694 Chap. 25 : AnLxpoFtion upon theBook of J GB. Verf ;a be bath auxiliaty forces ready forus. ( Pfd/. 34 7.) The Angel of the Lord eneampeek round about them that fear, hine,and delivereth them. David fpeaketh as ifone tingle Angel were a wholeArmy ; The Angel of the Lard( fcyth he) encarnpesh,he loth not fay the Angels of the Lord encampe about them that feare him ; and in- deed every Angel of the Lord is more in power, then a whole Ar- my ofmen:, yet here, pofibly, is meant that Angel who is the Lord, TheAngel of the Covenant, who as Captaine General, with his army ofcreatedAngels enearnpeth about therm that feare God. And iffo, then they need not be afrayd. (a I{loge 6. 16, 17.) When the fervent ofElifba cryedout for ha e. El:fha an- fwered,feare not : they that be with ur are mere then they that be with them. And Elifhaprayed, And fayd, L rd, 1 pray thee open his eyes that he may fee, and the Lord opened the eyss r f theyoung man, and he /sw : andbehold, the mountain, was ftali of barter, and Charretsof fire round about El:fha. IV thus it is often with us though wee difcerne it not.Wee have many inv fible (uccours, in our vilible dangers. And as, that the Angels are our helpers in eminent and extraordinary dangers is- very ccmfoteable,lo alto, that they are fo againft ordinary, commonor everyday. dangers. ( Pfal. 91. t r, la. ) Hee bragive his Angell, charge over time ; to leepe thee inall thy wayes.Tbeythatl Beare thee up in their ,hands; left Ikondafh thy foote agaiufti afiene, that is, left thou take hurt in thyday ly workes and travels. Secondly Thefe Armyes are a terrour to all thefe who rebel] and rife upagainti God, or are enemies to his people. Hee that refills God bath as many enemies as there are Angelis in heaven, or narres in the firmament, or (tones in the earth, orbeaus in the feild a fo many enemies hath hen and if God appeare as Captaine general! none (hall be able to (landbefore his arrnyes, though he levy them ofGraffe. hoppers, or Ayes, or tvarmes, or lice. How fhould the greaten feare toprovoke God whocan make them fall by that which is leaft ? For. as David acknowledged(P/aí.33. 16, 57.) There is no King Paved by the multitude ofan heft: a mighty man is not delivered by touch ffrength : ahorfe is a vaine thingfor /afety : neither .14.:4 he deliver any by bis great frengtb. So we mull acknowle& ge, That ifGod will,eny King may be de- firmed by the fn aïleft huff, thrt a mighty man tear be overcome by that which bath no firee-g:b, that a fl is a itf&aent thing for ruine,
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