Chap. 22. An Expofition upon the Book of JOB. Verf. 3o. 29, Eloquence) that beingover - joyed at fuch a treafure,he cryedOut in his fleepe; Ihavegot Them.lacles the AtheaiaN.Spiritual wit, dome renders men a Greater treafure to States, then morali salt:. dome can. Surely then theywho are fpirituallywife deferve to be reoyced in. I am flare it is not late to let them be difcouraged by whom our fafety is eftablifhed,much lefïe is it fafe to let them fall by whom in their capacity kingdoms ftand;leaft of all,is it fafe to .cart them downe, who (by the rule ofdivine politicks) are State- upholders.T herefore let me fay this to all the powers of thisworld, do not deftroy thofa who have the priviledge to he Saviours and Deliverers.Yea, Takeheed ofdeading and ftraifniug their fpirits in prayer for you, aboveall, take heed of tu<-uing their prayers againft you. Doe not provoke your owne Horfemen to fight a- gain*you, and yourown Chariot--wheeles to run over you M Otte are thebelt friends to a Nation, fo the worft enermies.Better have many outwardly oppofing you,then one(upon jail ground) fecretly praying, or but complaining toGod againft you, They who have no power at all in their hands, no not fo much as to help or fave themfelves,may yet deftroy many by the purenefs of their hands, that is, they holding up pure hands in prayer, may bringdown deftruftionupon many saho arewicked, and the ad- verfaries ofChríft becaufe their adverfaries. But that which they moftiv doe, and that which they worft of all defire to doe is, That Lands and Iflands may be deliveredby the purenef"e of their hands. . To fhut up this poynt and Chapter, we fee, that ar the Saints are killed all the day long, by the wicked world;for theLordsfake (Rom. 8. 36.) that is, becaufe they own theLord and his wayesë fo the wicked ofthe world are (pared even all the day long, or as oftenas they are (pared by the Lord, for the fake of the Saints, that is,becaufe the Lordowns and approves them and their ways, and doch thereforegive peace to the world,that foin their peace, they allo may havepeace.
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