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           The
           CASE
           of
           the
           EXILED
           VAUDOIS
           ,
           AND
           French
           Protestants
           ,
           STATED
           :
           And
           their
           Relief
           Recommended
           to
           All
           GOOD
           Christians
           ,
           Especially
           to
           Those
           of
           the
           Reformed
           Religion
           :
           IN
           A
           SERMON
           Preach'd
           at
           St.
           
             James
             Westminster
          
           ,
           April
           5.
           1699.
           
           Being
           the
           Day
           of
           the
           Publick
           Fast.
           
        
         
           By
           
             William
             Wake
          
           ,
           D.D.
           Rector
           of
           S.
           
             James
             Westminster
          
           ,
           And
           Chaplain
           in
           Ordinary
           to
           His
           Majesty
           .
        
         
           Publish'd
           at
           the
           Desire
           of
           the
           Honourable
           the
           
             Board
             of
             Vestry
          
           ;
           and
           of
           several
           
             Persons
             of
             Quality
          
           of
           the
           said
           Parish
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           for
           
             R.
             Sare
          
           at
           Grayes-Inn-gate
           in
           Holborn
           ,
           1699.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             
               MATT.
               x.
               42.
               
            
             
               Whosoever
               shall
               give
               to
               drink
               unto
               One
               of
               these
               Little
               Ones
               ,
               a
               Cup
               of
               Cold
               Water
               only
               ,
               in
               the
               Name
               of
               a
               Disciple
               ;
               Verily
               I
               say
               unto
               you
               ,
               He
               shall
               in
               no
               wise
               lose
               his
               Reward
               .
            
          
        
         
           OUR
           Blessed
           Saviour
           having
           spent
           the
           greatest
           Part
           of
           this
           Chapter
           in
           declaring
           to
           his
           Disciples
           what
           Troubles
           ,
           and
           Persecutions
           ,
           they
           should
           undergo
           for
           his
           Sake
           ;
           takes
           Occasion
           from
           thence
           ,
           in
           the
           Verses
           before
           the
           Text
           ,
           to
           shew
           ,
           how
           we
           ought
           to
           behave
           Our selves
           towards
           Those
           who
           should
           fall
           into
           any
           Sufferings
           upon
           such
           an
           Account
           ;
           and
           how
           Great
           the
           Reward
           of
           our
           so
           doing
           should
           be
           .
           
             He
             that
             receiveth
             you
          
           ,
           says
           he
           ,
           
             receiveth
             Me
             ;
             and
             He
             that
             receiveth
             Me
             ,
             receiveth
             Him
             that
             sent
             Me.
             He
             that
             receiveth
             a
             Prophet
             ,
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             a
             Prophet
             ,
             shall
             receive
             a
             Prophets
             Reward
             .
             And
             He
             that
             receiveth
             a
             Righteous-man
             ,
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             a
             Righteous-Man
             ,
             shall
             receive
             a
             Righteous
             Man's
             Reward
             .
             And
             ,
             Whosoever
             shall
             give
             to
             drink
             unto
             One
             of
             these
             little
             Ones
             ,
             a
             Cup
             of
             cold
             water
             only
             ,
             in
             the
             Name
             of
             a
             Disciple
             ;
             Verily
             I
             say
             unto
             you
             ,
             He
             shall
             in
             no
             wise
             lose
             his
             Reward
             .
          
        
         
           I
           shall
           not
           trouble
           you
           with
           any
           nice
           Enquiry
           into
           the
           distinction
           which
           our
           Saviour
           ,
           in
           these
           words
           ,
           makes
           of
           Those
           whom
           he
           therein
           recommends
           to
           our
           Charity
           ,
           and
           Entertainment
           .
           Three
           sorts
           of
           Christians
           
           he
           manifestly
           refers
           to
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           speaks
           of
           Those
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           as
           the
           least
           ,
           and
           meanest
           ,
           of
           them
           All.
           And
           yet
           even
           of
           These
           He
           tells
           Us
           ,
           that
           Whosoever
           should
           give
           but
           
             a
             Cup
             of
             Cold
             water
             to
             drink
             ,
          
           to
           One
           such
           Christian
           ,
           
             in
             the
             name
             of
             a
             Disciple
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           should
           shew
           the
           least
           regard
           to
           him
           upon
           this
           account
           ,
           That
           He
           
             belongs
             to
             Christ
             ;
             He
             should
             in
             no
             wise
             lose
             his
             Reward
          
           ;
           i.
           e.
           He
           should
           be
           
             very
             highly
             Rewarded
             by
             God
          
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           Now
           this
           being
           the
           Occasion
           ,
           and
           Import
           of
           these
           Words
           ,
           I
           shall
           with
           Relation
           to
           both
           ,
           proceed
           
             to
             discourse
             upon
             them
             ,
             in
             this
             following
             Method
          
           ;
        
         
           I.
           I
           will
           shew
           you
           ,
           That
           those
           who
           Profess
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Christ
           ,
           must
           expect
           oftentimes
           to
           meet
           with
           Tryals
           ,
           and
           Persecutions
           ,
           from
           
             Wicked
             Men
          
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           II.
           That
           it
           is
           the
           Duty
           of
           every
           
             Good
             Christian
          
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           Ability
           ,
           to
           assist
           and
           support
           those
           who
           suffer
           upon
           
             such
             an
             Account
          
           .
           And
           ,
        
         
           III.
           That
           whatsoever
           Charity
           we
           shall
           exercise
           towards
           such
           Persons
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           their
           Sufferings
           ,
           it
           shall
           turn
           to
           our
           great
           Advantage
           in
           the
           
             other
             World
          
           ;
           where
           We
           shall
           be
           ,
           in
           a
           singular
           manner
           ,
           Rewarded
           by
           God
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           I
           shall
           speak
           ,
           but
           very
           briefly
           ,
           to
           each
           of
           these
           Points
           ;
           and
           so
           proceed
           to
           that
           Application
           of
           them
           ,
           which
           the
           present
           Occasion
           requires
           of
           Me.
           And
           ,
        
         
           I.
           That
           those
           who
           Profess
           the
           
             Gospel
             of
             Christ
          
           ,
           must
           expect
           oftentimes
           to
           meet
           with
           Tryals
           and
           
           Persecutions
           ,
           from
           
             Wicked
             Men
          
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           This
           was
           what
           our
           Saviour
           expresly
           declared
           to
           his
           Disciples
           in
           this
           Chapter
           ;
           and
           their
           
             own
             Experience
          
           sufficiently
           convinced
           them
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           his
           Prediction
           .
        
         
           If
           we
           look
           back
           to
           the
           
             first
             State
          
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           before
           the
           Conversion
           of
           the
           Empire
           to
           Christianity
           ;
           what
           are
           all
           its
           Histories
           but
           the
           Records
           of
           those
           Tryals
           which
           its
           most
           eminent
           Professors
           underwent
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           it
           ?
           What
           Torments
           they
           endured
           ;
           what
           Oppositions
           they
           met
           with
           ;
           and
           by
           what
           Deaths
           they
           perfected
           all
           their
           other
           Sufferings
           ?
           When
           ,
           in
           the
           Language
           of
           our
           
             Apostle
             ,
             Every
             one
             who
             would
             live
             Godly
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
          
           was
           sure
           to
           
             suffer
             persecution
          
           .
           Their
           Religion
           was
           their
           Crime
           :
           and
           there
           was
           no
           choice
           left
           them
           but
           to
           renounce
           it
           ,
           or
           to
           resolve
           to
           suffer
           ;
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           to
           Die
           ,
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           Nor
           did
           the
           Case
           become
           much
           better
           afterwards
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           the
           Pretence
           of
           the
           Persecution
           was
           alter'd
           :
           Men
           did
           not
           any
           longer
           suffer
           for
           the
           Name
           of
           Christ
           ,
           as
           they
           had
           done
           before
           .
           But
           the
           truth
           of
           the
           Gospel
           was
           still
           persecuted
           ,
           tho'
           under
           another
           Character
           :
           And
           the
           Sufferings
           which
           Christians
           have
           brought
           on
           their
           fellow
           Christians
           ,
           have
           not
           been
           at
           all
           less
           ,
           than
           what
           had
           been
           inflicted
           upon
           them
           by
           their
           
             Common
             Enemies
          
           heretofore
           .
        
