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say_v shall_v i_o not_o drink_v the_o cup_n of_o martyrdom_n which_o my_o father_n have_v give_v i_o there_o shall_v be_v such_o a_o spirit_n of_o meekness_n in_o a_o christian_n suffer_v that_o it_o shall_v be_v hard_a to_o say_v which_o be_v great_a his_o persecution_n or_o his_o patience_n when_o job_n have_v lose_v all_o he_o keep_v the_o breastplate_n of_o innocency_n and_o the_o shield_n of_o patience_n a_o impatient_a martyr_n be_v a_o solecism_n 2._o to_o suffer_v as_o christian_n be_v when_o we_o suffer_v with_o courage_n courage_n be_v a_o christian_n armour_n of_o proof_n it_o steel_v and_o animate_v he_o the_o three_o child_n or_o rather_o the_o three_o champion_n be_v of_o brave_a heroic_a spirit_n they_o do_v not_o say_v to_o the_o king_n we_o ought_v not_o serve_v thy_o god_n but_o we_o will_v not_o dan._n 3.18_o neither_o nebuchadnezar_n music_n nor_o his_o furnace_n can_v alter_v their_o resolution_n tertullian_n be_v call_v a_o adamant_n for_o his_o invincible_a 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christian_n be_v to_o suffer_v with_o cheerfulness_n patience_n be_v a_o bear_v the_o cross_n cheerfulness_n be_v a_o take_v up_o the_o cross_n christ_n suffer_v for_o we_o cheerful_o his_o death_n be_v a_o freewill_n offer_v luke_o 12.50_o 〈◊〉_d 12.50_o sanguinem_fw-la suum_fw-la patri_fw-la obtulet_fw-la tanquam_fw-la sacrificium_fw-la 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d 〈◊〉_d he_o thirst_v to_o drink_v of_o that_o cup_n of_o blood_n such_o must_v our_o suffering_n be_v for_o christ_n cheerfulness_n perfume_v martyrdom_n and_o make_v it_o the_o sacrifice_n of_o a_o sweet-smelling_a savour_n to_o god_n thus_o moses_n suffer_v cheerful_o hebr._n 11.24_o 25._o moses_n when_o he_o be_v come_v to_o year_n choose_v rather_o to_o suffer_v affliction_n with_o the_o people_n of_o god_n than_o to_o enjoy_v the_o pleasure_n of_o sin_n for_o a_o season_n observe_v 1._o when_o he_o be_v come_v to_o year_n it_o be_v no_o childish_a act_n it_o be_v not_o in_o his_o nonage_n but_o when_o he_o be_v of_o year_n 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and_o be_v increase_a your_o stock_n of_o grace_n for_o the_o more_o fruit_n you_o bring_v forth_o the_o more_o glory_n god_n have_v herein_o be_v my_o father_n glorify_v though_o the_o low_a degree_n of_o grace_n may_v bring_v salvation_n to_o you_o yet_o it_o do_v not_o bring_v so_o much_o glory_n to_o god_n it_o be_v observable_a in_o the_o text_n when_o the_o apostle_n have_v say_v fill_v with_o the_o fruit_n of_o righteousness_n he_o add_v which_o be_v unto_o the_o glory_n and_o praise_n of_o god_n it_o be_v a_o praise_n to_o the_o husbandman_n and_o commend_v his_o skill_n and_o industry_n when_o the_o plant_n in_o his_o orchard_n thrive_v so_o when_o the_o plant_n of_o righteousness_n flourish_n this_o be_v to_o the_o praise_n of_o god_n glory_n it_o be_v the_o high_a