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…

1. Labour for Sincerity. O let us look to that, that we are built upon a right foundation; and then the House will Stand though the Floods come against it. Yea, though never such winds, and waves, & floods of Temptation, and Persecution should arise; He that is by a true Faith built upon Christ, after all is done, shall stand. I know it is a Thought, that often times cometh into the heart of a child of God, If suffering Times should come, shall I be able to hold out? If my profession should cost me the loss of all that's dear to me in this world, what then should I Do? And it is good for Christians, to maintain an holy Jealousy over their own hearts. Self-jealous Mr. Saunders, endured the fire; and died a Martyr at the Stake: when Self-confident Dr. Pendleton turned Papist, and served the Times, to avoid persecution. But this is the way, to be sure to hold out, (come Life, come ⟨p. 21⟩Death)even to be sincere in the Lord's sight; To believe on the Lord Jesus Christ with faith unfeigned. All the gates of Hell, all the persecutors on Earth, in conjunction with all the powers of Darkness, shall never finally prevail against any true Believer. Mockings, Scourgings, Bonds, Rackings, Tortures, the worst that Satan, and his bloody persecuting children can devise, will be endured, rather than Sin will be committed, or the Truth denied, where there is true Faith, Heb. 11. 35, 36, 37. For Faith maketh a man courageous; and willing to venture himself in the Cause of Christ. It maketh him to fear God more than men. The sincere Believer will say, as sometimes that great Confessor told his persecutors, You may pluck my Heart out of my body: but you shall never pluck the Truth out of my Heart.

1. Labour for Syncerity. O let us look to that, that we are built upon a right foundation; and then the House will Stand though the Floods come against it. Yea, though never such winds, and waves, & floods of Temptation, and Persecution should arise; He that is by a true Faith built upon Christ, after all is done, shall stand. I know it is a Thought, that often times cometh into the heart of a child of God, If suffring Times should come, shall I be able to hold out? If my profession should cost me the loss of all that's dear to me in this world, what then should I Doe? And it is good for Christians, to maintain an holy Jealousy over their own hearts. Self-jealous Mr. Saunders, endured the fire; and died a Martyr at the Stake: when Self-confident Dr. Pendleton turned Papist, and served the Times, to avoid persecution. But this is the way, to be sure to hold out, (come Life, come