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 years bygone but ever they yield to them; say they, I could not help paying of the cess, and taking of the bond and paying locality, I wot well, say they, I did it against my will, and so it was my affliction and suffering: the Lord will not thank you for it; it is not suffering: it is yielding.

4. There is a fourth mean, that we should prescribe to you, in order to the doing what ye can, to hasten the Lord's contending with them that contend with you; and you may read it, Luke xviii, 7 'Pray always and faint not, will not God avenge his own elect that cry to him day and night tho' he bear long with them.' You must not quit praying, refuse to give him rest, or keep silent till he establish truth, and make Jerusalem a praise in the whole earth. Many of you, it may be, have prayed long and come little speed. 'We have been in pain, but have brought forth the wind; yet you must continue; will ye continue this year, and ye may get deliverance the next.—We cannot set a time, but we know not how soon our deliverance may appear to all, to the terror of enemies, confusion of them that reproach us, and to the rejoicing of his people; for he is upon the matter coming; cry, Come forward, he will be avenged of his enemies, if ye quit duty ere he come, ye will get no thanks when he comes; according to that, Ezek. xviii. 24. 'If the righteous man commit sin, his