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Show Wh4t.th'e private Cbri.ftiV.'s thtJ i1; Chrifi that he before Piiait ,;,itnef[etl 4 good collf<J]ion. There ls a boldnefs of lmpudenc., which Paul wa< ignorantly guilty of, when he called the High Prie{! a whtted waU, for whiCh you know he cried him mrrcy, teaching us ( though Perfecuted) to give !don our to whom Honour belong I. 2, There is a b<ldJtefs alfo ofindifcretion, not uling thofe lawful means which we might to prevent our danger; whi,ch ls.nor commendable neither .If you wilily obferve our Saviours examination before Pilate, you Otall find him u!ing all jull meatu; of preferving himfdf ( he could afterwards bear his crofs, but he would not lay it upon his own neck:) but the boldnefs lam fpcaking, is a bold· ncfs in the Faith,not denying, not difclaiming the _truths of God : thi> is that "'«PP"•f,., which we fo often read of m the Apollles, .I/ {is 4• 13, 3 t. and which the Apollles prayed for, ver. 29. This is that which our Lord calleth a !lot btiKg afoamed of him beforo mm and conllantly attendeth tme faith and love, ( though in 'a lharp hour of Temptation it may fometim_es for_a t~me abate a little yet it will return again:) and we read 11 dtd 10 d1vers of the Mart'y rs , who after they had recanted, retu!ned to their ~or":'er boldnefs in the faith, and in the confeffion of It, and fealed It With:. their bloud. I added, Mul{; paffion fpoils all things, dues no good: the wrath of man wor~th not~ht righteoufne[s of God; Chri!t,_ Wnell be ""aS reViled, reviled not •gazn, bat commzttefi hu CaH[t tO him thJt judgtth rigbttotifly; He ll!af led ilf a lamb to. thefl•ugbter, •nd Ma.fliup btforetbe foearerr, fo ope»rdbe JMthu;me'uth. The meekJhaU inherit the Earth. You will lind. it partkularly true as fufferings: you will 'findJn allllory, that meek futferers have t their llation and preferved thoir caufe alive in rhe World,. when proud and' yailionate p~rfecutors h_ave diC.inherit~d both their caufe and their name. Bijhop Bonner 10 ~een Marzei <hys was the moll proud and pailionate wretch of all thole that had their (hare in that bloody butcl\ery; Many a·meek Lamb ofCbrift he cut the throat of. 'Tis true, they did not inherit tbr Earth, but blclfed be God their caufe doth, when his name is blotted our, · 2. The fecond way to take thefe Foxu is Patieltct.' Pailive patience, a quiet fubmitting to the Will of God, infitff"'ingw.hal the Enemiu ofGodr trnlh wiU lay upon"' for the confefJ!oN o(tl; ~·· tiendo vincimUI is the true M'otto bf the Church ot Chrtft : like. the deprelfed Palm it more flourifheth;. like. the gra:s rrod~en ill the Winter moil witiHhefeet of men , It ln the Sprrng fpungeth the . . 41 to td.}11g the.foxu. \he more fully. There was never truer faying than Ja~guii Mar. •)rl<m, {imm Ecclt{i~ ; the blood of the Martyrs was the teed of the Church. I do take it to be a grea~ truth; that ~~a me•ns next ulldtr God, the being of the Chriflian Religion in the World, ows it felf to the coHragioHI p•timt {nfferings of the Apof/lu and the Primilivr Chri!fia,ni. The World will have a good opinion of that faith, tb., 'Riay in which they fee no evil, (bur what mens ill tongues bely it with,) and which men dare fuffer and di~ in the defence of. Let me further add, That the being of the Prot ell ant Rrligion in Entland owes itfe!f to the {Nfferings of thofe blelfed Servants of God in ~em M~riu dayi, when Bonner could cmfe them b.ecaufe they lovtdto btmt. Nothing but blood will qu ench thofe flames,lometimes that will certainly do it. Men will either be weary ef beating their Fellow-fervanrs, or God will be weary of fulfering it long; The RYd oft be wick.;d fhaU not rr{l forever Hpon the ki of the righttoui. Thofe bloody wretches in Queen Maries rime at length refolved to burn fewer. Patience is a great Conqueror ; It doth not a!wa.ys change the Perfecurors heart; nay it doth that very feldome. ( Perfecuting argues luch an hardn~d malicious heart as is feldom changed : ) but it ordioarily turns the hearts of Spectators, 'and it always makes God rrpmt him, ( to ufe the phrafe cfScripture,) that is, moveth God to change the ilfues of hi·s Providehce, and to turn his band upon their Enemies; and the. reafon _of thi~ is not obfcure, God in his chartening of this people hath d1.vers ends, two more conliderable : t. Tht punijhiitg of his , ptn'pla rr>antunnef~, ( !·he accomplifhment •f hit plea(Nr< on mor<nl lll•n, ( asthe'Prophet calleth it, Efay 13.) 2. The ripmi11g of his 11river[ar~es iniq~ity, the ripening of their dellruction. That upon you ( fatth Chr1ft ) may c~:n~ aU the. rigbteouJ blood that h"tb been }hell;from the blood •f libel to tht blood of ZecbJriM.) Now in a day ef'Perf¢cution, when it h11th been a little fpent,God hath obtained ; both thafe ends: He hath chafienetl his people , and the Perfccutor~ ~ave lhewed their malice, and ripened themfelvcs for ruine •. Thos IS a fecond Way by which even private Chrillians may take thefe Fo"es, when thry JPoil the ViHes •. . ' z. A third way is by Faith, Rev. 13. to. He that !toderh i11t•· Captivity .fhllll go.iitto C"f>tivlry; be tbJt kiDtth with the Sword {haU be kjUed with thr Srrord, Hm'r the p•timce and the f•itb of tb~ S'ainti. Obferve, There are the Foxes taken : he th.r leadeth into . t;llptivity, fh•U goirlt• C•ptlvity, &c. Htlw comes this ? the band of,, |