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THIS phrase, not accepting deliverance, presupposeth that deliverance was offered to them, otherwise they could not have rejected it: For there not accep∣ting was a rejecting. That offering of deliverance, was by their persecutors; but
upon condition that they should yield to them. This is evident by that which Nebuchadnezar said to Daniel's three Companions, when they were accused for not worshipping his Idol; which was this, If ye be ready to fall down and wor∣ship the Image, he thereby implies, that they should be spared: for he addeth, If you worship not, you shall be cast into a fiery fornace. Dan. 3. 15. Most evident is this in those to whom this Apostle hath reference, 2 Maccab. 6. 22, 30. and 7. 24. So also Act. 4. 18. This was usuall with the persecuting Emperors and Governors under them in the first ten persecutions against Christians, and also with Antichristian persecutors, and particularly with such persecutors in England in Queen Maryes dayes.* 1.1
〈◊〉〈◊〉 hate the truth most,