         
           It
           is
           indeed
           a
           most
           astonishing
           thing
           to
           consider
           to
           what
           a
           strange
           degeneracy
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christianity
           
           has
           fallen
           in
           this
           particular
           .
           That
           a
           Religion
           founded
           upon
           Love
           and
           Charity
           ,
           and
           which
           breaths
           out
           nothing
           more
           than
           Kindness
           ,
           and
           Gentleness
           ,
           in
           all
           its
           Precepts
           ;
           should
           yet
           have
           become
           the
           Occasion
           of
           more
           Cruelty
           ,
           and
           Barbarity
           ,
           than
           ever
           any
           Religion
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           besides
           ,
           had
           been
           .
           But
           that
           which
           is
           yet
           more
           Amazing
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           more
           deplorable
           ,
           is
           ;
           that
           Men
           should
           make
           it
           a
           matter
           of
           Conscience
           to
           the
           Principles
           of
           such
           a
           Religion
           ,
           to
           persecute
           One
           another
           :
           And
           think
           that
           they
           
             do
             God
             Service
          
           ,
           when
           they
           Dye
           their
           hands
           with
           the
           bloud
           of
           His
           Servants
           .
           Yet
           to
           this
           degree
           of
           Fury
           have
           some
           Christians
           ,
           in
           these
           later
           Ages
           ,
           arrived
           :
           And
           have
           thereby
           given
           Us
           but
           too
           just
           a
           Ground
           ,
           still
           to
           continue
           the
           Assertion
           I
           have
           laid
           down
           ;
           That
           those
           who
           will
           profess
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Christ
           ,
           in
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           Purity
           of
           it
           ,
           must
           expect
           ,
           even
           in
           
             Christian
             Countries
          
           ,
           to
           fall
           oftentimes
           under
           the
           
             severest
             Tryals
          
           ,
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           How
           this
           barbarous
           ,
           and
           
             bloudy
             Spirit
          
           ,
           first
           got
           admission
           into
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ
           ,
           I
           shall
           not
           now
           enquire
           .
           Certain
           it
           is
           ,
           that
           as
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           Vnreasonable
           ,
           in
           the
           nature
           of
           the
           thing
           its
           self
           ,
           than
           to
           
             force
             Conscience
          
           ,
           and
           to
           persecute
           men
           into
           a
           
             right
             faith
          
           ;
           So
           is
           there
           nothing
           more
           contrary
           to
           all
           the
           Rules
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           than
           to
           propagate
           its
           interests
           by
           Violence
           ,
           and
           Oppression
           .
           This
           the
           
             Primitive
             Christians
          
           ,
           constantly
           objected
           to
           their
           
             Heathen
             Enemies
          
           .
           This
           all
           the
           Best
           ,
           and
           
             Wisest
             Men
          
           ,
           have
           generally
           asserted
           ever
           since
           :
           And
           ,
           even
           the
           most
           Perverse
           ,
           see
           the
           
           Reasonableness
           of
           it
           ,
           when
           it
           comes
           to
           be
           their
           
             own
             Case
          
           ;
           and
           they
           are
           themselves
           in
           danger
           of
           Suffering
           upon
           
             this
             Account
          
           .
           And
           yet
           such
           is
           the
           strange
           partiality
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           that
           we
           hardly
           any
           of
           us
           know
           how
           to
           set
           bounds
           to
           this
           Temper
           ,
           when
           we
           have
           the
           Power
           in
           our
           Hands
           .
           We
           think
           we
           have
           
             all
             a
             Right
          
           to
           
             persecute
             Others
          
           ,
           tho'
           none
           have
           any
           to
           return
           it
           upon
           Our selves
           .
           And
           accordingly
           ,
           we
           do
           all
           ,
           in
           our
           several
           turns
           ,
           both
           Rail
           at
           Persecution
           in
           Matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           and
           yet
           continue
           to
           set
           up
           for
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           as
           this
           Temper
           has
           always
           been
           observed
           to
           prevail
           most
           on
           the
           
             Worst
             Side
          
           ;
           (
           which
           is
           generally
           found
           to
           make
           up
           with
           Violence
           ,
           what
           it
           wants
           in
           
             Argument
             :
          
           )
           So
           of
           all
           kinds
           of
           Christians
           never
           have
           any
           been
           more
           scandalously
           guilty
           of
           this
           Barbarity
           than
           those
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           that
           dishonour
           to
           the
           Name
           ,
           and
           Scourge
           to
           the
           Disciples
           of
           Christ.
           Whose
           Religion
           as
           it
           has
           a
           Great
           Allay
           of
           Paganism
           ,
           in
           it
           ;
           so
           we
           ought
           the
           less
           to
           wonder
           if
           we
           see
           it
           wholly
           acted
           by
           a
           
             Pagan
             Spirit
          
           .
           And
           of
           the
           Corruptions
           whereof
           I
           shall
           ,
           at
           present
           ,
           say
           no
           more
           than
           this
           ;
           that
           had
           we
           no
           other
           Ground
           than
           this
           to
           reject
           it
           ,
           even
           this
           alone
           would
           be
           enough
           to
           warrant
           us
           in
           our
           disowning
           of
           it
           ;
           that
           she
           has
           Glutted
           her self
           with
           the
           Bloud
           of
           the
           best-Christians
           ,
           and
           still
           continues
           to
           thirst
           for
           more
           :
           And
           openly
           avows
           that
           ,
           Principle
           ,
           which
           I
           am
           now
           speaking
           against
           ,
           as
           Cruel
           and
           
             Anti-Christian
             ;
             that
             Religion
             is
             to
             be
             propagated
             ,
             and
             maintain'd
             by
             the
             Sword.
             
          
        
         
         
           I
           shall
           not
           here
           enter
           on
           any
           particular
           Relation
           of
           those
           Persecutions
           ,
           with
           which
           that
           Church
           has
           filled
           the
           Histories
           of
           the
           whole
           World
           ,
           for
           some
           Ages
           past
           :
           And
           of
           which
           not
           only
           Europe
           ,
           but
           Asia
           ,
           and
           
             America
             ;
             Infidels
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Christians
           ,
           have
           been
           the
           Spectators
           .
           Blessed
           be
           God!
           neither
           her
           Cruelties
           ,
           nor
           her
           Corruptions
           ,
           are
           unknown
           to
           any
           of
           Us.
           It
           shall
           suffice
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           as
           our
           
             Saviour
             Christ
          
           from
           the
           beginning
           knew
           what
           would
           happen
           to
           his
           Church
           to
           the
           very
           end
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           foresaw
           as
           well
           ,
           what
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           in
           these
           latter
           Ages
           should
           do
           to
           it
           ,
           as
           what
           the
           Jews
           and
           Heathens
           were
           at
           the
           beginning
           to
           bring
           upon
           it
           ;
           so
           we
           must
           conclude
           ,
           that
           in
           this
           Chapter
           ,
           he
           referr'd
           indifferently
           to
           both
           :
           And
           designed
           no
           less
           to
           fortifie
           ,
           and
           
             instruct
             us
             of
             these
             Times
          
           ,
           how
           to
           behave
           our selves
           under
           the
           Persecutions
           of
           Popery
           ;
           than
           to
           direct
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           and
           
             Primitive
             Disciples
          
           ,
           how
           it
           would
           behove
           them
           to
           manage
           themselves
           ,
           with
           relation
           to
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           and
           
             Jewish
             ,
             Cruelty
          
           .
        
         
           Let
           this
           then
           be
           our
           first
           Conclusion
           ,
           founded
           on
           the
           foreknowledge
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           the
           Corruption
           of
           
             Humane
             Nature
          
           ;
           which
           hitherto
           we
           are
           sure
           has
           been
           ,
           and
           we
           h●ve
           Reason
           to
           fear
           ,
           will
           always
           continue
           to
           be
           but
           too
           true
           ;
           viz.
           That
           those
           who
           profess
           the
           Truth
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           and
           will
           hold
           fast
           to
           the
           purity
           of
           it
           ;
           must
           expect
           to
           meet
           with
           many
           Tryals
           ,
           and
           Persecutions
           from
           wicked
           Men
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           it
           .
           I
           proceed
           ,
        
         
         
           II.
           To
           shew
           ;
           That
           it
           is
           the
           duty
           of
           Every
           
             Good
             Christian
          
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           Ability
           ,
           to
           assist
           and
           support
           those
           ,
           who
           suffer
           on
           such
           an
           Account
           .
        
         
           And
           that
           whether
           we
           consider
           them
           (
           1
           st
           .
           )
           Under
           the
           
             common
             Character
             of
             Christians
          
           .
           Or
           (
           2
           dly
           )
           under
           the
           more
           
             particular
             Circumstance
             ,
             Of
             suffering
             for
             Righteousness
             sake
             .
          
        
         
           (
           1
           st
           )
           If
           we
           consider
           Them
           under
           the
           
             Common
             Character
          
           of
           Christians
           ;
           Even
           this
           alone
           will
           oblige
           Us
           not
           only
           to
           minister
           to
           their
           Wants
           ,
           but
           to
           do
           it
           with
           a
           singular
           desire
           ,
           and
           affection
           of
           Mind
           towards
           Them.
           God
           who
           has
           commanded
           Us
           to
           
             Do
             Good
             unto
             All
             Men
          
           ;
           
           has
           also
           commanded
           us
           to
           Do
           it
           ,
           in
           a
           more
           especial
           manner
           ,
           to
           
             Those
             who
             are
             of
             the
             Houshold
             of
             Faith.
          
           
           There
           is
           a
           
             Brotherly
             Love
          
           required
           of
           Us
           by
           Christ
           ,
           towards
           
             One
             Another
          
           ,
           beyond
           what
           we
           are
           obliged
           to
           have
           for
           the
           rest
           of
           Mankind
           :
           and
           which
           ought
           to
           dispose
           Us
           not
           only
           to
           a
           more
           tender
           sense
           of
           ,
           and
           compassion
           ,
           for
           their
           Needs
           ;
           but
           ,
           with
           that
           ,
           to
           a
           more
           
             bountiful
             supply
          
           of
           them
           .
           
           So
           that
           tho'
           a
           Christian
           must
           Love
           his
           very
           Enemy
           ;
           and
           
             Do
             Good
          
           to
           those
           who
           
             despitefully
             Vse
             him
             ,
             and
             persecute
             him
          
           ;
           yet
           he
           must
           remember
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           a
           difference
           to
           be
           made
           by
           him
           between
           a
           Brother
           and
           an
           Enemy
           ;
           and
           he
           must
           as
           much
           love
           ,
           and
           do
           Good
           to
           the
           One
           ,
           above
           the
           Other
           ,
           as
           he
           is
           more
           
             nearly
             related
          
           to
           the
           One
           ,
           than
           to
           the
           Other
           .
        
