Red fea,a type.oChriff , departing from thekingdome ofthedevill,and'haítniug cut .of the world towards heaven) come prefently into a deepe fca;not purfued onely by the furyof tyrants and enemies,but everywhere threatnedwith dangers,wants, and death it felfe : yet the Lord breakes for them one toyle after another, and happily guides them through a deepe fea ofmiferies,and never leaves them till they re- cover the fhoare, and arrive fafely at the havenoffalva- tion, where their Tongs (hall be louder then their cryes I were., and a mighty deliverance (hall fwallow up all their danger. I V. Here is comfort againf} the feare of enemies. z . Spirituali enemies. For here wehave both a confir- mation and refemblance of the eternall deliveryofthe Church from the tyranny ofthehellifh Ph.rraoh which in fpight ofhim is led through a fea oftribulation every where ready to overwhelme it, into the promifed ref} ofeverlafl:ing life. Againe wee fee here our finnes alfo ca into, and drowned in the bottom( of the Red fez, 9. Theft are the f+rongefl and fiercefi enemies that purfued us to death; but thefeour furious limns (as fo manyEgyptians) aredrowned in the fea ofChrif{s blood,andextinc1 in the waters ofBaptifinereirsg:?fal.. 113. 2. Temporal) enemies. How can theEgyptians hope to íiandbefore Ifraell, to whom the waters give way fo firangely ? The enemy thall find the fame Tea, a wall and a well,a fafety and a death. Let enemies looke here as the heathen did , and let their hearts faint as theirs,to fee Godmake the fea a wall, a law, yea a lappe for his people, Let thembehold theordinary worke of I God,whocommonly joynes the falvation ofhis Church with thedeflruaion of theenemies. So for Mordeeaiea advancement,and theChurches deliverance,Flamanmuff, be hanged, andhis poficritydearoyed : as in aballance, ifone fcoalegoeup,downegoes theother. IV. Thegodly to partake ofthcfecomfortsmufk learne, fo 4. Duty ofthem that will enioy i¢hefe comforts.
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