           ,
           nay
           some
           thousands
           of
           Years
           uninterrupted
           Pleasure
           and
           Satisfaction
           .
        
         
           The
           Believer
           hath
           this
           advantage
           ,
           that
           his
           annoying
           and
           troublesome
           Occurrences
           will
           be
           of
           a
           very
           short
           continuance
           ,
           but
           what
           is
           grateful
           and
           ravishing
           to
           him
           will
           be
           uninterrupted
           without
           decay
           ,
           and
           without
           Period
           .
           His
           Sufferings
           on
           this
           account
           are
           not
           so
           worthy
           to
           be
           compared
           with
           his
           Glory
           ,
           as
           one
           minute
           is
           to
           be
           compared
           with
           the
           longest
           Succession
           of
           Ages
           .
           
             If
             need
             be
             that
             he
             be
             in
             heaviness
          
           
           (
           he
           must
           suffer
           no
           more
           than
           is
           expedient
           ,
           and
           shall
           be
           useful
           unto
           him
           )
           his
           Heaviness
           must
           be
           but
           
             for
             a
             season
          
           .
           
           If
           he
           must
           suffer
           ,
           his
           Sufferings
           must
           continue
           but
           for
           
             a
             while
          
           ,
           a
           very
           little
           short
           time
           ;
           but
           his
           Glory
           will
           be
           everlasting
           ;
           his
           
             Inheritance
             is
             incorruptible
             ,
             and
             undefiled
             ,
             and
             that
             fadeth
             not
             away
             ,
             reserved
             in
             Heaven
             for
             him
          
           ;
           
           as
           soon
           as
           his
           
             Earthly
             House
             of
             this
             Tabernacle
             is
             dissolved
             ,
          
           he
           is
           to
           enter
           into
           and
           take
           Possession
           of
           
             an
             House
             not
             made
             with
             Hands
             ,
             eternal
             in
             the
             Heavens
             .
          
           
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           Glory
           sincere
           Christians
           shall
           inherit
           hereafter
           is
           so
           great
           and
           excellent
           ,
           and
           doth
           so
           much
           exceed
           all
           their
           Sufferings
           at
           present
           ,
           that
           when
           it
           is
           duly
           apprehended
           by
           Faith
           ,
           it
           doth
           exceedingly
           abate
           and
           mitigate
           ,
           and
           almost
           annihilate
           the
           Force
           and
           Malignity
           of
           all
           that
           can
           be
           inflicted
           on
           them
           at
           present
           .
           This
           Glory
           apprehended
           by
           Faith
           doth
           so
           fill
           them
           with
           Comfort
           and
           Joy
           now
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           their
           greatest
           Sufferings
           ,
           they
           can
           behave
           themselves
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           did
           not
           perceive
           any
           hurt
           or
           inconvenience
           by
           all
           that
           is
           inflicted
           on
           them
           .
           They
           can
           and
           do
           
             rejoyce
             in
             the
             hope
             of
             the
             Glory
             of
             God
             ,
          
           
           
           yea
           ,
           they
           do
           actually
           
             glory
             in
             Tribulations
             also
          
           .
           They
           can
           rejoice
           and
           triumph
           
             that
             they
             are
             counted
             worthy
             to
             suffer
             shame
             for
             the
             Name
             of
             Christ
          
           ;
           
           yea
           ,
           scorn
           to
           
             accept
             deliverance
             when
             they
             are
             tortured
             ,
             that
             they
             may
             obtain
             a
             better
             Resurrection
             .
          
           And
           if
           our
           perceiving
           and
           laying
           hold
           of
           this
           Glory
           at
           present
           by
           Faith
           ,
           makes
           it
           so
           much
           to
           overweigh
           all
           our
           Sufferings
           ,
           when
           actually
           involved
           in
           them
           ,
           how
           much
           must
           the
           Glory
           it self
           in
           its
           full
           exhibition
           ,
           transcend
           and
           exceed
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           this
           present
           Time.
           
        
         
           5.
           
           The
           Sufferings
           of
           this
           present
           Time
           do
           contribute
           much
           towards
           our
           investiture
           in
           the
           future
           Glory
           .
           So
           that
           considering
           our
           present
           Sufferings
           under
           their
           best
           Acceptation
           ,
           they
           bear
           no
           more
           proportion
           to
           the
           Glory
           that
           shall
           be
           revealed
           ,
           than
           the
           Means
           doth
           with
           the
           End.
           And
           the
           End
           must
           certainly
           be
           more
           excellent
           and
           worthy
           ,
           than
           that
           which
           is
           but
           a
           Means
           and
           Instrument
           to
           bring
           about
           that
           End.
           
           
             Our
             light
             Affliction
             which
             is
             but
             for
             a
             moment
             ,
             worketh
             for
             us
             a
             far
             more
             exceeding
             and
             eternal
             weight
             of
             Glory
             .
          
           Our
           Sufferings
           (
           you
           see
           )
           when
           compared
           with
           Glory
           ,
           are
           but
           very
           short
           and
           light
           ,
           the
           Glory
           is
           
             far
             more
             exceeding
             ,
             an
             eternal
             weight
             of
             Glory
          
           ;
           it
           is
           not
           imaginary
           ,
           as
           the
           biggest
           part
           of
           our
           Sufferings
           are
           ,
           but
           real
           and
           substantial
           .
           And
           these
           Sufferings
           do
           contribute
           to
           the
           fitting
           of
           us
           for
           ,
           and
           the
           conducting
           and
           bringing
           of
           us
           to
           this
           Glory
           .
        
         
           Now
           here
           I
           must
           acquaint
           you
           ,
           before
           I
           proceed
           to
           the
           other
           part
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           not
           all
           kind
           of
           Sufferings
           in
           this
           Life
           ,
           which
           will
           contribute
           to
           the
           conducting
           of
           People
           to
           that
           
             Glory
             which
             shall
             be
             revealed
          
           .
        
         
           People
           may
           ,
           by
           their
           Vices
           ,
           Wickednesses
           ,
           and
           Immoralities
           ,
           contract
           very
           much
           hurt
           ,
           and
           grievous
           Sufferings
           upon
           themselves
           .
           And
           these
           are
           so
           far
           from
           administring
           any
           Relief
           ,
           upon
           the
           consideration
           of
           a
           future
           Glory
           ,
           that
           they
           will
           rather
           fill
           with
           greater
           horror
           and
           confusion
           .
           And
           without
           particular
           Repentance
           for
           the
           Facts
           which
           have
           made
           way
           for
           such
           just
           and
           righteous
           Punishments
           ,
           they
           will
           but
           open
           a
           passage
           for
           the
           Sufferers
           ,
           into
           Torments
           and
           Punishments
           unconceivably
           greater
           ,
           more
           insupportable
           and
           lasting
           than
           those
           be
           which
           they
           at
           present
           endure
           .
        
         
         
           Therefore
           if
           we
           would
           have
           Comfort
           and
           Support
           in
           the
           Sufferings
           which
           may
           be
           inflicted
           on
           us
           in
           this
           present
           Life
           ,
           from
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           future
           Glory
           ,
           we
           must
           take
           particular
           care
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           suffer
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           really
           for
           
             Religion
             ,
             the
             Protestant
             Religion
          
           ,
           the
           Cause
           of
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
           And
           that
           we
           bear
           our
           Sufferings
           with
           a
           truly
           Christian
           Disposition
           ,
           and
           frame
           of
           Spirit
           .
           
           
             Beloved
             ,
             think
             it
             not
             strange
             concerning
             the
             fiery
             Trial
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             try
             you
             ,
             as
             though
             some
             strange
             thing
             happened
             unto
             you
             .
             
             But
             rejoice
             ,
             in
             as
             much
             as
             ye
             are
             Partakers
             of
             Christ's
             Sufferings
             ,
             that
             when
             his
             Glory
             shall
             be
             revealed
             ,
             ye
             may
             be
             glad
             also
             with
             exceeding
             joy
             .
             
             If
             ye
             be
             reproached
             for
             the
             Name
             of
             Christ
             ,
             happy
             are
             ye
             ;
             for
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Glory
             ,
             and
             of
             God
             ,
             resteth
             upon
             you
             :
             on
             their
             part
             he
             is
             evil
             spoken
             of
             ,
             but
             on
             your
             part
             he
             is
             glorisied
             .
             
             But
             let
             none
             of
             you
             suffer
             as
             a
             Murderer
             ,
             or
             as
             a
             Thief
             ,
             or
             as
             an
             Evil
             doer
             ,
             or
             as
             a
             busy-body
             in
             other
             Mens
             Matters
             .
             
             Yet
             if
             any
             Man
             suffer
             as
             a
             Christian
             ,
             let
             him
             not
             be
             ashamed
             ,
             but
             let
             him
             glorify
             God
             on
             this
             behalf
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           
             Blessed
             are
             they
             which
             are
             persecuted
             for
             Righteousness-sake
             ;
             for
             theirs
             is
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Heaven
             
             —
             Rejoice
             and
             be
             exceeding
             glad
             ;
             for
             great
             is
             your
             Reward
             in
             Heaven
             .
          
        
         
           More
           particularly
           our
           Sufferings
           will
           contribute
           much
           to
           our
           future
           Happiness
           ,
           if
           they
           be
           inflicted
           on
           us
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           For
           the
           True
           Faith.
           
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           For
           the
           Purity
           of
           God's
           Worship
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           Because
           of
           our
           strict
           and
           faithful
           ordering
           of
           our
           Lives
           and
           Conversations
           ,
           by
           the
           Laws
           and
           Precepts
           of
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           For
           our
           firm
           adhering
           unto
           ,
           and
           regular
           
             contending
             for
             that
             true
             Faith
             which
             was
             once
             delivered
             unto
             the
             Saints
             .
          
           Satan
           hath
           made
           it
           a
           great
           part
           of
           his
           Business
           to
           put
           Men
           of
           corrupt
           Minds
           on
           the
           Adulterating
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith.
           He
           hath
           sometimes
           prompted
           them
           to
           endeavour
           to
           depreciate
           ,
           and
           almost
           annihilate
           some
           of
           the
           main
           fundamental
           Articles
           of
           our
           Religion
           :
           Sometimes
           he
           hath
           furnished
           them
           with
           new
           Notions
           ,
           and
           then
           put
           them
           upon
           the
           assuming
           to
           themselves
           an
           Authority
           to
           impose
           what
           he
           and
           they
           together
           have
           coined
           as
           Articles
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith.
           
        
         
         
           Now
           those
           Sufferings
           which
           are
           inflicted
           on
           us
           ,
           by
           the
           Evil
           and
           Potent
           Adversaries
           of
           the
           Truth
           ,
           because
           we
           will
           not
           renounce
           and
           part
           with
           the
           plain
           and
           obvious
           Doctrines
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           nor
           own
           an
           Authority
           in
           the
           Church
           directly
           opposite
           to
           Christ's
           ,
           nor
           espouse
           and
           entertain
           the
           
             Traditions
             of
             Men
             ,
             for
             the
             Doctrines
             of
             God
             ,
          
           have
           a
           plain
           tendency
           to
           dispose
           us
           for
           ,
           and
           to
           give
           us
           a
           just
           claim
           ,
           by
           virtue
           of
           the
           Promise
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           ,
           to
           that
           
             Glory
             which
             shall
             be
             revealed
          
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           For
           our
           just
           and
           zealous
           Concern
           for
           the
           Purity
           of
           God's
           Worship
           ,
           Satan
           and
           his
           Instruments
           have
           endeavoured
           ,
           with
           all
           their
           Cunning
           and
           Might
           ,
           to
           corrupt
           the
           Worship
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           rejecting
           (
           at
           least
           )
           some
           parts
           of
           his
           Institutions
           ,
           strangely
           altering
           and
           defacing
           some
           essential
           Parts
           of
           his
           Service
           ,
           and
           annexing
           Idolatrous
           and
           Superstitious
           Observations
           unto
           that
           Worship
           God
           hath
           appointed
           ,
           whereby
           they
           have
           done
           as
           much
           as
           they
           could
           ,
           to
           render
           his
           Worship
           and
           Service
           altogether
           ineffectual
           to
           those
           Blessed
           Ends
           and
           Purposes
           for
           which
           they
           were
           intended
           ;
           and
           have
           changed
           the
           Truth
           and
           Substance
           of
           Devotion
           ,
           for
           meer
           Formality
           ,
           and
           a
           number
           of
           Ostentations
           and
           Pompous
           ,
           though
           very
           ludicrous
           and
           pernicious
           ,
           Rites
           .
        
