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           A
           PLAIN
           Record
           or
           Declaration
           ,
           SHEWING
           The
           
             Original
             ROOT
          
           and
           
             RACE
          
           OF
           PERSECUTORS
           ;
           Together
           With
           the
           
             Nature
             ,
             Practice
          
           and
           
             End
          
           of
           that
           
             GENERATION
             ,
          
           in
           all
           
             Ages
          
           past
           since
           the
           
             Beginning
             ;
          
           as
           we
           may
           Read
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           Truth
           ,
           from
           
             Genesis
          
           to
           the
           
             Revelation
             .
          
        
         
           But
           more
           Particularly
           thus
           :
           The
           
             Devil
          
           (
           who
           was
           a
           
             Murderer
          
           and
           a
           
             Liar
          
           from
           the
           
             Beginning
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Original
          
           of
           all
           
             Sin
          
           )
           is
           the
           
             Father
          
           of
           all
           
             Persecutors
          
           and
           
             Persecution
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           
             Birth
          
           born
           after
           the
           
             Flesh
             ,
          
           which
           the
           
             Egyptian
          
           Woman
           (
           the
           
             Bond
          
           Woman
           )
           is
           the
           
             Mother
          
           of
           ,
           who
           is
           cast
           out
           with
           her
           Son
           from
           being
           Heir
           ,
           whose
           
             End
          
           is
           
             Destruction
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHRIST
             JESUS
             ,
          
           the
           
             Truth
             ,
          
           the
           
             Peace
             ,
          
           the
           
             Power
          
           of
           
             God
          
           (
           which
           
             destroyes
          
           the
           
             Devil
             ,
          
           the
           
             Original
          
           of
           all
           
             Sin
          
           and
           
             Unrighteousness
          
           )
           He
           is
           the
           
             Original
          
           and
           
             Everlasting
             Father
          
           of
           all
           the
           
             Righteous
             ,
          
           which
           is
           the
           
             Birth
          
           born
           after
           the
           Spirit
           :
           whose
           Mother
           is
           
             Jerusalem
          
           from
           
             Above
             ,
          
           which
           is
           
             Free
          
           with
           her
           Children
           ,
           who
           are
           the
           
             Righteous
          
           (
           which
           are
           
             Persecuted
          
           )
           who
           will
           not
           
             persecute
          
           nor
           
             hate
          
           but
           
             love
             Enemies
             .
          
           Now
           these
           are
           
           Abel's
           Generation
           ,
           who
           was
           a
           
             Righteous
          
           man
           ,
           whose
           
             Sacrifice
          
           was
           
             accepted
          
           of
           God
           :
           him
           
             Cain
          
           slew
           ,
           who
           was
           
             wicked
             .
          
        
         
           And
           so
           all
           
             Haters
             ,
             Murderers
             ,
             Persecutors
          
           about
           Religion
           ,
           Worship
           and
           Sacrifice
           ,
           from
           the
           
             Beginning
          
           even
           until
           this
           day
           ,
           they
           are
           of
           
             Cain's
          
           Generation
           (
           the
           
             PERSECVTOR
          
           )
           whose
           
             Sacrifices
          
           God
           hath
           no
           
             respect
          
           unto
           ,
           
             their
             hands
             are
             full
             of
             Blood
             ;
          
           though
           they
           
             Profess
          
           all
           the
           
             Scriptures
          
           of
           
             Truth
             ,
          
           they
           are
           
             Persecutors
          
           of
           the
           
             Just
             ;
          
           and
           so
           their
           
             Reward
          
           will
           be
           according
           to
           their
           
             Work.
             
          
        
         
           
             H.
             F.
             
          
        
         
           
             
               Gal.
               4.
               
            
          
           
             He
             that
             is
             born
             after
             the
             Fesh
             ,
             Persecutes
             him
             that
             is
             born
             after
             the
             Spirit
             .
          
        
         
           
             London
             ,
          
           Printed
           for
           
             Robert
             Wilson
             ,
          
           in
           
             Martins
             Le
             Grand
             ,
          
           1661.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           Plain
           RECORD
           or
           DECLARATION
           Shewing
           The
           
             Original
             ROOT
          
           and
           
             RACE
          
           Of
           PERSECUTORS
           ;
           Together
           With
           the
           
             Nature
             ,
             Practice
          
           and
           
             End
          
           of
           that
           
             GENERATION
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           NEver
           did
           any
           
             Prosper
          
           who
           were
           
             Persecutors
          
           of
           the
           
             Righteous
             ;
          
           For
           when
           the
           
             Devil
          
           went
           out
           of
           the
           
             Truth
             ,
          
           then
           did
           he
           
             snare
          
           and
           
             tempt
          
           others
           out
           of
           the
           
             Truth
             ,
          
           and
           their
           
             Habitation
             :
          
           And
           being
           so
           ,
           the
           
             State
          
           was
           
             Lost
             ,
          
           which
           was
           in
           the
           Begining
           ,
           
           wherein
           all
           things
           were
           
             Blessed
          
           and
           
             Good.
          
           And
           the
           
             Devil
             ,
          
           the
           
             Original
          
           of
           all
           
             Sin
             ,
          
           is
           the
           
             Father
          
           of
           
             Persecutors
          
           and
           
             Persecution
             ,
          
           who
           is
           out
           of
           the
           
             Truth
          
           in
           the
           whole
           
             World
          
           (
           which
           was
           always
           
             Blind
          
           )
           that
           
             lyes
          
           in
           
             Wickedness
             ,
          
           from
           which
           
             Foundation
          
           of
           the
           
             World
          
           hath
           the
           
             Lamb
             been
             slain
             ,
          
           the
           
             Just
          
           have
           
             Suffered
          
           and
           been
           
             Persecuted
             ,
          
           by
           them
           that
           have
           
             obeyed
          
           the
           
             Devil
             ,
          
           the
           
             Author
          
           and
           
             Original
          
           of
           all
           
             Sin
             ;
          
           Who
           hath
           
             entered
          
           into
           their
           
             Minds
             ,
          
           and
           
             defiled
          
           their
           
             Minds
             ,
          
           so
           that
           they
           have
           
             disobeyed
          
           the
           
             Good
          
           in
           them
           ,
           the
           
             Just
          
           in
           them
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           
             Cause
          
           of
           all
           the
           
             Persecution
          
           in
           
             Christendom
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           
             Persecution
          
           &
           
             Ignorance
          
           in
           the
           whole
           
             World.
          
           And
           People
           
             disobeying
          
           the
           
             Good
          
           that
           is
           in
           them
           ,
           and
           the
           
             Just
             ;
          
           and
           so
           
             obeying
          
           the
           
             Bad
          
           in
           them
           ,
           they
           are
           
             Aliens
             in
             their
             minds
             and
             Strangers
             to
             the
             Life
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             Covenant
             of
             Promise
             ,
          
           and
           
             Strangers
          
           to
           the
           
             Image
          
           and
           
             Likeness
          
           of
           
             GOD
             ,
          
           the
           
             Image
          
           of
           the
           
             Devil
          
           being
           
             within
          
           them
           ,
           and
           yet
           
             undefaced
             ,
          
           and
           
             unsubdued
             .
          
           This
           is
           the
           
             Cause
          
           of
           the
           
             Enmity
          
           in
           the
           whole
           
             VVorld
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Cause
          
           of
           the
           
             Enmity
          
           in
           them
           that
           do
           
             profess
          
           the
           
             Scriptures
          
           (
           both
           
             Jews
          
           and
           
             Christians
          
           )
           being
           
             Aliens
          
           from
           the
           
             Life
          
           which
           they
           were
           
           in
           ,
           which
           spake
           them
           forth
           ,
           in
           which
           there
           is
           no
           
             Unity
             ,
          
           and
           
             Subjection
          
           unto
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           one
           Another
           .
           So
           the
           
             Devil
          
           was
           the
           
             First
             
               Persecutor
               ,
            
          
           the
           
             Enemy
          
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           who
           is
           the
           
             Power
          
           of
           
             Death
             ,
          
           the
           
             Author
          
           of
           
             Sin
             ,
          
           which
           brings
           it
           forth
           ;
           which
           
             Christ
          
           the
           
             Truth
             ,
          
           and
           
             Prince
          
           of
           
             Life
             Destroys
             ,
          
           for
           he
           
             Ends
          
           all
           
             Persecution
             .
          
        
         
           
             Cain
          
           the
           
             Second
             
               Persecutor
               ,
            
          
           who
           
             Persecuted
          
           righteous
           
             Abel
             ,
          
           though
           he
           was
           a
           Governour
           and
           built
           a
           City
           ,
           God
           said
           ,
           he
           was
           a
           
             Vagabond
          
           and
           
             Fugitive
             ,
          
           
           and
           his
           Brother's
           Blood
           stopped
           the
           Earth
           from
           
             yeelding
             its
             full
             strength
             .
          
           So
           that
           a
           
             Persecutor
             
               Corrupteth
            
          
           the
           
             Earth
             ,
          
           and
           all
           that
           be
           
             Persecutors
          
           are
           of
           
             Cain
             ,
             
               Vagabonds
               ,
            
          
           to
           
             whom
          
           belongs
           the
           
             Woe
             ;
          
           though
           they
           be
           never
           so
           
             Great
          
           in
           the
           
             Earth
             ,
          
           the
           
             Woe
          
           is
           to
           
             them
          
           if
           they
           be
           
             Persecutors
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             The
             Old
             World
             Persecuted
             
               Noah
               ,
            
          
           righteous
           
             Noah
             ,
          
           with
           whom
           was
           God's
           
             Covenant
             ,
          
           who
           was
           a
           
             Preacher
             of
             Righteousness
             ;
          
           And
           God
           overthrew
           the
           
             Old
             World
          
           for
           their
           
             Filthiness
             ,
          
           and
           
             Wickedness
             ,
          
           and
           
             Ungodliness
             ,
          
           who
           grieved
           him
           ,
           (
           and
           had
           
             Corrupted
             the
             Earth
             ,
             and
             filled
             it
             with
             Violence
          
           )
           who
           were
           
             Drowned
             ;
          
           and
           righteous
           
             Noah
          
           in
           the
           
             Ark
          
           was
           
             saved
          
           with
           
             Eight
          
           Persons
           :
           So
           there
           was
           the
           
             End
          
           of
           those
           
             Persecutors
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Sodomites
          
           were
           
             struck
             Blind
          
           by
           the
           
             Angel
          
           of
           the
           
             Lord
             ,
          
           who
           
             assaulted
             Lot's
          
           House
           in
           
             Sodom
             ,
          
           and
           afterwards
           the
           Lord
           
             Consumed
          
           their
           City
           with
           
             fire
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Caldeans
          
           were
           
             Persecutors
          
           of
           Faithful
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           from
           among
           whom
           God
           brought
           him
           ;
           who
           denied
           his
           
             Acquaintance
             ,
             Relations
             ,
          
           and
           
             Friends
             ,
          
           and
           
             Nation
             ,
          
           and
           
             Country
             ,
             Worship
          
           and
           
             Fathers
             House
             ,
          
           and
           went
           into
           a
           
             strange
             Land
          
           to
           Dwell
           ;
           And
           afterwards
           
             Abraham's
          
           Seed
           were
           
             Strangers
          
           in
           the
           Land
           of
           
             Egypt
             ,
          
           who
           by
           the
           
             Egyptians
          
           were
           
             four
             hundred
          
           years
           
             Afflicted
          
           and
           
             Persecuted
             ,
          
           but
           the
           Lord
           did
           
             Overthrow
          
           the
           
             Egyptians
          
           in
           the
           
             Red
             Sea
             ,
          
           and
           so
           
             Destroyed
          
           those
           
             Persecutors
             .
          
