4.44 The Risineofgods Enemies; e dPfa1.64.e. but in themwas verifiedthat of thePfalme ; Theirowne tongnesfell vpon them á, their ownepen difcouered them, and that which the watchtull eye ofgonerne- mentdid not efpie,theirowne pattybuzzing brought tolight. I report nonew thing : you know the letter,howit wasendited,towhom it was fent,andhow it was conftrued.Andfowas that madegood whichSalomon faith;Cafewethe eEed. roe,. Xing,&c:thatwhich bathwings palldeclare themattere: Itwas a quill,apeece of wing,thatrevealed ir.Thirdly,it was an utterfallttheir put-poleswere defeated totheir owneconfufion:So thatwe may well take vp that ofthe Karnes,They made apit,anddggedit, andfell eitetbe po that they made ; their mfc!?iefek retained JPlh.., t,r6 vpon their owne head, and their cruelty fallen vpon tbeir ownepate f ; and preyfeebe the 8Pfai554.6. Lord, wheel, bathnetgeuo vs anaprey vete their teeth g. Thus byplaiseTeffimo. nies ofScripeurr,and by our owne expel esce, it is prouedvntovs, that the Enemies ofGod andofhisChurch fltali allperi/hfear Sifera,in the height oftheir pride,by meaner (inmans conceit) improbable,by a courfeand mini irreco- ucrable. The t. 7h. The fieRNee of this dodrine, is to flirte vsvpto fill our moutheswiththe praifesofGod,lo often as werecount the deliuerances whichGod hash vouch. fafed to hisChurch, efpeciatly thole which inour owne times wehonehadex.. b leek t.s. perience of. Thisvie did Deborah make of thevidoryagainaSrfsrah: Napsof fExod,ila. the ouerthrowofPharaeb , and the deliueranceoutof/Egypt i, Many bee the Pfalmes whichwerepenned vpon fuch occafions. It is the chiefe thing which Godexpedlethofvs; Callvpon me in thedayoftroable,fewell Idefiner thee,and thew ¡P&L fo.if. lhaltglorifie mek. The fpirit ofGod notablydefcribeth the ioyof the Churchfor theruine ofthe Kingdomeof Apttc)trtft, t%4llelx_iah,faluatim, andglory;andho. 6Reu: tg.r. crater, andpewer be to theLord our God,&ci. And the remains of God are incited and encouragedfo todoe.©Heaaenreioyce o fbtr,andyeholyApofllesandProphets, mReu.tasofor god bathgerm youiudge:metonbet- m, Andalbeitwe may hauecauCeofpity when we thinke vpon their foules,,yetfoCarte forth astheruineof theenemies of God,makes for theChurches good,weOught to reioyce in theirouerthrow. iPfadse. so. The righteoaa (faith Daniel) fhall reioyce when heefeeth thevengeance a, andblefed fball hebe (laid the people touching Babylon, which hadheld them in longcap. fPfal,r37.9...tiuity)thet ra4eth andda/heth thychildren ageing theAwe"No natipñhath mere caule to performe thisduty then we:It were long torehearfe eueryparticular. Trulymay it be lardof the ChurchofEngland,as raced Paid to lufeph in his will; 7be Archersheuegr/eaedher, and/hot againflher, and hatedher, dot t her bowbatha- bodeflrong, thehandsofher armee hatesbanfrengtbenedby the handsofthe mighty pGen.4gs3, gudof iacob P; and (hee may fayas the Church oflfr'zel,7bey hareofteetntesaf. a4. Pledme frommy youth vp,but they co,#Mno, preua'leagan,Jlmot Neither was any R Pfal.ra9 t,.deliuerancegiven vs by God,more notorious thenwas this, from that bloody ),&c; ` ma/fakerintendedagsiull the whole State, by an vnheard ofkindofexecution upon thellings Maiefty,hisdeareRQueene,their Princely Sonne(ourhopefor ,hereafter)the honourable Counfeliours,the nobleLords,andB3arons,the reue. rendBithops, the graue Sages and fudges of the(.and, betides many worthy Gentlemenand Commoners of the dtealmé: no Rory, whether barbarous or ChrifSian,maketh mention ofany the like brutifh, hehilli cruelty. Thatwhich ,(in myopinion) throughout the Rory ofthe Scripture commeth neereft vnto -it, is thatplot of Haman, for thevtter rooting outof the people of the Iewes. For thebetter quìckningofvsvittothankfulneffe, I will a little infift vpon it, and (hewyou firft , how there two confpiracies , (that a Hamanand his ad. intents, and thisof thePapills combined in thePowder-Treafon)doe agreer and then fecondly , wherein this latter doth in fanage cruelty farce exceede that,andfo.by confequence, howourdeliverance isfarre more admirable then was thatofthe Iewes, though thatwereallo very famous : Fiait, touching the agreement betwixt the two plots,and thedeliverancesfromboth,markit thus. The M
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