88 Chrift hathenemies vherehe ruleth 484.4.erNIVaCMOZWO VERSE Z. all the kingdomeswhich let themfelves againil it that they all fhotild be affraidof the Enfigne of the Gofpell, and fhould fly from it. This jealoufie of God for hisChurch may be feene, in fruilrati lg the attempts, and pullingoff the wheeles on which the projeas which are call againahis Church doe move, as bee dealt with Ph,traoh. Hee can diffolve the confederacies, flutter the counfels , call a fpirit of treachery,unfaithfulneffe, and mutinous affe1ions into tudg i7.22. the hearts ofhis enemies, as bee did into the Midianites,, Cht.20.7.,z,73. and into the children of Ammon, Mod andEdom,when Efai.t 9,9. they gathered together againfl his people. He can infa- tuate their counfels, and make them the contrivers and mie 4.1 i,i Efai.37.33,34- artificers of their owne ruine, as we fee in the confulta- Pfa1.33,Io, T. tionofRehoboam withhis young men, and of leroboarn in his idolatrouspolicy, and ofHaman in hisgallowes. Hecan defeat their expeaations ' and difannuif their de- erees,and make his owne Counfell alone to fland. But when all this is done,this is onely to rule in fpight of his enemies. But betides this, his Kingdome fetcheth his enemies under, and in ionic fort ruleth overtheir con- fciencet, and flriketh them to the ground; maketh the 'dive's in hell, the floutea of all (inners to tremble, brea- Tenn 29. keth the rockes afunder, affrightethl judgeth, fealeth, 2 Conlo.6. hardeneth, threfheth, revengeth the pride of men,and maketh them before-hand tomile the bitterneffeofthat damnation which waketh over them, and con:meth fwiftly againfi them. Let us take heed thenofbeing Chrifls enernies,inop- poling the powerand progreffe of his word,theevidence and purity °ibis Spirit in the lives ofmen. It is but to make acombination to pull the Sunneout of heaven; or for a wave to contend with a rocke ; for as the ruines ofa houfe arebroken on the things upon which they fall : fo are theenemies of Chria, whichgather together againti Luk zo.: IS hisChurch, and fall upon the rocke,at length ruinedby their
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