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A sermon wherein is showed that the church of God is sometimes a subject…A sermon wherein is shewed that the church of God is sometimes a subject…
A sermon wherein is showed that the church of God is sometimes a subject of great persecution; preached on a public fast at Boston in New-England: occasioned by the tidings of a great persecution raised against the Protestants in France. / By Increase Mather, teacher to a church of Christ. ; [Eight lines of quotations]A sermon wherein is shewed that the church of God is sometimes a subject of great persecution; preached on a publick fast at Boston in New-England: occasioned by the tidings of a great persecution raised against the Protestants in France. / By Increase Mather, teacher to a church of Christ. ; [Eight lines of quotations]
printed for Samuel Sewall, 1682
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
2. There is the Persecution of the Tongue: when the Lords servants are Reproached, and Reviled, because of their Zeal for, and their Faithfulness unto God. We read that Ishmael mocked Isaac, Gen. 21. 9. Now Paul says, Gal. 4. 29. He that was born after the flesh, Persecuted him that was born after the spirit. So then in such Mocking there is Persecution. Thus Christ says, Mat. 5. 11. Blessed are you, when men persecute you: Persecute you! How? Tis added; And Revile you; & shall say all manner of evil against you, falsely, for my sake. When Reproaches are cast upon the servants of Christ, on the account of their Zeal for Christ; then do they suffer persecution. Arians of old, would call the great Athanasius by the Name of Satanasius; and Papists used to call their Dogs ⟨p. 8⟩Calvin; that so they might vilify that great Reformer. Names of Reproach are commonly gives to the Lords servants: Huguenots, Fanatics, and what not? And unto this kind of persecution, the Church of God is always subject; more or less. It is said, 2 Tim. 3. 12. All that will live godly in Christ Jesus, shall suffer Persecution. Be sure, the persecution of the Heart; and the persecution of the Tongue, they shall suffer; however it may be with them, as to a further persecution. Therefore
2. There is the Persecution of the Tongue: when the Lords servants are Reproached, and Reviled, because of their Zeal for, and their Faithfulness unto God. We read that Ishmael mocked Isaac, Gen. 21. 9. Now Paul saies, Gal. 4. 29. He that was born after the flesh, Persecuted him that was born after the spirit. So then in such Mocking there is Persecution. Thus Christ saies, Mat. 5. 11. Blessed are you, when men persecute you: Persecute you! How? Tis added; And Revile you; & shall say all manner of evil against you, falsely, for my sake. When Reproaches are cast upon the servants of Christ, on the account of their Zeal for Christ; then do they suffer persecution. Arians of old, would call the great Athanasius by the Name of Satanasius; and Papists used to call their Dogs