        
         
           
             Ishmael
          
           the
           Son
           of
           
             Hagar
             ,
          
           the
           
             Bond-woman
             ,
          
           did
           
             Mock
          
           and
           
             Persecute
             Isaac
             ,
          
           the
           Son
           of
           
             Sarah
          
           the
           
             Free-woman
             ,
          
           who
           was
           cast
           out
           of
           
             Abraham's
          
           Family
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           not
           
             Inherit
          
           with
           the
           Righteous
           ,
           because
           he
           was
           a
           
             Persecutor
             .
          
        
         
           
             Esau
          
           was
           a
           
             Persecutor
          
           of
           
             Jacob
          
           who
           fled
           from
           his
           Face
           ;
           
           and
           he
           despised
           his
           
             Birth-right
             ,
          
           for
           a
           
             messe
             of
             Pottage
             ,
          
           and
           
             morsel
             of
             Bread.
          
           And
           
             Esau
          
           the
           
             Persecutor
          
           because
           he
           hated
           his
           Brother
           ,
           therefore
           the
           Lord
           said
           ,
           
             I
             have
             hated
             Esau
             ,
             and
             laid
             his
             mountain
             desolate
          
           (
           and
           
             Jacob
             have
             I
             loved
             ,
          
           who
           was
           blesseded
           of
           God
           )
           and
           there
           is
           an
           End
           of
           that
           
             Persecutor
             .
          
        
         
           
             Nimrod
          
           and
           
             Cain
          
           were
           two
           old
           
             Hereticks
             ,
          
           the
           one
           
             Persecuted
             Abel
             ;
          
           and
           the
           other
           was
           called
           the
           
             Mighty
             Hunter
             before
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           who
           did
           begin
           to
           build
           
             Babel
             ,
          
           which
           God
           confounded
           ;
           and
           declared
           
             Cain
          
           to
           be
           a
           
             Vagabond
             ;
          
           So
           a
           
             Persecutor
          
           is
           a
           
             Vagabond
          
           and
           a
           
             Fugitive
             .
          
        
         
           
             Ioseph's
             Brethren
             
               Persecuted
            
          
           him
           ,
           and
           
             Sold
          
           him
           into
           
             Egypt
             ;
          
           and
           
             Pottiphar's
          
           Wife
           
             slandered
          
           righteous
           
             Joseph
             ,
          
           yet
           neverthelesse
           the
           Lord
           made
           him
           to
           
             prosper
             ,
          
           and
           cleared
           his
           
             Innocency
             .
             Joseph's
          
           Brethren
           were
           made
           to
           
             Bow
          
           in
           the
           day
           of
           their
           
             Poverty
          
           to
           their
           Brother
           ,
           whom
           they
           had
           
             Sold
          
           and
           
             Persecuted
             .
          
        
         
           
             Pharaoh
          
           the
           King
           ,
           that
           Old
           
             Persecutor
             ,
          
           because
           he
           would
           not
           let
           the
           Children
           of
           
             Israel
          
           go
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           
             Worship
          
           God
           the
           Lord
           
             Destroyed
          
           him
           .
        
         
           And
           the
           
             Egyptians
             Persecuted
          
           the
           Children
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           though
           to
           them
           
             Joseph
          
           had
           been
           a
           
             blessing
             ,
          
           and
           they
           killed
           their
           Children
           ,
           and
           
             Oppressed
          
           them
           by
           sore
           
             Labour
          
           and
           
             Taxes
             ;
          
           therefore
           the
           Lord
           
             overthrew
          
           those
           
             Persecutors
             ,
          
           and
           
             drowned
          
           them
           in
           the
           Sea
           ;
           and
           
             delivered
          
           His
           
             Persecuted
          
           and
           
             Oppressed
          
           People
           ,
           
             by
             a
             mighty
             hand
             and
             outstretched
             arm
             ;
          
           So
           that
           there
           was
           an
           end
           of
           those
           
             Oppressors
          
           and
           
             Persecutors
             .
          
        
         
           And
           the
           
             Children
             of
             Israel
             Persecuted
             
               Moses
               ,
            
          
           and
           were
           ready
           to
           
             stone
          
           him
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           and
           
             Rebelled
          
           against
           him
           ,
           and
           neither
           
             regarded
          
           his
           word
           ,
           nor
           the
           Lord
           ,
           wherefore
           the
           Lord
           said
           ,
           
             they
             should
             not
             enter
             into
             his
             rest
             ;
          
           Whose
           
             carcasses
             fell
             in
             the
             Wilderness
             ,
          
           and
           
             perished
          
           as
           
             Pharaoh
          
           did
           in
           the
           Sea
           with
           his
           
             Host
             ;
          
           who
           regarded
           not
           the
           word
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           nor
           of
           
             Moses
             ,
          
           that
           bid
           him
           get
           him
           out
           of
           his
           sight
           .
           And
           so
           there
           was
           the
           end
           of
           those
           
             Persecutors
             .
          
        
         
           
             Sampson
          
           was
           
             betrayed
          
           by
           his
           
             Dallilah
          
           and
           
             Persecuted
          
           by
           the
           
             Philistines
             ,
          
           but
           the
           Lord
           brought
           an
           end
           to
           his
           
             Persecutors
             .
          
           Therefore
           beware
           all
           ye
           that
           
             Trust
          
           not
           in
           the
           Living
           God
           ,
           least
           you
           lose
           your
           Strength
           ,
           and
           be
           
             betrayed
          
           by
           your
           
             Dallilah's
             .
          
        
         
         
           
           
             Balaam
          
           was
           a
           
             Persecutor
             ,
          
           who
           
             loved
             the
             Wages
             of
             Unrighteousness
             ,
          
           a
           
             Deceive
          
           and
           a
           
             Dissembler
             ,
          
           in
           whose
           way
           many
           go
           ;
           But
           mark
           their
           ways
           and
           his
           ,
           (
           that
           go
           against
           the
           
             righteous
             Seed
          
           )
           the
           End
           was
           destruction
           ,
           who
           went
           against
           the
           
             righteous
             Seed
             ,
          
           and
           
             Life
             ;
          
           and
           there
           was
           the
           End
           of
           that
           
             Persecutor
             .
          
        
         
           
             Saul
             Persecuted
             David
          
           when
           the
           evil
           Spirit
           came
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           the
           Spirit
           of
           the
           Lord
           
             departed
          
           from
           him
           ,
           and
           
             pursued
          
           him
           up
           and
           down
           ,
           and
           
             hunted
          
           him
           like
           a
           
             Partridge
          
           and
           a
           
             Fly
             ,
          
           but
           the
           Lord
           overthrew
           that
           
             Persecutor
             .
          
        
         
           
             Absalom
             Persecuted
          
           his
           Father
           
             David
             ,
          
           and
           sought
           after
           his
           Life
           ,
           to
           get
           the
           Kingdom
           to
           himself
           ;
           and
           
             Ahithophel
          
           was
           his
           Counsellor
           ,
           whose
           Counsel
           God
           
             confounded
          
           and
           
             brought
             to
             nought
             ,
          
           and
           the
           Lord
           
             overthrew
          
           both
           him
           and
           
             Absalom
             ;
          
           and
           so
           they
           fell
           into
           the
           
             Pit
          
           which
           they
           had
           
             digged
             ,
          
           and
           there
           was
           the
           End
           of
           those
           
             Persecutors
             ,
          
           2
           
             Sam.
          
           17
           ,
           18.
           
           
             Chapters
             .
          
        
         
           
             Shimei
          
           one
           of
           
             Saul's
          
           Family
           ,
           was
           a
           
             Persecutor
             ,
          
           who
           cursed
           King
           
             David
             ,
          
           and
           flung
           stones
           at
           him
           ,
           and
           cried
           out
           ,
           
             Come
             out
             thou
             bloody
             man
             ,
          
           and
           
             thou
             man
             of
             Belial
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           2
           
             Sam.
          
           16.6
           ,
           7.
           
           Now
           though
           
             David
          
           did
           pardon
           
             Shimei
             ,
          
           that
           he
           did
           not
           take
           away
           his
           Life
           ;
           yet
           mark
           what
           came
           after
           ,
           
             Solomon
          
           his
           Son
           caused
           him
           to
           be
           slain
           .
           See
           1
           
             King.
          
           2.46
           .
           and
           there
           was
           an
           End
           of
           that
           
             Persecutor
             .
          
        
         
           
             Ioash
          
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           his
           
             Counsellors
          
           were
           Persecutors
           ,
           as
           ye
           may
           read
           (
           2
           
             Chron.
          
           24.
           )
           what
           became
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           what
           was
           their
           End
           that
           persecuted
           the
           Prophets
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           slew
           
             Zechariah
          
           a
           Prophet
           of
           God
           (
           whom
           the
           King
           commanded
           to
           be
           stoned
           to
           death
           in
           the
           Court
           of
           the
           House
           of
           the
           Lord
           )
           who
           in
           love
           warned
           them
           for
           their
           souls
           eternal
           good
           ;
           but
           to
           reproach
           they
           turned
           it
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           mock
           of
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           slighted
           the
           Messengers
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           accounted
           of
           the
           Spiritual
           men
           as
           Mad-men
           ,
           and
           called
           the
           Prophets
           Fools
           :
           
           But
           the
           uprightest
           of
           them
           is
           as
           sharp
           as
           a
           Thorn-hedge
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           of
           them
           as
           a
           Bryar
           :
           Among
           whom
           many
           of
           the
           Prophets
           
             trembled
             ,
             shook
          
           and
           
             quaked
          
           in
           Sackcloath
           and
           Ashes
           ,
           and
           shewed
           several
           Signs
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           came
           
             Piping
             ,
          
           or
           if
           they
           came
           with
           
             Repentance
          
           to
           them
           ,
           they
           did
           not
           regard
           :
           Therefore
           the
           Lord
           left
           them
           over
           to
           their
           own
           hearts
           lusts
           ,
           to
           perish
           in
           their
           gain-sayings
           ,
           as
           
             Corah
             ,
             Dathan
          
           and
           
             Abiram
          
           
           did
           ,
           whom
           the
           Earth
           opened
           ,
           and
           swallowed
           up
           quick
           ,
           
             Numb
             .
          
           1.
           
