The Clods Enemies: TlreIewesllnemies, werccheirEnemicsforGods (ake :Thefe,ours,forReligi. ons fake.Thefe had letdowneacertaine day in which(asit wcre)iuan infiant todoe their villany. Ours,had refolued vpona day alfo, ycaeven vpon a very point oftitne,inwhichtoaccompli fhtheirdiuellilhenterprife. Therehaddif poled the manner of the levees deflruetion by a Lot, eucry confpirator was appointedhis particular feruice. Oarshadallotted entry oat hiataske,fometo prouideat home, foteeto negotiate abroad in othercountries, fometo make tumults in thecity , others toraife rebellionin thecountry. Nay, fcarfeaPa. pill ofany intelligence in the land, (asmay earlybe gathered by theirgenerall confidenceat that time) but hewas imployed at the leali thus firre foorth, to prayfor the good fucccrfeof the Catholiques , there being thenCome fpeciall feruice in hand for their common benefit. Thefe which fought mifcluefe a- gainfl the Iew cs,had thewarrant ofa King, forthat which they lid: Outs,the allowanceofhim, that takethvponhim tobe aboue Kings, theManorRome, cuenhi, holinf Ile, hisvnholy difpenfation e' Indeed a thing deuifed inHell, might foonepatte withSecar anddlewed,at Rome. Well,in fine,thefeaduerfa. ties were luddealy defeated; Ours, in a momentdifappointed, even when their monfirous conceptionwasat the very point ofdeliuerance. Theywere liaise the fame day in which they thought to haue murthered : thereperifhed then when they promi fedto themfelues an eternal) viftory. Thus farce wee haue feen, Enemiesalike, danger alike, a deliuerancein fomecìrcumíances notvnlike. Nowmarke, how in fome other thingsagaine,thisof Ours far ex. ceeds, Thefeenemies ofthe Iewes were ofanotherNation:Thefe Popifh con. fpiratonrs wereour owne country-men. The Iewes whom they fought to de. firoywere their vnderlings, captiues , and fuch as lined in their landbut by courtege: Thofe whom thefeRomifh Leaguers fought tomurther, were their Iawfall Gouernourstto whomboth by Religion andNature they did oweobe. dime. Oh inhumanity,oh Popery,be thefethy fruits! IfrhisbeReligion let hellbe madebeauen, and let thedepthofvillany bee theheight ofpiety. The plottersagain[! the Iewes were heathenmen,Pagans,Tnfidels,flamaa himfelfa . . an Amalekite, a fworneenemy toGods truth : Thefe inname Chrillian and CatholiquesofRome,members ofthatChurch,out ofwhich(if we will beljeue them)thereisnoholineffe. Wel lmightNerobeaSainr ,ifehiswerehotinefte. maywell fay of them,as la+abdidof theTaft ofSimeenandLeta; Curfedhetheir wratb,farit was frerce,and their rage, foritwa;eraellr. Toproeeedeyet: Their ill- rGea.494; withersto the fewes,albeit theymeant nothing but mifchiefe,yet theycarried nottheirpurpofe fo clofely but thatit wasknowne, and thepootc !eweshad warning, ifnot toefcape death, yet toauoid themilery which might happen totheir foules by a fuddendeath: Thefe(whom we fpeake of) intended filch a flaughter,whichbeingbut a blafl,mighthauebrought many totheir,reekoning beforeGod, before they had thought vpon theiraccount. Neuer Any rage fo great among mencalled Chriflians, but although thebloodwas flied, yet there was leauc given to the foule toprepare it felfe fen. the Lord. But Popery tnnft be like itfell; ithuh euerbeen abutchery o ffoules. How true isthe layingof Salomon: Timmere! esofthe wiekedarteraell c ? This is the Romifh mercy , toTay f rn<z t;.ttù men beHeretiques, and yetto fend themaway quiekewithout anyMoment of time to repent them. Ifthisbe theirmercy, whatthinke youmay their cruelty be? Hang down yourheads you Papifls,ei llsame;youpretented Catholiks,ne, tierfeeke for fig-leaues tocover thenakednes ofyonr teal ¿aro mother: thong Pe bewa/bedwithnitre, and mach rope, yetthis Inigaity is fa markedbefore Gad s, andfn t ier.s.a Ilatefull in the fight ofall indifferentmen,that the reproaáli therof can neuer be doneaway.There is one yet very effe&ual£ircumflance,to noteout the excee- ding greatnesofonr deliuerance above thisof the IewesrGodgauedeliuerance to theft iewes,in a timewhen they werebunbledby csptiuity,>lt hadalfo çaPe r dome
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