a_o sermon_n preach_v at_o st._n george_n church_n at_o windsor_n septemb_n 27._o 1685._o by_o edward_n pell_v chaplain_n to_o his_o grace_n the_o duke_n of_o somerset_n print_a by_o order_n london_n print_v for_o sam._n keble_n at_o the_o turk_n head_n in_o fleetstreet_n and_o walter_n davis_n in_o amen_o corner_n 1685._o a_o sermon_n preach_v at_o st._n george_n church_n at_o windsor_n septemb_n 27._o 1685._o 1_o pet._n 3._o 13._o and_o who_o be_v he_o that_o will_v harm_v you_o if_o you_o be_v follower_n of_o that_o which_o be_v good_a it_o may_v seem_v very_o strange_a that_o word_n to_o this_o purpose_n shall_v drop_v from_o st._n peter_n mouth_n if_o we_o understand_v they_o so_o as_o if_o good_a man_n can_v not_o be_v entreat_v after_o a_o evil_a manner_n for_o the_o whole_a history_n of_o those_o time_n wherein_o the_o apostle_n live_v contradict_v this_o assertion_n if_o we_o take_v it_o universal_o and_o at_o large_a stephen_n have_v be_v already_o stone_v and_o at_o the_o 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apolog._n adv_fw-la gentes_fw-la cap._n 1._o illud_fw-la solum_fw-la expectatur_fw-la quod_fw-la odio_fw-la publico_fw-la necessarium_fw-la est_fw-la confessio_fw-la nominis_fw-la non_fw-la examinatio_fw-la criminis_fw-la tert._n lib._n supr_fw-la ignorance_n for_o they_o be_v torture_v for_o the_o sake_n of_o their_o name_n because_o they_o call_v themselves_o christian_n the_o pagan_n inquire_v no_o further_o whether_o they_o be_v thief_n or_o rebel_n or_o any_o other_o criminal_n in_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o law_n but_o take_v all_o for_o grant_v that_o the_o wickedness_n of_o man_n can_v lay_v to_o their_o charge_n this_o be_v a_o very_a hard_a case_n yet_o those_o excellent_a christian_n submit_v to_o it_o with_o patience_n and_o cheerfulness_n hope_v that_o in_o time_n the_o experience_n of_o their_o enemy_n will_v convince_v they_o and_o engage_v they_o to_o be_v favourable_a to_o christianity_n and_o it_o be_v very_o remarkable_a and_o apposite_a to_o our_o purpose_n what_o 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nero_n cruentavit_fw-la tertul._n in_o scorpia_n vide_fw-la &_o apol._n cap._n 5._o storm_n against_o the_o church_n be_v nero._n but_o though_o he_o be_v infamous_a for_o his_o sanguinary_a and_o barbarous_a temper_n yet_o to_o i_o it_o seem_v manifest_a that_o his_o cruelty_n ibid._n afflicti_fw-la suppliciis_fw-la christiani_n genus_fw-la hominum_fw-la superstitionis_fw-la novae_fw-la ac_fw-la malificae_fw-la suet._n in_o nerone_n sect._n 16._o quos_fw-la per_fw-la flagitia_fw-la invisos_fw-la vulgus_fw-la christianos_n appellabat_fw-la tacit._n annal._n lib._n 15._o exitialis_fw-la superstitio_fw-la id_fw-la ibid._n be_v ground_v upon_o his_o perfect_a ignorance_n of_o the_o christian_n innocence_n for_o they_o be_v represent_v then_o as_o people_n of_o a_o new_a and_o mischievous_a religion_n as_o suetonius_n say_v as_o a_o deadly_a and_o pernicious_a sect_n say_v tacitus_n that_o be_v general_o hate_v ibid._n haud_fw-mi perinde_v in_o crimine_fw-la incendii_fw-la quà m_fw-la odio_fw-la humani_fw-la generis_fw-la convicti_fw-la sunt_fw-la tacit._n ibid._n and_o therefore_o the_o fit_a as_o the_o emperor_n think_v to_o have_v the_o guilt_n of_o burn_v the_o city_n of_o rome_n fix_v upon_o they_o particular_o they_o be_v abuse_v as_o i_o observe_v before_o out_o of_o the_o act_n of_o the_o apostle_n as_o mover_n of_o sedition_n and_o enemy_n of_o the_o roman_a empire_n the_o belief_n whereof_o past_a current_o at_o rome_n where_o they_o