         
           Now
           again
           ,
           if
           we
           suffer
           because
           we
           have
           a
           just
           Zeal
           against
           Idolatry
           and
           Superstition
           ,
           because
           we
           will
           accurately
           observe
           all
           God's
           Institutions
           in
           every
           one
           of
           their
           Parts
           ;
           and
           because
           we
           will
           ,
           as
           near
           as
           possibly
           we
           can
           ,
           perform
           every
           part
           of
           his
           Worship
           ,
           in
           the
           way
           and
           manner
           he
           prescribes
           ,
           then
           our
           present
           Sufferings
           will
           conduce
           much
           to
           our
           future
           Glory
           and
           Happiness
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           As
           every
           Article
           of
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           and
           every
           part
           of
           the
           Gospel-Worship
           ,
           is
           admirably
           adapted
           to
           engage
           us
           unto
           ,
           and
           promote
           us
           in
           the
           leading
           of
           a
           very
           strict
           ,
           holy
           ,
           and
           exemplary
           Conversation
           ;
           so
           all
           the
           Corruptions
           of
           Faith
           and
           Worship
           ,
           which
           have
           been
           vigorously
           advanced
           in
           the
           Christian
           World
           ,
           have
           had
           a
           direct
           tendency
           to
           open
           a
           way
           ,
           
             at
             long-run
          
           ,
           to
           the
           abounding
           of
           Debauchery
           and
           Immorality
           .
           This
           is
           very
           apparent
           as
           to
           all
           those
           Instances
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Some
           whereby
           she
           hath
           corrupted
           in
           her
           Communion
           the
           Gospel-Faith
           and
           Worship
           .
        
         
         
           It
           is
           real
           Holiness
           in
           our
           Lives
           ,
           and
           a
           strict
           conforming
           of
           our
           several
           Practices
           to
           the
           Rules
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           which
           doth
           most
           oppose
           and
           weaken
           Satan's
           Interest
           in
           the
           World.
           And
           it
           is
           against
           this
           that
           he
           principally
           levels
           all
           his
           Designs
           .
        
         
           Though
           many
           of
           his
           Artisices
           seem
           at
           the
           first
           view
           ,
           to
           aim
           more
           immediately
           at
           something
           else
           ,
           and
           therefore
           are
           ordinarily
           propounded
           in
           very
           winning
           Terms
           ,
           and
           are
           glossed
           over
           with
           very
           hypocritical
           and
           deceiving
           Colours
           ;
           yet
           whenever
           he
           succeeds
           ,
           it
           is
           demonstrably
           evident
           ,
           that
           to
           supplant
           the
           
             Power
             of
             Godliness
          
           ,
           was
           his
           chief
           Intent
           ,
           as
           the
           fatal
           and
           ultimate
           result
           of
           all
           his
           Wiles
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           the
           malignity
           and
           hatred
           wicked
           Men
           have
           to
           the
           Power
           of
           Religion
           ,
           which
           makes
           them
           to
           exert
           so
           much
           Violence
           and
           Cruelty
           against
           those
           who
           dare
           not
           allow
           themselves
           in
           the
           Liberties
           they
           take
           ,
           but
           do
           conscienciously
           endeavour
           to
           approve
           themselves
           unto
           their
           God
           ,
           by
           a
           constant
           and
           diligent
           attendance
           to
           those
           Laws
           and
           Commandments
           he
           hath
           given
           them
           .
           
           
             If
             ye
             were
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             the
             World
             would
             love
             his
             own
             ;
             but
             because
             ye
             are
             not
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             but
             I
             have
             chosen
             you
             out
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             therefore
             the
             World
             hateth
             you
             .
             
             They
             think
             it
             strange
             that
             you
             run
             not
             with
             them
             to
             the
             same
             excess
             of
             Riot
             ,
             speaking
             evil
             of
             you
             .
          
        
         
           Let
           us
           therefore
           take
           care
           so
           to
           govern
           our selves
           ,
           that
           our
           
             Conversation
             may
             become
             the
             Gospel
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           and
           that
           we
           may
           
             walk
             worthy
             of
             that
             high
             Vocation
             whereunto
             we
             are
             called
             ,
          
           and
           that
           
             in
             every
             thing
             we
             may
             adorn
             the
             Doctrine
             of
             our
             God
             ,
             and
             of
             our
             Saviour
             Jesus
             Christ
             .
          
           Let
           us
           see
           to
           it
           ,
           that
           our
           Lives
           may
           in
           all
           their
           Parts
           bear
           some
           proportion
           with
           the
           purity
           and
           tendency
           of
           our
           Faith
           ,
           the
           Doctrines
           we
           own
           and
           profess
           ,
           the
           Promises
           which
           are
           laid
           before
           us
           for
           our
           incouragement
           ,
           the
           Example
           our
           Blessed
           Saviour
           himself
           hath
           given
           us
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Things
           we
           tell
           the
           World
           ,
           we
           expect
           ,
           and
           hope
           for
           ;
           that
           so
           if
           we
           suffer
           here
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           evident
           we
           suffer
           ,
           because
           we
           will
           not
           
           
             be
             conformed
             to
             this
             World
             ,
             but
             are
             transformed
             by
             the
             renewing
             of
             our
             Minds
             ,
             and
             do
             approve
             what
             is
             the
             good
             ,
             and
             acceptable
             ,
             and
             perfect
             Will
             of
             God.
          
           And
           then
           we
           may
           expect
           ,
           that
           
           
             as
             the
             Sufferings
             of
             Christ
             do
             abound
             in
             us
             ,
             so
             our
             Consolation
             also
             shall
             abound
             by
             Christ
             .
          
           We
           may
           then
           rest
           assured
           that
           our
           present
           Sufferings
           shall
           be
           recompensed
           with
           a
           Glory
           which
           
           shall
           unconceivably
           exceed
           all
           that
           is
           troublesome
           and
           afflicting
           in
           what
           we
           sustain
           at
           present
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           suffer
           because
           we
           will
           
             not
             make
             shipwrack
             of
             Faith
             and
             a
             good
             Conscience
             ,
          
           because
           we
           offer
           unto
           God
           
             more
             excellent
             Sacrifices
          
           than
           others
           ;
           and
           because
           it
           is
           our
           Care
           and
           Business
           
             to
             walk
             worthy
             of
             our
             God
             ,
             unto
             all
             well-pleasing
             ,
             to
             be
             fruitful
             in
             every
             good
             Work
             ,
             and
             increase
             in
             the
             Knowledge
             of
             God
             ,
          
           we
           may
           certainly
           attain
           to
           be
           of
           such
           a
           Temper
           as
           the
           Apostle
           here
           discovers
           in
           the
           Text.
           We
           may
           arrive
           to
           make
           the
           same
           determination
           with
           our selves
           he
           did
           ,
           and
           
             reckon
             ,
             that
             the
             Sufferings
             of
             this
             present
             Time
             ,
             are
             not
             worthy
             to
             be
             compared
             with
             the
             Glory
             which
             shall
             be
             revealed
             in
             us
             .
          
        
         
           Which
           leads
           me
           to
           the
           Second
           Point
           I
           took
           notice
           of
           from
           the
           words
           ,
           viz.
           
        
         
           That
           sincere
           Christians
           may
           at
           present
           be
           throughly
           assured
           ,
           that
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           this
           present
           Life
           ,
           do
           not
           bear
           any
           proportion
           with
           the
           Glory
           they
           shall
           be
           recompensed
           with
           hereafter
           .
        
         
           They
           may
           ,
           upon
           a
           due
           weighing
           of
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           this
           present
           Time
           ,
           and
           a
           future
           Glory
           together
           ,
           attain
           such
           a
           full
           conviction
           of
           the
           huge
           Advantage
           the
           Glory
           they
           shall
           be
           rewarded
           with
           ,
           hath
           ,
           above
           all
           the
           Sufferings
           they
           can
           at
           present
           endure
           ,
           as
           will
           mightily
           dispose
           them
           to
           bear
           with
           great
           Equanimity
           ,
           and
           encounter
           with
           wonderful
           Fortitude
           ,
           all
           the
           uneasy
           and
           frightful
           Occurrences
           unto
           which
           they
           can
           be
           exposed
           in
           this
           World
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           account
           of
           their
           Religion
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           in
           the
           Text
           the
           sedate
           and
           deliberate
           Judgment
           and
           Determination
           of
           one
           ,
           who
           was
           as
           throughly
           accomplished
           to
           speak
           to
           this
           Point
           ,
           as
           any
           meer
           Man
           could
           be
           .
           He
           had
           experienced
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           
             this
             present
             Time
          
           ,
           in
           as
           abundant
           Measures
           ,
           and
           to
           as
           high
           Degrees
           as
           any
           Man
           ;
           He
           felt
           all
           the
           smart
           and
           pain
           that
           Sufferings
           could
           produce
           .
           He
           had
           taken
           a
           view
           of
           Cruelty
           in
           its
           most
           various
           and
           terrifying
           Forms
           and
           Shapes
           ;
           and
           had
           looked
           further
           into
           the
           
             future
             Glory
          
           ,
           than
           any
           pious
           Soul
           can
           ordinarily
           see
           ,
           whilst
           it
           carries
           along
           with
           it
           this
           mortal
           Clog
           .
           So
           that
           here
           we
           have
           the
           conclusion
           
           of
           one
           ,
           who
           experimentally
           understood
           both
           the
           Nature
           and
           Extent
           of
           a
           Believer's
           Sufferings
           and
           Glory
           ,
           better
           than
           any
           other
           Person
           upon
           Earth
           .
           You
           may
           read
           an
           account
           of
           his
           Sufferings
           in
           2
           Cor.
           11.
           23
           ,
           &c.
           
           And
           you
           may
           guess
           how
           sit
           he
           was
           to
           make
           a
           Judgment
           concerning
           the
           future
           Glory
           ,
           from
           what
           he
           himself
           had
           experience
           of
           ,
           as
           he
           reports
           it
           himself
           in
           2
           Cor.
           12.
           4.
           
