Preached in L x N" T. c David,and on thyjide,thoit Son oflejfe.Whella Prince may fay ofhisLand,asMo{es did ofJuda (Dettt.3J·7·) Hu ownehands ue[,.jfmentfor hun (iftf'e Lord helpe him)a– gainjl all his enemies :And the~andmay fay ofth<; Pnnte,that wh1chSalomotJ fetreth downe,as the high commendanon of aPnnce,that he~s Rex Alkum (rhar IS) Ne {urgito, RifeTllll; No rifing,agamlt lum, forrhat,they whKh~ave nfen;had better have Proqo.3r; tare fiill. And they both may fend word to the enem1e (1f he threaten to comeand vi!it them) chcwordthat loa< lent (2 Jl.eg.I4.Io.) Tarryathome, andprovoke not evill agdin.ft thy Jelfe. This Muficke is blelfed; and fuch hath hitherto beene the fong of our Nation. . - · What S.rnuel C1id when he pitched theStone of helpe (r Sam.7.12.) we cannot deny but we may fay the fame, Thmfar hath God holpen m : whofearmei;not)hurt– nul, ;ho~gh Pbaraoh's heart be hardened. Hitherto, Salvation hath.G o o Jet for ottr walls and Br~lwarlw, and our Pnnce,PnnceAllcttm; and our et1em1e hath not boarted , Rc&~d.H~ himfelfe at theptttting off hi; armour a< at the bttcklingit on : and our Neighbours glad to lay holdof our skirts andJay,rve wzll beyorm,for Wf fee,Goduwtth you;(Zach. 8. I o.) Thegreat blefing of Go n-having beene uponus (Deut.z8 .12.) ThouJbalt lendto ma. ny Nations ,bttt)halt borro•v of none. Suchhat~ hnherto beene our fong: and,fuch may, · itlong be; yea, ever, 0 Lord. And, that lt may fo be, Davrdteacheth tile way of · keeping itfo fiill; Namcly,bySettingfa.ft the Pillars of it. Which is the [ec;ond prin; cipall point : What thisjlrength is;and what thePillars are thatbeare it up. ' . '· The HoLY G 1-i os 'I' fpeakingofftrengt~,namethtwo (Gen.3>·>S.) asCili~ deed) the Scripture knoweth no more: 1 Thejlrengthof lacob; and •rhej/rengthof raet: 1 Of Ucob, fupplanting, or prevailing over men: • and of Ifrael, prevailing withGon. . · Iacob's .ftrength I call, whatfdever the counfell or might of man :1£foordech; lli~ pmdentfore.ca.ft, whereby hec over.reached Ej411 (Genejisz7·36.) andLab.tn (3o. 37.) And his bow and frriord, whereby hewanne from the<...Amorite (Genejis 48. Io.J Vnder thefe two, I comprehend all humane firength; the firength of ~~ .. Bur, 1vhen all is done, wemult referveand keepe :1 flrtngth forG~d,faith D.ivid z . (Pfal. 59. 9.) Who, if he forfake Alexandria, though it havethe Seaforhis ditch, it Nabum.j.S. ilia!! bee carried captive: who if he forfake Ephraim, though they bewellharnejfed and carrie bowes, they iliall turm themfel.,es backe in the t!·•J of batte/1. Therefore, ever pr.,t. 77 . 9 , Dommmcomn1eth in.: (Deut.33 ·7·)Iud~'s own hands are{tiffi•·iefWi helpe,Si tu Iiomine, If thou Lord helpe him again{/ the tnemie: And.Niji Dominm,ifthat the Lprddoe pit keepe the hoz{e, andwatch the houfe, andm~ke fajl the Pillars, all is in vai»c (P{al. I.27l Pro<.Jo. 1; ' 1.) Joyne(faith the Wifcman) Ittiel (that is DominMt meettm;) and then, Fca/,.(rhat · is,Pr£vatet.o?) will nottarry from you: real and Hegoe ever rogethei·. Sever (f;;\~h Davzdj H11 tncurribm,Hii inequi5, from In nomine Dnnini, thcnextllewes,you !hall heareofthem,is,*Ibi acidmmt,&c.There they t<re brottght dowpe andfallen. Therefore •pral.to.i; we mull allow Ijrael a ltrength, alfo; without which, Iacobs for~qlt.(hall failc: (for, 1Jecajlcthout thecozm{els of Princes, P{al.33. Io.) and his fword too: For,I;Ie can-rebatetht edge of the Jrtmd, P{al.89·43· Two (lrmgths then there are : and rhefetwoDavid(here)·term·erh two Pillar! (~hat _we may know what beet~e Pillars of the ~and.) For, fuch was the manner of ~e I,wlfh bmldmg: Arch.w1fe, upc>ntwomamePiltarstofcrit. Weemayfee1t ~Shm(ons ~efi~e,Iudg.r6.29 .fo to be placed,as the two Supporters ofthe Temple u ~ t bee m h1s two hands,that bowing them, all the Church mighr come downc n~"n the1r heads. Such an arch of government dot!~· JJavidherodev1fc; and two .ctlliiT'S b . · b c h h h lanng1tup. Hetellcthus,th~ybetwo: andhctdlethuswhatthey epor, h fia',r/ ready named rhem,in the two former Vfes: 1 celebrahimru tei • u o v ·.\ in r e 'r ' And, • Iujliti.u jr1dicabo, in the fccond. G o o, and .Right, the Pillam A:t The
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