Phi. God be thanked, he yet speaketh, yea he godly speaketh. Brother Epaphroditus, take a good heart unto you, shrink not. Fight a good fight. Be not discouraged, nether with the terrors of satan, nor with the pains of death. God is on your side. God is your grand captain. You fight under the banner of that most mighty and victorious Emperor Jesus Christ.
⟨p. 531⟩Only continue, as you have begun, and the day is yours. Satan with all his army, like miserable cowards shall be put to flight and vanquished. You shall have a joyful victory over them. The pain of the battle, is short and light, but the glory of your triumph shall abide for ever & ever.1 Hear what your grand captain saith: he that continueth unto the end shall be saved.2 To him that overcometh I will give to eat of the tree of life, which is in the midst of the Paradise of God.3 Be faithful unto the death, and I shall give the the crown of life.4 Him that overcometh, will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out. Yea to him that overcometh, will I grant to sit with me in my seat. Here see you, what precious and most noble rewards are set forth unto ⟨p. 532⟩you, if you go forth valiantly to fight against your enemies, which seek your destruction. Only believe, only fix the eyes of your faith on Christ crucified. Only engrave in your heart deeply a sure and undoubted confidence in the merciful promises of God the father, which he hath made unto you in the precious blood of his dearly beloved Son, and our alone saviour Jesus Christ, and you shall most certainly have the victory, and obtain the reward of joyful immortality. Here what your grand captain Christ saith: God hath so dearly loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that every one that believeth on him, should not perish, but have everlasting life. For god sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world should be saved by him. ⟨p. 533⟩He that believeth on him, is not damned John Baptist saith. He that believeth on the Son of God, hath everlasting life.5 My sheep saith Christ hear my voice, & I know them, and they follow me, and I give them everlasting life, nether shall they perish for ever, nor yet shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My father which gave them to me, is greater then all, & no man can pluck them out of my fathers hand.
Phi. God be thancked, he yet speaketh, yea he godly speaketh. Brother Epaphroditus, take a good hert vnto you, shrincke not. Fight a good fight. Be not discouraged, nether with the terroures of sathan, nor with ye pains of death. God is on youre syde. God is your graūd captain. You fighte vnder the banner of that most mighty and victorious Emperour Iesus Christ.
⟨p. 531⟩Only continue, as you haue begon, and the daye is yours. Sathā with al his army, like miserable cowardes shalbe put to flight and vanquished. You shall haue a ioyful victory ouer thē. The paine of the battell, is short and lyght, but the glory of your triūphe shal abide for euer & euer.1 Heare what your graunde captaine saithe: he that continueth vnto the end shall be saued.2 To him yt ouercommeth I will geue to eate of the tree of life, which is in the middes of the Paradise of God.3 Be faithful vnto the death, and I shall geue the the crowne of life.4 Him that ouercommeth, will I make a pillar in the temple of my God, and he shal go no more out. Yea to him that ouercommeth, will I graunte to sit with me in my seate. Here see you, what precious and mooste noble rewardes are set forth vnto ⟨p. 532⟩you, if you go forth valeauntly to fight against your ennemies, which seke your destruction. Only beleue, only fixe ye eies of your faith on Christ crucified. Only engraue in your heart depely a sure and vndoubted confidence in the mercifull promises of God the father, whiche he hath made vnto you in the precious bloud of his dearly beloued sonne, and our alone sauioure Iesus Christe, and you shall moste certainly haue the victory, and obtain the reward of ioyfull immortalitie. Here what your graund captain Christ saith: God hath so dearly loued ye world that he gaue his onelye begotten sonne, that euery one that beleueth on hym, should not pearyshe, but haue euerlasting life. For god sent not his sonne into the worlde to condempne the world, but that the world shuld be saued by hym. ⟨p. 533⟩He yt beleueth on him, is not damned Iohn Baptist saithe. He that beleueth on ye sonne of God, hath euerlasting life.5
- 1Mat. xxiiii.
- 2Apoca. ii.
- 3Apoca. iii.
- 4Apoca. iiii.
- 5John. •Iohn. •