make_v no_o distinction_n between_o christian_n and_o jew_n because_o christianity_n come_v out_o of_o judea_n and_o consider_v how_o restless_a factious_a and_o ungovernable_a the_o jew_n have_v be_v not_o only_o in_o the_o mmlxix_o the_o vide_fw-la jos_n scaligeri_fw-la animadvers_fw-la in_o euseb_n chron._n pag._n 192._o num_fw-la mmlxix_o begin_n of_o nero_n reign_n but_o also_o in_o the_o time_n of_o his_o predecessor_n claudius_n as_o josephus_n do_v 21._o do_v vide_fw-la joseph_n antiq._n judaic_n lib._n 19_o cap._n 4._o &_o lib._n 20._o c._n 1_o 3_o 4_o 5_o 6_o 7._o item_n de_fw-fr bello_fw-la judaic_n l._n 2._o c._n 20_o 21_o 22_o 23._o vide_fw-la &_o euseb_n hist_o eccles_n lib._n 2._o c._n 11._o &_o 21._o acknowledge_v the_o emperor_n take_v up_o a_o mortal_a and_o flame_a haved_z against_o the_o christian_n suppose_v they_o to_o be_v as_o troublesome_a and_o as_o the_o rest_n but_o when_o vespasian_n come_v to_o the_o throne_n that_o humane_a and_o goodnatured_n prince_n who_o be_v wont_a to_o weep_v even_o at_o the_o 13._o the_o caeterum_fw-la neque_fw-la caede_fw-la cujusque_fw-la unquam_fw-la laetatus_fw-la justis_fw-la supplicis_fw-la illachrymavit_fw-la etiam_fw-la &_o ingenuit_fw-la suet._n in_o vespasian_n §._o 13._o just_a suffering_n of_o criminal_n all_o bloody_a proceed_n against_o our_o religion_n be_v stop_v for_o he_o have_v be_v at_o jerusalem_n in_o person_n and_o have_v observe_v there_o the_o vast_a difference_n between_o the_o turbulent_a and_o obstinate_a temper_n of_o the_o jew_n and_o the_o peaceable_a behaviour_n of_o the_o christian_n he_o be_v particular_o favourable_a and_o kind_a to_o these_o so_o that_o though_o he_o have_v ruin_v the_o jew_n as_o tertullian_n observe_v and_o though_o he_o strict_o search_v after_o all_o the_o royal_a posterity_n of_o david_n with_o a_o design_n to_o take_v they_o off_o as_o 12._o as_o euseb_n hist_o lib._n 3._o cap._n 12._o eusebius_n tell_v we_o yet_o both_o those_o ancient_a writer_n do_v agree_v 6._o agree_v nullus_fw-la vespasianus_n quamvis_fw-la judaeorum_fw-la debellator_fw-la etc._n etc._n tertul._n apol._n cap._n 6._o that_o he_o 17._o 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d euseb_n hist._n lib._n 3._o cap._n 17._o use_v no_o manner_n of_o severity_n to_o ward_n the_o christian_a profession_n the_o next_o cruel_a emperor_n be_v domitian_n 5._o domitianus_n portio_fw-la neronius_fw-la de_fw-la credulitate_fw-la tertul._n apol._n cap._n 5._o a_o limb_n of_o nero_n as_o tertulian_n call_v he_o that_o not_o only_o banish_v st._n john_n into_o patmos_n but_o miserable_o vex_v the_o whole_a christian_a church_n the_o occasion_n of_o his_o barbarity_n be_v no_o other_o than_o herod_n fear_n that_o christ_n will_v come_v and_o take_v his_o empire_n from_o he_o which_o fear_n be_v increase_v by_o a_o false_a suggestion_n touch_v the_o seditious_a spirit_n of_o christ_n disciple_n but_o light_v happy_o upon_o some_o of_o domitiano_n vide_fw-la euseb_n hist_o eccles_n lib._n 3._o c._n 20._o sed_fw-la qâ—ia_fw-la homo_fw-la facile_fw-la caeptum_fw-la repressit_fw-la restitutis_fw-la etiam_fw-la quos_fw-la relligaverat_fw-la iniquit_fw-la tertullianus_n de_fw-fr domitiano_n they_o and_o as_o they_o say_v some_o of_o our_o bless_a saviour_n own_o kindred_n and_o find_v upon_o examination_n that_o they_o be_v a_o plain_a and_o honest_a sort_n of_o man_n that_o pay_v tribute_n and_o wrought_v diligent_o in_o their_o vocation_n with_o their_o own_o hand_n and_o live_v quiet_o and_o hope_v for_o no_o 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