&miter Z 8. t $2; 37; this Nation, There are many tha; nig and day.pray $roo God,that the Ark may not be taken ; and let me allure yvu ) God did never fOrlakea'praying and reiOrmingpeople. When God intehdi to de- itroya Nation , and take away tue Ark, he takes away the Spirit of Prayer: but w ere God givesthe Spirit o4 Prayer , there God will continue tile Ark.-You all snow, that if there ..ad been but ten good men in thofe five Cities, God would have them : We have many hundreds that tear god in this Nation , chat do not give God rein, but night and day pray unto God for this Land:And waoAgt)ws but for thet; fakes, God will fpare the Ark ? Thirdly, another ground of comfort is this, That God hathiither. to dealt with England, not byway of Rule, bat by way of Preroga-, live; we have had un-Churching fins all theReignof Q Elkakethp .and of K. James; and the godly Miniiters have been threatned Ruin , fromyear to year; but God hatti hitherto laved England by way of prerogative:Godbath ipared us,becauie he will fpareus;according to that Text,/we'll be gracions,to whorl; Iwill begracious. God will not be tyed to hisownRule ; and who knoweth but God will deliver us-? Fourthly, another ground ofcomfort is,That God is now pouring outhis Viols upon Anti-chrift, and all this shall end in the ruii. of Anti.chrift : God is pouring forth his Violsupon theThrone of the Beat}, and all thefe tranfaaions (ball end in the ruin of Anti-chrift; though fome drops of thefe Viols may light upon the Reformed Churches, and they may fmart for awhile, and God may feverelypu- nifh them, yet it will bebut for a little while, but the Viols (hail be poured out upon Anti-chrift : God may fcourge all the Reformed Churches before thefe Viols be poured out , and perfecutions may go through them all, the which I call drops of thefe Viols ; but the Viols are intended for Anti-chrift, and Mall end in the ruin ofAnti- -drift ; and whatfoever becomes of us , yet our children, and our children; children fhall lee the Iffue of the Viols poured out upon the Whore of 4471on ; This I fpeak for your comfort. Fifthly, I am to exhort you , That you would all ofyou contri- lute your ritmoil endeavour, tokeep the Ark of God from beino taken : And here I (hall Phew you , 1. What the Magi grate fhould do. 2. What the Mini fters fhoulol do. 3. What the people fhoulddo. First, What the Maillrate fhould do , than fay but little of them, becaufe I amnot now to fpeak to them ; theyare to ufe their Authority for the fetlingof the Ark; for the Ark of the Covenarir will be like the Ark of Noah, alwayes floatiu upon the water; un- c
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