        
         
           But
           if
           we
           had
           not
           so
           express
           a
           Testimony
           concerning
           this
           Business
           ,
           from
           this
           Apostle
           ;
           yet
           if
           we
           will
           but
           compare
           the
           greatest
           Sufferings
           which
           have
           been
           inflicted
           on
           sincere
           Christians
           in
           any
           Age
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           or
           the
           greatest
           Sufferings
           we
           can
           imagine
           possible
           to
           be
           inflicted
           by
           Men
           ,
           with
           those
           excellent
           Accounts
           the
           Scriptures
           do
           give
           of
           the
           future
           Glory
           ;
           and
           withal
           remember
           how
           short
           all
           intelligible
           words
           do
           fall
           of
           expressing
           and
           describing
           this
           Glory
           to
           the
           full
           ;
           that
           common
           Principle
           of
           Reason
           which
           directs
           and
           enables
           us
           to
           judg
           of
           ,
           and
           determine
           the
           difference
           there
           is
           between
           inferior
           Matters
           ,
           when
           presented
           to
           our
           Consideration
           ,
           must
           necessarily
           prompt
           us
           to
           conclude
           ,
           that
           present
           Sufferings
           do
           not
           bear
           a
           proportion
           with
           the
           promised
           Glory
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           compare
           these
           Matters
           with
           Sedateness
           ,
           and
           approve
           our selves
           impartial
           ,
           Reason
           it self
           ,
           as
           assisted
           by
           the
           Holy
           Scriptures
           ,
           will
           as
           certainly
           direct
           us
           to
           conclude
           for
           the
           future
           Glory
           ,
           as
           it
           will
           influence
           and
           authorize
           us
           to
           determine
           ,
           that
           a
           massy
           Mountain
           is
           more
           ponderous
           than
           a
           Light
           and
           almost
           imperceptible
           Feather
           .
        
         
           We
           hugely
           wrong
           our selves
           ,
           and
           injure
           the
           Interest
           of
           Piety
           ,
           in
           that
           we
           wave
           the
           due
           comparing
           of
           Matters
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           so
           diligently
           ,
           and
           with
           such
           consideration
           as
           becomes
           us
           ,
           set
           the
           Incouragements
           we
           have
           to
           Virtue
           and
           Holiness
           ,
           in
           a
           just
           opposition
           to
           whatsoever
           may
           be
           pretended
           a
           Discouragement
           thereunto
           .
           Did
           we
           compare
           aright
           ,
           eternal
           Inheritances
           with
           temporal
           Occurrences
           ,
           and
           the
           uncertain
           ,
           unsatisfying
           ,
           short-lived
           Honours
           ,
           Pleasures
           ,
           &c.
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           with
           the
           certain
           ,
           constant
           ,
           uninterrupted
           ,
           endless
           Torments
           and
           Miseries
           of
           
           the
           next
           World
           ,
           we
           shou'd
           have
           more
           fixed
           and
           sound
           Judgments
           and
           Resolutions
           touching
           these
           things
           ,
           than
           we
           ordinarily
           have
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           the
           common
           Principle
           of
           Reason
           will
           teach
           us
           to
           make
           such
           a
           Determination
           on
           a
           due
           comparing
           of
           these
           matters
           together
           ,
           how
           much
           more
           will
           our
           Minds
           be
           assured
           that
           the
           future
           Glory
           will
           abundantly
           transcend
           our
           present
           Sufferings
           ,
           when
           we
           shall
           be
           enabled
           to
           pry
           further
           into
           these
           matters
           ,
           and
           see
           them
           more
           distinctly
           ,
           by
           having
           them
           set
           in
           a
           clearer
           Light
           through
           that
           special
           Illumination
           of
           the
           holy
           Spirit
           ,
           God
           is
           pleased
           to
           bestow
           on
           sincere
           Christians
           ?
        
         
           As
           we
           have
           the
           Promise
           of
           God
           to
           assure
           us
           of
           a
           happy
           and
           blessed
           Eternity
           ,
           if
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           Sufferings
           and
           Difficulties
           ,
           Inconveniencies
           and
           Discouragements
           we
           may
           meet
           with
           in
           adhering
           to
           the
           P●●●e●●ion
           and
           Practice
           of
           the
           true
           Religion
           ,
           we
           
           
             patiently
             continue
             in
             well
             doing
          
           ;
           so
           we
           find
           Believers
           have
           been
           so
           throughly
           assured
           in
           their
           own
           Minds
           of
           the
           great
           advantage
           future
           Glory
           hath
           above
           all
           present
           Sufferings
           ,
           they
           have
           both
           made
           open
           Profession
           of
           their
           Satisfaction
           concerning
           this
           matter
           ,
           and
           have
           actually
           rejoyced
           and
           triumph'd
           at
           the
           Consideration
           thereof
           ,
           when
           they
           have
           been
           treated
           very
           discourteously
           by
           the
           Adversaries
           of
           their
           Religion
           .
           
           
             F●●…
             the
             which
             cause
          
           (
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           )
           
             I
             also
             suffer
             these
             〈…〉
             evertheless
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             ashamed
             ;
             for
             I
             know
             whom
             I
             〈…〉
             ,
             and
             I
             am
             perswaded
             that
             he
             is
             able
             to
             keep
             in
             〈…〉
             have
             committed
             unto
             him
             against
             that
             day
             .
          
           The
           Ap
           〈…〉
           way
           rejoycing
           
             (
             Acts
          
           5.
           41.
           
           )
           
             that
             they
             were
             count
             〈…〉
             suffer
             Shame
             for
             the
             Name
             of
             Christ
             .
          
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           Believers
           have
           had
           such
           Pl
           〈…〉
           ssurance
           of
           what
           the
           Text
           doth
           instruct
           us
           in
           ,
           th
           〈…〉
           been
           powerfully
           influenced
           thereby
           to
           renounce
           an
           〈…〉
           with
           all
           the
           Flatteries
           ,
           Pleasures
           ,
           and
           Pomps
           of
           〈…〉
           World
           ,
           and
           expose
           themselves
           voluntarily
           to
           the
           m
           〈…〉
           el
           and
           barbarous
           Usages
           of
           the
           implacable
           Enemies
           〈…〉
           ne
           true
           Faith
           and
           Religion
           .
           Yea
           ,
           they
           have
           actually
           〈…〉
           ed
           and
           refused
           to
           accept
           of
           the
           Offers
           of
           Deliverance
           ●●om
           the
           most
           painful
           
           Tortures
           .
           
             By
             Faith
          
           Moses
           
             when
             he
             was
             come
             to
             Years
             ,
             refused
             to
             be
             called
             the
             Son
             of
          
           Pharaoh
           
             's
             Daughter
             ,
             chusing
             rather
             to
             suffer
             Affliction
             with
             the
             People
             of
             God
             ,
             than
             to
             enjoy
             the
             Pleasures
             of
             Sin
             for
             a
             season
             :
             Esteemirg
             the
             Reproach
             of
             Christ
             greater
             Riches
             than
             the
             Treasures
             of
          
           Egypt
           :
           
             for
             he
             had
             respect
             unto
             the
             Recompence
             of
             the
             Reward
             :
          
           Heb.
           11.
           24
           ,
           25
           ,
           26.
           
           And
           we
           read
           of
           
             others
             who
             were
             tortured
             ,
             not
             accepting
             Deliverance
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             obtain
             a
             better
             Resurrection
          
           ;
           Heb.
           11.
           35.
           
        
         
           Having
           thus
           briefly
           discoursed
           of
           the
           two
           Points
           taken
           notice
           of
           from
           the
           Text
           ,
           I
           shall
           raise
           a
           few
           Inferences
           from
           what
           hath
           been
           discoursed
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           This
           should
           greatly
           endear
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           unto
           us
           ,
           and
           mightily
           confirm
           and
           settle
           us
           in
           the
           Profession
           and
           Practice
           of
           it
           .
           The
           Protestant
           Religion
           is
           the
           only
           true
           Christian
           and
           Scripture-Religion
           :
           It
           takes
           in
           and
           comprehends
           all
           that
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           doth
           teach
           and
           authorize
           ,
           and
           it
           rejects
           and
           renounces
           every
           thing
           from
           being
           a
           part
           of
           Religion
           which
           the
           Scriptures
           do
           not
           warrant
           .
           All
           this
           is
           very
           evident
           and
           plain
           to
           those
           who
           do
           impartially
           compare
           our
           Religion
           with
           the
           holy
           Scriptures
           .
           The
           Protestant
           Religion
           is
           the
           Religion
           that
           is
           from
           above
           ,
           
             and
             is
             first
             pure
             ,
             then
             peacable
             ,
             gentle
             ,
             and
             easie
             to
             be
             intreated
             ,
             full
             of
             Mercy
             and
             good
             Fruits
             ,
             without
             Partiality
             and
             without
             Hypocrisy
          
           ;
           James
           3.
           17.
           
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           Faith
           and
           Religion
           we
           are
           commanded
           by
           God
           himself
           
             to
             stand
             fast
             in
          
           ,
           and
           
             to
             contend
             earnestly
             for
          
           ;
           and
           as
           it
           were
           to
           enter
           into
           an
           Association
           to
           defend
           and
           maintain
           it
           against
           all
           the
           Attempts
           of
           its
           Adversaries
           ;
           for
           we
           are
           required
           
             to
             stand
             fast
             in
             one
             Spirit
             ,
             with
             one
             Mind
             ,
             striving
             together
             for
             the
             Faith
             of
             the
             Gospel
          
           ;
           Phil.
           1.
           27.
           
        
         
           The
           Protestant
           Religion
           is
           that
           which
           was
           the
           common
           Religion
           among
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           all
           good
           Christians
           of
           old
           .
           It
           is
           the
           Religion
           of
           all
           the
           Reformed
           Churches
           at
           present
           :
           This
           is
           the
           Religion
           we
           all
           make
           a
           Profession
           of
           ,
           and
           it
           is
           such
           a
           Religion
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           be
           but
           sincere
           in
           ,
           and
           
           true
           to
           it
           ,
           we
           may
           suffer
           (
           if
           occasion
           be
           )
           for
           it
           with
           Comfort
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           we
           suffer
           for
           it
           ,
           the
           greater
           measures
           of
           Glory
           we
           shall
           be
           recompensed
           with
           at
           last
           .
           People
           may
           call
           what
           ever
           they
           fancy
           ,
           and
           whatever
           their
           Interest
           doth
           incline
           them
           unto
           ,
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           Religion
           :
           but
           it
           is
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           which
           is
           the
           only
           true
           Christian
           Religion
           ,
           and
           the
           only
           Religion
           which
           is
           worth
           suffering
           for
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           our
           Religion
           be
           such
           as
           will
           bear
           us
           out
           in
           Sufferings
           ,
           yea
           ,
           cause
           the
           greatest
           Sufferings
           we
           can
           be
           exposed
           unto
           for
           its
           sake
           ,
           to
           turn
           us
           to
           the
           most
           desireable
           and
           advantagious
           account
           ,
           how
           does
           it
           deserve
           to
           be
           esteemed
           by
           us
           ?
           What
           a
           Zeal
           should
           we
           have
           for
           it
           ?
           How
           concerned
           should
           we
           be
           on
           its
           behalf
           ?
           With
           what
           firmness
           should
           we
           adhere
           unto
           it
           ?
           With
           what
           Courage
           and
           Resolution
           should
           we
           encounter
           all
           Difficulties
           we
           may
           meet
           with
           ,
           whilst
           ingaged
           in
           and
           for
           it
           ?
           With
           what
           assurance
           should
           we
           own
           to
           the
           World
           that
           we
           are
           of
           this
           Religion
           ?
           With
           what
           Care
           and
           Circumspection
           should
           we
           walk
           ,
           that
           our
           Conversations
           may
           not
           thwart
           with
           ,
           nor
           blemish
           ,
           but
           every
           way
           accord
           and
           comport
           well
           with
           this
           Religion
           ?
           What
           Valour
           and
           Excellency
           of
           Spirit
           should
           we
           all
           manifest
           in
           opposing
           and
           endeavouring
           to
           pull
           down
           (
           according
           to
           the
           Stations
           and
           Capacities
           we
           are
           in
           )
           all
           the
           Insolent
           and
           Arbitrary
           Attempters
           to
           supplant
           and
           overthrow
           our
           Religion
           ?
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           Religion
           God
           hath
           revealed
           ,
           which
           he
           owns
           and
           will
           recompence
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           Religion
           which
           leads
           to
           Glory
           .
           It
           is
           indeed
           a
           Religion
           the
           Men
           of
           this
           World
           do
           hate
           :
           And
           therefore
           its
           Professors
           must
           expect
           but
           little
           courteous
           Entertainment
           from
           them
           :
           They
           must
           look
           for
           Tribulations
           and
           Sufferings
           as
           they
           pass
           on
           their
           Pilgrimage
           through
           this
           Wilderness
           .
           But
           then
           it
           is
           a
           Religion
           which
           secures
           this
           advantage
           to
           all
           its
           faithful
           Professors
           ,
           That
           their
           Sufferings
           shall
           be
           their
           Gain
           ,
           and
           the
           more
           they
           suffer
           on
           its
           account
           ,
           the
           greater
           and
           more
           glorious
           their
           Reward
           shall
           be
           .
        
