ì.ßo ter, verfe 2 a . that thoughhand ioyne in hand the wicked (hall not bee vnpuntlhed'. And this maketh them hable to the curie that Jeremydenounceth', Curfed hec the man that t rufethinmen; andmaketh J1 fl' his alineAnd witbdrawethbit heartfrom the Lorde Ic(erny 17.5. mn(ilucion, to continueour faithfulnetTe, that Godmay con- , tinue his fauour and goodneffe to vs.lf we feeke him in ourpt ot: 1peritv,we ihallfind him inour aduerfity : if we ferue him in our bef: fafety , wee (ball bee preferued in our grease(}perils : if our hearts beopen to receiue his word,hiseies will beopen to feeour dot}relfes,and we Thal not need tofueto the wicked men for aide andprotedion. Reproofs of their follywhich eafl themfelues into fuch rrifery as that they cannot be fafe without filch miferable helpers. Euill men tnu(1 fall themfelues , andhow can they make other (inners to (land?They mull be condemned and executed , and can they fet their companions at liberty ? Awretched cafe is" that male- (tor in,chat bath no better friends thenhim that (landeth at the bar ingieues and bolts arraignedby him. It is as bad to haue the enemies (word copierce ones fideswithout,as a ruinous houfe to g,10. 30. fall on his head within . The feuen and twenty thoufandmen whomthewall fell upon in Aphek , were in as bad flue, as the hundred thoufand that were flaine in the fiel-d.And it will appease in the end, that all wickedmen when confidence is repofedin them,arenothing elle but fwelling walles, andold rottencables that are rumbling downe. Boat the roote, &c. There's no danger to them thatgrowby faith in IeCus Chriff . The tallef} cedars,and lrongefl oakes are not fall Ceded and firrnely rooted,as is the lowe(l Saint & weak- etl Chrt[lian . In thofekind oftrees , the root cannot defend the branches , nor body : the wind may breake off the boughes,and armes and theaxe may cut downe the whole1}ocke without re- f llance,but our roote doth minifleras much safetyas Cap to the whole Church and euery1prig ofthe fanle.No (brines and tem pe(}s, no force nor weapons (hall feparate theleat} of his from him.nor anyway make fpoileofthem. (d)Ht g. Frtl,,hee dr-iethvp the lpring and fountain.e of all hurtsand dangers, T 2
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