         
         
           But
           this
           is
           the
           least
           part
           of
           our
           Obligation
           in
           the
           Case
           before
           Us
           :
           Which
           as
           it
           supposes
           the
           Suffering
           to
           be
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           
             Christ's
             Religion
          
           ,
           So
           will
           it
           ,
        
         
           (
           2
           dly
           )
           Oblige
           us
           ,
           in
           a
           more
           particular
           manner
           ,
           to
           Relieve
           those
           ,
           who
           fall
           into
           their
           distresses
           upon
           such
           an
           account
           .
        
         
           In
           such
           Circumstances
           as
           these
           ,
           not
           to
           Assist
           our
           Brethren
           ,
           is
           to
           deny
           our
           Faith
           :
           And
           the
           neglect
           we
           put
           upon
           Them
           ,
           will
           fall
           not
           so
           much
           upon
           Them
           ,
           as
           upon
           Him
           whose
           Disciples
           they
           are
           ,
           and
           
             for
             whose
             Sake
          
           they
           suffer
           .
        
         
           Hence
           we
           may
           observe
           ,
           in
           all
           the
           antient
           Persecutions
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           with
           what
           an
           Officious
           diligence
           the
           Other
           Christians
           still
           attended
           upon
           their
           Martyrs
           and
           Confessors
           .
           How
           they
           ministred
           to
           them
           in
           their
           Prisons
           ,
           and
           Bonds
           :
           Went
           with
           them
           to
           their
           Judgments
           ;
           and
           would
           not
           leave
           them
           at
           their
           very
           Sufferings
           .
           With
           what
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           Readiness
           ,
           they
           furnish'd
           them
           with
           such
           things
           as
           they
           stood
           in
           need
           of
           :
           How
           they
           Encouraged
           them
           in
           their
           Conflicts
           ;
           and
           shew'd
           their
           earnest
           desire
           to
           partake
           with
           them
           in
           their
           Sufferings
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           in
           the
           Cause
           for
           which
           They
           suffered
           .
        
         
           Thus
           they
           
             Confess'd
             Christ
          
           ,
           by
           Owning
           of
           those
           who
           were
           Persecuted
           for
           their
           Confession
           of
           Him
           :
           And
           thus
           ought
           every
           Good
           Christian
           to
           Confess
           him
           still
           .
           In
           a
           
             publick
             War
          
           ,
           if
           any
           One
           part
           of
           a
           Country
           be
           destroy'd
           ,
           it
           is
           but
           an
           Act
           of
           Justice
           for
           the
           rest
           ,
           to
           bear
           their
           share
           in
           the
           loss
           ;
           and
           ,
           to
           
           contribute
           towards
           the
           Repair
           of
           the
           damage
           that
           was
           sustain'd
           by
           it
           .
           The
           Case
           is
           ,
           in
           reality
           ,
           the
           same
           here
           .
           We
           are
           all
           Members
           of
           the
           same
           
             Common
             ,
             Catholic
             ,
             Church
             of
             Christ.
          
           If
           Persecution
           for
           the
           Faith
           arises
           ,
           which
           part
           soever
           suffers
           ,
           't
           is
           the
           Church
           that
           is
           persecuted
           .
           And
           we
           ought
           to
           account
           our selves
           concern'd
           to
           bear
           our
           Share
           in
           the
           Evils
           which
           our
           Fellow-Christians
           Undergo
           ,
           for
           the
           
             Common
             Cause
          
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           as
           We
           hope
           to
           be
           one
           day
           made
           partakers
           with
           them
           ,
           in
           the
           Promises
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Here
           therefore
           is
           a
           duty
           ,
           which
           not
           only
           
             Christian
             Charity
          
           ,
           but
           even
           Common-Justice
           ,
           and
           Equity
           ,
           oblige
           us
           unto
           .
           In
           this
           Case
           ,
           to
           desert
           our
           Brethren
           ,
           is
           to
           betray
           our
           Faith
           ;
           And
           we
           shall
           ,
           in
           effect
           ,
           Renounce
           the
           Cause
           for
           which
           they
           suffer
           ,
           if
           we
           refuse
           to
           partake
           with
           them
           in
           their
           Sufferings
           .
           But
           to
           Own
           and
           to
           Receive
           them
           ;
           to
           Cherish
           ,
           and
           Relieve
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           as
           suffering
           for
           the
           Cause
           of
           Christ
           ;
           this
           is
           openly
           to
           joyn
           with
           them
           in
           their
           Confession
           :
           And
           ,
           as
           our
           Saviour
           here
           assures
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           do
           communicate
           with
           them
           in
           their
           Afflictions
           ,
           we
           shall
           also
           be
           made
           partakers
           with
           them
           of
           their
           Reward
           .
        
         
           Which
           brings
           Me
           to
           the
           last
           Point
           I
           proposed
           to
           speak
           to
           ;
        
         
           III.
           That
           whatsoever
           Charity
           we
           shall
           exercise
           towards
           such
           Persons
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           their
           Sufferings
           ;
           it
           shall
           turn
           to
           our
           
             great
             Advantage
          
           in
           the
           Other
           World
           ;
           where
           we
           shall
           be
           ,
           in
           a
           
             Singular
             Manner
             ,
             Rewarded
             by
             God
          
           for
           it
           .
        
         
         
           There
           is
           hardly
           any
           Virtue
           prescribed
           to
           Us
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           to
           the
           Practice
           whereof
           so
           many
           Promises
           have
           been
           made
           by
           God
           ,
           as
           to
           this
           of
           Charity
           .
           In
           the
           
             Old
             Testament
          
           ,
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           encourage
           the
           Jews
           to
           a
           liberal
           Exercise
           of
           it
           ,
           by
           the
           Hope
           of
           a
           
             present
             Retribution
          
           that
           should
           be
           made
           to
           Them
           for
           it
           .
           And
           tho'
           under
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           such
           Promises
           as
           these
           are
           not
           to
           be
           expected
           ;
           yet
           has
           our
           
             Saviour
             Christ
          
           assured
           Us
           ,
           that
           a
           
             plentiful
             Reversion
          
           shall
           be
           laid
           up
           for
           Us
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           to
           reward
           every
           Act
           of
           Charity
           that
           We
           perform
           here
           upon
           Earth
           .
        
         
           An
           Eminent
           Argument
           whereof
           we
           meet
           with
           in
           the
           account
           which
           He
           has
           given
           Us
           of
           the
           
             last
             Judgment
          
           :
           And
           in
           which
           He
           seems
           to
           make
           the
           whole
           Issue
           of
           our
           Acquittal
           ,
           or
           Condemnation
           ,
           in
           a
           manner
           ,
           to
           depend
           upon
           it
           .
           For
           having
           told
           us
           how
           he
           will
           then
           divide
           the
           
             Sheep
             from
             the
             Goats
             ;
             and
             set
             the
             one
             on
             his
             Right
             Hand
             ,
             and
             the
             other
             on
             his
             Left
             :
          
           
           He
           thus
           delivers
           the
           Sentence
           which
           He
           will
           pass
           on
           both
           .
           
           He
           will
           say
           to
           those
           on
           his
           
             Right
             Hand
             ;
             Come
             ye
             blessed
             of
             my
             Father
             ,
             inherit
             the
             Kingdom
             ,
             prepared
             for
             you
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             World.
             For
             I
             was
             an
             Hungry
             and
             ye
             gave
             me
             Meat
          
           ;
           
           
             Naked
             and
             ye
             Cloathed
             me
             ;
             Sick
             and
             in
             Prison
             ,
             and
             ye
             Ministred
             unto
             me
             .
          
           
           But
           he
           will
           say
           to
           those
           on
           his
           Left
           Hand
           ;
           
             Depart
             ye
             Cursed
             into
             Everlasting
             Fire
             ,
             prepared
             for
             the
             Devil
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             his
             Angels
             .
             For
             I
             was
             an
             Hungry
             ,
             and
             ye
             Fed
             me
             not
             ;
             Naked
             and
             ye
             Cloathed
             me
             not
             ;
             Sick
             
             and
             in
             Prison
             ,
             and
             ye
             Ministred
             not
             unto
             Me.
          
           These
           are
           the
           Sentences
           ,
           which
           our
           
             Saviour
             Christ
          
           will
           pronounce
           ,
           upon
           the
           Good
           and
           Bad
           at
           the
           
             last
             Day
          
           .
           And
           from
           which
           if
           we
           may
           not
           generally
           conclude
           ,
           that
           Our
           Charity
           is
           the
           only
           Thing
           that
           shall
           hereafter
           be
           Enquired
           into
           ,
           and
           and
           be
           either
           Rewarded
           ,
           or
           Punished
           for
           ever
           ;
           yet
           thus
           much
           we
           may
           certainly
           infer
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           one
           of
           the
           main
           Things
           by
           which
           
             Our
             Piety
          
           shall
           
             be
             judged
          
           of
           :
           And
           that
           he
           who
           has
           a
           true
           Love
           for
           his
           Neighbour
           ,
           and
           is
           upon
           all
           Occasions
           ready
           to
           do
           all
           the
           Good
           he
           can
           for
           him
           ,
           shall
           hardly
           fail
           of
           being
           Accepted
           by
           God
           ,
           as
           he
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           be
           generally
           beloved
           of
           Men
           ,
           for
           his
           Beneficence
           .
        
