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 taken out of our Hitorians; the latter are faithfully collected, either out of our own proper obervation, or from the tetimony of eye witnees: and this lat perecution of Ferdinand, although it may eem to bee raied on politick caues, and a great part of thoe mieries which befell the faithfull, to be acted by the licenciounee of Souldiers, by the coure of War, yet none will deny, but that the contant aserters of the Gopel were Martyrs, who will conider thoe words in the 13 Revel. 7. and it was given to the Beat to make Warre with the Saints, and overcome. Had not Nebucadonozor a politick caue to detroy Jerualem (to wit) the rah and obstinate defection of the Jewih people from him, yet you may know what account God makes of his detroying them: conult with Iaiah 47. 6, 7. Jer. 50. 18, 19. Zach. 1. 14, 18. ''and in many other places. Did not the Jewes give occaion to the perecution of Antioch, by their Domestical tumults, as may appear in the'' 2. of Machabees 5. 11? there is another intention in God,