         
         
           How
           dear
           should
           that
           Religion
           be
           unto
           us
           ,
           which
           assures
           us
           of
           such
           a
           Glory
           ,
           that
           all
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           this
           Life
           are
           as
           nothing
           when
           compared
           with
           it
           ?
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           This
           should
           hugely
           incourage
           and
           support
           those
           who
           do
           suffer
           for
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           .
           The
           Protestant
           Interest
           hath
           been
           at
           a
           very
           low
           Ebb
           a
           great
           many
           Years
           ;
           very
           subtile
           ,
           formidable
           ,
           and
           general
           Designs
           have
           been
           on
           foot
           to
           destroy
           the
           Reformed
           Church
           .
           And
           as
           the
           Enemies
           of
           our
           Religion
           did
           considently
           please
           themselves
           in
           all
           Nations
           with
           an
           Opinion
           that
           their
           Projects
           should
           take
           effect
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           should
           certainly
           root
           out
           that
           only
           true
           Religion
           ,
           which
           they
           call
           Heresy
           ;
           so
           no
           doubt
           they
           would
           have
           succeeded
           in
           their
           Attempts
           ,
           had
           not
           God
           been
           on
           our
           side
           ,
           who
           always
           hath
           been
           ,
           is
           ,
           and
           ever
           will
           be
           true
           and
           faithful
           to
           his
           Word
           and
           Promise
           .
        
         
           He
           hath
           built
           his
           Church
           on
           so
           firm
           and
           unmoveable
           a
           Rock
           ,
           and
           hath
           so
           engaged
           his
           Faithfulness
           and
           Power
           on
           its
           behalf
           ,
           that
           no
           Counsel
           or
           Strength
           shall
           ever
           be
           able
           to
           prevail
           against
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           tho
           God
           will
           not
           utterly
           forsake
           his
           People
           ,
           tho
           he
           will
           not
           cast
           them
           off
           for
           ever
           ,
           yet
           he
           may
           permit
           the
           
             Plowers
             to
             plow
             long
             and
             deep
             Furrows
             on
             their
             Backs
             :
          
           He
           may
           suffer
           the
           Antichristian
           State
           to
           rage
           violently
           ,
           and
           many
           of
           the
           Kings
           and
           Rulers
           
             of
             the
             Earth
             to
             take
             Counsel
             together
             ,
          
           and
           set
           themselves
           against
           the
           Protestant
           Churches
           .
        
         
           These
           may
           treat
           the
           best
           Christians
           with
           much
           Insolence
           and
           Barbarity
           ,
           but
           he
           all
           the
           time
           sits
           upon
           the
           Throne
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           really
           
             laughs
             them
             to
             scorn
          
           ,
           and
           derides
           the
           bloody
           Enemies
           of
           his
           Truth
           and
           Gospel
           .
        
         
           God
           seems
           to
           wink
           at
           the
           Enemies
           of
           his
           Truth
           ,
           and
           permits
           them
           to
           carry
           on
           their
           Designs
           so
           far
           as
           he
           thinks
           fit
           to
           over-rule
           their
           Methods
           and
           Courses
           to
           Ends
           they
           never
           think
           of
           .
        
         
           But
           when
           his
           Peoples
           Dross
           is
           purged
           away
           ,
           and
           their
           Adversaries
           have
           filled
           up
           the
           measure
           of
           their
           Iniquities
           ,
           and
           are
           fully
           ripe
           for
           Vengeance
           ,
           then
           will
           be
           open
           a
           way
           
           for
           the
           solemn
           and
           illustrious
           conducting
           of
           his
           Church
           to
           that
           pure
           and
           prosperous
           Estate
           which
           he
           hath
           promised
           to
           place
           her
           even
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           in
           the
           open
           view
           and
           sight
           of
           the
           Nations
           .
        
         
           Great
           Multitudes
           of
           eminent
           Protestants
           have
           for
           many
           Years
           now
           past
           been
           very
           inhumanly
           treated
           :
           Great
           numbers
           are
           at
           this
           time
           very
           cruelly
           used
           ,
           their
           Sighs
           and
           Groans
           do
           sound
           loud
           ,
           their
           Sufferings
           are
           very
           apparent
           and
           visible
           .
        
         
           But
           poor
           Sufferers
           !
           be
           not
           you
           discouraged
           ,
           your
           Groans
           do
           reach
           Heaven
           ,
           they
           penetrate
           unto
           the
           
             Mercy-Seat
             ,
             they
             come
             unto
             the
             Ears
             of
             your
             God
             ,
          
           the
           Lord
           of
           Hosts
           ,
           
             who
             only
             is
             mighty
             to
             save
             .
          
           He
           is
           jealous
           for
           his
           Honour
           ,
           he
           is
           
             jealous
             for
             his
             People
          
           ,
           he
           will
           arise
           ,
           he
           will
           help
           ,
           he
           will
           be
           
             avenged
             of
             your
             Adversaries
          
           ,
           yea
           he
           will
           do
           it
           speedily
           .
        
         
           God
           hath
           miraculously
           appeared
           to
           save
           and
           deliver
           his
           People
           in
           this
           Land
           :
           He
           hath
           setled
           us
           
             by
             his
             own
             Right-hand
          
           ,
           under
           the
           Protection
           and
           Government
           of
           a
           King
           and
           Queen
           ,
           who
           have
           signally
           approved
           their
           Fidelity
           to
           ,
           and
           Zeal
           for
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           their
           Concern
           that
           the
           main
           Supporters
           of
           the
           Antichristian
           and
           persecuting
           Party
           may
           be
           brought
           down
           ,
           and
           rendred
           uncapable
           any
           farther
           to
           play
           Reaks
           in
           God's
           Vineyard
           .
        
         
           And
           we
           have
           ground
           to
           hope
           that
           God
           is
           about
           to
           arise
           ,
           and
           cloath
           himself
           with
           Vengeance
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           will
           set
           such
           Princes
           and
           Rulers
           ,
           in
           a
           little
           time
           ,
           over
           the
           Nations
           ,
           
           
             as
             will
             take
             the
             Whore
             ,
             and
             make
             her
             desolate
             and
             naked
             ;
             and
             will
             cat
             her
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             burn
             her
             with
             Fire
             .
          
        
         
           You
           who
           suffer
           for
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           either
           in
           
             Ireland
             ,
             France
          
           ,
           or
           any
           where
           else
           ,
           take
           Heart
           ,
           be
           not
           discouraged
           ,
           be
           not
           dismayed
           ,
           but
           labour
           to
           possess
           your
           Souls
           with
           Patience
           .
           
           
             Be
             you
             in
             nothing
             terrified
             by
             your
             Adversaries
             ,
             which
             will
             be
             to
             them
             an
             evident
             Token
             of
             Perdition
             ,
             but
             to
             you
             of
             Salvation
             ,
             and
             that
             of
             God.
          
           Know
           you
           ,
           and
           be
           assured
           ,
           that
           
           
             now
             your
             Salvation
             is
             nearer
             than
             when
             you
             believed
             .
          
        
         
           You
           suffer
           for
           the
           Cause
           of
           God
           ,
           the
           Interest
           of
           Christ
           ,
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           which
           must
           ,
           which
           will
           stand
           
           and
           prevail
           ,
           mauger
           all
           the
           Policy
           and
           Power
           both
           of
           Hell
           and
           Earth
           .
           Your
           Sufferings
           are
           taken
           notice
           of
           ,
           and
           recorded
           Above
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           no
           unkind
           usage
           you
           experience
           here
           ,
           but
           your
           Head
           ,
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           is
           tenderly
           affected
           with
           it
           ,
           and
           resents
           it
           as
           done
           to
           himself
           in
           Person
           ;
           you
           do
           but
           tread
           in
           your
           Saviour's
           Steps
           .
           The
           more
           you
           suffer
           for
           him
           ,
           the
           more
           you
           are
           conformed
           to
           him
           .
           You
           are
           walking
           to
           Glory
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           path
           thorow
           which
           your
           Master
           and
           Head
           entred
           in
           thither
           .
           
           
             If
             you
             suffer
             with
             him
             ,
             you
             shall
             be
             glorified
             together
             nith
             him
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           who
           would
           not
           suffer
           for
           Christ
           ,
           and
           with
           Christ
           ,
           when
           assured
           on
           doing
           so
           ,
           he
           shall
           
             reign
             with
             him
          
           ?
           Will
           not
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           the
           highest
           Honour
           ,
           and
           the
           greatest
           Glory
           to
           be
           injoyed
           there
           ,
           fully
           compensate
           for
           all
           you
           can
           suffer
           here
           ?
        
         
           He
           that
           will
           not
           suffer
           the
           Person
           ,
           who
           gives
           but
           
             a
             Cup
             of
             cold
             Water
             to
             a
             Disciple
             ,
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             a
             Disciple
             ,
             to
             go
             without
             a
             Reward
             ,
          
           will
           by
           no
           means
           be
           unmindful
           of
           ,
           or
           suffer
           one
           who
           hath
           followed
           him
           through
           Tribulations
           and
           Sufferings
           ,
           to
           miss
           of
           the
           Glory
           and
           Inheritance
           which
           he
           hath
           promised
           to
           every
           Person
           who
           doth
           so
           .
        
         
           Take
           Courage
           all
           you
           suffering
           Protestants
           ,
           and
           hold
           out
           chearfully
           .
           If
           you
           never
           deny
           Christ
           ,
           he
           will
           never
           deny
           you
           .
           Support
           your selves
           with
           the
           precious
           Promises
           he
           hath
           given
           you
           .
           Incourage
           your selves
           from
           the
           consideration
           of
           that
           great
           and
           wonderful
           Glory
           which
           shall
           be
           revealed
           in
           you
           ;
           comfort
           your selves
           ,
           and
           one
           another
           ,
           with
           these
           words
           ,
           
             so
             shall
             we
             ever
             be
             with
             the
             Lord.
             
          
        
         
           It
           is
           as
           righteous
           a
           thing
           with
           the
           Lord
           ,
           to
           recompence
           you
           with
           Glory
           ,
           Rest
           ,
           and
           Happiness
           ,
           who
           suffer
           for
           him
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           
           
             to
             recompense
             Tribulation
             to
             them
             that
             trouble
             you
             .
          
        
         
           If
           you
           hold
           out
           and
           endure
           to
           the
           End
           ,
           acting
           Faith
           and
           Patience
           ,
           living
           upon
           the
           Promises
           ,
           and
           drawing
           Comfort
           from
           the
           Glory
           which
           is
           treasured
           up
           for
           you
           ;
           with
           what
           Joy
           and
           Triumph
           may
           you
           part
           with
           this
           World
           ,
           tho
           you
           should
           be
           called
           to
           end
           your
           Days
           and
           Sufferings
           together
           ?
        
