The harmonie of Holie Scriptures vvith the seuerall sentences of sundry learned and vvorthy vvriters : collected for the comfort of all such as are desirous to seeke after theyr soules health / by I.B.

§. 13.

Take, my brethren, the Prophets (saith* 1.1 Saint Iames) for an ensample of suffering aduersitie, & of long patience, which haue spoken in the Name of the Lord.

And, let likewise that generall testimo∣nie, which the Writer to the Hebrues gi∣ueth, in commendation of all the Saints of the olde Testament, sufficiently moue vs, to be perfectly patient in all our tribulati∣ons, according to their example: where he saith: Some of them were tryed by mock∣ings* 1.2 and scourging; some by bondes and imprisonment; some were stoned; some vvere hewen in sunder; some were temp∣ted; some were slaine with the sword; som went vp and downe in Sheepes skinnes & Goates-skinnes, in great neede, afflicted & tormented: vvandering in Wildernesses, in Mountaines, in Dennes, and in hollowe Caues of the earth: the World not beeing worthy of them.

Others, also were racked, & woulde not* 1.3 be deliuered: that they might receiue a better resurrection.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Iames, 5, 10.
• * 1.2

  Hebr, 11, 36 37, 38,
• * 1.3

  Hebr. 11, 35