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 which were acted in this unhappy tragedy, we thought nothing could be declared by us, of which there was not ufficient example, whether wee conider the most bitter hured and rage of Sathan ''againt the Church or the fraudulent machinations of Antichrit, or humane fragillity in perecutions; or the mot wie counell and help of God in preerving his: but becaue it is neither unpleaant nor unprofitable for Godly pirits to looke upon many examples; partly, to ee upon what various occaions God doth exercie his Church with afflictions; partly, how craftily the old Serpent doth circumvent the Saints of God, likewie how men being expoed to trials do everall wayes fall, and latly, how valiantly God doth corroberate ome valiantly to undergo digraces, banihments, prions, deaths, and all things grievous for his Name, and how they overcame the world by bearing. Therefore wee were willing to communicate our affaires to the Churches of Chrit dipered through-the World, and Godlinesse it elfe doth command us to declare unto posterity, as much as in us lies, what waters wee have pat through, and in what furnaces of fire wee have beene heated, that'' knowing