         
         
           Becareful
           that
           you
           never
           cease
           groaning
           and
           crying
           to
           your
           God.
           Let
           your
           fervent
           Prayers
           continually
           accompany
           to
           the
           Throne
           of
           Grace
           ,
           the
           ardent
           Supplications
           of
           all
           those
           who
           sympathize
           with
           you
           in
           your
           Sufferings
           .
           Let
           none
           of
           us
           ever
           desist
           from
           an
           earnest
           vehement
           importunity
           with
           our
           God
           ,
           till
           he
           hath
           actually
           made
           his
           Church
           
             the
             Joy
             of
             the
             whole
             Earth
             ,
          
           or
           at
           least
           have
           safely
           conducted
           us
           to
           that
           
             Glory
             which
             shall
             at
             last
             be
             revealed
             in
             all
             his
             Saints
             .
          
        
         
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             Persecution
          
           is
           a
           most
           horrible
           and
           inexcusable
           Villany
           .
           The
           Name
           is
           so
           apparently
           odious
           ,
           that
           no
           Party
           ,
           whilst
           under
           the
           Guilt
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           practice
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           will
           own
           it
           .
           Those
           who
           have
           rendred
           themselves
           excerable
           to
           the
           highest
           degree
           ,
           by
           the
           open
           perpetrating
           of
           the
           most
           villanous
           Cruelties
           ,
           on
           the
           faithful
           Professors
           of
           the
           only
           true
           Religion
           ,
           have
           had
           the
           impudence
           to
           deny
           (
           even
           whilst
           their
           Hands
           and
           their
           Cloaths
           have
           been
           died
           with
           the
           reaking
           Blood
           of
           those
           Innocent
           and
           Holy
           Persons
           they
           have
           murdered
           )
           that
           they
           are
           Persecutors
           .
           Others
           who
           have
           been
           guilty
           of
           the
           Sin
           to
           avoid
           the
           infamy
           of
           the
           Character
           ,
           have
           chosen
           to
           call
           the
           unjustifiable
           Courses
           they
           have
           applied
           themselves
           unto
           ,
           by
           another
           Name
           .
           But
           if
           God's
           People
           must
           suffer
           in
           their
           Names
           ,
           in
           their
           Estates
           ,
           in
           their
           Liberties
           ,
           and
           as
           to
           their
           Lives
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           for
           Religion
           ,
           the
           thing
           is
           really
           the
           same
           as
           Persecution
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           injurious
           Persons
           may
           provide
           a
           less
           infamous
           Name
           for
           what
           they
           do
           .
        
         
           Persecution
           is
           a
           Villany
           and
           Wickedness
           which
           is
           best
           and
           most
           exactly
           represented
           and
           exprest
           by
           its
           own
           proper
           Name
           .
           It
           thwarts
           and
           contradicts
           all
           the
           Dictates
           of
           Humane
           Nature
           ;
           It
           breaks
           all
           the
           Ties
           and
           Bonds
           of
           common
           Civility
           .
           It
           is
           most
           opposite
           and
           contrary
           to
           ,
           and
           most
           destructive
           of
           all
           the
           Purposes
           and
           Designs
           of
           every
           Part
           and
           Branch
           of
           the
           Christian
           Religion
           .
        
         
           That
           which
           is
           most
           essential
           and
           peculiar
           to
           it
           ,
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           abuses
           those
           for
           whom
           God
           hath
           the
           greatest
           love
           :
           
           It
           vilifies
           and
           casts
           Infamy
           upon
           them
           whom
           God
           will
           for
           ever
           glorify
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           God
           will
           reward
           his
           suffering
           persecuted
           Servants
           with
           the
           greatest
           Measures
           of
           Glory
           ,
           what
           shall
           become
           of
           the
           Persecutors
           and
           Troublers
           of
           his
           People
           ?
           Their
           Estate
           indeed
           is
           very
           dreadful
           .
           If
           they
           impenitently
           persist
           in
           their
           persecuting
           Course
           ,
           it
           were
           better
           for
           them
           
             they
             had
             never
             been
             born
          
           ;
           or
           being
           born
           ,
           that
           
             a
             Mill-stone
             were
             hanged
             about
             their
             Necks
             ,
             and
             they
             thrown
             into
             the
             depth
             of
             the
             Sea.
             
          
        
         
           If
           Persecutors
           do
           not
           repent
           ,
           and
           this
           in
           good
           carnest
           ,
           and
           in
           due
           time
           ,
           God
           will
           certainly
           curse
           ,
           and
           burn
           ,
           and
           damn
           them
           to
           all
           Eternity
           .
           He
           will
           recompense
           the
           Troublers
           of
           his
           People
           ,
           with
           the
           greatest
           Measures
           of
           Anguish
           and
           Tribulation
           .
           Their
           Portion
           must
           be
           ,
           that
           
             fiery
             Indignation
             which
             shall
             devour
             the
             Adversaries
             .
          
           For
           them
           
             is
             reserved
             the
             blackness
             of
             Darkness
             for
             ever
             .
          
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           We
           may
           from
           what
           hath
           been
           discoursed
           ,
           be
           put
           in
           mind
           of
           the
           Duty
           we
           owe
           (
           whilst
           we
           are
           free
           from
           Sufferings
           )
           to
           those
           Protestants
           who
           are
           in
           an
           afflicted
           and
           suffering
           Estate
           .
           Great
           numbers
           of
           Protestants
           have
           been
           suffering
           very
           severe
           things
           a
           long
           time
           for
           their
           Religion
           :
           They
           have
           long
           groaned
           under
           the
           Tyranny
           and
           Cruelty
           of
           their
           Oppressors
           .
        
         
           Blessed
           be
           God
           ,
           we
           do
           enjoy
           the
           Gospel
           with
           much
           freedom
           ,
           ease
           ,
           quiet
           ,
           and
           plenty
           :
           But
           we
           must
           take
           care
           that
           we
           do
           not
           forget
           the
           Troubles
           of
           God's
           People
           in
           other
           places
           ,
           especially
           in
           our
           Neighbouring
           Countries
           ,
           where
           our
           fellow-Protestants
           have
           suffered
           ,
           and
           do
           suffer
           such
           shameful
           and
           horrible
           Cruelties
           ,
           that
           none
           of
           the
           ancient
           Persecutions
           have
           had
           any
           thing
           in
           them
           which
           may
           make
           them
           run
           parallel
           with
           the
           present
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           certain
           ,
           we
           ought
           to
           lay
           to
           heart
           the
           afflicted
           Condition
           of
           those
           who
           are
           of
           the
           same
           Religion
           with
           us
           ,
           our
           Bowels
           shou'd
           yearn
           over
           them
           ;
           we
           should
           labour
           to
           have
           our
           Souls
           possessed
           with
           Resentments
           suitable
           to
           what
           they
           undergoe
           and
           endure
           .
        
         
         
           And
           it
           greatly
           concerns
           us
           to
           present
           their
           Case
           (
           in
           our
           deepest
           Humiliations
           )
           unto
           our
           God.
           With
           what
           awful
           and
           earnest
           importunity
           should
           we
           wrestle
           in
           our
           Prayers
           with
           the
           Lord
           on
           their
           behalf
           ?
           With
           what
           reiterated
           vehemence
           should
           we
           entreat
           God
           to
           arise
           and
           scatter
           the
           Enemies
           of
           his
           Church
           ,
           and
           make
           his
           Arm
           bare
           ,
           and
           save
           his
           People
           which
           are
           appointed
           to
           destruction
           !
        
         
           O
           Lord
           awake
           ,
           and
           stir
           up
           thy
           Power
           ,
           and
           come
           and
           help
           .
           Hear
           thy
           People
           which
           prayeth
           unto
           thee
           ;
           and
           wherein-soever
           the
           Enemies
           of
           thy
           Church
           do
           behave
           themselves
           proudly
           ,
           shew
           thy self
           to
           be
           above
           them
           ;
           plead
           thine
           own
           Cause
           with
           all
           thy
           haughty
           ,
           cruel
           ,
           and
           contemptuous
           Adversaries
           ,
           and
           maintain
           thou
           the
           Right
           of
           thy
           People
           ,
           who
           look
           unto
           thee
           ,
           and
           have
           long
           waited
           for
           thy
           Salvation
           .
           
           
             Remember
             this
             ,
             that
             the
             Enemy
             hath
             reproached
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             foolish
             People
             have
             blasphemed
             thy
             Name
             .
             O
             deliver
             not
             the
             Soul
             of
             thy
             Turtle-dove
             unto
             the
             multitude
             of
             the
             Wicked
             ,
             forget
             not
             the
             Congregation
             of
             thy
             Poor
             for
             ever
             .
             Have
             respect
             unto
             the
             Covenant
             ;
             for
             the
             dark
             places
             of
             the
             Earth
             are
             full
             of
             the
             Habitations
             of
             Cruelty
             .
             O
             let
             not
             the
             Oppressed
             return
             ashamed
             ;
             let
             the
             Poor
             and
             Needy
             praise
             thy
             Name
             .
             Arise
             ,
             O
             God
             ,
             plead
             thine
             own
             Cause
             ;
             remember
             how
             the
             foolish
             Man
             reproacheth
             thee
             daily
             .
             Forget
             not
             the
             Voice
             of
             thine
             Enemies
             ;
             the
             Tumult
             of
             those
             that
             rise
             up
             against
             thee
             ,
             increaseth
             continually
             .
             Keep
             not
             thou
             silence
             ,
             O
             God
             ;
             hold
             not
             thy
             peace
             ,
             and
             be
             not
             still
             ,
             O
             God.
          
           
           
             For
             lo
             ,
             thine
             Enemies
             make
             a
             Tumult
             ;
             and
             they
             that
             hate
             thee
             ,
             have
             lift
             up
             the
             Head.
             They
             have
             taken
             crafty
             Counsel
             against
             thy
             People
             ,
             and
             consulted
             against
             thy
             hidden
             Ones
             .
             They
             have
             said
             ,
             Come
             ,
             and
             let
             us
             cut
             them
             off
             from
             being
             a
             Nation
             ;
             that
             the
             Name
             of
          
           Israel
           (
           that
           the
           Name
           of
           
             Protestant
             )
             may
             be
             no
             more
             in
             remembrance
             .
             For
             they
             have
             consulted
             together
             with
             one
             consent
             ;
             they
             are
             confederate
             against
             thee
             .
          
           
           
             —
             Do
             unto
             them
             as
             unto
             the
          
           Midianites
           ;
           
             as
             to
          
           Sisera
           ,
           
             as
             to
          
           Jabin
           ,
           
             at
             the
             Brook
             of
          
           Kison
           ,
           
             which
             perished
             at
          
           En-dor
           ;
           
             they
             became
             as
             Dung
             for
             the
             Earth
             .
             Make
             their
             Nobles
             like
          
           Oreb
           ,
           
             and
             like
          
           Zeeb
           ;
           
             yea
             ,
             all
          
           
           
             their
             Princes
             as
          
           Zebah
           ,
           and
           Zalmunna
           .
           
           
             —
             Persecutethem
             with
             thy
             Tempest
             ,
             and
             make
             them
             afraid
             with
             thy
             Storm
             .
             Fill
             ,
             O
             Lord
          
           
           
             —
             That
             Men
             may
             know
             ,
             that
             thou
             whose
             Name
             alone
             is
             JEHOVAH
             ,
             art
             the
             most
             High
             over
             all
             theEarth
             .
          
