Sermons preached

I answer: In our Duty it is praise-worthy to be easy to be entreated, but not from our Duty. Paul went bound in the Spirit to Jerusalem; ke knew the Will of God, and therefore though they did even break his Heart, they could not break his Purpose. No Persuasions of Friends, no Apprehensions of Danger, should turn us out of the Way wherein God commands us to walk. No Persuasion. So Christ, when desired to avoid Suffering, which was the End of his coming into the World, rejected the Motion. It is notable, the Lord Jesus with the same Indignation rebuketh Peter dissuading him from suffering, as he did the Devil tempting him to Idolatry. See Mat. 16. 23. compared with Mat. 4. 10. No Dangers. Here were Dangers threatened. Agabus foretold Bonds, the Spirit foretold Bonds, others told him of Bonds, yet Paul was not persuaded. So when the King of Babylon threatened the three Children, they resolutely answered, Dan. 3. 18. Our God, whom we serve, is able to deliver us: but if not, ⟨p. 274⟩be it known unto thee, O King, that we will not serve thy Gods, nor worship thy Golden Image. And therefore Paul rebukes them, for they were weeping when they saw his Resolution, What mean you to break my Heart? For I am not only ready to be bound, but to die at Jerusalem for the Name of Christ. A little to clear the Expression by the way.

I answer: In our Duty it is praise-worthy to be easy to be intreated, but not from our Duty. Paul went bound in the Spirit to Ierusalem; ke knew the Will of God, and therefore though they did even break his Heart, they could not break his Purpose. No Perswasions of Friends, no Apprehensions of Danger, should turn us out of the Way wherein God commands us to walk. No Perswasion. So Christ, when desired to avoid Suffering, which was the End of his coming into the World, rejected the Motion. It is notable, the Lord Jesus with the same Indignation rebuketh Peter disswading him from suffering, as he did the Devil tempting him to Idolatry. See Mat. 16. 23. compared with