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Concerning persecution in all ages to this day ... G. Fox.
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Fox, George, 1624-1691.
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Therefore it is good for all to look unto Jesus both for Wisdom and for strength in all their Tryalls and Sufferings and Persecutions for without him they can do nothing And Christ saith Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake for their's is the Kingdom of Heaven Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you and say all manner of evil against you falsly for my sake rejoyce and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in Heaven for so persecuted they the Prophets which were before you But I say unto you love your Enemies Bless them that Curse you do good to them that hate you and pray for them that dispightfully use you and persecute you And Christ saith to his Disciples You shall be hated of all men for my Name sake But he that endures to the End shall be saved but when they persecute you in this City fly you to another for verily I say unto you ye shall not have gone over all the Cities of Israel till the Son of Man come but when they deliver you up Take no thought how or what you shall speak for it shall be given you in that same hour what you shall speak for it is not you that speak but the Spirit of the Father that speaketh in you And further Christ saith to the Jews Behold I send unto you Prophets and wise-men and some of them ye shall kill and Crucifie and some of them ye shall scourge in your Synagogues and persecute from City to City that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the Earth c. And also you may see how John Baptist was cast in Prison for reproving of Herod and his Wife's Daughter pleased Herod with her DANCING and Herod promised with an OATH to give her whatsoever she would ask and her Mother advised her to ask JOHN BAPTST'S HEAD and she had it given her now this was the fruits of Transgressing the Law of God and of her DANCING and OATHS and SWEARING Contrary to the Command of Christ who saith SWEAR NOT AT ALL. And also Christ saith I was hungry and ye gavâ— me no Meat I was thirsty and ye gave me no Drink I was naked and ye Cloathed me not in Prison and ye came not unto me I was a stranger and ye took me not in and sick and ye visited me not c. And Christ saith in as much as ye did it not to one of the least of these you did it not unto me And such shall go into everlasting punishment and the righteous into life eternal Is it not the Practice of the Professors now adays instead of Cloathing the naked to take away their Cloaths And take away their Meat and Drink instead of giving them Meat Drink and Cast into Prison instead of Visiting them in Prison yea such as pretend to be Preachers of the Gospel though they do not hear them but such are Transgressors of his Command who saith Freely you have Received Freely give And Ahab the King said Take Micah the Prophet and put this fellow in the Prison and feed him with Bread of Afflictions until I come in Peace And Micah said unto Ahab If thou return at all in Peace the Lord hath not spoken by me so Ahab was slain according to Micah's Prophecy And did not the Prophet Hanana reprove Asa the King And the King was in a great Rage and put the Prophet in Prison because he reproved the King who relied on the King of Assyria and not on the Lord God And you may see in the Acts how the Priests the Rulers cast the Apostles into Prison and Charged them That they should Preach no more in the name of Jesus And Stephen said to the Chief Priest the Rulers Which of the Prophets have not your forefathers persecuted and slain them which shewed before the coming of the Just One of whom ye have been now the Betrayers and Murderers who received the Law c. and have not kept it When they heard these things they were cut to the Hear and gnashed on him with their Teeth and stoned Steven to death Calling upon God saying Lord Jesus receive my Spirit And Paul said I have persecuted this way which was the way of True Christianity unto death binding and delivering into Prison both men and women the high Priest both bear me witness and all the state of the Elders from whom also I received Letters and went unto Damascus to bring them which were there bound unto Jerusalem for to be punished This was Paul's Confession when he was converted and persecuted for Christ's sake by old persecuting professing Jews And Herod persecuted the Christians and killed James and imprisoned Peter whom an Angel delivered through the Prayers of the Saints and the Angel of God struck Herod that he dyed miserably And you may see in the 16th of Acts how Paul and Silas were cast into Prison and how the Lord wrought a wonderfull Deliverance to his Glory to them and how often you see the Jews sought the life of Paul after he was converted and the Heathen Romans had more tenderness who let him have liberty to dwell two full years in his own hir'd house and received all that came in unto him Preaching the Kingdom of God and teaching those things which concerned the Lord Jesus and no man forbad him And the Jews persecuted Jesus because he had done Good on the Saboth day who was Lord of the Saboth And Christ said to his Disciples Remember the word that I said unto you To wit his Disciples the Servant is not greater than his Lord if they have persecuted Me they will also persecute you c. All these things will they do unto you for my name sake And this Persecution and Imprisonment the Apostles and the Saints came to witness after Christ was risen and therefore you may see in his Epistles he Salutes his Fellow-Prisoners and the Apostle saith he that is Born of the Flesh persecutes him that is Born of the Spirit even so it is now each Birth manifests both their works and Fruits And the Apostle saith to the Corinthians give no offence in any ihing that the Ministry be not blamed but in all things approving your selves as the Ministers of God in much Patience in Afflictions in Necessities in Distress in Stripes in Imprisonments in Tumuls in Labours in Wantings in Fastings by Pureness by Knowledge by Long-suffering by Kindness by the holy Ghost by love unfeigned by the Word of Truth by the Power of God by the Armour of Righteousness on the Right hand and on the Left by Honour and Dishonour by Evil Report and Good Report as deceivers and yet true as unknown and yet well known as dying and behold we Live as Chastized and not killed as Sorrowfull yet alwayes rejoycing as poor yet making many rich as having nothing yet possessing all things These are good Examples for the true Christians to follow And do