        
         
           But
           there
           is
           one
           thing
           more
           I
           would
           more
           particularly
           recommend
           to
           you
           ,
           as
           a
           piece
           of
           Service
           we
           more
           especially
           owe
           to
           our
           Suffering
           Brethren
           at
           this
           Time
           :
        
         
           And
           that
           is
           ,
        
         
           To
           contribute
           what
           we
           can
           for
           their
           Support
           and
           Relief
           ,
           under
           their
           present
           Sufferings
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           hastening
           of
           their
           Deliverance
           from
           the
           Tyranny
           and
           Cruelty
           of
           their
           Adversaries
           .
           If
           ,
           God
           will
           recompense
           his
           suffering
           Servants
           ,
           with
           a
           Glory
           which
           will
           infinitely
           exceed
           all
           that
           can
           be
           inflicted
           on
           them
           at
           present
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           sure
           he
           sets
           a
           a
           very
           high
           value
           on
           them
           ,
           and
           hath
           a
           very
           affectionate
           and
           tender
           regard
           unto
           them
           .
           And
           is
           it
           not
           very
           apparent
           from
           hence
           ,
           that
           we
           ought
           to
           have
           a
           very
           great
           esteem
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           concern
           our selves
           as
           much
           as
           possibly
           we
           can
           at
           present
           ,
           for
           their
           support
           and
           deliverance
           ?
        
         
           We
           should
           now
           be
           very
           free
           and
           liberal
           in
           imparting
           what
           we
           have
           ,
           to
           supply
           the
           Wants
           and
           Necessities
           of
           our
           distressed
           Brethren
           ,
           that
           comfortable
           Accommodations
           may
           be
           provided
           for
           them
           .
           It
           is
           our
           Duty
           to
           
             do
             good
             to
             all
             ,
             but
             especially
             to
             those
             who
             are
             of
             the
             Houshold
             of
             Faith.
          
           And
           amongst
           these
           ,
           to
           have
           a
           more
           particular
           regard
           to
           those
           who
           suffer
           for
           the
           Faith.
           We
           should
           now
           extend
           our
           Charity
           to
           the
           utmost
           ,
           that
           some
           competent
           Provision
           may
           be
           made
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           (
           though
           I
           have
           not
           those
           
             Letters
             Pattents
          
           to
           read
           amongst
           you
           ,
           which
           I
           understand
           are
           to
           be
           read
           this
           Day
           in
           the
           Neighbouring
           Churches
           ,
           to
           excite
           the
           Charity
           of
           all
           honest
           and-piously
           disposed
           Christians
           )
           I
           cannot
           forbear
           briefly
           to
           mind
           you
           ,
           how
           loudly
           the
           distressed
           
           Estate
           of
           the
           Irish
           Protestants
           doth
           call
           upon
           us
           all
           to
           commiserate
           them
           in
           their
           Affliction
           ,
           and
           to
           stretch
           our
           Charity
           ,
           every
           one
           of
           us
           ,
           as
           far
           as
           we
           are
           able
           ,
           and
           to
           contribute
           as
           plentifully
           for
           their
           Supply
           ,
           as
           our
           own
           Necessities
           will
           permit
           .
        
         
           How
           grateful
           a
           Sacrifice
           would
           you
           offer
           unto
           God
           ,
           if
           you
           would
           every
           one
           voluntarily
           consign
           ,
           and
           dedicate
           the
           greatest
           Portions
           of
           your
           worldly
           Goods
           ,
           which
           your
           Personal
           and
           Family
           unavoidable
           Occasions
           can
           spare
           ,
           for
           the
           supply
           and
           help
           of
           these
           afflicted
           Christians
           ,
           even
           now
           ,
           whilst
           you
           are
           destitute
           of
           that
           more
           solemn
           invitation
           to
           Charity
           your
           Neighbours
           round
           about
           you
           have
           at
           this
           time
           !
           O
           ,
           what
           a
           great
           ,
           generous
           ,
           and
           excellent
           Spirit
           prevailed
           in
           the
           Christians
           of
           old
           !
           What
           a
           powerful
           and
           truly
           Divine
           Love
           flamed
           in
           their
           Breasts
           towards
           their
           fellow
           Christians
           !
           How
           little
           did
           they
           value
           this
           World
           !
           How
           tender
           were
           they
           of
           the
           Ease
           and
           Welfare
           of
           those
           who
           loved
           and
           served
           the
           same
           God
           and
           Christ
           they
           did
           !
           when
           they
           gave
           not
           only
           all
           the
           Mony
           they
           had
           in
           present
           possession
           ,
           that
           the
           Members
           of
           Christ
           might
           be
           provided
           for
           ,
           and
           furnished
           with
           Conveniences
           ,
           but
           
           
             those
             who
             were
             Possessors
             of
             Lands
             ,
             or
             Houses
             ,
             sold
             them
             ,
             and
             brought
             the
             Prices
             of
             the
             Things
             that
             were
             sold
             ,
             —
             that
             distribution
             might
             be
             made
             unto
             every
             Man
             according
             as
             he
             had
             need
             .
          
        
         
           What
           
           
             Friends
             may
             you
             now
             make
             to
             your selves
             ,
             of
             the
             Mammon
             of
             Vnrighteousness
             ?
          
           What
           
             everlasting
             Habitations
             may
          
           you
           now
           secure
           ,
           
             to
             receive
             you
          
           ,
           when
           this
           World
           shall
           not
           be
           able
           to
           serve
           or
           retain
           you
           any
           longer
           ?
        
         
           Indeed
           ,
           I
           know
           your
           Stations
           ,
           Capacities
           and
           Circumstances
           are
           such
           ,
           you
           cannot
           make
           such
           splendid
           Oblations
           ,
           as
           may
           be
           offered
           in
           most
           ,
           if
           not
           all
           other
           Protestant
           Assemblies
           in
           this
           Land
           :
           But
           if
           you
           
             are
             not
             straitned
             in
             your
             own
             Bowels
             ,
          
           you
           may
           contribute
           so
           much
           as
           will
           be
           of
           some
           use
           to
           these
           needy
           Persons
           ,
           and
           most
           real
           and
           affecting
           Objects
           of
           Charity
           .
        
         
         
           You
           who
           are
           poorest
           ,
           if
           with
           the
           poor
           Widow
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           you
           give
           but
           your
           
             two
             Mites
          
           ,
           what
           you
           give
           will
           be
           graciously
           accepted
           of
           the
           Lord
           :
           
           
             For
             if
             there
             be
             first
             a
             willing
             Mind
             ,
             it
             is
             accepted
             according
             to
             that
             a
             Man
             hath
             ,
             and
             not
             according
             to
             that
             he
             hath
             not
             .
          
        
         
           Whatsoever
           we
           give
           on
           this
           Occasion
           ,
           provided
           we
           do
           it
           with
           simplicity
           and
           chearfulness
           ,
           we
           do
           but
           lend
           the
           same
           unto
           the
           Lord
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           suffer
           us
           to
           be
           losers
           by
           what
           we
           trust
           him
           with
           ,
           or
           lay
           out
           upon
           his
           Credit
           .
           He
           will
           in
           due
           time
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           own
           way
           ,
           recompe●se
           our
           shewing
           Mercy
           ,
           our
           Kindness
           ,
           our
           Liberality
           ,
           our
           Charity
           to
           his
           suffering
           Servants
           ,
           Children
           ,
           and
           Members
           ,
           with
           an
           hundred-sold
           ,
           yea
           ,
           with
           many
           thousand-sold
           Gain
           and
           Advantage
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           own
           ,
           and
           relieve
           ,
           and
           help
           the
           persecuted
           Followers
           of
           Christ
           ,
           to
           the
           utmost
           of
           our
           Power
           ,
           Christ
           will
           own
           and
           approve
           ,
           and
           glorify
           us
           at
           the
           great
           Day
           .
           The
           Lord
           Jesus
           at
           his
           glorious
           appearing
           ,
           will
           say
           ,
           
             Come
             ye
             Blessed
             of
             my
             Father
             ,
             inherit
             the
             Kingdom
             prepared
             for
             you
             from
             the
             Foundation
             of
             the
             World
             ,
          
           to
           those
           who
           seed
           ,
           and
           cloath
           ,
           and
           entertain
           ,
           and
           visit
           ,
           and
           refresh
           his
           hungry
           ,
           thirsty
           ,
           afflicted
           ,
           naked
           ,
           and
           imprisoned
           Servants
           .
           But
           to
           those
           who
           shall
           refuse
           to
           administer
           suitable
           Relief
           to
           his
           needy
           ,
           suffering
           ,
           afflicted
           People
           ;
           He
           will
           say
           ,
           
             Depart
             from
             me
             ,
             ye
             Cursed
             ,
             into
             everlasting
             Fire
             ,
             prepared
             for
             the
             Devil
             and
             his
             Angels
             .
          
           Mat.
           25.
           34
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           As
           for
           those
           Protestants
           who
           are
           come
           out
           of
           Ireland
           hither
           ,
           because
           they
           would
           not
           renounce
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           nor
           concur
           with
           the
           open
           Enemies
           of
           our
           Faith
           and
           Peace
           ,
           to
           enslave
           and
           ruin
           us
           ,
           but
           have
           been
           forced
           to
           forsake
           their
           own
           Country
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Insolence
           and
           Cruelty
           of
           their
           wild
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           the
           Violence
           of
           a
           worse
           and
           more
           barbarous
           
             Foreign
             Force
          
           ,
           they
           ought
           most
           certainly
           to
           be
           very
           much
           respected
           by
           us
           .
           It
           is
           our
           bounden
           and
           indispensible
           Duty
           ,
           to
           contribute
           all
           we
           can
           to
           their
           Ease
           and
           Refreshment
           .
           And
           especially
           should
           we
           be
           bountiful
           unto
           ,
           and
           incourage
           to
           our
           utmost
           ,
           such
           amongst
           them
           ,
           who
           are
           come
           hither
           on
           purpose
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           be
           
           put
           into
           a
           Capacity
           to
           help
           forward
           the
           deliverance
           of
           those
           distressed
           and
           besieged
           People
           they
           have
           left
           behind
           them
           ,
           and
           who
           are
           willing
           to
           resist
           the
           most
           outragious
           Assaults
           of
           the
           common
           Enemies
           of
           their
           Religion
           and
           Country
           ,
           with
           their
           last
           Blood
           ,
           and
           to
           prevent
           the
           Romish
           and
           French
           Party
           from
           making
           this
           Land
           as
           very
           a
           Field
           of
           Blood
           ,
           as
           they
           have
           made
           ,
           or
           would
           make
           that
           Country
           .
        
         
           Many
           ,
           if
           not
           all
           of
           these
           Persons
           ,
           had
           Houses
           and
           Lands
           ,
           and
           as
           great
           store
           of
           comfortable
           Accommodations
           ,
           a
           few
           Months
           since
           ,
           as
           (
           it
           may
           be
           )
           we
           have
           at
           present
           :
           And
           if
           the
           Stroke
           we
           lately
           feared
           ,
           had
           not
           been
           miraculously
           prevented
           ,
           from
           falling
           presently
           upon
           us
           with
           its
           most
           formidable
           Force
           ,
           peradventure
           their
           Miseries
           would
           not
           so
           soon
           have
           prevailed
           in
           this
           manner
           over
           them
           .
        
         
           And
           if
           Considerations
           of
           this
           Nature
           will
           not
           now
           prompt
           us
           to
           express
           our
           Charity
           towards
           them
           ,
           with
           the
           greatest
           chearfulness
           ,
           in
           some
           eminent
           and
           most
           suitable
           Instances
           ,
           what
           may
           we
           expect
           ,
           but
           that
           for
           our
           Ingratitude
           and
           Obduracy
           ,
           we
           our selves
           shall
           in
           a
           little
           Time
           be
           brought
           under
           the
           like
           Circumstances
           with
           them
           ?
           If
           we
           will
           not
           serve
           our
           God
           by
           a
           chearful
           distributing
           that
           abundance
           of
           all
           things
           ,
           he
           continues
           us
           yet
           in
           the
           possession
           of
           ,
           for
           the
           Supply
           and
           Relief
           of
           these
           his
           Indigent
           Servants
           ,
           he
           may
           very
           righteously
           make
           us
           
           
             serve
             their
             Enemies
             in
             hunger
             ,
             and
             in
             thirst
             ,
             and
             in
             nakedness
             ,
             and
             in
             want
             of
             all
             things
             ;
             and
             may
             suffer
             the
             same
             Enemies
             to
             put
             a
             Yoke
             of
             Iron
             upon
             our
             Necks
             ,
             until
             they
             have
             destroyed
             us
             .
          
