500 VERS. 5,6. kr.38.1 I. 8erodot.lib.z.. Zenoplon de ex:, pedit.cyri,li6 7. Eiifeb, de vita Cov(laatin.lib.r. cap.so. Theodare t.3.3. cap.zo.vid.T er- rid emir Sca- p tdam,cap 3.e.g. Lapreat.de la. Barr. Eufeb.hift.fib.8. cap.24.& ze, heVifforieof AOMMOINIM11011=110 As leremie was drawen out dale dungeon by old rot- ten rags,whichwere throwneaide as good for nothing, So theLord candeliver his Church by fuch intirumentF, as the enemies thereofbefore would have looked upon, with fcorne, as upon cart and defpicable creatures ; for God, as heuleth to infatuate thofe whom he will de- aroy: fo he doth guide with afpirit ofvvonderfull wif- dome chafe whom bee railed to defend his kingdome. The Babylonians were leafing, and counted their Citie impregnable, being fortified withOvals and thegreat ri- ver, and God gave wifedome beyond the very conje- 6ures ofmen,to attempt abufinefle which might feeme unfeafable innature, todrie upEuphrates, anddiVide it into feverall fmall branches, and fo he made a way to bringhis armie into theCitie while they were leafing, the gates thereof being in great confidence and fecurity left open, Efig 44.1.7,28.45. t . ler.5J .36. Sometimes by turning the hearts of others to companionate the Church, tohate the enemies, and not to helix them,but to rejoyce when he is finking, Efay 14.6.1 0.16. Na- hum 3.7. Sometimes by the immediate aroke of God upon their bodies or confciences. Thus God gave the Church tea by finking Herod, A. 2. 23, 24. Thus Maximinmi being (mittenwith an horrible and finking difeafe in his bowels, confeiTed that it was Chrif which overcame him; and Wax being (mitten with an un- knowne blow from heaven, as is fuppofed, confeffed that Chriti was too hard for him; and another Miami uncle to the Apofiate, for pilling on the Lords Table, had his bowels rotted, and his excrements iffued out, nonper*dim', fedper valaera, as the fame Eliforian reports. Sometimesby tiring themquite out, and ma- king them for very vexation and fucceflefneffe give over their vain attempts, or elle di{beartning them that they may not begin them. So `Diocletian retired to a private life, becaule he could not root out the Chritlians. And Alum
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