        
         
           Therefore
           consider
           all
           ye
           
             Persecutors
          
           upon
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           remember
           your
           Examples
           that
           be
           gone
           before
           ;
           read
           the
           Scriptures
           of
           Truth
           ,
           and
           see
           in
           whose
           paths
           and
           steps
           ye
           walk
           :
           for
           they
           who
           love
           Enemies
           (
           as
           Christ
           commanded
           )
           and
           keep
           brotherly
           love
           and
           fellowship
           ,
           and
           esteem
           well
           of
           all
           men
           ,
           they
           can
           hurt
           no
           creature
           upon
           the
           Earth
           .
           The
           Righteous
           hath
           alwayes
           suffered
           (
           in
           the
           whole
           world
           )
           and
           hath
           been
           persecuted
           unto
           death
           ,
           upon
           the
           account
           that
           they
           have
           been
           the
           
             Tares
             ,
          
           the
           
             false
             Prophets
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             Deceivers
             :
          
           for
           which
           doing
           Christ
           gave
           them
           no
           Example
           ,
           nor
           any
           Command
           for
           all
           the
           Persecution
           that
           hath
           been
           since
           the
           dayes
           of
           the
           Apostles
           .
           Though
           in
           the
           Law
           they
           were
           not
           to
           spare
           their
           nearest
           Relations
           ,
           Wife
           ,
           Brother
           or
           Sister
           ,
           that
           drew
           them
           from
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           went
           to
           set
           up
           another
           god
           ;
           if
           he
           were
           a
           Blasphemer
           or
           a
           false
           Prophet
           ,
           they
           were
           not
           to
           be
           spared
           ,
           but
           to
           be
           put
           to
           death
           by
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           :
           Which
           Law
           of
           God
           (
           Christ
           being
           put
           to
           death
           )
           ended
           ;
           and
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             Love
             Enemies
             .
          
           For
           the
           
             Jews
          
           said
           (
           who
           
             persecuted
             Christ
          
           )
           they
           had
           a
           Law
           ,
           by
           which
           ,
           if
           any
           man
           said
           he
           was
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           was
           to
           dye
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           put
           to
           death
           :
           Therefore
           the
           People
           might
           say
           ,
           as
           they
           say
           now
           ,
           They
           were
           but
           subject
           to
           the
           higher
           Powers
           .
           But
           mark
           the
           end
           of
           those
           Blasphemers
           that
           persecuted
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           to
           death
           ,
           the
           Prince
           of
           Life
           .
        
         
           And
           mark
           the
           end
           of
           those
           
             Persecutors
          
           that
           persecute
           
             Christ
          
           where
           he
           is
           manifested
           in
           his
           Members
           ;
           that
           visited
           not
           them
           in
           Prison
           ,
           and
           came
           not
           to
           them
           when
           they
           were
           sick
           ,
           
           and
           cloathed
           them
           ,
           not
           and
           fed
           them
           not
           :
           Such
           he
           saith
           must
           go
           into
           everlasting
           punishment
           ;
           much
           more
           them
           that
           cast
           into
           Prison
           shall
           receive
           the
           Reward
           of
           
             Persecutors
             .
          
        
         
           The
           Children
           of
           
             Israel
          
           were
           persecuted
           by
           the
           Heathen
           ,
           whom
           the
           Lord
           overthrew
           .
        
         
           
             Haman
          
           persecuted
           
             Mordecai
          
           and
           the
           
             Jews
             ,
          
           and
           would
           have
           had
           them
           all
           put
           to
           death
           ,
           and
           
             Mordecai
          
           hanged
           ;
           because
           he
           feared
           God
           ,
           and
           could
           not
           bow
           to
           proud
           
             Haman
             .
          
           So
           the
           same
           thing
           that
           should
           have
           been
           done
           unto
           
             Mordecai
             ,
          
           befel
           
             Haman
             ,
          
           and
           so
           there
           was
           an
           end
           of
           that
           
             Persecutor
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Ahab
          
           the
           King
           persecuted
           
             Micaiah
          
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           and
           commanded
           that
           he
           should
           be
           cast
           into
           Prison
           ,
           and
           fed
           with
           
             Bread
          
           and
           
             Water
             ,
          
           till
           he
           returned
           from
           the
           
             Battel
          
           at
           
             Ramoth-Gilead
             ,
          
           because
           he
           could
           not
           
             flatter
          
           him
           ,
           and
           
             speak
             well
          
           of
           him
           ,
           as
           the
           
             false
             Prophets
             ,
          
           the
           
             Prophets
          
           of
           
             Baal
          
           did
           ;
           So
           
             Ahab
          
           the
           King
           was
           
             slain
             in
             the
             Battel
             ,
          
           and
           did
           not
           
             return
             in
             Peace
             ,
          
           according
           to
           
             Micaiah's
          
           words
           .
           
           And
           there
           was
           an
           End
           of
           that
           
             Persecutor
             .
          
        
         
           
             Ieroboam
          
           the
           King
           ,
           his
           hand
           
             Withered
          
           which
           he
           put
           forth
           against
           the
           Man
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           cryed
           against
           the
           Altar
           in
           
             Bethel
             ,
          
           and
           their
           Idolatry
           there
           .
           See
           1
           
             King.
          
           13.
           
        
         
           
             Rechab
          
           and
           
             Baanah
          
           the
           Sons
           of
           
             Rimmon
             ,
          
           did
           
             Persecute
          
           and
           
             Slay
             Ishbosheth
          
           the
           Son
           of
           
             Saul
             ,
          
           (
           a
           righteous
           person
           )
           in
           his
           own
           house
           upon
           his
           Bed
           ,
           and
           cut
           off
           his
           Head
           ,
           and
           brought
           it
           to
           King
           
             David
             ,
          
           and
           looked
           for
           a
           Reward
           (
           for
           this
           their
           Murder
           )
           saying
           to
           
             David
             ,
          
           they
           had
           
             killed
             his
             Enemy
             ,
          
           and
           
             avenged
             him
             upon
             Saul
             and
             his
             seed
             .
          
           But
           
             David
          
           commanded
           his
           young-men
           ,
           and
           they
           slew
           them
           ,
           both
           
             Rechab
          
           and
           
             Baanah
             ,
          
           and
           cut
           off
           their
           heads
           ;
           
           and
           that
           was
           their
           Reward
           for
           their
           
             Persecuting
          
           and
           
             Killing
          
           a
           Righteous
           Person
           .
        
         
           
             Iob's
             Friends
          
           persecuted
           him
           ,
           and
           reviled
           him
           :
           and
           see
           the
           end
           of
           them
           ,
           that
           
             Job
          
           was
           constrained
           to
           offer
           sacrifice
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           make
           intercession
           to
           God
           for
           them
           ,
           See
           
             Job
          
           42.
           
           And
           though
           People
           reade
           in
           the
           Scriptures
           daily
           ,
           yet
           they
           do
           not
           consider
           .
        
         
           
           The
           
             Iews
          
           persecuted
           
             David
          
           (
           who
           was
           of
           the
           Royal
           Seed
           )
           of
           whom
           
             David
          
           said
           ,
           
             Let
             their
             Children
             become
             Vagabonds
             :
          
           And
           so
           they
           were
           ,
           according
           to
           his
           Prophecy
           (
           and
           are
           at
           this
           day
           )
           and
           their
           Eyes
           blinded
           ,
           and
           they
           bow
           down
           their
           backs
           alwayes
           .
           So
           be
           all
           the
           
             Vagabonds
          
           and
           
             Blood-shedders
             ,
          
           whose
           eyes
           are
           blinded
           &
           backs
           bowed
           down
           ,
           that
           be
           out
           of
           the
           Life
           and
           Power
           ,
           which
           the
           
             Jews
          
           went
           out
           of
           ,
           and
           
             Cain
             ;
          
           And
           so
           do
           all
           the
           
             Christians
          
           (
           so
           called
           )
           and
           all
           People
           upon
           the
           Earth
           ,
           whose
           eyes
           are
           blinded
           ,
           and
           they
           gone
           from
           the
           Life
           of
           God
           in
           themselves
           .
           These
           let
           in
           the
           
             Devil
             ,
          
           the
           Murderer
           and
           Lyar
           ,
           that
           went
           forth
           of
           the
           Truth
           ;
           and
           so
           goes
           from
           the
           Principle
           of
           Life
           and
           Dominion
           .
           These
           are
           the
           Vagabonds
           and
           the
           Persecutors
           ,
           though
           they
           be
           never
           so
           Rich
           in
           the
           
           Earth
           ,
           Great
           Kings
           ,
           Princes
           ,
           or
           Emperors
           ,
           yet
           have
           not
           a
           habitation
           in
           God.
           
        
         
           A
           
             Persecutor
             ,
          
           his
           eye
           is
           blinded
           ,
           his
           ear
           is
           stopped
           to
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           in
           himself
           ;
           so
           wanders
           from
           the
           habitation
           in
           God
           :
           So
           a
           Vagabond
           ,
           he
           will
           corrupt
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           stain
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           fill
           it
           with
           Violence
           .
           A
           Fugitive
           that
           spills
           the
           Blood
           of
           the
           Innocent
           ,
           he
           causeth
           the
           Earth
           not
           to
           yeeld
           her
           strength
           .
           So
           here
           is
           the
           Author
           of
           Poverty
           and
           Beggars
           ,
           by
           whom
           the
           Just
           and
           Innocent
           alwayes
           suffer
           ,
           against
           whom
           is
           God's
           Wo
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           the
           end
           of
           all
           
             Persecutors
             .
          
        
         
           
             Iezebel
          
           and
           
             Ahab
          
           were
           both
           
             Persecutors
          
           of
           the
           Prophets
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           
             Killers
          
           of
           them
           ;
           who
           painted
           her
           face
           ,
           and
           thought
           to
           have
           been
           received
           and
           esteemed
           by
           her
           Painting
           :
           but
           mark
           the
           end
           of
           those
           
             Persecutors
             ,
          
           whose
           Blood
           the
           Dogs
           licked
           ;
           in
           whose
           dayes
           the
           Prophets
           wandered
           up
           and
           down
           in
           Sheep-skins
           and
           Goat-skins
           ,
           and
           were
           in
           Caves
           and
           Dens
           of
           the
           Earth
           ,
           and
           were
           fed
           in
           them
           .
           And
           
             Elisha
          
           the
           Prophet
           in
           these
           dayes
           was
           fed
           by
           the
           Ravens
           .
           Therefore
           consider
           ye
           that
           delight
           in
           
             Persecution
             ,
          
           Do
           not
           devise
           evil
           on
           your
           Beds
           ,
           flatter
           not
           your selves
           in
           your
           own
           eyes
           ,
           lest
           your
           Iniquities
           do
           become
           so
           loathsome
           and
           so
           hatefull
           ,
           that
           you
           come
           to
           no
           change
           ;
           for
           Shame
           will
           bring
           forth
           Confusion
           and
           a
           fountain
           of
           Lyes
           .
           Plot
           not
           against
           the
           Just
           ,
           nor
           gnash
           not
           your
           teeth
           against
           them
           :
           Cease
           from
           Anger
           and
           Wrath
           ;
           be
           patient
           ,
           and
           fret
           not
           against
           the
           Innocent
           ,
           and
           the
           Righteous
           .
        