        
         
           God
           forbid
           that
           any
           of
           these
           poor
           Sufferers
           should
           perish
           ,
           should
           be
           starv'd
           or
           famish'd
           to
           Death
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           uncharitableness
           of
           any
           who
           call
           themselves
           Protestants
           in
           this
           Land
           ,
           now
           they
           are
           arrived
           into
           
             a
             Land
             of
             Plenty
             and
             Fulness
             .
          
        
         
           Shall
           we
           gorge
           our selves
           ,
           and
           feed
           upon
           Delicacies
           ,
           whilst
           People
           of
           our
           own
           Religion
           are
           amongst
           us
           ,
           who
           have
           not
           wherewithal
           to
           provide
           necessary
           Food
           for
           their
           own
           sustenance
           ?
           Shall
           we
           hoard
           up
           Mony
           for
           the
           Rust
           ,
           and
           
           Cloaths
           for
           the
           Moth
           ,
           whilst
           poor
           Protestants
           want
           Mony
           to
           furnish
           themselves
           with
           the
           Necessaries
           of
           Life
           ,
           and
           have
           scarce
           Raiment
           to
           cover
           their
           Nakedness
           ,
           at
           most
           not
           to
           secure
           them
           from
           the
           Inconveniences
           of
           approaching
           Weather
           ?
        
         
           What
           plentiful
           Provision
           might
           be
           made
           for
           these
           and
           other
           afflicted
           Protestants
           ,
           without
           impairing
           our
           present
           Estates
           ,
           Riches
           ,
           and
           Wealth
           ,
           in
           the
           least
           Measure
           ,
           would
           the
           Inhabitants
           of
           this
           Land
           but
           retrieve
           ,
           and
           bring
           back
           again
           into
           use
           and
           fashion
           ,
           that
           plainness
           and
           modesty
           of
           Attire
           ,
           that
           simplicity
           and
           wholesomeness
           of
           Diet
           ,
           that
           temperance
           and
           sobriety
           in
           Conversation
           ,
           which
           prevailed
           formerly
           here
           ,
           when
           this
           Nation
           was
           both
           a
           sure
           Refuge
           and
           Sanctuary
           to
           the
           Oppressed
           ,
           and
           a
           Terror
           to
           all
           the
           Countries
           round
           about
           us
           ,
           when
           ever
           they
           adventured
           to
           behave
           themselves
           with
           Insolence
           and
           Rudeness
           towards
           Protestants
           ?
           Would
           the
           generality
           in
           this
           Land
           ,
           but
           set
           apart
           for
           charitable
           Uses
           ,
           what
           is
           unnecessarily
           ,
           yea
           ,
           extravagantly
           expended
           for
           strange
           Dresses
           ,
           superfluous
           Dishes
           ,
           and
           in
           other
           unjustifiable
           ,
           yet
           too
           common
           Excesses
           ,
           we
           should
           soon
           have
           an
           almost
           inexhaustible
           Treasure
           ,
           out
           of
           which
           those
           who
           suffer
           for
           Religion
           ,
           might
           on
           every
           occasion
           be
           plentifully
           provided
           with
           Conveniences
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           might
           be
           without
           any
           real
           prejudice
           to
           our
           Persons
           ,
           or
           our
           Fortunes
           .
        
         
           God
           now
           calls
           us
           to
           Humiliation
           ,
           and
           the
           denial
           of
           our selves
           ,
           and
           shall
           we
           refuse
           to
           deny
           our
           Lusts
           ?
           If
           now
           when
           the
           Church
           of
           God
           is
           in
           trouble
           and
           great
           distress
           ,
           we
           will
           not
           deny
           our selves
           ,
           but
           prefer
           our
           Luxury
           ,
           Pride
           ,
           and
           Vanities
           ,
           before
           the
           afflicted
           Members
           of
           our
           Saviour
           :
           If
           we
           shall
           now
           refuse
           to
           spare
           the
           very
           Excrescencies
           of
           our
           ordinary
           and
           usual
           Expences
           ,
           for
           the
           succour
           of
           our
           suffering
           Brethren
           ;
           what
           may
           we
           justly
           conclude
           the
           Issue
           and
           Event
           of
           these
           things
           will
           be
           ?
           Shall
           we
           not
           be
           justly
           deemed
           more
           uncharitable
           to
           these
           poor
           Protestants
           ,
           than
           Dives
           was
           to
           Lazarus
           ?
           Will
           not
           our
           Land
           be
           involved
           in
           such
           Guilt
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           too
           truly
           fear
           the
           accomplishment
           upon
           our selves
           ,
           of
           what
           the
           Prophet
           Isaiah
           relates
           ,
           in
           the
           3d
           Chapter
           of
           his
           Prophecy
           ,
           Vers
           .
           24
           ,
           &c.
           
             It
             shall
             come
             to
          
           
           
             pass
             ,
             that
             instead
             of
             sweet
             smell
             ,
             there
             shall
             be
             stink
             ;
             and
             instead
             of
             a
             Girdle
             ,
             a
             Rent
             ;
             and
             instead
             of
             well-set
             Hair
             ,
             Baldness
             ;
             and
             instead
             of
             a
             Stomacher
             ,
             a
             girding
             of
             Sack
             cloth
             ;
             and
             Burning
             instead
             of
             Beauty
             .
             Thy
             Men
             shall
             fall
             by
             the
             Sword
             ,
             and
             thy
             Mighty
             in
             the
             War
             ;
             and
             her
             Gates
             shall
             lament
             and
             mourn
             ,
             and
             she
             being
             desolate
             ,
             shall
             sit
             upon
             the
             Ground
             .
          
        
         
           By
           being
           charitable
           now
           ,
           every
           one
           to
           our
           Power
           ,
           we
           may
           both
           greatly
           refresh
           and
           comfort
           these
           poor
           Protestants
           ,
           these
           suffering
           Christians
           ,
           and
           effectually
           secure
           our selves
           and
           our
           Country
           from
           the
           Indignation
           and
           just
           Judgment
           of
           God
           ,
           unto
           which
           Uncharitableness
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Oppression
           ,
           doth
           expose
           People
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           we
           should
           inlarge
           our
           Charity
           as
           far
           as
           we
           can
           ,
           in
           communicating
           what
           we
           have
           to
           supply
           the
           Exigencies
           of
           those
           who
           are
           strip'd
           and
           spoil'd
           of
           all
           their
           worldly
           Enjoyments
           ,
           on
           the
           account
           of
           the
           True
           Religion
           ;
           so
           we
           are
           obliged
           to
           do
           all
           that
           is
           in
           our
           power
           ,
           to
           weaken
           and
           overthrow
           the
           Potent
           and
           implacable
           Enemies
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           the
           present
           Persecutors
           and
           Oppressors
           of
           the
           Saints
           of
           God.
           
        
         
           There
           is
           One
           on
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           Water
           ,
           who
           hath
           so
           long
           gorg'd
           himself
           with
           Cruelty
           ,
           and
           with
           unheard-of
           Perfidy
           ,
           made
           havock
           of
           the
           Liberties
           ,
           Rights
           ,
           Interests
           ,
           Estates
           ,
           and
           Lives
           of
           sincere
           Protestants
           ;
           and
           so
           many
           ways
           involved
           himself
           in
           Designs
           to
           supplant
           and
           overthrow
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Interests
           and
           Priviledges
           of
           this
           Nation
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           of
           all
           the
           other
           Protestant
           States
           ,
           that
           he
           seems
           to
           have
           forgot
           that
           he
           should
           be
           
             A
             Man
          
           ;
           yea
           ,
           to
           think
           that
           all
           the
           World
           is
           turned
           into
           Brutes
           ,
           and
           he
           the
           
             Beast
             of
             Prey
          
           to
           devour
           all
           the
           rest
           :
           But
           it
           is
           to
           be
           hoped
           ,
           God
           will
           soon
           bring
           him
           to
           a
           Reckoning
           .
        
         
           God
           hath
           now
           put
           it
           into
           the
           Heart
           of
           our
           Soveraigns
           ,
           and
           of
           other
           Protestant
           Princes
           ,
           to
           declare
           War
           against
           that
           
             Mirror
             of
             Inhumanity
          
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           the
           securing
           of
           this
           Land
           ,
           and
           all
           other
           Protestant
           States
           ,
           from
           the
           cursed
           Designs
           the
           
             Popish
             Party
          
           have
           been
           long
           projecting
           ;
           and
           to
           rescue
           the
           suffering
           Servants
           of
           the
           
             most
             High
             God
          
           ,
           out
           of
           
           that
           intollerable
           Servitude
           and
           Bondage
           with
           which
           they
           have
           been
           long
           oppressed
           .
        
         
           Let
           not
           any
           of
           us
           murmur
           ,
           or
           complain
           ;
           let
           us
           not
           be
           discontented
           ,
           nor
           manifest
           the
           least
           unwillingness
           to
           pay
           any
           Sums
           ,
           which
           are
           or
           shall
           be
           legally
           appointed
           ,
           to
           promote
           so
           good
           a
           Work.
           It
           would
           greatly
           become
           us
           to
           evidence
           such
           a
           promptness
           and
           alacrity
           in
           this
           Affair
           ,
           that
           there
           might
           be
           ground
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           the
           only
           Ambition
           of
           every
           one
           ,
           is
           to
           exceed
           one
           another
           in
           a
           ready
           and
           joyful
           compliance
           with
           every
           Motion
           ,
           that
           hath
           any
           tendency
           to
           promote
           
             so
             glorious
             an
             Enterprize
          
           .
        
         
           What
           have
           our
           Foreign
           Adversaries
           been
           aiming
           at
           all
           this
           while
           ,
           but
           to
           possess
           the
           Enemies
           of
           our
           Faith
           in
           those
           
             Mannours
             ,
             Farms
             ,
             Lands
          
           ,
           and
           Estates
           ,
           which
           were
           in
           former
           Times
           blindly
           surrendred
           up
           to
           the
           
             voracious
             Appetites
          
           of
           some
           
             ravenous
             Priests
          
           ?
           And
           to
           make
           People
           of
           the
           same
           Perswasion
           ,
           Masters
           of
           all
           those
           other
           Lands
           and
           Estates
           ,
           which
           by
           a
           wiser
           management
           have
           hitherto
           been
           preserved
           from
           
             Superstitious
             Clutches
          
           ?
        
         
           Let
           us
           take
           care
           that
           we
           be
           not
           at
           this
           Time
           
             Stingy
             ,
             Nigardly
          
           ,
           and
           Penurious
           ,
           lest
           by
           our
           over-much
           concern
           for
           a
           small
           Particle
           ,
           we
           sacrifice
           all
           ,
           and
           betray
           our selves
           into
           their
           Hands
           ,
           who
           will
           prophane
           the
           whole
           ,
           pretending
           that
           every
           part
           is
           Sacred
           .
        