         
           But
           it
           is
           not
           only
           our
           Charity
           that
           shall
           entitle
           Us
           to
           a
           Reward
           ,
           in
           the
           present
           Case
           ;
           tho'
           even
           that
           alone
           would
           be
           Sufficient
           ,
           to
           make
           Good
           the
           Promise
           of
           the
           Text
           to
           Us.
           He
           who
           Relieves
           a
           
             Persecuted
             Christian
          
           ,
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           a
           Disciple
           ;
           because
           he
           belongs
           to
           Christ
           ,
           and
           suffers
           for
           his
           Sake
           ;
           shall
           be
           considered
           by
           God
           ,
           not
           only
           for
           his
           Charity
           towards
           his
           Neighbour
           ,
           but
           for
           his
           Confession
           of
           Christ
           too
           :
           And
           have
           a
           part
           in
           
             the
             Reward
          
           ,
           which
           the
           Other
           is
           to
           Receive
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           such
           his
           Persecution
           .
        
         
           And
           this
           at
           once
           both
           ascertains
           ,
           and
           encreases
           the
           Retribution
           of
           such
           a
           Charity
           .
           It
           renders
           it
           both
           more
           Excellent
           in
           its
           self
           ,
           and
           more
           Acceptable
           unto
           God
           :
           Who
           as
           he
           will
           ,
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           Reward
           
           those
           who
           Suffer
           for
           his
           sake
           ;
           so
           will
           he
           in
           the
           Next
           ,
           Consider
           Those
           who
           Own
           them
           in
           their
           Sufferings
           ,
           and
           extend
           their
           
             pious
             Beneficence
          
           to
           them
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           Hence
           we
           may
           observe
           ,
           with
           what
           Extraordinary
           Circumstances
           ,
           our
           
             Saviour
             Christ
          
           delivers
           the
           Promise
           of
           the
           Text
           to
           this
           purpose
           .
           The
           Person
           of
           whom
           he
           speaks
           ,
           is
           One
           of
           the
           least
           of
           his
           Disciples
           ;
           the
           meanest
           of
           any
           that
           should
           be
           called
           to
           suffer
           for
           his
           sake
           .
           The
           Charity
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           instances
           ,
           is
           the
           poorest
           of
           all
           Charities
           :
           A
           
             Cup
             of
             Cold
             Water
          
           ;
           Such
           as
           the
           most
           indigent
           person
           is
           able
           to
           Give
           ,
           and
           hardly
           any
           can
           be
           so
           far
           Reduced
           ,
           as
           to
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           it
           .
           And
           yet
           even
           this
           
             little
             ,
             contemptible
             act
             of
             Charity
             ,
          
           if
           done
           to
           one
           of
           the
           meanest
           of
           
             Christ's
             Disciples
          
           ;
           in
           the
           
             Name
             of
             a
             Disciple
          
           ,
           shall
           
             not
             lose
             its
             Reward
          
           .
           So
           acceptable
           a
           thing
           is
           it
           to
           God
           to
           Confess
           him
           ,
           in
           any
           Way
           ,
           
             before
             Men
          
           !
           And
           so
           certainly
           shall
           he
           who
           do's
           it
           ,
           be
           
             Gloriously
             Rewarded
          
           by
           him
           to
           all
           Eternity
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           then
           let
           us
           stop
           ;
           and
           from
           the
           general
           Consideration
           of
           the
           
             duty
             proposed
          
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Great
           Reward
           which
           it
           has
           pleased
           God
           to
           promise
           to
           the
           faithful
           discharge
           of
           it
           ;
           proceed
           to
           that
           Application
           which
           his
           Providence
           has
           call'd
           Us
           ,
           at
           this
           time
           ,
           to
           make
           of
           it
           .
           In
           pursuance
           whereof
           ,
           if
           the
           Principles
           already
           laid
           down
           be
           admitted
           ,
           as
           the
           true
           measure
           both
           of
           our
           Duty
           and
           Interest
           ,
           in
           this
           particular
           ;
           then
           I
           shall
           need
           only
           to
           shew
           ,
           that
           you
           
           have
           here
           a
           proper
           Occasion
           presented
           to
           you
           ,
           to
           practice
           the
           One
           ,
           and
           to
           advance
           the
           Other
           .
           And
           that
           I
           shall
           do
           in
           this
           following
           method
           .
        
         
           1
           st
           .
           I
           will
           shew
           ,
           That
           the
           Persons
           here
           Recommended
           to
           your
           Charity
           ,
           are
           indeed
           the
           Disciples
           of
           Christ.
           
        
         
           2
           dly
           .
           That
           they
           
             do
             suffer
          
           for
           Righteousness
           sake
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
        
         
           3
           dly
           .
           Ought
           to
           be
           Considered
           ,
           and
           Relieved
           by
           Us
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           such
           their
           Sufferings
           .
        
         
           And
           1
           st
           .
           That
           the
           Persons
           here
           Recommended
           to
           your
           Charity
           ,
           are
           indeed
           the
           Disciples
           of
           Christ.
           
        
         
           This
           is
           a
           Point
           that
           I
           should
           not
           have
           thought
           it
           needful
           to
           insist
           upon
           ,
           had
           not
           the
           Calumnies
           of
           our
           Common
           Enemies
           obliged
           me
           to
           it
           .
           But
           since
           They
           have
           thought
           fit
           again
           to
           Revive
           the
           
             malicious
             Slaunders
          
           of
           their
           Ignorant
           ,
           and
           
             Prejudiced
             Revilers
          
           ;
           
           and
           to
           set
           them
           off
           to
           the
           World
           with
           all
           the
           advantage
           that
           their
           Wit
           ,
           and
           Language
           ,
           enabled
           them
           to
           do
           ;
           It
           is
           necessary
           in
           justice
           to
           these
           
             poor
             ,
             persecuted
             Christians
          
           ,
           to
           place
           their
           History
           in
           its
           true
           light
           ;
           and
           to
           express
           our
           Charity
           towards
           them
           ,
           as
           well
           by
           Vindicating
           their
           Reputation
           ,
           as
           by
           Ministring
           to
           their
           Needs
           .
        
         
           To
           take
           then
           this
           matter
           from
           the
           beginning
           :
           The
           Persons
           of
           whom
           we
           are
           now
           speaking
           ,
           are
           a
           Portion
           of
           the
           Christians
           of
           the
           
             Evangelical
             Churches
          
           of
           Piemont
           .
           The
           
             common
             Name
          
           by
           which
           they
           are
           
           most
           known
           ,
           is
           that
           of
           Vaudois
           ,
           or
           Waldenses
           :
           So
           called
           not
           from
           
             Peter
             Waldo
          
           ,
           
           as
           has
           commonly
           been
           supposed
           ;
           but
           from
           the
           place
           
             of
             their
             Habitation
          
           ;
           the
           Valleys
           under
           the
           Alpes
           ;
           within
           Three
           of
           which
           the
           Churches
           we
           are
           now
           speaking
           of
           were
           comprehended
           .
        
         
           Who
           it
           was
           that
           first
           planted
           the
           Gospel
           in
           these
           Parts
           ;
           or
           about
           what
           time
           it
           was
           done
           ,
           we
           cannot
           certainly
           tell
           .
           But
           as
           our
           Religion
           was
           propagated
           in
           the
           very
           times
           of
           the
           Apostles
           ,
           into
           the
           Other
           Parts
           of
           Italy
           ;
           so
           is
           it
           most
           probable
           that
           it
           was
           ,
           not
           long
           after
           ,
           setled
           here
           too
           ;
           tho'
           by
           what
           Evangelist
           ,
           we
           are
           not
           able
           to
           determine
           .
        
         
           Christianity
           being
           thus
           brought
           into
           these
           Parts
           ,
           and
           that
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           in
           the
           same
           parity
           in
           which
           it
           was
           generally
           taught
           in
           those
           
             first
             Ages
          
           ;
           continued
           in
           these
           Churches
           ,
           as
           it
           did
           in
           Others
           ,
           for
           some
           considerable
           time
           ,
           if
           not
           free
           from
           
             All
             Corruption
          
           ;
           yet
           at
           least
           ,
           free
           from
           those
           
             dangerous
             Errors
          
           ,
           which
           afterwards
           began
           to
           creep
           into
           the
           World.
           But
           about
           the
           
             Eigth
             Century
          
           ,
           the
           business
           of
           Image-Worship
           ,
           added
           to
           some
           Other
           more
           
             Early
             Superstitions
          
           ;
           began
           to
           disturb
           the
           Peace
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           to
           Enflame
           the
           Zeal
           of
           the
           
             best
             Christians
          
           to
           the
           Opposing
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           Great
           was
           the
           Contention
           between
           the
           Eastern
           and
           
             Western
             Churches
          
           upon
           this
           Occasion
           :
           The
           One
           ,
           
           with
           the
           2
           
             d
             Synod
          
           of
           Nice
           ,
           (
           by
           Them
           accounted
           a
           
             General
             Council
          
           )
           standing
           up
           in
           the
           Defence
           of
           Images
           ;
           The
           Other
           ,
           with
           that
           of
           Frankford
           ,
           
           as
           stifly
           declaring
           against
           the
           Worship
           of
           Them.
           
