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In which regard the Apostle, Heb. 11.36. speaking of the wonderful great trials which sundry of the Saints did by faith undergo, reckoneth up this as none of the least of them, that they had been tried by mockings. In like sort when the holy Ghost yieldeth a reason of the utter overthrow of the kingdom of Judah, and of their long and woeful captivity, he setteth down this to be one of the principal causes thereof, ¹viz. That they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his Prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, and till there was no remedy.

In which regard the Apostle, Heb. 11.36. speaking of the wonderfull great trials which sundry of the Saints did by faith vndergoe, reckoneth vp this as none of the least of them, that they had been tried by mockings. In like sort when the holy Ghost yeeldeth a reason of the vtter ouerthrow of the kingdome of Iudah, and of their long and wofull captiuity, he setteth downe this to bee one of the principall causes thereof, ¹viz. That they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his Prophets, vntill the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, and till there was no remedy.

1. 12. Chro 36.26.

This kind of persecution Ismael used against Isaac (as the Apostle witnesseth) for which he was cast out of the Church of God. ¹And this was one of the meritorious sufferings of our Lord Jesus Christ,