         
           Do
           you
           not
           reade
           of
           the
           Great
           
             Persecution
             ,
          
           in
           the
           second
           
             Psalm
             ,
             The
             Rage
             of
             the
             Heathen
             ,
             who
             imagined
             vain
             things
             .
             The
             
               Kings
            
             of
             the
             Earth
             took
             Counsel
             together
             with
             the
             
               Rulers
               ;
            
             against
             the
             Lord
             ,
             and
             against
             his
             Anointed
             .
          
           Will
           not
           the
           Lord
           vex
           them
           in
           his
           Wrath
           and
           sore
           Displeasure
           ,
           and
           laugh
           them
           to
           scorn
           because
           of
           their
           folly
           and
           madness
           ;
           and
           set
           his
           King
           upon
           his
           holy
           Hill
           ?
           and
           so
           frustrate
           the
           ends
           all
           of
           the
           
             Persecutors
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Children
             of
             Israel
          
           when
           they
           transgressed
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           ,
           they
           persecuted
           his
           Prophet
           
             Jeremiah
             ,
          
           they
           put
           him
           in
           the
           Stocks
           and
           in
           the
           Dungeon
           ;
           who
           was
           
             persecuted
          
           by
           
             Priests
          
           and
           
             Princes
             ;
          
           and
           the
           Lord
           suffered
           them
           to
           be
           carried
           away
           Captive
           into
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           and
           to
           put
           out
           their
           King's
           
           Eyes
           ,
           and
           to
           destroy
           his
           Sons
           ;
           who
           in
           the
           day
           of
           their
           Prosperity
           in
           their
           life-time
           hearkened
           to
           their
           Priests
           ,
           false
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           Teachers
           ,
           that
           smoothed
           them
           up
           ,
           and
           cryed
           Peace
           to
           them
           in
           their
           Iniquities
           ,
           and
           would
           not
           regard
           the
           Prophets
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           but
           
             persecuted
          
           them
           ;
           and
           there
           was
           the
           end
           of
           those
           
             Persecutors
             .
          
        
         
           And
           the
           Children
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           their
           Princes
           and
           Priests
           
             persecuted
             
               Isaiah
            
          
           the
           Prophet
           ,
           and
           the
           Children
           that
           were
           with
           him
           ,
           were
           for
           Signs
           and
           for
           Wonders
           to
           both
           the
           Houses
           of
           
             Israel
          
           before
           their
           Captivity
           :
           yet
           they
           would
           not
           regard
           neither
           Signs
           ,
           nor
           Wonders
           ,
           nor
           Prophets
           ,
           who
           afterwards
           were
           carried
           away
           Captive
           :
           and
           there
           was
           the
           end
           of
           those
           
             Persecutors
             .
          
        
         
           
             Pashur
          
           the
           Son
           of
           
             Immer
          
           the
           
             Priest
          
           (
           who
           was
           also
           chief
           Governor
           of
           the
           House
           of
           the
           Lord
           )
           did
           smite
           
             Jeremiah
             ,
          
           and
           put
           him
           in
           the
           Stocks
           ;
           Therefore
           did
           the
           Lord
           tell
           him
           by
           the
           Prophet
           
             Jeremiah
             ,
          
           that
           his
           name
           should
           not
           be
           
             Pashur
             ,
          
           but
           the
           Lord
           had
           called
           him
           
             Magor-missabib
             ;
          
           For
           the
           Lord
           would
           make
           him
           a
           Terror
           to
           himself
           and
           all
           his
           Friends
           ;
           and
           they
           should
           fall
           by
           the
           Sword
           of
           their
           Enemies
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           should
           be
           carried
           captive
           to
           
             Babylon
             ,
          
           and
           dye
           there
           :
           and
           that
           was
           the
           end
           of
           that
           
             Persecutor
             .
          
           And
           again
           ,
           when
           
             Jeremiah
          
           had
           spoken
           the
           words
           ,
           which
           the
           Lord
           had
           commanded
           him
           to
           speak
           to
           the
           Children
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           Then
           the
           
             Priests
          
           and
           the
           
             Prophets
             ,
          
           and
           all
           the
           People
           took
           him
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Thou
             shalt
             surely
             dye
             ;
          
           because
           he
           prophesied
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           told
           them
           of
           the
           Destruction
           of
           the
           Temple
           .
           See
           
             Jerem.
          
           chap.
           26.
           
        
         
           In
           the
           Children
           of
           
             Israels
          
           Captivity
           there
           had
           been
           
             Persecutors
          
           of
           the
           
             Prophets
             :
          
           
           
             Ezekiel
          
           told
           them
           ,
           their
           
             Shepherds
             ,
             Teachers
          
           and
           
             Prophets
          
           had
           caused
           them
           to
           erre
           ,
           and
           had
           made
           havock
           of
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           sold
           them
           for
           handfuls
           of
           Barley
           ,
           and
           pieces
           of
           Bread
           ;
           and
           eaten
           the
           Fat
           ,
           and
           cloathed
           themselves
           with
           the
           Wool
           :
           the
           Lord
           would
           redeem
           them
           from
           their
           mouthes
           ,
           whom
           he
           saith
           ,
           are
           like
           Foxes
           in
           the
           Desart
           ,
           which
           worry
           and
           devour
           the
           Lambs
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           made
           a
           prey
           upon
           who
           departed
           from
           Iniquity
           .
           So
           let
           them
           see
           (
           who
           regard
           not
           the
           Lord
           nor
           his
           Prophets
           )
           the
           fruits
           of
           their
           
             Persecution
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             Daniel
          
           in
           the
           
             Captivity
          
           of
           the
           Children
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           let
           them
           see
           their
           
             Sins
          
           and
           their
           
             Transgressions
             ,
          
           who
           regarded
           neither
           the
           Lord
           nor
           his
           Prophets
           .
           And
           
             Daniel
          
           was
           
             Persecuted
          
           for
           praying
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           
             cast
             into
             the
             Lyons
             Den.
          
           Mark
           ,
           
           did
           not
           God
           bring
           his
           
             Persecutors
          
           into
           the
           
             Den
          
           of
           
             Lyons
             ,
             who
             tore
             them
             to
             pieces
             ,
          
           and
           
             Daniel
          
           was
           
             Delivered
             ?
          
        
         
           And
           the
           
             Three
             Children
          
           were
           
             Persecuted
          
           for
           not
           
             Worshipping
             Nebuchadnezzar's
          
           golden
           Image
           ,
           and
           were
           cast
           into
           the
           fiery
           
             Furnace
             ,
          
           whom
           God
           
             delivered
             ,
          
           and
           made
           their
           very
           
             Persecutors
          
           to
           
             confesse
          
           that
           they
           were
           the
           
             Servants
             of
             the
             most
             high
             God
             ;
          
           and
           those
           who
           
             cast
             them
             into
             the
             fiery
             Furnace
          
           were
           
             slain
             ;
          
           which
           was
           a
           
             Testimony
          
           against
           their
           
             Cruelty
          
           and
           
             Persecution
             .
          
        
         
           
             Amos
          
           the
           
             Herdsman
             ,
          
           who
           was
           a
           Prophet
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           was
           
             Persecuted
          
           at
           the
           Kings
           
             Chappel
             ,
          
           who
           told
           them
           the
           
             Songs
          
           of
           their
           
             Temple
          
           should
           be
           turned
           into
           
             Howling
             .
          
           And
           they
           said
           that
           
             Amos
          
           had
           conspired
           against
           the
           King
           ,
           and
           bid
           him
           get
           him
           into
           the
           Land
           of
           
             Judah
          
           and
           
             Prophesie
             .
          
           And
           
             Amos
          
           told
           them
           of
           
             Vyals
          
           and
           
             Instruments
          
           of
           
             Musick
             ,
          
           and
           of
           their
           
             drinking
             Wine
             in
             Bowls
             ,
          
           and
           how
           they
           
             stretched
             themselves
             upon
             costly
             Beds
             ,
          
           and
           of
           the
           
             Seat
             of
             Violence
             ,
          
           and
           how
           they
           
             swallowed
             up
             the
             Needy
             ,
          
           and
           
             caused
             the
             Poor
             to
             fall
             ,
          
           and
           
             that
             they
             did
             not
             remember
             the
             Afflictions
             of
             Joseph
             ,
          
           Amos
           6
           ,
           7
           ,
           8.
           
           
             Chapters
             .
          
           But
           mark
           what
           the
           Lord
           saith
           of
           them
           :
           
             Are
             ye
             not
             as
             the
             Children
             of
             the
             Ethiopians
             unto
             me
          
           O
           Israel
           ,
           
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ;
             and
             I
             will
             set
             mine
             eyes
             upon
             them
             for
             evil
             and
             not
             for
             good
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Micah
             
               Prophesied
            
          
           in
           the
           Captivity
           ,
           and
           let
           them
           see
           how
           their
           
             Judges
             ,
          
           their
           
             Princes
             ,
             Heads
          
           and
           
             Rulers
          
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
             who
             hate
             the
             Good
             ,
             and
             love
             the
             Evil
             :
             who
             pluck
             off
             their
             skin
             from
             off
             them
             ,
             and
             their
             flesh
             from
             their
             bones
             ;
             who
             also
             eat
             the
             flesh
             of
             my
             People
             ,
             and
             flay
             their
             skin
             from
             off
             them
             ,
             and
             they
             break
             their
             bones
             and
             chop
             them
             in
             pieces
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             Pot
             ,
             and
             as
             flesh
             for
             the
             Caldron
             .
          
           And
           
             Thus
             saith
             the
             Lord
             concerning
             the
             Prophets
             that
             make
             the
             People
             to
             erre
             ;
             who
             bite
             with
             their
             teeth
             ;
             and
             cry
             peace
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             putteth
             not
             into
             their
             mouthes
             ,
             they
             even
             prepare
             war
             against
             him
             .
          
           Therefore
           the
           Lord
           told
           the
           
             Priests
          
           and
           
             Prophets
             ,
             That
             they
             should
             not
             have
             a
             Vision
             ,
             and
             that
             they
             should
             not
             Divine
             ,
             and
             the
             Sun
             should
             go
             down
             over
             the
             Prophets
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             the
             Day
             should
             be
             dark
             over
             them
             .
             And
             their
             Seers
             should
             be
             ashamed
             ,
             and
             their
             Diviners
             
             confounded
             ,
             and
             Sion
             for
             their
             sakes
             shouuld
             be
             plowed
             as
             a
             field
             ,
             and
             Jerusalem
             laid
             on
             heaps
             ;
          
           And
           this
           was
           their
           reward
           from
           the
           Lord
           for
           their
           wickedness
           &
           
             Persecution
             ,
             
               Who
               divined
               for
               money
               ,
               and
               taught
               for
               hire
               ,
               and
               judged
               for
               gifts
               &
               rewards
               ;
            
          
           they
           had
           no
           Answer
           from
           God
           ;
           and
           this
           was
           the
           fruit
           of
           their
           
             Persecution
          
           and
           
             Persecutors
             ,
             Formality
          
           and
           
             Blindness
             ,
          
           Whom
           the
           
             Prophets
          
           had
           foretold
           how
           they
           had
           
             served
             God
             with
             their
             lips
             ,
             but
             their
             hearts
             were
             removed
             far
             from
             him
             ;
          
           And
           how
           they
           would
           
             Sacrifice
             ,
          
           and
           
             Offer
             ,
          
           and
           
             cry
             the
             Temple
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
          
           and
           yet
           
             live
          
           in
           their
           
             Abominations
             :
          
           Which
           
             Offerings
          
           and
           
             Sacrifice
             God
             had
             no
             respect
             to
             more
             than
          
           Cain's
           ,
           
             whose
             hands
             were
             full
             of
             blood
             :
          
           And
           told
           them
           ,
           
             their
             Oblations
             ,
             and
             Sacrifices
             were
             no
             more
             to
             him
             ,
             than
             to
             blesse
             an
             Idol
             ,
             and
             he
             that
             Offered
             a
             Sacrifice
             as
             he
             that
             cut
             off
             a
             Doggs
             neck
             ,
             or
             slew
             a
             man
             ;
          
           For
           they
           were
           
             Persecutors
             .
          