        
         
           Among
           those
           who
           ,
           in
           these
           
             Western
             Parts
          
           ,
           appeared
           in
           the
           defence
           of
           the
           
             Christian
             Truths
          
           ,
           none
           was
           more
           Eminent
           than
           Claudius
           ,
           the
           Learned
           ,
           
           and
           Zealous
           Bishop
           of
           Turin
           ;
           in
           whose
           Diocess
           these
           Churches
           of
           the
           Valleys
           lay
           .
           The
           Point
           He
           began
           with
           ,
           was
           this
           of
           Images
           :
           But
           his
           Piety
           ,
           and
           Learning
           ,
           soon
           carry'd
           him
           farther
           ;
           and
           led
           him
           on
           both
           to
           the
           Discovery
           ,
           and
           the
           Reformation
           ,
           of
           several
           Other
           Abuses
           ,
           that
           had
           privily
           crept
           into
           those
           Parts
           .
           The
           
             Invocation
             of
             Saints
          
           ;
           The
           
             Superstitious
             Vse
          
           ,
           and
           Honour
           of
           Relics
           ;
           but
           ,
           above
           all
           ,
           the
           Groundless
           Pretence
           of
           the
           
             Popes
             Authority
          
           ;
           were
           the
           Chief
           Points
           against
           which
           he
           declared
           his
           Resentments
           :
           And
           the
           Issue
           of
           his
           Endeavours
           was
           ,
           that
           tho'
           He
           met
           with
           much
           Opposition
           ,
           and
           rais'd
           to
           himself
           many
           Enemies
           ,
           yet
           he
           went
           on
           prosperously
           with
           his
           Undertaking
           ;
           and
           laid
           the
           Foundation
           of
           that
           Purity
           of
           Christianity
           in
           his
           Diocess
           ,
           which
           has
           ever
           since
           been
           preserved
           by
           these
           Churches
           of
           the
           Valleys
           ,
           to
           this
           very
           Day
           .
        
         
           Thus
           early
           began
           the
           Reformation
           of
           Religion
           in
           those
           Parts
           :
           But
           that
           which
           most
           contributed
           to
           the
           future
           Security
           of
           it
           ,
           was
           another
           Accident
           which
           fell
           out
           not
           long
           after
           ;
           and
           of
           which
           it
           will
           therefore
           be
           necessary
           for
           Me
           to
           give
           you
           a
           particular
           Account
           .
        
         
         
           
           In
           the
           first
           Times
           of
           Christianity
           ,
           so
           far
           was
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           from
           being
           thought
           to
           have
           a
           
             General
             Authority
          
           over
           the
           
             Whole
             Church
          
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           his
           Jurisdiction
           did
           not
           extend
           to
           the
           neighbouring
           Diocess
           of
           Italy
           its
           self
           .
           His
           Authority
           was
           limited
           to
           a
           
             Certain
             Tract
          
           of
           Land
           about
           the
           City
           ,
           called
           the
           
             Sub-urbicary
             Region
          
           ;
           Whilst
           the
           Churches
           of
           Italy
           were
           under
           another
           Government
           ,
           and
           Acknowledged
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Milan
           for
           their
           Head.
           
        
         
           It
           cannot
           be
           doubted
           but
           that
           this
           must
           have
           been
           no
           small
           Grievance
           to
           the
           
             ambitious
             tempers
          
           ,
           and
           designs
           ,
           of
           the
           Bishops
           of
           Rome
           :
           Who
           therefore
           omitted
           no
           Endeavours
           to
           gain
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Milan
           to
           their
           side
           ;
           and
           to
           persuade
           him
           to
           yield
           to
           their
           Authority
           .
           Yet
           still
           that
           Church
           preserved
           its
           Liberty
           for
           near
           1100
           d.
           years
           after
           Christ
           ;
           
           and
           then
           by
           Artifice
           ,
           and
           Faction
           ,
           was
           either
           forced
           ,
           or
           perswaded
           to
           part
           with
           it
           .
        
         
           It
           happen'd
           about
           that
           time
           ,
           that
           among
           other
           things
           ,
           a
           Controversy
           was
           raised
           between
           the
           Clergy
           ,
           and
           People
           of
           that
           Diocess
           ,
           concerning
           the
           Marriage
           of
           their
           Priests
           .
           To
           compose
           this
           ,
           
             Pope
             Nicholas
          
           the
           IId
           .
           became
           a
           Mediator
           between
           them
           ;
           and
           sent
           
             Peter
             Damian
          
           ,
           as
           his
           Legate
           ,
           to
           manage
           the
           difference
           for
           him
           .
           And
           the
           Conclusion
           was
           ,
           that
           tho'
           with
           much
           difficulty
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           hazard
           of
           his
           Life
           ;
           the
           
             Cunning
             Legate
          
           carried
           his
           Point
           ,
           and
           perswaded
           the
           Bishop
           to
           submit
           to
           him
           .
        
         
         
           Scarce
           was
           this
           Affair
           thus
           ended
           ,
           and
           the
           Legat
           well
           gone
           ,
           before
           the
           Bishop
           began
           to
           perceive
           the
           false
           Step
           he
           had
           made
           ;
           and
           resolved
           ,
           in
           the
           best
           manner
           he
           could
           ,
           to
           recover
           himself
           out
           of
           the
           Snare
           into
           which
           he
           had
           fallen
           .
           In
           order
           whereunto
           ,
           He
           called
           a
           Synod
           of
           his
           
             Own
             Province
          
           ;
           disannull'd
           all
           that
           the
           Legat
           had
           done
           ;
           and
           asserted
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           
             marry'd
             Clergy
          
           .
        
         
           From
           hence
           began
           an
           
             Open
             Schism
          
           in
           the
           Church
           of
           Milan
           .
           The
           
             One
             part
          
           adhered
           to
           the
           Interests
           of
           Rome
           :
           The
           other
           ,
           with
           their
           Arch-Bishop
           ,
           stood
           up
           for
           their
           own
           Liberties
           ;
           and
           the
           Rights
           of
           the
           Clergy
           .
           And
           being
           for
           this
           deserted
           by
           the
           Rest
           ,
           they
           communicated
           by
           themselves
           in
           a
           place
           called
           Pataria
           ,
           and
           from
           thence
           were
           afterwards
           known
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           Patarines
           .
        
         
           To
           this
           Party
           ,
           as
           that
           which
           had
           the
           Greatest
           Right
           on
           its
           side
           ,
           the
           Churches
           of
           the
           Valleys
           joyn'd
           themselves
           .
           And
           being
           thus
           broke
           off
           from
           the
           Communion
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Church
          
           ,
           they
           kept
           themselves
           free
           from
           the
           Corruptions
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           maintained
           themselves
           in
           so
           much
           the
           greater
           Purity
           ,
           by
           their
           Constant
           ,
           and
           
             Earnest
             Oppositions
          
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           not
           long
           after
           this
           ,
           that
           
             Peter
             Waldo
          
           ,
           
           of
           whom
           I
           before
           spake
           ,
           began
           a
           Reformation
           of
           Religion
           at
           Lyons
           :
           Whose
           party
           being
           dispersed
           ,
           many
           of
           them
           chose
           to
           retire
           for
           safety
           into
           the
           Valleys
           ;
           and
           thereby
           gave
           Occasion
           to
           the
           Vulgar
           Error
           ,
           of
           his
           being
           the
           first
           Founder
           of
           the
           
             Evangelical
             Churches
          
           there
           .
        
         
         
           Thus
           were
           these
           Churches
           both
           betimes
           Reform'd
           ;
           and
           Settled
           ,
           and
           Secured
           ,
           in
           their
           
             pure
             Profession
          
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           It
           would
           be
           too
           long
           to
           relate
           ,
           what
           great
           Good
           was
           done
           ,
           by
           their
           means
           ,
           to
           all
           the
           
             other
             Churches
          
           of
           Europe
           .
           What
           Colonies
           they
           sent
           out
           into
           
             France
             ,
             Germany
             ,
             England
          
           ,
           and
           even
           into
           Italy
           its
           self
           ;
           to
           propagate
           the
           Truth
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           From
           these
           Churches
           it
           was
           that
           our
           Wicleff
           derived
           his
           Faith
           ,
           and
           Knowledge
           .
           From
           these
           ,
           the
           Churches
           of
           Bohemia
           were
           establish'd
           .
           Here
           ,
           in
           short
           ,
           was
           the
           Truth
           of
           Religion
           both
           Taught
           ,
           and
           Maintain'd
           ;
           till
           at
           last
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           give
           it
           a
           
             free
             passage
          
           ,
           and
           a
           
             larger
             Dominion
          
           ;
           by
           the
           
             Great
             Reformation
          
           which
           was
           generally
           made
           in
           Europe
           ,
           about
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           
             last
             Century
             .
             Anno.
          
           1517.
           
        
         
           These
           then
           are
           the
           Persons
           whom
           we
           now
           recommend
           to
           your
           Charity
           .
           They
           are
           a
           part
           of
           the
           most
           antient
           of
           all
           the
           
             Reformed
             Churches
          
           of
           Europe
           .
           Who
           by
           breaking
           off
           betimes
           from
           the
           Tyranny
           ,
           and
           Communion
           ,
           of
           the
           Bishop
           of
           Rome
           ,
           were
           never
           at
           all
           involved
           in
           the
           most
           part
           of
           those
           Errors
           which
           that
           Church
           abounds
           with
           ;
           And
           from
           the
           Ninth
           Century
           downwards
           ,
           have
           stood
           clear
           of
           those
           ,
           into
           which
           they
           were
           
             before
             fallen
          
           .
        
