-CHAP. XVI. 359 neth the garden ofhis Church ; and the feverall rootes & branches of the faine; whereupon fuch as are planted in the .9s z Lords houîe, o do flourifh in his courts , P f 3, and i}il1 bring forth finit ; their leafe fa-14' dethnot, neyther doth their fruit fayle Eec,47p i becaufe their waters mn out of the P 1, fanduarie. 7. A third reafon of the fainhs gather- ing together,is that theymight the better reíifi thecómune adverfaries. For there is wane continual', q betweene the fer- 9 Gcn3,I . ponts feede & the church; & theyr band r themfelues togither,tobefet the ftents of fRc^,i. 20,9. the Sainds,and the beloved city.Againit that kingdorne ofdarknes , God gather- eth and fetteth a contrarykingdoine , a bandof Chriftian foldiers, or t heauenly tRev.19,14 warriours , the boil oftheLord; who 19 Chron,g, (standing and fighting together under the 19, banner ofhis gofpel, by the conduct of his Spirit, and Chrift their captaine; are an help, ftrength and comfort one to an- other. Thefe corne x willingly, at the x Pfzio, time ofafreinbling Chrifts armye in ho- ly bewty, among them are Y guids & lea-Y IREMil dens, the overfeers of the Churches , as 2 rim* 2,314 R the
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