         
           Our
           Adversaries
           Designs
           are
           evidently
           to
           deprive
           us
           of
           our
           Religion
           ,
           and
           of
           all
           that
           we
           can
           properly
           call
           our
           own
           ,
           and
           to
           reduce
           us
           under
           that
           v●●e
           ,
           that
           ignominious
           ,
           that
           insupportable
           Oppression
           ,
           under
           which
           the
           Protestants
           in
           France
           have
           long
           groaned
           .
        
         
           How
           would
           
             English
             Men
          
           ennoble
           themselves
           ,
           and
           raise
           their
           Reputation
           and
           Character
           thorow
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           would
           they
           generally
           and
           unanimously
           resolve
           to
           empty
           all
           their
           Treasures
           ,
           and
           Morgage
           and
           spend
           all
           their
           Lands
           and
           Estates
           (
           though
           abundantly
           less
           will
           serve
           the
           turn
           )
           rather
           than
           such
           a
           
             laudable
             Vndertaking
          
           shall
           not
           be
           crown'd
           with
           success
           ,
           rather
           than
           
             Arbitrary
             and
             Tyrannical
             Power
          
           
           shall
           not
           be
           extirpated
           ,
           rather
           than
           those
           who
           are
           oppressed
           and
           persecuted
           for
           the
           
             Faith
             of
             the
             Gospel
          
           ,
           shall
           not
           be
           rescued
           and
           delivered
           .
        
         
           The
           Israelites
           did
           part
           with
           their
           Ornaments
           ,
           their
           Jewels
           ,
           their
           
             golden
             Ear-rings
          
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           an
           Idol
           ;
           though
           they
           might
           expect
           that
           thereby
           the
           Wrath
           of
           God
           would
           be
           provoked
           against
           them
           to
           a
           prodigious
           Degree
           .
           And
           what
           do
           the
           Worshippers
           of
           Idols
           in
           our
           Days
           freely
           and
           willingly
           part
           with
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           Inherit
           the
           loss
           of
           their
           Liberty
           ,
           and
           of
           their
           Souls
           ,
           at
           the
           
             dearest
             Rate
          
           ?
           Will
           not
           all
           these
           rise
           up
           in
           Judgment
           against
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           think
           any
           thing
           too
           dear
           to
           be
           parted
           with
           to
           secure
           our
           Religion
           ,
           the
           
             Publick
             Interests
          
           ,
           our
           
             Private
             Rights
          
           and
           Liberties
           ,
           yea
           ,
           and
           to
           purchase
           the
           
             Fase
             ,
             Liberty
          
           ,
           and
           Freedom
           of
           the
           
             Church
             of
             God
          
           in
           other
           Parts
           of
           the
           World
           ?
        
         
           We
           of
           the
           Clergy
           do
           know
           that
           Mannors
           and
           Estates
           have
           been
           excused
           from
           paying
           Tithes
           ,
           to
           encourage
           the
           Owners
           ,
           to
           ingage
           in
           a
           
             pretendedly
             Holy
             War.
          
           Let
           us
           of
           the
           Clergy
           now
           manifest
           our selves
           so
           free
           from
           
             Worldly
             Minds
          
           ,
           and
           Covetousness
           ,
           that
           we
           will
           chearfully
           part
           with
           
             all
             our
             Tithes
          
           ,
           rather
           than
           Mony
           (
           which
           is
           usually
           esteem'd
           the
           S●●●●s
           of
           War
           )
           shall
           in
           the
           least
           be
           wanting
           to
           support
           
             this
             Enterprize
          
           ,
           which
           is
           as
           
             truly
             Just
             and
             Pious
          
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           
             apparently
             Great
             and
             Honourable
          
           .
        
         
           Yea
           ,
           let
           not
           English
           Men
           only
           adventure
           their
           Fortunes
           ,
           but
           vigorously
           resolve
           ,
           they
           will
           ,
           
             One
             and
             All
          
           ,
           expose
           their
           Persons
           in
           this
           Affair
           ,
           if
           Occasion
           be
           .
           And
           then
           (
           if
           we
           have
           thorowly
           humbled
           our selves
           before
           God
           ,
           and
           duly
           implored
           his
           Blessing
           and
           Aid
           (
           as
           we
           have
           lately
           pretended
           to
           do
           )
           and
           do
           conscientiously
           endeavour
           to
           walk
           in
           all
           holy
           Uprightness
           before
           our
           God
           for
           the
           future
           )
           we
           need
           not
           doubt
           but
           that
           this
           
             great
             and
             glorious
             Enterprize
          
           will
           be
           effectual
           to
           these
           
             Blessed
             Ends
          
           for
           which
           it
           is
           intended
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           be
           thus
           disposed
           ,
           rather
           than
           we
           shall
           want
           Success
           ,
           our
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           
             Lord
             of
             Hosts
          
           ,
           will
           imploy
           all
           his
           Attributes
           ,
           and
           muster
           together
           all
           his
           Armies
           to
           sight
           for
           us
           .
           He
           will
           frown
           our
           Enemies
           into
           Confusion
           ,
           and
           turn
           
           their
           Swords
           one
           against
           another
           ;
           He
           will
           send
           an
           Angel
           to
           cut
           them
           all
           off
           in
           less
           Time
           than
           a
           Night
           :
           He
           will
           knock
           out
           their
           Brains
           with
           Hail-stones
           ,
           and
           make
           the
           
             Sta●s
             in
             their
             Courses
          
           to
           sight
           against
           France
           ;
           or
           he
           will
           find
           out
           some
           new
           ,
           and
           hitherto
           
             unexperimented
             Instances
          
           ,
           whereby
           he
           will
           make
           
             our
             Enemies
          
           the
           
             infamous
             Monuments
          
           of
           his
           Vengeance
           .
        
         
           Let
           not
           any
           of
           us
           ,
           who
           are
           sincere
           in
           the
           Protestant
           Religion
           ,
           and
           heartily
           concerned
           for
           the
           deliverance
           of
           those
           who
           suffer
           for
           our
           Religion
           ,
           be
           discouraged
           .
           Let
           none
           of
           us
           fear
           ,
           or
           be
           dismayed
           ,
           how
           potent
           ,
           or
           how
           numerous
           soever
           our
           Enemies
           are
           ;
           But
           
             let
             us
             be
             strong
             ,
             and
             of
             good
             Courage
             ,
             for
             the
             Lord
             our
             God
             is
             with
             us
             whithersoever
             we
             go
             .
          
        
         
           Fifthly
           ,
           I
           would
           desire
           you
           to
           reflect
           once
           more
           on
           the
           Text
           ,
           and
           observe
           how
           much
           it
           doth
           concern
           every
           one
           of
           us
           in
           particular
           ,
           to
           get
           our
           Minds
           well
           assured
           ,
           that
           the
           future
           Glory
           will
           abundantly
           exceed
           all
           the
           Sufferings
           of
           this
           present
           time
           .
           The
           better
           we
           are
           assured
           our selves
           of
           this
           ,
           the
           better
           use
           we
           shall
           make
           of
           this
           Text
           in
           all
           the
           parts
           of
           our
           Lives
           .
           Let
           us
           labour
           to
           have
           our
           Minds
           possessed
           with
           as
           accurate
           Notions
           of
           both
           these
           things
           as
           we
           can
           ;
           let
           us
           often
           think
           of
           each
           ,
           and
           frequently
           compare
           both
           together
           .
           Let
           us
           never
           rest
           satisfied
           till
           we
           have
           such
           a
           Perswasion
           and
           Sense
           of
           the
           future
           Glory
           as
           will
           make
           all
           things
           appear
           very
           little
           and
           inconsiderable
           ,
           whenever
           they
           offer
           to
           stand
           in
           competition
           with
           it
           .
           Let
           us
           be
           earnest
           in
           our
           Prayers
           ,
           that
           we
           may
           be
           indued
           with
           such
           a
           Faith
           as
           may
           
             overcome
             the
             World
          
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           indeed
           to
           us
           
             the
             Substance
             of
             things
             hoped
             for
             ,
             the
             Evidence
             of
             things
             not
             seen
             ,
          
           Heb.
           11.
           1.
           
        
         
           With
           what
           Life
           and
           Vigor
           shall
           we
           then
           perform
           all
           our
           Duties
           ?
           With
           what
           Patience
           and
           Chearfulness
           shall
           we
           entertain
           and
           endure
           every
           afflicting
           Occurrence
           ?
           With
           what
           Courage
           ,
           Constancy
           and
           Triumph
           shall
           we
           go
           through
           ,
           and
           accomplish
           our
           Christian
           Warfare
           ?
           How
           freely
           shall
           we
           contribute
           what
           we
           have
           to
           those
           who
           suffer
           ?
           
           How
           willingly
           shall
           we
           sacrifice
           all
           for
           our
           Religion
           and
           the
           Publick-Weal
           ?
           With
           what
           satisfaction
           may
           we
           look
           for
           the
           coming
           of
           Christ
           ?
           And
           how
           confidently
           may
           we
           depend
           on
           our
           
             appearing
             with
             him
             in
             Glory
          
           ?
        
         
           When
           your
           Circumstances
           shall
           be
           most
           menacing
           according
           to
           the
           Judgment
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           you
           may
           every
           one
           of
           you
           in
           particular
           say
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           did
           ,
           
             I
             am
             now
             ready
             to
             be
             offered
             ,
             and
             the
             time
             of
             my
             departure
             is
             at
             hand
             .
             I
             have
             fought
             a
             good
             Fight
             ,
             I
             have
             finished
             my
             Course
             ,
             I
             have
             kept
             the
             Faith.
             Henceforth
             there
             is
             laid
             up
             for
             me
             a
             Crown
             of
             Righteousness
             ,
             which
             the
             Lord
             the
             righteous
             Judg
             shall
             give
             me
             at
             the
             last
             day
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             me
             only
             ,
             but
             unto
             all
             them
             that
             love
             his
             appearing
             .
          
           2
           Tim.
           4.
           6
           ,
           7
           ,
           8.
           
        
         
           
             The
             God
             of
             all
             Grace
             ,
             whe●●●●…th
             called
             us
             unto
             his
             eternal
             Glory
             by
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             after
             〈◊〉
             have
             suffered
             awhile
             ,
             make
             you
             perfect
             ,
             stablish
             ,
             strengthen
             ,
             〈◊〉
             you
             .
             To
             him
             be
             Glory
             and
             Dominion
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
             .
             Amen
             .
          
           1
           Pet.
           5.
           10.
           11.
           
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A28586-e130
           
             1
             Cor.
             29.
             
          
           
             Col.
             3.
             3.
             
          
           
             1
             Joh.
             3.
             2
             :
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             6.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             5.
             10.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             1.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             5.
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             Act
             5.
             41.
             
             Heb.
             11.
             35.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             4.
             17.
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             4.
             12.
             
          
           
             Vers
             .
             13.
             
          
           
             Vers
             .
             14.
             
          
           
             Vers
             .
             15.
             
          
           
             Vers
             .
             16.
             
          
           
             Matth.
             5.
             10.
             
          
           
             Vers
             .
             12.
             
          
           
             Joh.
             15.
             19
             
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             4.
             4.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             1●●
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             1.
             5.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             2.
             
             ●
             .
          
           
             2
             Tim.
             1.
             12.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             1●
             .
             16.
             
          
           
             Phil.
             1.
             
             ●3
             .
          
           
             Rom.
             13.
             11.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             8.
             17.
             
          
           
             2
             Thes
             .
             1.
             6.
             
             ●
             .
          
           
             Psal
             .
             74.
             18
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Psal
             .
             83.
             1.
             &c.
             
          
           
             vers
             .
             9.
             &c
          
           
             vers
             .
             15.
             
          
           
             vers
             .
             18.
             
          
           
             Act.
             4.
             34
             ,
             35.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             16.
             9
             ,
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             3.
             12.
             
          
           
             Deut.
             28.
             48.