         
           I
           go
           on
           ,
           2
           ly
           ,
           To
           shew
           ;
           That
           what
           they
           now
           Suffer
           ,
           is
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           the
           Gospel
           of
           Christ.
           
        
         
           I
           have
           before
           observed
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           about
           the
           middle
           of
           the
           xi
           
             th
             Century
          
           ,
           that
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           usurping
           upon
           the
           Authority
           of
           that
           of
           Milan
           ,
           occasion'd
           a
           Seperation
           
           of
           many
           of
           the
           
             Italic
             Churches
          
           from
           its
           Communion
           ;
           and
           of
           these
           of
           the
           Valleys
           among
           the
           rest
           .
           And
           if
           we
           look
           back
           into
           the
           
             Ecclesiastical
             History
          
           of
           that
           Province
           ,
           we
           shall
           find
           that
           from
           thenceforth
           they
           never
           enjoy'd
           any
           Rest
           from
           those
           Violences
           ,
           and
           Oppressions
           ,
           which
           the
           Malice
           and
           Interest
           of
           that
           
             Proud
             ,
             Ambitious
             See
          
           ,
           found
           means
           to
           raise
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           To
           pass
           by
           the
           Bulls
           ,
           the
           Sentences
           ,
           and
           Excommunications
           which
           were
           continually
           thunder'd
           out
           from
           the
           Vatican
           against
           Them
           :
           
           and
           the
           Effect
           of
           which
           many
           of
           these
           Poor
           Men
           sufficiently
           felt
           ,
           in
           the
           time
           of
           
             Pope
             Alexander
          
           the
           III.
           Anno.
           1180
           *
           How
           terible
           was
           the
           Decree
           of
           Pope
           Lucius
           the
           III.
           against
           them
           ?
           Who
           not
           content
           to
           Excommunicate
           them
           for
           their
           Heresie
           ,
           and
           to
           invite
           the
           
             Civil
             Government
          
           to
           engage
           on
           his
           side
           against
           them
           ;
           obliged
           all
           Princes
           to
           take
           a
           
             Corporal
             Oath
          
           to
           make
           search
           after
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           use
           their
           utmost
           Endeavours
           utterly
           to
           extirpate
           them
           out
           of
           their
           Dominions
           .
        
         
           Thus
           their
           Tryals
           ,
           and
           Persecutions
           began
           ;
           
           but
           they
           did
           not
           stop
           here
           .
           For
           what
           Lucius
           decreed
           ,
           Pope
           Innocent
           the
           III
           ,
           took
           care
           to
           put
           in
           vigorous
           Execution
           .
           He
           renew'd
           this
           Order
           against
           them
           ;
           and
           Caused
           diligent
           Search
           to
           be
           every
           where
           made
           after
           them
           .
           And
           to
           strengthen
           the
           
             Churches
             Authority
          
           ,
           Pope
           Honorius
           the
           III
           ,
           not
           only
           continued
           the
           same
           Method
           ,
           but
           obtain'd
           of
           the
           Emperour
           
           *
           Frederic
           the
           II
           ,
           that
           memorable
           Edict
           ,
           which
           is
           still
           preserved
           in
           the
           
             Feudal
             Law
          
           ,
           against
           them
           .
        
         
           But
           above
           all
           the
           rest
           ,
           most
           effectual
           was
           the
           Course
           which
           Gregory
           the
           IX
           .
           pitch'd
           upon
           ,
           to
           destroy
           them
           .
           He
           setled
           the
           Inquisition
           into
           an
           Establish'd
           Office
           against
           Them
           :
           and
           so
           perfected
           that
           Design
           which
           his
           Predecssor
           Innocent
           the
           III
           ,
           had
           set
           on
           foot
           ,
           for
           their
           Ruin.
           
        
         
           How
           those
           
             barbarous
             Executioners
          
           of
           the
           Iniquity
           of
           the
           
             Romish
             See
          
           ,
           proceeded
           against
           them
           ,
           it
           were
           too
           long
           to
           Recount
           .
           Much
           they
           suffer'd
           ,
           both
           by
           their
           
             secret
             Proceedings
          
           ;
           and
           by
           their
           
             Open
             Violences
          
           .
           I
           shall
           rather
           observe
           ,
           that
           when
           this
           Method
           also
           proved
           too
           slow
           to
           answer
           the
           
             eager
             Desires
          
           ,
           and
           Expectations
           of
           their
           Enemies
           ;
           
           at
           length
           Pope
           Innocent
           the
           VIII
           .
           bethought
           himself
           of
           a
           more
           compendious
           way
           of
           doing
           their
           Business
           .
           He
           raised
           a
           
             Holy
             War
          
           against
           Them
           :
           And
           sent
           Albert
           his
           Legate
           into
           the
           Valleys
           ,
           at
           the
           Head
           of
           18000
           Men
           ,
           all
           bent
           with
           Zeal
           ,
           and
           Arms
           ,
           to
           their
           Destruction
           .
        
         
           But
           from
           this
           
             bloudy
             Attempt
          
           also
           ,
           it
           pleased
           God
           to
           deliver
           them
           :
           Who
           in
           despight
           of
           all
           their
           Endeavours
           ,
           has
           continued
           them
           still
           Monuments
           of
           his
           
             own
             Mercy
          
           ;
           and
           for
           a
           Reproach
           of
           the
           Cruelty
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Corruptions
           ,
           of
           their
           
             Roman
             Persecutors
          
           .
        
         
           At
           last
           ,
           Another
           Method
           was
           resolved
           upon
           ;
           and
           that
           such
           a
           One
           ,
           as
           nothing
           but
           the
           miraculous
           Hand
           of
           God
           could
           deliver
           them
           from
           .
           A
           
           Congregation
           was
           Erected
           ,
           
           and
           fix'd
           at
           Turin
           (
           the
           
             Capital
             City
          
           of
           the
           Dukes
           of
           Savoy
           ,
           in
           whose
           Territories
           the
           most
           Considerable
           Part
           of
           these
           Churches
           were
           seated
           )
           for
           the
           
             Propagation
             of
             the
             Faith
             ,
             and
             the
             destruction
             of
             Hereticks
          
           ;
           so
           its
           Stile
           ran
           ;
           but
           which
           in
           truth
           was
           intended
           for
           the
           particular
           design
           ,
           of
           Ruining
           the
           Churches
           of
           the
           Valleys
           ;
           as
           the
           Event
           has
           too
           plainly
           shewn
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           about
           the
           time
           of
           the
           last
           Jubilee
           ,
           that
           this
           Design
           was
           unhappily
           formed
           against
           Them
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           but
           a
           very
           little
           while
           before
           they
           felt
           the
           deplorable
           Effects
           of
           it
           .
           
           Their
           whole
           Country
           being
           so
           utterly
           ruined
           in
           1655.
           and
           their
           Numbers
           so
           weaken'd
           ;
           that
           but
           for
           the
           present
           Interposition
           of
           almost
           all
           the
           
             Protestant
             Princes
          
           ,
           and
           States
           ,
           of
           Europe
           on
           their
           behalf
           ,
           they
           must
           have
           fallen
           under
           a
           
             final
             desolation
          
           .
           But
           from
           this
           
             last
             disaster
          
           ,
           that
           Part
           of
           these
           Churches
           which
           is
           now
           Recommended
           to
           your
           Charity
           ,
           had
           the
           good
           Fortune
           to
           be
           preserved
           :
           Who
           having
           ,
           some
           years
           before
           ,
           
           been
           united
           to
           the
           
             French
             Crown
          
           ,
           as
           Dependents
           on
           the
           Garrison
           of
           Pignerol
           ,
           enjoyed
           thereby
           the
           Protection
           of
           that
           State.
           
        
         
           What
           their
           Condition
           since
           that
           time
           has
           been
           ,
           the
           Severe
           Proceedings
           of
           that
           Court
           against
           all
           the
           
             Reformed
             Churches
          
           of
           its
           Dominions
           ,
           may
           suffice
           to
           tell
           Us.
           I
           shall
           only
           observe
           ,
           that
           being
           forced
           by
           the
           Persecutions
           they
           suffer'd
           from
           their
           New-Masters
           ,
           to
           retire
           to
           their
           Brethren
           under
           the
           
             Duke
             of
          
           Savoy's
           
           Government
           ;
           they
           accordingly
           bare
           their
           share
           in
           the
           Great
           Calamities
           which
           that
           Prince
           brought
           upon
           the
           Valleys
           
           in
           the
           year
           1686.
           
        
         
           How
           their
           
             Present
             Circumstances
          
           stand
           ,
           His
           
             Majesties
             Letters
          
           set
           out
           to
           you
           .
           They
           are
           banish'd
           from
           their
           Country
           ;
           forced
           to
           abandon
           their
           Houses
           ,
           and
           Lands
           ;
           their
           Friends
           ,
           and
           Relations
           ;
           and
           to
           seek
           for
           Refuge
           in
           such
           other
           Places
           ,
           as
           the
           Providence
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           the
           Charity
           of
           
             Protestants
             States
          
           ,
           and
           Princes
           ,
           should
           provide
           for
           Them.
           
        
         
           And
           here
           then
           let
           us
           stop
           ,
           and
           take
           a
           Short
           View
           of
           the
           miserable
           Condition
           of
           these
           poor
           ,
           
             persecuted
             Christians
          
           ;
           and
           consider
           what
           they
           have
           suffer'd
           ,
           during
           these
           last
           600
           years
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           their
           Religion
           .
        
