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When Ignatius came to the wild beasts, to be devoured of them, and his bones crushed between their teeth; Now (says he) I begin to be a Christian: Blessed Mr. Bradford writing to the Town of Walden, to encourage them to suffer, saith, that that Christian ⟨p. 11⟩hath not learned his A. B. C. in Christianity, who hath not learned the lesson of the Cross. A. Christian is a Cross-bearer, says Luther. As God made the evening and the morning to be the first day, and so ¹the second, &c. So the day of Gods people, God hath made to be the evening of troubles here, and the everlasting morning of glory and happiness hereafter. It is an expression of Mr. Calvin, The godly (says he) have their dark shadow of troubles before them, and their brightness of glory behind to come hereafter, but the men of the world have their brightness before them.

When Ignatius came to the wilde beasts, to be devoured of them, and his bones crushed between their teeth; Now (says he) I begin to be a Christian: Blessed Mr. Bradford writing to the Town of Walden, to encourage them to suffer, saith, that that Christian ⟨p. 11⟩hath not learned his A. B. C. in Christianity, who hath not learned the lesson of the Cross. A. Christian is a Cross-bearer, says Luther. As God made the evening and the morning to be the first day, and so ¹the second, &c. So the day of Gods people, God hath made to be the evening of troubles here, and the everlasting morning of glory and happiness hereafter. It is an expression of Mr. Calvin, The godly (says he) have their dark shadow of troubles before them, and their brightness of glory behinde to come hereafter, but the men of the world have their brightness before them.

1. 1Christianus Cructanus: Qui non est Crucianus, non est Christianus. Luther in Gen. c. 29 Ecclesia cst haeres Crucis.