Chrillskingdomvidorious & quiet. 289 .1....*ftiaisemWI. ,..1=1. their owne malice. Sampfens foxes were themfelves VERSE 2. burnt amongil the come which they fired. The land brought forth conic thenext yeere againe (and it may be moreplentifully by reafonofthat fire) but the foxes never came up any more. Even fo can the Lord deals with thole enemies which watle and depopulate his Church,make them theauthorsoftheir owne uttercon- fufion, and bring forth hisChurch with filming, and with doubledgraces. Who then is the man that defireth tranquillitie of life, and fecuritie againa all evill ? Let him become a fubjea in thisconquering kingdome, and call hitnfeife under the banner andproteCtionof Chritl, and hecan- not mifcarrie. He that walketh ;sprightly, walketh The Nameofthe LordU 4 firong tower, the thteousfli-1 eth unto it and fafe. TheLord isaStow anda pield,1 a Fotentaine°fallgood. Grace and Glorie will hee give, and no good thing will hee with-hold from them that walke uprightly: and a proteetion againfl all evill ; !will not beafraidof ten thoufand of men, faith the Prophet I Dava, that compaffe me about. When there is no light, nor iffue, nor innature poffibilityofefcape, hecan open a doore of deliverance, to relieve his Church. As a man in the kings high-way is under the kings proteaion fo 1 in Chrifis way we areunder his proteetion. Let us then never repine at the mifcarriagesofthe world, nor mur- I inure againfl the wife proceedings of God in the five- rall difpenfation towards his Church onearth : when he punifbeth, he doth it in meafure,kffe than our finnesde- terved ; and when we fearch and tryour wayes, and re- turne unto him, heeknoweth how to worke his owne glory inour deliverance. Thole flones which are appoin-,, ted for a glorious building are&ft under the faw,andthe hammer,to be hewed and fquared ; and thole Chrifil- am in whom the Lordwill take moil delight ' he ufually thereunto fitteth by trials and extremities. Epee that is V brought
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