         
           If
           1
           st
           .
           we
           respect
           the
           Cruelty
           of
           their
           Persecutors
           ,
           What
           barbarous
           Slaughters
           have
           they
           Committed
           upon
           them
           ?
           The
           Histories
           are
           still
           extant
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           them
           in
           our
           own
           Language
           ,
           
           that
           convey
           the
           Particulars
           to
           Us
           :
           And
           they
           give
           us
           so
           lively
           an
           Image
           of
           the
           true
           Spirit
           of
           Popery
           ,
           that
           I
           cannot
           but
           wish
           they
           were
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           Every
           Sober
           ,
           and
           
             Charitable
             Christian
          
           among
           us
           .
        
         
           Thus
           much
           in
           General
           ,
           I
           may
           venture
           to
           say
           ;
           That
           whether
           we
           regard
           the
           number
           of
           Those
           who
           have
           suffer'd
           by
           their
           hands
           ,
           or
           the
           nature
           ,
           and
           quality
           of
           their
           Sufferings
           ;
           Scarce
           did
           the
           whole
           Church
           of
           Christ
           undergo
           more
           in
           the
           
             Ten
             Heathen
             Persecutions
          
           ,
           than
           these
           poor
           Churches
           alone
           have
           undergone
           ,
           
           from
           the
           more
           than
           
             Heathen
             Cruelty
          
           ,
           and
           Inhumanity
           of
           their
           
             Romish
             Enemies
          
           .
        
         
           Nor
           has
           2
           dly
           :
           The
           Injustice
           of
           their
           Sufferings
           been
           less
           Evident
           ,
           than
           their
           Sufferings
           themselves
           have
           been
           Notorious
           .
           To
           say
           nothing
           of
           the
           strange
           Paradox
           ,
           of
           Christians
           persecuting
           of
           Christians
           ,
           for
           the
           Profession
           of
           the
           
             Gospel
             of
             Christ.
          
           To
           omit
           the
           Inoffensiveness
           of
           their
           Lives
           and
           Manners
           ;
           and
           in
           which
           their
           very
           Enemies
           themselves
           ,
           after
           all
           the
           false
           pretences
           of
           some
           others
           of
           their
           Party
           ,
           have
           Gloriously
           justified
           Them.
           
           What
           can
           be
           more
           Unjust
           ;
           than
           for
           a
           People
           dwelling
           as
           it
           were
           alone
           ;
           seperated
           by
           
             Vast
             Mountains
          
           from
           all
           their
           Neighbours
           round
           about
           Them
           ;
           Content
           with
           what
           Nature
           furnishes
           them
           withal
           ;
           and
           desiring
           only
           to
           Live
           in
           Peace
           with
           their
           Neighbours
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           
             quiet
             Enjoyment
          
           of
           a
           Good
           Conscience
           towards
           God
           ;
           should
           ,
           for
           nothing
           ,
           be
           harass'd
           ,
           and
           
             oppress'd
             :
             Hunted
          
           like
           
             Wild
             Beasts
             ;
             Persecuted
          
           with
           Fire
           ,
           and
           Sword
           ;
           and
           treated
           as
           if
           they
           were
           not
           worthy
           to
           live
           upon
           the
           Earth
           ?
        
         
           Nay
           but
           this
           is
           not
           all
           :
           Their
           Enemies
           have
           not
           only
           thus
           persecuted
           them
           
             without
             a
             Cause
          
           ;
           but
           against
           their
           Own
           most
           Solemn
           ,
           and
           
             Sacred
             Engagements
          
           to
           the
           Contrary
           .
           They
           have
           broken
           the
           
             Publick
             Faith
             ;
             Violated
          
           their
           Own
           Treaties
           ,
           and
           Promises
           ;
           And
           effectually
           shewn
           how
           little
           Truth
           they
           think
           themselves
           obliged
           to
           keep
           with
           those
           whom
           they
           call
           Heretics
           ;
           whenever
           they
           can
           get
           a
           fair
           Opportunity
           to
           destroy
           them
           .
        
         
         
           And
           had
           their
           Fury
           ,
           and
           their
           Malice
           ,
           been
           content
           to
           stop
           at
           their
           Lives
           ,
           and
           Goods
           ;
           it
           might
           the
           more
           easily
           have
           been
           excused
           .
           But
           their
           Cruelty
           ,
           and
           their
           Falseness
           ,
           have
           carried
           them
           beyond
           these
           ;
           whilst
           to
           excuse
           their
           
             own
             Proceedings
          
           ,
           and
           bespatter
           their
           Adversaries
           ;
           they
           have
           ,
        
         
           3
           dly
           ;
           Done
           ,
           what
           in
           them
           lies
           ,
           to
           murder
           the
           Reputation
           of
           those
           whom
           they
           have
           Persecuted
           :
           and
           to
           render
           them
           Odious
           to
           the
           
             present
             Age
          
           ;
           and
           Infamous
           ,
           and
           detestable
           ,
           to
           all
           
             succeeding
             Generations
          
           .
        
         
           Witness
           those
           false
           Accounts
           which
           they
           have
           industriously
           spread
           abroad
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           of
           these
           Poor
           Men.
           
           If
           we
           enquire
           into
           their
           Faith
           ;
           they
           are
           Arians
           ,
           and
           Manichees
           :
           that
           is
           to
           say
           ,
           Monsters
           of
           Men
           ;
           and
           not
           worthy
           the
           Name
           ,
           or
           Character
           of
           Christians
           .
           If
           we
           consider
           their
           Manners
           ;
           Their
           very
           
             publick
             Meetings
          
           are
           full
           of
           Lust
           ,
           and
           Debauchery
           :
           And
           they
           commit
           in
           them
           such
           Sins
           ,
           as
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           once
           named
           among
           the
           Saints
           .
           And
           as
           for
           the
           Proceedings
           that
           have
           been
           made
           against
           them
           ;
           
           They
           have
           been
           for
           their
           Sedition
           ,
           and
           Rebellion
           .
           They
           have
           drawn
           the
           fury
           of
           War
           upon
           themselves
           ,
           by
           their
           own
           
             unquiet
             Behaviour
          
           ;
           and
           and
           may
           thank
           their
           Own
           ,
           undutyful
           demeanor
           to
           their
           Princes
           ,
           for
           whatsoever
           Calamities
           They
           have
           suffer'd
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           These
           are
           the
           accounts
           which
           those
           of
           the
           
             Roman
             Communion
          
           have
           delivered
           to
           the
           World
           of
           these
           
           
             poor
             Christians
          
           .
           I
           shall
           not
           need
           to
           say
           that
           in
           all
           this
           they
           only
           set
           forth
           their
           Own
           Falseness
           and
           Malice
           ;
           and
           publish
           to
           the
           world
           not
           what
           these
           
             Christians
             are
          
           ,
           but
           what
           they
           would
           have
           Men
           
             think
             Them
          
           to
           be
           .
           
           This
           their
           
             own
             Authors
          
           ,
           have
           sufficiently
           already
           done
           .
           It
           is
           enough
           that
           we
           know
           who
           they
           are
           that
           give
           us
           these
           Characters
           ,
           to
           enable
           us
           to
           judge
           what
           Credit
           is
           to
           be
           given
           to
           them
           :
           And
           that
           beyond
           the
           Alps
           ,
           among
           those
           of
           their
           
             own
             Communion
          
           ,
           We
           our selves
           are
           set
           forth
           in
           as
           
             Black
             Characters
          
           ,
           both
           with
           respect
           to
           our
           Faith
           ,
           and
           Manners
           ;
           as
           ever
           these
           distressed
           Persons
           have
           been
           Represented
           to
           Us
           ,
           on
           this
           side
           the
           Mountains
           .
           The
           short
           of
           the
           Matter
           is
           ,
           that
           both
           They
           and
           We
           ,
           freely
           declare
           against
           the
           Tyranny
           ,
           and
           Corruptions
           of
           the
           Church
           of
           Rome
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           enough
           to
           warrant
           the
           Worst
           that
           can
           be
           said
           ,
           to
           blacken
           ,
           and
           bespatter
           both
           Them
           ,
           and
           Vs.
           
        
         
           But
           I
           must
           not
           insist
           upon
           these
           Matters
           ;
           but
           having
           now
           more
           fully
           than
           I
           design'd
           ,
           shewn
           ,
           both
           Who
           the
           Persons
           are
           who
           ask
           your
           Charity
           ;
           and
           How
           they
           come
           to
           stand
           in
           need
           of
           it
           ;
           shall
           proceed
           ,
        
         
           3
           dly
           :
           And
           very
           briefly
           to
           represent
           to
           you
           ,
           What
           just
           Reason
           we
           have
           to
           succour
           ,
           and
           assist
           them
           ;
           upon
           the
           account
           of
           These
           their
           Sufferings
           .
        
         
           If
           (
           1
           st
           .
           )
           We
           consider
           either
           the
           Cause
           ,
           or
           Authors
           of
           their
           Persecution
           ;
           it
           will
           from
           both
           appear
           that
           we
           of
           the
           
             reform'd
             Religion
          
           must
           Support
           Them
           ;
           
           or
           they
           must
           be
           left
           to
           sink
           under
           their
           Afflictions
           :
           for
           We
           may
           be
           confident
           ,
           that
           if
           we
           do
           not
           help
           them
           ,
           No
           body
           else
           will.
           
