A Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practically resolvedA Continuation of morning-exercise questions and cases of conscience practicaly resolved

Christianity was no sooner come into the World, than it was assaulted by Satan, and his Instruments, persecuting Believers, and either Reproaching their Religion as Impious, or censuring it as Madness, or ridiculing it as Folly; the Holy Ghost in the Scripture foreseeing this, not only forewarns them of it, but arms them against it, and, among others of his holy Penmen, employs this Apostle to fence those Saints to whom he wrote against this Temptation, and to direct them what to do if it came to be their Case.

CHristianity was no sooner come into the World, than it was assaulted by Satan, and his Instruments, persecuting Believers, and either Reproaching their Religion as Impious, or censuring it as Madness, or ridiculing it as Folly; the Holy Ghost in the Scripture foreseeing this, not only forewarns them of it, but arms them against it, and, among others of his holy Penmen, employs this Apostle to fence those Saints to whom he wrote against this Temptation, and to direct them what to do if it came to be their Case.

1. He encourageth them under Sufferings (of all sorts) for righteousness sake; tells them, that so to suffer would be so far from making them miserable, that it would be their Happiness, v. 14. happy are ye; answerably to what his Master had before told him, and the rest of his hearers, Matth. 5.11. Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you, &c.

2. He directs them how to carry themselves,