The souls exaltation A treatiseThe soules exaltation A treatise

Use 3 The third use, is a word of exhortation, and instruction, to all the saints and faithful of God; if Christ were content to be made sin for all the faithful, then what must you be contented to do for your Saviour? was he made sin for thee? then be thou content to be made shame for him; be thou willing to bear the shame, and disgrace, and reproach that comes unto thee for the Name of Christ; be content to be accounted the such, and off-scouring of the earth; be not evil doers, but be contented to be counted as evil doers: 1 Cor. 4.13, We are persecuted, and yet we pray; we are reviled, and yet we bless; we are accounted as the off-scouring of the earth, until this time: So do you, be content to bear any shame that is unjustly laid upon thee, for thy Saviour which was accounted a sinner for thee; Acts 24.14. S. Paul was resolute in it, and said, after the way that ye call heresy, worship I the Lord God of my Fathers; ⟨p. 207⟩nay, he presseth this upon the hearts of Gods Children; Hebrews 13.12, 13. speaking in the 12. verse, that Christ took our sins upon him, and went out of the city, and was slain without the gate; he saith in the 13. verse, Let us therefore go out of the Camp to him, bearing our reproach; be not afraid to be seen in a Christian cause, nor to be disgraced for it, go out boldly and resolutely, harden your faces, and steel your hearts against all such things, and let the dogs bark, and the winds blow, and the waves roar, go you out of the Camp for his honour, bearing his reproach comfortably; he hath borne sin for thee, bear thou shame for him.

Vse 3 The third use, is a word of exhortation, and instruction, to all the saints and faithfull of God; if Christ were content to bee made sin for all the faithfull, then what must you be contented to doe for your Saviour? was he made sinne for thee? then be thou content to be made shame for him; be thou willing to beare the shame, and disgrace, and reproach that comes unto thee for the Name of Christ; be content to be accounted the such, and off-scouring of the earth; bee not evill doers, but be contented to bee counted as evill doers: 1 Cor. 4.13, Wee are persecuted, and yet wee pray; we are reviled, and yet we blesse; we are accounted as the off-scouring of the earth, untill this time: So doe you, bee content to beare any shame that is unjustly laid upon thee, for thy Saviour which was accounted a sinner for thee;