        
         
           
             Nahum
             ,
             Ioel
             ,
             Haggi
             ,
             Zachary
             ,
          
           Let
           the
           Children
           of
           
             Israel
             ,
          
           (
           the
           
             Jews
          
           )
           see
           their
           
             Transgression
             ;
          
           And
           see
           how
           the
           Judgements
           of
           the
           Lord
           came
           upon
           them
           for
           their
           
             Transgressions
          
           and
           
             Persecution
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Edomites
          
           who
           were
           the
           Children
           of
           
             Esau
          
           were
           
             Persecutors
          
           of
           
             Jacob
          
           and
           his
           seed
           ,
           as
           ye
           may
           read
           in
           the
           Prophecy
           of
           
             Obadia
             ,
          
           where
           the
           Lord
           saith
           to
           
             Edom
             ,
             The
             pride
             of
             thine
             heart
             hath
             deceived
             thee
             ,
             thou
             that
             dwellest
             in
             the
             clifts
             of
             the
             Rocks
             ,
             whose
             habitation
             is
             high
             ,
             that
             saiest
             in
             thy
             heart
             ,
             Who
             shall
             bring
             me
             down
             to
             the
             ground
             ?
             How
             are
             the
             things
             of
             Esau
             searched
             out
             ?
             how
             are
             his
             hidden
             things
             brought
             to
             light
             ?
             The
             mighty
             men
             of
             Teman
             shall
             be
             dismayed
             ,
             to
             the
             end
             that
             every
             one
             of
             Mount
             Esau
             may
             be
             cut
             off
             by
             slaughter
             .
             
               For
               thy
               Violence
            
             against
             thy
             brother
             
               Iacob
               ,
            
             shame
             shall
             cover
             thee
             ,
             and
             thou
             shalt
             be
             cut
             off
             for
             ever
             .
             Shall
             not
             I
             in
             that
             day
             destroy
             the
             wise
             men
             out
             of
             Edom
             ,
             and
             the
             understanding
             out
             of
             mount
             Esau
             ?
             Because
             thou
             stoodest
             on
             the
             other
             side
             in
             the
             day
             that
             the
             Strangers
             carried
             away
             Israel
             Captive
             ,
             and
             Forreigners
             entered
             into
             his
             gates
             ,
             and
             cast
             Lots
             upon
             Jerusalem
             :
             even
             thou
             wast
             as
             one
             of
             them
             .
             But
             thou
             shouldest
             not
             have
             looked
             on
             thy
             Brother
             in
             that
             day
             when
             he
             became
             a
             stranger
             ,
             neither
             shouldest
             thou
             have
             rejoyced
             over
             the
             Children
             of
             Judah
             ,
             in
             the
             day
             of
             their
             destruction
             ,
             nor
             have
             spoken
             proudly
             in
             the
             day
             of
             their
             distresse
             ,
             nor
             shouldest
             thou
             have
             entred
             into
             their
             gates
             ,
             nor
             looked
             on
             their
             affliction
             ,
             
             in
             the
             day
             of
             their
             Calamity
             ,
             nor
             have
             laid
             hands
             on
             their
             Substance
             in
             the
             day
             of
             their
             Calamity
             ,
             nor
             shouldest
             thou
             have
             stood
             in
             the
             crosse
             Way
             ,
             to
             cut
             off
             those
             of
             his
             that
             did
             escape
             ,
             nor
             delivered
             those
             that
             did
             remain
             .
             Therefore
             as
             thou
             hast
             done
             ,
             it
             shall
             be
             done
             unto
             thee
             ,
             thy
             reward
             shall
             return
             upon
             thine
             own
             head
             ,
             and
             thou
             shalt
             be
             as
             though
             thou
             hadst
             not
             been
             .
          
           So
           there
           was
           an
           End
           of
           
             Edom
          
           the
           
             Persecutor
             .
          
        
         
           
             Herod
             Persecuted
             
               John
               Baptist
            
          
           to
           death
           ,
           and
           caused
           his
           head
           to
           be
           cut
           off
           :
           He
           being
           
             Voluptuous
             ,
          
           and
           delighted
           in
           his
           Daughters
           
             Dancing
             ,
          
           gave
           her
           in
           stead
           of
           the
           one
           half
           of
           his
           Kingdom
           ,
           the
           
             Head
          
           of
           the
           
             Just
             John
             Baptist
             .
          
           But
           mark
           the
           End
           of
           that
           
             Persecutor
             ;
          
           Was
           he
           not
           eaten
           to
           death
           with
           Worms
           ?
        
         
           And
           marke
           what
           became
           of
           him
           that
           
             Persecuted
             ,
          
           and
           proceeded
           against
           
             James
             ,
          
           and
           killed
           him
           with
           a
           Sword
           ,
           
           and
           
             Persecuted
             
               Peter
               ,
            
          
           and
           
             Persecuted
          
           and
           
             Killed
          
           the
           
             Innocent
             Children
          
           at
           
             Bethlehem
             ,
          
           in
           madness
           when
           they
           could
           not
           find
           the
           Child
           
             Jesus
             ,
          
           who
           fled
           from
           the
           
             Persecuting
             Tyrant
          
           into
           
             Egypt
             .
          
           And
           the
           
             Pharisees
          
           told
           Christ
           
             that
             he
             should
             go
             from
             thence
             ,
          
           
           
             for
             
               Herod
            
             would
             kill
             him
             :
          
           Who
           answered
           and
           said
           ,
           
             Go
             ,
             tell
             that
             Fox
             ,
             Behold
             I
             cast
             out
             Devils
             ,
             and
             will
             heal
             still
             ,
             to
             day
             and
             to
             morrow
             ,
             and
             the
             third
             day
             I
             shall
             be
             perfected
             .
             And
             he
             took
             up
             a
          
           Lamentation
           
             over
          
           Jerusalem
           ,
           
             and
             said
             ,
             Oh
             Jerusalem
             ,
             Jerusalem
             ,
             which
             killest
             the
             Prophets
             and
             stonest
             them
             that
             were
             sent
             to
             thee
             ,
             how
             often
             would
             I
             have
             gathered
             thy
             Children
             ,
             as
             a
             Hen
             doth
             her
             Chickens
             ,
             and
             ye
             would
             not
             ?
             Therefore
             is
             your
             House
             left
             unto
             you
             desolate
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           There
           was
           the
           reward
           of
           their
           
             Persecution
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Iewes
             Persecuted
          
           Christ
           ,
           who
           came
           of
           them
           according
           to
           the
           flesh
           ,
           and
           
             mocked
             ,
          
           and
           
             scoffed
          
           at
           Him
           ,
           and
           
             despised
          
           Him
           ,
           and
           
             blasphemed
          
           and
           said
           ,
           
             He
             had
             a
             devil
             ,
             and
             buffeted
             him
             ,
             and
             smote
             Him
             with
             a
             reed
             ,
             and
             spit
             in
             His
             face
             ,
             and
             Crowned
             Him
             with
             thorns
             ,
          
           among
           whom
           at
           His
           
             Birth
          
           He
           had
           no
           
             place
          
           but
           in
           the
           
             Manger
             ,
          
           in
           the
           
             Stable
             .
          
           But
           mark
           the
           end
           of
           these
           
             Persecutors
             ,
             Priests
             ,
             Professors
          
           and
           
             Rulers
             .
          
           Did
           not
           the
           Lord
           bring
           the
           
             Heathen
          
           upon
           them
           according
           to
           Christs
           Prophecy
           ,
           and
           
             destroyed
          
           their
           
             Citys
          
           and
           
             Temple
             ,
          
           and
           
             scattered
          
           them
           over
           all
           
             Nations
             ,
          
           and
           many
           of
           them
           were
           carryed
           
             Captives
          
           into
           
             Egypt
             .
          
           There
           is
           the
           End
           of
           all
           
             Persecuting
             Professors
          
           in
           the
           Mouth
           and
           Lipps
           without
           Life
           and
           Power
           .
        
         
         
           
             Paul
          
           was
           a
           
             Persecutor
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             yeelder
          
           to
           
             Persecution
             ,
          
           (
           when
           
             Steven
          
           was
           
             stoned
             ,
          
           the
           
             Witnesses
          
           layd
           down
           their
           
             Cloaths
          
           at
           
             Sauls
          
           feet
           )
           to
           whom
           the
           Lord
           shewed
           
             Mercy
             :
          
           which
           in
           most
           of
           his
           
             Epistles
          
           he
           confesseth
           ,
           and
           his
           
             Unworthinesse
             ,
          
           that
           he
           should
           
             find
             Mercy
             ,
          
           seeing
           he
           
             Persecuted
             .
          
        
         
           Oh
           ye
           
             Persecutors
             ,
          
           consider
           therefore
           ,
           and
           remember
           what
           a
           great
           Thing
           it
           is
           to
           
             find
             Mercy
             ,
          
           as
           
             Paul
          
           did
           ,
           who
           
             Confessed
          
           it
           to
           his
           very
           last
           ,
           as
           you
           may
           Read
           in
           his
           
             Epistle
          
           to
           
             Timothy
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Iews
             Persecuted
             
               Steven
            
          
           to
           death
           ,
           who
           was
           
             full
             of
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             :
          
           But
           the
           
             Jews
          
           who
           resisted
           it
           (
           as
           their
           forefathers
           did
           )
           they
           
             Professed
          
           the
           Words
           given
           forth
           by
           the
           
             holy
             Ghost
             ;
          
           but
           mind
           their
           End
           :
           Were
           they
           not
           destroyed
           when
           
             Jerusalem
          
           was
           compassed
           about
           with
           
             Armies
             ,
          
           and
           was
           
             layd
             on
             heaps
             ,
          
           and
           
             not
             one
             stone
             of
             the
             Temple
             left
             upon
             another
             that
             should
             not
             be
             thrown
             down
             ?
          
        
         
           Christ
           said
           ,
           that
           His
           
             Disciples
          
           should
           be
           
             Persecuted
             
               from
               City
               to
               City
               ,
               and
               scourged
               ,
               and
               halled
               out
               of
               the
               Synagogues
               ,
               and
               carried
               before
               Rulers
               ,
               and
               cast
               into
               Prison
               for
               His
               Name
               sake
               ;
            
          
           which
           was
           fulfilled
           upon
           them
           according
           to
           Christ's
           words
           .
           And
           he
           said
           ,
           
             a
             day
             of
             Vengeance
             should
             come
             ,
          
           and
           told
           them
           they
           had
           
             Persecuted
             Zacharias
             ,
          
           and
           
             Killed
             him
             between
             the
             Temple
             and
             the
             Altar
             ,
          
           and
           that
           
             the
             Temple
             should
             be
             thrown
             down
             .
          