        
         
           Were
           the
           Case
           here
           that
           of
           
             Christianity
             in
             General
          
           ;
           Did
           these
           Poor
           Men
           suffer
           by
           the
           Hands
           of
           Turks
           ,
           or
           Infidels
           ;
           One
           might
           then
           hope
           that
           the
           
             Common
             Love
          
           ,
           and
           Duty
           ,
           we
           all
           profess
           to
           our
           
             Blessed
             Saviour
          
           ,
           and
           his
           Gospel
           ,
           might
           move
           every
           Church
           ,
           however
           differing
           in
           other
           Matters
           ,
           yet
           to
           joyn
           together
           for
           their
           Relief
           .
           But
           it
           is
           the
           misfortune
           those
           for
           whom
           we
           are
           now
           concern'd
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           persecuted
           not
           by
           the
           
             Common
             Enemy
          
           ,
           but
           by
           those
           who
           are
           called
           by
           the
           
             same
             Name
          
           of
           Christians
           .
           They
           suffer
           ,
           not
           for
           the
           defence
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           but
           for
           the
           maintenance
           of
           the
           Truth
           ,
           and
           Purity
           ,
           of
           it
           ;
           against
           those
           who
           have
           either
           mistaken
           ,
           or
           perverted
           the
           Faith
           of
           it
           .
           And
           if
           We
           ,
           who
           in
           this
           are
           agreed
           with
           Them
           ,
           do
           not
           relieve
           them
           ;
           with
           what
           Reason
           can
           we
           expect
           ,
           that
           those
           whom
           they
           Oppose
           ,
           and
           by
           whom
           they
           are
           Persecuted
           ,
           should
           help
           Them
           ?
        
         
           Here
           therefore
           is
           a
           Case
           ,
           in
           which
           the
           Argument
           of
           the
           Text
           returns
           with
           a
           
             double
             force
          
           upon
           Us.
           These
           Persons
           are
           not
           only
           the
           Disciples
           of
           Christ
           ;
           but
           of
           the
           same
           
             particular
             Faith
          
           and
           Communion
           with
           our selves
           .
           They
           are
           our
           Brethren
           not
           only
           as
           they
           are
           Christians
           ,
           but
           as
           they
           are
           
             Reform'd
             too
          
           ;
           and
           which
           is
           yet
           more
           ,
           They
           suffer
           for
           being
           so
           .
           They
           might
           have
           believed
           in
           Christ
           ,
           and
           yet
           have
           continued
           in
           
           the
           peaceable
           Enjoyment
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           and
           Possessions
           .
           But
           they
           could
           not
           have
           continued
           Reformed
           without
           quitting
           them
           ;
           and
           therefore
           they
           readily
           forsook
           both
           .
           And
           surely
           the
           least
           we
           can
           do
           to
           testify
           our
           concurrence
           with
           them
           in
           this
           Profession
           ,
           will
           be
           to
           extend
           our
           Charity
           towards
           them
           :
           And
           thereby
           to
           shew
           that
           We
           do
           own
           their
           Cause
           ;
           and
           account
           it
           such
           ,
           as
           deserves
           to
           be
           suffer'd
           for
           .
        
         
           But
           (
           2
           dly
           ,
           )
           It
           is
           not
           only
           a
           Matter
           of
           Charity
           ,
           but
           of
           Interest
           also
           to
           Us
           ,
           to
           help
           ,
           and
           relieve
           them
           :
           And
           that
           is
           an
           Argument
           ,
           which
           where
           it
           is
           once
           received
           ,
           seldom
           fails
           of
           prevailing
           with
           most
           Men.
           
        
         
           It
           cannot
           be
           unknown
           to
           any
           among
           Us
           ,
           what
           Endeavours
           have
           been
           used
           ,
           and
           what
           projects
           have
           been
           laid
           ,
           for
           these
           last
           forty
           ,
           or
           fifty
           Years
           ,
           utterly
           to
           root
           the
           
             Protestant
             Interest
          
           out
           of
           Europe
           .
           What
           Progress
           has
           been
           made
           by
           our
           Enemies
           to
           this
           purpose
           in
           
             Piemont
             ,
             Hungary
             ,
             Bohemia
             ,
             France
          
           ;
           shall
           I
           add
           ,
           and
           here
           at
           Home
           too
           ,
           both
           in
           England
           ,
           and
           Ireland
           ,
           is
           evident
           to
           all
           of
           Us.
           And
           had
           the
           design
           succeeded
           ,
           as
           it
           was
           verily
           believed
           and
           hoped
           it
           would
           have
           done
           ;
           I
           do
           not
           see
           what
           could
           have
           preserved
           the
           
             Reformed
             Religion
          
           from
           a
           
             general
             destruction
          
           .
        
         
           But
           blessed
           be
           God!
           Who
           in
           most
           of
           these
           places
           has
           disappointed
           their
           Designs
           :
           and
           we
           hope
           will
           ,
           in
           the
           End
           ,
           turn
           them
           ,
           (
           as
           he
           has
           already
           in
           part
           
           done
           )
           to
           their
           own
           Shame
           ,
           and
           Confusion
           .
           And
           has
           effectually
           convinced
           us
           ,
           how
           necessary
           it
           is
           for
           us
           to
           unite
           together
           in
           Interest
           and
           Affection
           ,
           against
           our
           
             Common
             Enemies
          
           ;
           if
           ever
           we
           mean
           to
           support
           our
           selves
           ,
           and
           our
           Cause
           ,
           from
           Ruine
           ;
           by
           their
           
             unwearied
             Malice
          
           ,
           and
           Indefatigable
           endeavours
           against
           Us.
           
        
         
           It
           is
           but
           a
           little
           time
           since
           we
           were
           called
           upon
           to
           receive
           those
           of
           the
           
             Reformed
             Church
             of
             France
          
           into
           our
           Bosoms
           .
           By
           doing
           of
           this
           we
           have
           preserved
           so
           much
           of
           the
           
             Protestant
             Interest
          
           from
           sinking
           .
           And
           all
           that
           their
           Persecutors
           have
           gained
           by
           their
           Cruelties
           aginst
           them
           is
           but
           this
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           forced
           them
           to
           change
           their
           Country
           ;
           but
           have
           not
           at
           all
           lessened
           either
           their
           Zeal
           for
           their
           Religion
           ,
           or
           their
           Ability
           to
           defend
           it
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           now
           invited
           to
           preserve
           the
           Remains
           of
           the
           same
           Church
           ,
           and
           of
           some
           of
           those
           of
           the
           Vallies
           of
           Piemont
           with
           Them.
           A
           Flock
           little
           in
           Number
           ,
           
           but
           of
           
             Great
             Worth
          
           :
           And
           such
           as
           we
           cannot
           suffer
           to
           Perish
           ,
           without
           fixing
           an
           
             Eternal
             Infamy
          
           upon
           our
           Names
           ,
           for
           our
           Vncharitableness
           .
        
         
           Whose
           turn
           it
           may
           next
           be
           to
           suffer
           in
           this
           Cause
           ,
           we
           cannot
           tell
           .
           This
           we
           know
           ,
           that
           be
           it
           whose
           it
           will
           ,
           Our
           Charity
           will
           have
           its
           Reward
           with
           God
           ;
           and
           give
           a
           Good
           Example
           ,
           and
           Encouragement
           to
           the
           Church
           of
           Christ.
           We
           may
           ,
           by
           what
           we
           do
           for
           these
           poor
           ,
           persecuted
           Men
           ,
           prolong
           our
           
             Own
             Tranquility
          
           ;
           and
           so
           meet
           with
           a
           Reward
           
           on
           Earth
           .
           But
           though
           we
           should
           not
           ;
           yet
           this
           we
           are
           sure
           ,
           that
           we
           shall
           hereby
           purchase
           to
           our selves
           an
           Inheritance
           in
           Heaven
           .
           Our
           
             Vnrighteous
             Mamon
          
           ,
           shall
           prepare
           for
           us
           an
           
             eternal
             Habitation
          
           .
           What
           we
           now
           give
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           to
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           in
           his
           Name
           ;
           he
           will
           one
           Day
           return
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           had
           done
           it
           unto
           Himself
           :
           And
           
             Verily
             I
             say
             unto
             you
             ,
             ye
             shall
             in
             No
             wise
             lose
             the
             Reward
             of
             it
             .
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
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           the
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           eminent
           Mythologists
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           .
        
         
      
       
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             Heb.
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             1.
             1
             
             Pet.
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             1
             Jo.
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             Mat.
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             Matt.
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             .
             32
             ,
             33.
             
          
           
             —
             34
             :
          
           
             —
             35
             :
          
           
             —
             41.
             
          
           
             —
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             Monsieur
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             Meaux's
             Variations
             des
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             .
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             .
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             Evangel
             .
             des
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             cap.
             2.
             
             Allix
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             ,
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             Vid.
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             de
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             Leger
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             c.
             6
             &c.
             
          
           
             Leger
             .
             Hist.
             l.
             1.
             c.
             30.
             
          
           
             
               Leger
               .
               Hist.
               l.
               ●
               .
               c.
               19.30
               .
            
             
               Allix
               .
               Remarks
               c.
               26.
               
            
          
           
             Leger
             lib.
             l.
             11.
             c.
             10.
             &c.
             
          
           
             See
             Leger
             .
             before
             .
          
           
             About
             11500.
             
             Persons
             .