441 THE RVINE OF GODS ENEMI ES: Preachedvpon the Commemoration dayof the deliaerancefrom the Gun-powder Trea f n. IvDGEs 5. 3t, So let all thins Enemies perifh, OLord. Pits istheconclufion ofthatDiuine fong whichDeborahand thede en= Raraltfang after that geat deliaerance whichGodgaue the danceÉthi, Ifraelites fromWinKing of Canaan, and after the.ouer- verfe span throw ofSifira theGenerall of the field. Nowwhenas in the refofthe the latter part of thishymme, Deborah (who Ifuppofe was Chaptcr. the compiler of it) hadafter a mofe eloquent manner,. let our the falbionofSifera his fall,by the handsof lae,themilt of fisher theKenite, Ihre Ihutteth vg all with this prophecicailconclufion So aVert 54,&c. peririfh authineenemies, 0 Lord.This is the orderof the place. Theclaufe it felfeis aProphecy: foralbeit itruine in theforme ofan Impre. Thegeneralt cation,yetit being confidered, what Deborahwas,euen aPropbeteffeb, wemuff nitureofi. needs thinke that the groundofher fpeech, was the knowledge (heehad, too- bChap.4.4, éhingthe futuree(tate andconditionof GodsChurch,for whichcaufe Theema- keth the delireof her foule futable to the purpofe and determinationofGod. As thereforeThee wellknew that Exiu(houldbunt the enemiesofGod to deftru. Efionv,ánd thatthe prouidenceofGod fhouldattend vpon thofewhichlone him, a PfuLI4o.Th for theirconti nuall preferuarion;fo here thee tettifieth the fulne(fe ofher define, that itmay befo: Solet allrbise,r1c. But theythat lowrhee,&c. - Itbeing deere then (as I take it) that this verle cameout of the mouthof The D;uiGon Déöórah as a Propheteffe,itmay bedividedinto two parts.Thefirli lets down oto. the raiseofGods enemies;So -let authin,.enemiesperi(hdec. The fecond deciareth the prafperitJofGodsfriends Butthey that lonethee,fhaubeas the SaoneAf.e. Ihauechoien the fìrlipateonely tohandleat thistime,thegenerall doékrine TheDaa, whereof,is ; That theenemies ofGodfbauperk fo ou Sifera did. For theopening whereof,two things mull be done: firfl,it mutt be (hewed who bee Gods Eno. mses: fecondly,itmultbeenquired how Silentperithed, and then the ruineof Sifaramuflbeappliedtoall Gods Enemies. Inone word,they be generally called GodsEnemies, whichare the Enemies Who beGod, ofGods Church. Thus the LordAwethat bee wouldharm marre with .Alaalek,oemies. fromgeneration togeneration,been ufe //mat/Um/hiwitb Ifrael?, and Ethan in the dbs.t7.8,tó, pfatme, faith; that thofe which reprochedthe fooe lepsofGodr annoixted, reproached the Lorde, according as Taalwas PaidtoperfecuteCbr ;becaufeheeperfecuted,pr1.89.tt. the Churchn ; In the faille fenfe , Sennacherib , is laid to haue rayledsgamfl the fAet, 9,4 Helieeeof lfraelh;.becanfe hee rayled again(! the Church and people of g, Cora SO, God imIfratl. Now the enemies of Gods Church are of two forts. some h Ifa.;y,tg, are
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