        
         
           And
           the
           true
           Christians
           in
           the
           Primitive
           times
           were
           no
           
             Persecutors
             ,
          
           but
           
             Lovers
          
           of
           
             Enemies
             ,
          
           and
           
             tender
          
           of
           
             all
          
           Men
           ;
           this
           was
           their
           
             Doctrine
          
           and
           
             Practice
             ;
          
           which
           is
           beyond
           
             Jews
             ,
          
           and
           
             Heathens
             ,
          
           and
           Hypocritical
           
             Christians
             ,
          
           that
           are
           
             Apostatized
          
           both
           from
           the
           
             Life
             ,
             Doctrine
             ,
          
           and
           
             Practice
          
           of
           Christ
           and
           the
           Apostles
           in
           the
           
             Primitive
             times
             .
          
        
         
           
           And
           the
           
             Council
             
               threatned
               James
            
          
           and
           
             John
             ,
          
           and
           
             Beat
             them
             ,
          
           and
           
             Commanded
             them
          
           not
           to
           speak
           any
           more
           in
           the
           Name
           of
           
             Jesus
             .
          
        
         
           
             John
          
           gave
           forth
           the
           
             Revelations
             ,
          
           and
           was
           
             Persecuted
             ,
          
           and
           
             Banished
             ,
          
           and
           he
           Prophesied
           of
           the
           
             Beast
             ,
          
           the
           
             false
             Poophet
             ,
          
           the
           
             Dragon
             ,
          
           and
           the
           
             false
             Church
          
           should
           
             Persecute
             ,
             Kill
             and
             Destroy
             ,
             and
             drink
             the
             Blood
             of
             the
             Saints
             and
             Martyrs
             ,
             and
             make
             War
             with
             the
             Remnant
             of
             the
             Seed
             of
             the
             woman
             ;
             And
             then
             Establish
             the
             Beasts
             Worship
             ,
             the
             Dragons
             false
             Church
             ,
             wherein
             all
             Nations
             
             should
             drink
             her
             Cup
             ,
             and
             so
             go
             on
             ,
             until
             their
             sins
             should
             reach
             to
             Heaven
             ,
             and
             come
             into
             remembrance
             before
             God.
             And
             that
             God
             would
             in
             the
             end
             plague
             the
             Whore
             ,
             and
             burn
             her
             flesh
             with
             fire
             ;
             and
             take
             the
             Beast
             and
             false
             Prophet
             ,
             the
             old
             Dragon
             ,
             and
             cast
             them
             alive
             into
             the
             Lake
             of
             Fire
             that
             burns
             with
             Brimstone
             :
             and
             all
             that
             drink
             of
             the
             Whores
             Cup
             ,
             and
             worship
             the
             Beast
             ,
             shall
             be
             tormented
             ,
             and
             drink
             the
             Cup
             of
             the
             Indignation
             of
             the
             Lord
             God
             Almighty
             :
          
           And
           here
           is
           the
           end
           of
           those
           wicked
           
             Persecutors
             .
          
        
         
           
             Iudas
          
           the
           
             Persecutor
          
           who
           betrayed
           his
           Master
           ,
           and
           kissed
           him
           ,
           and
           sold
           him
           to
           the
           
             Priests
          
           (
           for
           Thirty
           Pieces
           of
           Silver
           )
           who
           thirsted
           after
           his
           Blood
           ,
           the
           Blood
           of
           the
           Innocent
           :
           But
           mark
           his
           end
           ,
           with
           his
           Company
           ,
           with
           their
           Swords
           and
           Staves
           ,
           He
           hanged
           himself
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Iews
          
           persecuted
           
             Paul
          
           up
           and
           down
           from
           place
           to
           place
           ,
           after
           he
           came
           to
           receive
           the
           Mercy
           ;
           which
           many
           now
           receive
           his
           
             Words
             ,
          
           but
           persecute
           his
           
             Life
             :
          
           And
           after
           that
           he
           came
           to
           exercise
           his
           Conscience
           ,
           to
           keep
           it
           void
           of
           offence
           towards
           God
           and
           towards
           man
           ;
           then
           they
           did
           account
           
             Paul
          
           an
           
             Heretick
             ,
          
           and
           a
           
             mover
             of
             Sedition
             ,
          
           and
           
             a
             Pestilent
             Fellow
             ,
          
           and
           one
           who
           turned
           the
           World
           
             up-side
             down
             ,
          
           and
           was
           accounted
           not
           fit
           to
           live
           upon
           the
           Earth
           ,
           when
           many
           of
           the
           
             Jews
          
           and
           Proselytes
           that
           feared
           God
           ,
           followed
           
             Paul
          
           and
           
             Barnabas
             ,
          
           who
           exhorted
           them
           to
           continue
           in
           the
           Grace
           of
           God
           :
           
             But
             when
             the
             rest
             of
             the
          
           Jews
           
             saw
             the
             People
             ,
             they
             were
             full
             of
             envy
             ,
             and
             spake
             against
          
           Paul
           ,
           
             and
             railed
             on
             them
             .
             And
             they
             stirred
             up
             certain
             devout
             women
             ,
             and
             chief
             men
             of
             the
             City
             ,
             and
             raised
             
               Persecution
            
             against
          
           Paul
           
             and
          
           Barnabas
           ,
           
             and
             expelled
             them
             out
             of
             their
             Coasts
             :
             But
             they
             shook
             off
             the
             Dust
             of
             their
             Feet
             ,
             as
             a
             Witness
             against
             these
             
               Persecutors
               .
            
          
           Forty
           of
           the
           
             Jews
          
           bound
           themselves
           with
           an
           Oath
           ,
           and
           conspired
           together
           with
           the
           Priests
           and
           Council
           ,
           to
           kill
           
             Paul
             ;
          
           but
           were
           prevented
           by
           the
           Chief
           Captain
           .
           Again
           ,
           when
           the
           
             Jews
          
           saw
           
             Paul
          
           in
           the
           Temple
           ,
           they
           moved
           all
           the
           People
           ,
           and
           laid
           hands
           on
           him
           ,
           crying
           ,
           
             Men
             of
             Israel
             ,
             help
             :
             this
             is
             the
             man
             that
             teacheth
             all
             men
             every-where
             ,
             against
             the
             People
             and
             the
             Law
             ,
             and
             this
             Place
             .
             Moreover
             ,
             he
             hath
             brought
          
           Grecians
           
             into
             the
             Temple
             ,
             and
             hath
             polluted
             this
             holy
             Place
             .
          
           
           
             Then
             all
             the
             City
             was
             moved
             ,
             and
             the
             People
             ran
             together
             ,
             and
             they
             took
          
           
           Paul
           ,
           
             and
             drew
             him
             out
             of
             the
             Temple
             to
             kill
             him
             ,
             but
             were
             prevented
             by
             the
             chief
             Captain
             ,
             who
             rescued
             him
             out
             of
             their
             hands
             ;
             and
             they
             cryed
             against
             him
             ,
             Away
             with
             such
             a
             fellow
             from
             the
             Earth
             ,
             for
             it
             is
             not
             meet
             that
             he
             should
             live
             .
          
           So
           
             Paul
          
           found
           more
           favour
           from
           the
           
             Romans
             ,
          
           who
           were
           Heathen
           ,
           than
           from
           his
           own
           Nation
           ,
           who
           were
           
             Jews
             ,
          
           and
           the
           greatest
           Professors
           then
           in
           the
           World.
           And
           
             Ananias
          
           the
           High-Priest
           ,
           and
           the
           Elders
           ,
           and
           
             Tertullus
          
           the
           Orator
           ,
           accused
           
             Paul
          
           unto
           
             Felix
          
           the
           Governour
           ,
           and
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           they
           had
           found
           
             Paul
          
           a
           
             pestilent
             fellow
             ,
          
           and
           
             a
             mover
             of
             Sedition
             among
             all
             the
             Jews
             throughout
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             a
             chief
             maintainer
             of
             the
             Sect
             of
             the
             Nazarites
             ,
             and
             would
             have
             polluted
             the
             Temple
             :
          
           and
           afterwards
           the
           High-Priests
           ,
           and
           the
           chief
           of
           the
           
             Jews
          
           appeared
           before
           
             Festus
          
           against
           
             Paul
             ,
          
           and
           would
           have
           had
           him
           sent
           him
           to
           
             Jerusalem
             ;
          
           and
           they
           laid
           wait
           by
           the
           way
           to
           have
           killed
           him
           .
           But
           ye
           may
           read
           what
           was
           the
           end
           of
           all
           these
           bloody
           
             Persecutors
             ,
          
           who
           drew
           nigh
           unto
           God
           with
           their
           lips
           ,
           and
           with
           their
           mouthes
           honoured
           him
           ,
           but
           removed
           their
           hearts
           far
           off
           from
           him
           .
           So
           the
           lip-servers
           ,
           will-worshippers
           will
           persecute
           now
           (
           as
           the
           
             Jews
          
           did
           of
           old
           )
           But
           they
           that
           worship
           God
           in
           Spirit
           and
           in
           Truth
           (
           which
           the
           Devil
           is
           out
           of
           )
           cannot
           persecute
           ;
           for
           they
           can
           love
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           bless
           those
           that
           curse
           them
           ,
           and
           pray
           for
           them
           that
           persecute
           them
           ,
           and
           do
           good
           for
           evil
           ;
           So
           these
           are
           the
           true
           Christians
           and
           followers
           of
           Christ
           .
        
         
           
             The
             Word
             of
             the
             Lord
             God
          
           to
           you
           all
           .
           Let
           no
           one
           persecute
           about
           Church
           ,
           Worship
           ,
           Religion
           ,
           Maintenance
           and
           Ministry
           ,
           that
           profess
           themselves
           to
           be
           Christians
           :
           For
           Christ
           gives
           no
           such
           Command
           nor
           Example
           ,
           but
           to
           love
           Enemies
           ;
           for
           He
           rebuked
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           who
           would
           have
           had
           Fire
           come
           down
           from
           Heaven
           on
           them
           who
           would
           not
           receive
           them
           ,
           and
           were
           contrary-minded
           to
           them
           (
           as
           the
           Prophet
           had
           done
           :
           )
           Therefore
           Christ
           ,
           who
           fulfilled
           the
           Law
           and
           the
           Prophets
           ,
           rebuked
           their
           zeal
           ,
           and
           told
           them
           ,
           
             He
             came
             not
             to
             destroy
             mens
             lives
             ,
             but
             to
             save
             them
             .
          
