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and_o glory_n and_o blessing_n rev._n 5.11_o 12._o they_o give_v all_o to_o christ_n this_o be_v a_o excellent_a preparative_a for_o suffer_v if_o we_o will_v serve_v he_o in_o other_o thing_n we_o must_v serve_v he_o in_o suffer_v for_o he_o if_o we_o will_v honour_v he_o in_o obedience_n to_o other_o command_n we_o must_v honour_v he_o in_o take_v up_o the_o cross_n too_o st._n paul_n desire_v that_o christ_n may_v be_v magnify_v in_o his_o body_n whether_o it_o be_v by_o life_n or_o by_o death_n phil._n 1.20_o if_o he_o live_v he_o will_v magnify_v christ_n by_o active_a obedience_n and_o if_o he_o die_v he_o will_v do_v it_o by_o passive_a either_o way_n he_o will_v have_v christ_n glorify_v in_o he_o 12._o tot_o laudant-ora_a quot_fw-la sunt_fw-la vulnera_fw-la magd._n hist_o cent._n 4._o cap._n 12._o the_o martyr_n romanus_n have_v a_o multitude_n of_o wound_n in_o his_o body_n thank_v the_o persecutor_n for_o open_v so_o many_o mouth_n to_o glorify_v christ_n in_o nothing_o be_v christ_n so_o much_o glorify_v as_o in_o his_o suffer_a saint_n therein_o they_o demonstrate_v the_o high_a love_n seal_v up_o the_o evangelical_n truth_n with_o their_o own_o blood_n practical_o prefer_v christ_n before_o all_o the_o world_n and_o offer_v up_o themselves_o for_o he_o who_o give_v himself_o a_o sacrifice_n for_o they_o o_o let_v we_o labour_n to_o make_v a_o total_a resignation_n of_o ourselves_o to_o he_o that_o if_o suffering_n come_v we_o may_v be_v able_a to_o bear_v they_o for_o his_o sake_n chap._n ix_o the_o six_o direction_n for_o suffering_n be_v a_o lively_a hope_n of_o eternal_a life_n hope_n assure_v we_o that_o there_o be_v another_o world_n that_o the_o good_a thing_n of_o it_o exceed_v those_o of_o this_o that_o we_o have_v a_o interest_n in_o they_o hope_n dispose_v we_o for_o they_o hope_n wait_v for_o they_o unto_o the_o end_n the_o six_o direction_n be_v this_o if_o we_o will_v be_v in_o a_o fit_a posture_n for_o suffering_n we_o must_v get_v a_o 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