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And thoſe ſo racked in all joints,
as Sinews none go free:
But Legs and Arms aſunder ſpeld,	Mat. 27. 25.
hung up and nail'd on Tree:
And what may ſeem to be untouch'd
thy tender Bowels all,
So burnt, as flockning welcom was
by Vinegar and Gall.
All this thou ſuffered, Lord, & more
than any can expreſs:
Why ſhould I then be fear d for ſuch	Mat. 27. 4.
like ſufferings more or leſs:
Thou came to witneſs for the Truth,
and to muſt all thine do:
Thou came to ſuffer for the Truth
and ſo muſt all thine too:
None tollow thee, except they be	Mat. 16. 24,
content thy Croſs to bear:
None crown'd ſhall be, except they will	2 Tim. 11. 2.
for Truth thy Livery wear.
The Truth is limite to thy Word,
thine and none others ſaw:
ThyScriptures meaning thou will have	John 5. 39.
my Rule, and thy full Law,
O that I were inclin'd to do
what Duties there are nam'd:
Then when I ſuffer ſhould for Truth,	1 Pet. 4. 16.
I could not be aſham'd.
And ſuffer muſt we, elſe do wrong,	Mat. 15. 19.
when Men from Age to Age,
To chop and change thine Ordinances,
run headlong in a rage:
And by their own Traditions,	Pſal. 119.
do make thy Precepts void:	116