        
         
           Therefore
           ye
           that
           are
           
             Persecutors
          
           and
           
             Destroyers
          
           of
           Mens
           Lives
           ,
           ye
           are
           not
           in
           Christ's
           Mind
           ,
           Life
           nor
           Doctrine
           ;
           nor
           the
           Spiritual
           men
           that
           wrestle
           with
           Spiritual
           weapons
           :
           but
           you
           are
           carnal
           ,
           of
           which
           (
           as
           I
           said
           before
           )
           the
           Devil
           was
           the
           author
           ,
           
           and
           the
           beginner
           of
           :
           And
           the
           Lamb
           and
           the
           Saints
           ,
           and
           the
           Bride
           and
           his
           Wife
           shall
           have
           the
           Victory
           ;
           the
           
             First
          
           and
           the
           
             Last
          
           shall
           reign
           ,
           wherein
           
             Alpha
          
           and
           
             Omega
          
           shall
           be
           known
           (
           over
           the
           
             Persecutors
          
           )
           the
           Begining
           and
           the
           End
           ;
           the
           Lamb
           of
           God's
           Kingdom
           ;
           the
           First
           and
           the
           Last
           .
           So
           now
           in
           these
           last
           days
           the
           Prophets
           of
           the
           Lord
           have
           warned
           the
           
             Turk
             ,
          
           warned
           the
           
             Pope
             ,
          
           and
           warned
           most
           of
           the
           Kings
           in
           Christendom
           ,
           of
           their
           
             Persecution
             ;
          
           whose
           Field
           lies
           like
           a
           Field
           of
           Blood
           ,
           who
           staines
           the
           Earth
           with
           it
           ,
           that
           the
           Inhabiters
           of
           it
           are
           Vagabonds
           ,
           like
           
             Cain
          
           that
           killed
           the
           Righteous
           ;
           so
           that
           the
           Earth
           doth
           not
           yeeld
           her
           full
           strength
           :
           Therefore
           are
           there
           so
           many
           Beggars
           ,
           desolate
           people
           in
           Poverty
           among
           them
           .
        
         
           
             Peter
          
           and
           
             Jude
          
           prophesied
           ,
           and
           saw
           a
           persecuting
           
             Cain
          
           (
           that
           would
           kill
           about
           Religion
           )
           was
           getting
           up
           among
           the
           Christians
           before
           their
           decease
           ,
           which
           would
           be
           Preachers
           or
           Teachers
           ;
           who
           were
           by
           the
           Apostles
           judged
           .
        
         
           
             John
          
           in
           the
           
             Revelations
          
           saw
           
             Iezebel
          
           that
           would
           be
           a
           Prophet
           and
           a
           Teacher
           among
           the
           Churches
           ,
           which
           
             Iezebel
          
           was
           a
           
             Persecuter
          
           and
           a
           drinker
           of
           the
           Blood
           of
           the
           Saints
           and
           Prophets
           ;
           whom
           
             John
          
           rebuked
           ,
           and
           such
           as
           set
           her
           up
           and
           followed
           her
           .
           Therefore
           ,
           O
           consider
           !
           Have
           not
           
             Persecutors
          
           been
           set
           up
           by
           a
           Law
           since
           the
           Apostles
           dayes
           ,
           and
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           Christ
           trampled
           under
           foot
           ,
           which
           teacheth
           to
           love
           Enemies
           ,
           and
           overcome
           evil
           with
           good
           ?
        
         
           And
           have
           you
           not
           read
           in
           
             Heb.
          
           11.
           how
           they
           
             persecuted
          
           the
           Saints
           ,
           and
           spoiled
           the
           Saints
           goods
           ;
           and
           how
           they
           wandered
           in
           Sheep-skins
           and
           Goat-skins
           ,
           of
           whom
           the
           World
           was
           not
           worthy
           ;
           who
           lived
           in
           Dens
           and
           Caves
           of
           the
           Earth
           .
           And
           again
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             I
             saw
             the
             
               Beast
            
             and
             the
             
               Kings
               of
               the
               Earth
               ,
            
             and
             their
             Armies
             gathered
             together
             ,
             to
             make
             war
             against
             Him
             that
             sate
             upon
             the
             white
             horse
             ,
             who
             was
             cloathed
             with
             a
             Vesture
             dipt
             in
             blood
          
           (
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           )
           
             whose
             Name
             was
             called
             
               The
               Word
               of
               God
               ;
            
             and
             against
             his
             Army
          
           (
           the
           Saints
           that
           were
           with
           Him
           )
           
             And
             the
             
               Beast
            
             was
             taken
             ,
             and
             with
             him
             the
             
               false
               Prophet
            
             that
             wrought
             Miracles
             before
             him
             ,
             with
             which
             he
             deceived
             them
             that
             had
             received
             the
             Mark
             of
             the
             Beast
             ,
             and
             them
             that
             worshipped
             his
             Image
             .
             These
             both
             were
             cast
             alive
             into
             the
             Lake
             of
             Fire
             ,
             burning
             with
             Brimstone
             .
             And
             the
             Remnant
             were
             slain
             with
             the
             Sword
             of
             
             him
             that
             sat
             upon
             the
             white
             horse
             ,
             which
             proceeded
             out
             of
             his
             mouth
             :
             and
             all
             the
             fowls
             of
             the
             aire
             were
             filled
             with
             their
             flesh
             .
          
           And
           this
           was
           the
           end
           of
           those
           
             Persecutors
             .
          
        
         
           The
           
             Ministers
          
           of
           
             Unrighteousness
             ,
          
           and
           
             false
             Apostles
             ,
          
           and
           
             Messengers
          
           of
           
             Satan
             ,
          
           and
           his
           
             Ministers
          
           were
           the
           
             Persecutors
          
           of
           the
           
             Righteous
          
           like
           their
           
             Father
          
           the
           
             Devil
             ,
          
           and
           walked
           in
           his
           steps
           ;
           as
           ye
           may
           Read
           in
           the
           
             Corinthians
             ,
          
           but
           their
           end
           was
           according
           to
           their
           Works
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Antichrists
          
           and
           
             Wolves
          
           which
           got
           
             the
             sheeps
             Clothing
             ,
          
           who
           were
           the
           
             Deceivers
             ,
          
           these
           were
           the
           
             Persecutors
          
           and
           
             Worriers
          
           of
           the
           
             Lambs
          
           of
           Christ
           ;
           as
           we
           may
           Read
           ,
           
             Matth.
          
           7.24
           .
        
         
           And
           you
           may
           see
           the
           
             Jews
          
           that
           
             Killed
          
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           and
           
             Persecuted
          
           the
           Church
           :
           Now
           these
           
             Persecutors
          
           pleased
           not
           God
           ,
           who
           afterwards
           overthrew
           them
           ,
           2
           
             Thes
             .
          
           2.
           
        
         
           
           And
           it
           was
           said
           unto
           
             Saul
             ,
             Saul
             why
             
               Persecutest
            
             thou
             me
             ?
             I
             am
             Jesus
             whom
             thou
             
               Persecutest
               ,
            
             it
             is
             in
             vain
             for
             thee
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           When
           that
           
             Saul
          
           was
           going
           with
           his
           Packet
           of
           Letters
           (
           from
           the
           high
           Priest
           and
           Scribes
           )
           to
           
             Persecute
          
           the
           Saints
           .
        
         
           And
           
             Paul
          
           afterwards
           confessed
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           a
           
             Persecutor
          
           of
           the
           Church
           ,
           when
           
             as
             touching
             the
             righteousness
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
             he
             was
             blameless
             ,
          
           which
           
             Law
          
           did
           Command
           carnal
           Weapons
           ,
           
             Mark
             that
             :
          
           and
           so
           he
           
             thought
             he
             had
             done
             God
             good
             Service
          
           in
           
             Persecuting
          
           those
           that
           were
           contrary
           minded
           :
           But
           yet
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             through
             the
             grace
             of
             God
             I
             found
             Mercy
             ,
             because
             I
             did
             it
             ignorantly
             ,
          
           Phil.
           3.
           
        
         
           
             David
          
           was
           often
           
             Persecuted
          
           of
           his
           Enemies
           without
           a
           Cause
           ,
           and
           he
           said
           ,
           
             They
             
               Persecuted
            
             the
             poor
             and
             needy
             .
          
           And
           he
           prayed
           unto
           the
           Lord
           to
           
             deliver
          
           him
           
             from
             them
             that
             
               Persecuted
            
          
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           
             stop
             the
             Way
          
           of
           them
           that
           
             Persecuted
          
           him
           ,
           
             Psal
             .
          
           35.
           
        
         
           The
           true
           Christians
           (
           who
           follow
           Christ
           )
           cannot
           
             Revile
          
           them
           that
           
             Persecute
          
           them
           ;
           according
           to
           Christ's
           Doctrine
           ,
           
             Matth.
          
           5.
           
           But
           the
           
             Persecutors
          
           never
           follow
           Christ
           in
           their
           
             Persecution
             ,
          
           for
           His
           Doctrine
           is
           to
           
             pray
             for
             them
             that
             do
             
               Persecute
               .
            
          
           And
           Christ
           told
           his
           Disciples
           ,
           
             That
             they
             should
             be
             
               Persecuted
            
             from
             City
             to
             City
             .
          
           And
           those
           
             Persecutors
          
           are
           such
           as
           
             are
             born
             after
             the
             flesh
             ;
          
           and
           are
           the
           makers
           of
           
             Sects
             .
          
        
         
           And
           the
           
             Wisdom
             of
             God
          
           saith
           ,
           
             Behold
             I
             send
             you
             Prophets
             and
             Apostles
             ,
             and
             some
             of
             them
             they
             shall
             
               Persecute
            
             and
             
               Kill
               ,
            
             that
             all
             
             the
             Blood
             that
             have
             been
             shed
             from
             the
             Foundation
             of
             the
             VVorld
             may
             be
             required
             of
             this
             Generation
             .
          
           
           Of
           that
           
             Persecuting
             Birth
          
           born
           of
           the
           flesh
           ,
           that
           cannot
           
             love
             Enemies
             .
          
        
         
           And
           Christ
           saith
           ,
           
             If
             they
             
               Persecute
            
             me
             ,
             they
             will
             also
             
               Persecute
            
             you
             that
             keep
             my
             Sayings
             .
          
           And
           they
           will
           not
           keep
           your
           Sayings
           ,
           that
           do
           not
           keep
           Christ's
           ,
           (
           who
           saith
           ,
           
             love
             Enemies
             .
          
           
           )
           And
           therefore
           are
           we
           
             Persecuted
             ,
          
           because
           we
           
             keep
          
           Christ's
           
             Sayings
          
           and
           
             Commands
             ,
          
           who
           is
           the
           
             Redeemer
          
           and
           
             Saviour
             ,
          
           who
           saith
           ,
           
             Swear
             not
             at
             all
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           
             Steven
          
           told
           the
           
             Jews
          
           when
           they
           did
           
             Persecute
          
           and
           
             Stone
          
           him
           to
           Death
           ,
           
             That
             they
             always
             resisted
             the
             holy
             Ghost
             ,
             and
             that
             their
             Fathers
             had
             been
             
               Persecutors
            
             of
             the
             Prophets
             .
          
        
         
           And
           
             Paul
          
           after
           he
           was
           Converted
           ,
           told
           the
           
             Jews
          
           and
           
             Heathens
             ,
          
           how
           he
           had
           been
           exceeding
           
             Mad
          
           against
           the
           Christians
           ,
           and
           had
           
             Persecuted
             
               that
               VVay
               ,
            
          
           Christ
           the
           
             Light
             ;
          
           And
           now
           he
           was
           
             sent
             to
             turn
             People
             from
             Darkness
             to
             Light
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             Power
             of
             Satan
             unto
             God.
          
           And
           how
           he
           had
           
             Persecuted
             
               the
               Church
               of
               God
               ,
            
          
           and
           
             thought
             he
             did
             God
             good
             service
             ;
          
           
           And
           was
           exceeding
           
             Envious
          
           against
           them
           ,
           and
           
             Injurious
             ?
          
           A
           
             Fanatick
          
           spirit
           .
           Yet
           afterwards
           he
           saith
           ,
           that
           he
           himself
           
             was
             
               Persecuted
            
             but
             not
             forsaken
             ,
             for
             the
             Lord
             was
             with
             him
             ;
          
           when
           he
           
             exercised
          
           himself
           
             to
             keep
             his
             Conscience
             void
             of
             offence
             towards
             God
             ,
             and
             towards
             man
             ;
          
           Then
           those
           
             Persecuted
          
           him
           ,
           and
           
             were
             against
             him
          
           and
           
             forsook
          
           him
           ,
           who
           before
           were
           
             for
          
           him
           ;
           
             but
             the
             Lord
             did
             not
             forsake
             him
             ,
             but
             was
             with
             him
             ,
          
           1
           Cor.
           15.
           
        
         
           
             Now
          
           here
           is
           the
           
             Two
             Births
             ,
             
               Paul
            
          
           was
           
             Persecuted
          
           when
           he
           was
           
             Born
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
          
           but
           when
           he
           was
           of
           the
           
             Flesh
          
           he
           was
           a
           
             Persecutor
             .
          
           Now
           
             they
             that
             will
             live
             godly
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             ,
             must
             suffer
             
               Persecution
            
          
           by
           the
           
             ungodly
             ,
          
           who
           are
           ,
           and
           ever
           were
           the
           
             Persecutors
             ,
          
           and
           
             unprofitable
             Talkers
             ,
          
           2
           Tim.
           3.
           
        
         
           And
           the
           Apostle
           saith
           ,
           he
           was
           
             in
             Necessities
             ,
             and
             in
             Persecution
             ,
             and
             Affliction
             ,
             and
             endured
             Stripes
             ,
             Hunger
             and
             Nakedness
             :
          
           And
           again
           he
           saith
           ,
           
             neither
             Persecution
             ,
             nor
             Famine
             ,
             nor
             Tribulation
             ,
             nor
             Distresse
             ,
             should
             separate
             them
             from
             the
             love
             of
             God
             :
             And
             for
             Christ's
             sake
             they
             were
             killed
             all
             the
             day
             long
             ,
             and
             were
             accounted
             as
             sheep
             for
             the
             slaughter
             ,
             and
             through
             Christ
             they
             were
             more
             than
             Conquerors
             over
             all
             those
             
               Persecutors
               .
            
          
           So
           he
           that
           is
           born
           of
           the
           
             Spirit
          
           is
           to
           suffer
           
             Persecution
          
           by
           the
           
             Birth
          
           born
           after
           the
           flesh
           :
           and
           not
           again
           to
           
             Persecute
             ,
          
        
         
         
           And
           
             Jeremiah
          
           saith
           ,
           who
           was
           
             Persecuted
          
           of
           the
           
             Jews
             :
          
           All
           their
           
             Persecutors
          
           ovetook
           them
           (
           when
           God
           brought
           the
           
             Heathen
          
           upon
           them
           )
           which
           were
           swifter
           than
           an
           
             Eagle
             from
             Heaven
             :
          
           And
           this
           came
           upon
           
             Jeremiah's
             
               Persecutors
               ,
            
          
           who
           prayed
           to
           the
           Lord
           to
           
             Revenge
          
           him
           of
           his
           
             Persecutors
             ,
             Jer.
          
           15.
           
        
         
           And
           the
           Apostle
           speaks
           of
           some
           that
           had
           been
           accounted
           Christians
           amongst
           them
           that
           were
           
             Doggs
             :
          
           that
           after
           a
           time
           
             turned
          
           again
           and
           
             lickt
             up
             the
             Vomit
             ,
          
           (
           as
           many
           do
           now
           ,
           and
           these
           
             Doggs
          
           were
           
             greedy
          
           and
           
             hungry
             Persecutors
             ,
          
           and
           
             Devourers
             ,
          
           that
           
             lick
             up
             their
             own
             Vomit
          
           )
           and
           will
           not
           feed
           upon
           the
           
             bread
             that
             comes
             down
             from
             heaven
             ,
             Christ
             Jesus
             .
          
           And
           some
           that
           went
           under
           the
           Name
           of
           Christians
           ,
           after
           that
           they
           were
           
             washed
          
           did
           run
           into
           the
           
             mire
             again
             .
          
        
         
           
             So
             Consider
          
           this
           ye
           who
           are
           not
           Heirs
           of
           God
           and
           Elect
           before
           the
           World
           began
           ,
           see
           if
           ye
           be
           not
           of
           the
           
             Doggs
          
           and
           
             Swine
             renting
             ,
          
           and
           
             tearing
             ,
          
           and
           in
           the
           
             mire
             ,
          
           and
           
             licking
             up
             your
             own
             Vomit
             .
          
        
         
           And
           the
           
             VVoman
             ,
          
           the
           
             true
             Church
             ,
          
           was
           
             Persecuted
             ,
          
           which
           
             brought
             forth
             the
             Man
             Child
             .
          
           Sea
           
             Rev.
          
           12.
           
        
         
           And
           the
           
             First-born
             ,
          
           who
           is
           born
           after
           the
           
             Flesh
             ,
             Persecuted
             him
             that
             was
             born
             after
             the
             Spirit
             ,
          
           Gal.
           4.
           
           For
           he
           that
           is
           born
           after
           the
           
             Flesh
          
           is
           a
           
             Persecutor
             ,
          
           though
           he
           may
           Professe
           all
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           Church-Worship
           ,
           and
           Ministry
           ,
           yet
           he
           is
           a
           
             Persecutor
             .
          
        
         
           
             Queen
             Mary
             Persecuted
          
           the
           tender
           Vines
           and
           Budds
           ,
           and
           Plants
           as
           they
           sprang
           up
           ;
           Whose
           End
           and
           Dayes
           the
           Lord
           shortned
           :
           And
           
             woeful
          
           and
           
             miserable
          
           was
           the
           end
           of
           many
           of
           those
           
             Bishops
          
           and
           
             Bloody
             Tyrants
             ,
          
           which
           in
           her
           dayes
           were
           the
           greatest
           
             Persecutors
             .
          
           As
           ye
           may
           read
           in
           
             Foxe's
             Monuments
             .
          
        
         
           And
           also
           ,
           we
           warned
           the
           
             Long-Parliament
          
           of
           their
           
             Persecution
             ,
          
           who
           heard
           not
           ,
           nor
           regarded
           the
           Prophets
           of
           the
           Lord
           ;
           who
           at
           the
           last
           were
           turned
           out
           as
           unfit
           for
           his
           use
           .
        
         
           
             We
          
           warned
           
             Oliver
             Protector
             ,
          
           in
           whose
           Dominions
           there
           was
           
             Persecution
          
           almost
           in
           every
           place
           ,
           who
           would
           not
           here
           and
           consider
           as
           he
           ought
           to
           have
           done
           ;
           and
           so
           his
           Days
           also
           were
           shortned
           .
        
         
           
             We
             warned
             other
             Parliaments
          
           of
           their
           
             Persecution
             ,
          
           and
           to
           stop
           and
           limit
           
             Persecutors
             .
          
        
         
         
           
             We
             warned
             Richard
             Cromwel
          
           of
           
             Persecution
          
           and
           
             Persecutors
             ,
          
           to
           stop
           and
           limit
           them
           .
        
         
           
             We
             warned
             the
             Committee
             of
             Safety
          
           (
           so
           called
           )
           of
           the
           
             Plagues
          
           and
           
             Judgements
          
           of
           God
           that
           were
           coming
           upon
           their
           heads
           :
           and
           of
           the
           blood
           of
           the
           
             Innocent
          
           in
           the
           Nation
           that
           lay
           shed
           ,
           by
           
             Persecutors
             ,
          
           in
           
             Goals
             ,
             Prisons
             ,
          
           and
           
             Houses
          
           of
           
             Correction
             ;
          
           And
           mens
           
             Lives
          
           and
           
             Estates
          
           were
           taken
           from
           them
           by
           men
           in
           
             Tyranny
          
           and
           
             Persecution
             ;
          
           yet
           great
           Talking
           and
           Professing
           of
           God
           and
           Christ
           with
           the
           Lipps
           ,
           but
           out
           of
           his
           Life
           and
           Doctrine
           .
        
         
           
             Last
             of
             all
          
           we
           have
           
             warned
             Charles
          
           the
           
             King
          
           who
           hath
           his
           day
           ,
           and
           all
           his
           Officers
           and
           Magistrates
           under
           him
           ,
           by
           whom
           many
           of
           the
           
             Innocent
          
           are
           cast
           into
           Goals
           ,
           lying
           on
           straw
           in
           Dungeons
           ,
           some
           whereof
           are
           sick
           and
           weak
           ,
           and
           some
           dead
           ,
           and
           Wives
           and
           Children
           ,
           and
           necessary
           things
           denyed
           them
           :
           Therefore
           consider
           these
           things
           for
           this
           is
           the
           day
           now
           of
           your
           Tryal
           .
        
         
           All
           you
           that
           do
           
             Persecute
          
           about
           
             Religion
             ,
             Church
             ,
             VVorship
             ,
             Ministry
             ,
             Sacrifice
          
           and
           
             Offerings
             ,
          
           are
           no
           more
           
             Respected
          
           of
           God
           than
           
             Cain
          
           was
           ,
           neither
           hath
           God
           any
           more
           regard
           to
           your
           
             Services
          
           than
           He
           had
           to
           his
           .
        
         
           
             H.
             F.
             
          
        
         
           THE
           END
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A41028-e840
           
             2
             Pet.
             2.4
             .
          
           
             Gen.
             4.
             
          
           
             Gen.
             6.
             2
             
             Pet.
             2.5
             .
          
           
             Numb
             .
             24.
             
          
           
             Mich.
             7.4
             .
          
           
             
               Mat.
            
             25.
             
          
           
             1
             King.
             22.
             
          
           
             2
             
               Sam.
            
             24
             
          
           
             
               Psa
               .
            
             119.10
             .
          
           
             Ezek.
             12.
             
          
           
             Dan.
             3.
             
          
           
             Mich.
             3.
             
          
           
             Act.
             12.
             
          
           
             Luk.
             13.
             
          
           
             Act.
             5.40
             
          
           
             Acts
             21
             ,
             22.
             chap.
             
          
           
             Act.
             9.4
             .
          
           
             Luk.
             11.
             
          
           
             John
             14.
             
          
           
             Act.
             22.26
             .