Chaps, according to St M n r r x a vv. zip the P is miathe P ft ; There is mercy with thee that thou mayef be feared, i, e. ferved. Fullnefhe of bread was Sodom: fin, and in choir fa- crificing Sodomites, Ifa.t.1o. it was noted for an inexpiable evil, Ifa.22. i 4. They that Taft not onearth,when God calls to it, (hall be fed with gall and wormwood in hell : they that weep not among men,fhall howle among devils : whereas thofe that fora in prat. z6 t. tears 'hall reap in joy, they that mourn in time of finning, (hall be Ez.let; 5, marked in time ofpunt(hing : and as they have fought the Lord withfalling, fo (hall he yet again befought andfoundof fuch with z11,8.0. holyfeafling; as he hathprorniled and performed to hispeoplein Juig,2o.a3. all ages of the Church, not an inftancecan bealledged to the con - a Ezra alma. +®. trary. Thofe three great falters met gloriously uponmount Tabor. Eflh The Ifraelites fatting (andnot till then) were v,c`lorious,Judg.2o. Dan.o.z6. Jehofaphat was delivered, Either and her people reprived, Da. Aas io. o, niel had vifons from heaven, Ezra help from heaven. And furely if with falling and prayer we can wrestle withGod, as Jacob, we need not fear Duke Efau, with his 600 cut-throats comming a- gainft us. Si D etas nobifcum, quit contra nos. Numa being told Eta, r Era; that his enemies were coming upon him as he was offering tacri- Pfuraich. fices, thought it [officient for his fafety, that he could fay, At ego Bucholc.Gbron. rem divinamfacio, but I am about the ferviceofmy God. When ¡shefaphat had once eftablifhed a preaching Miniftery in all the Cities of Judah, then,and not till then, thefear of the Lordfall up- z Chron.i7. on the neighbour Nations, and they madeno warte ; albeit he had 2.---1,849. before that placed forces in all the fenced Cities. .Leotine Prince rgo,iequctiee- ofWales, when he was moved by force about him tomake warre aaaofyn I ma ü upon our Henry the third; replied thus ; I am much more afraid cerré mul ò ofhis alms then of his Armies. Frederike the Eleftour of Saxony, quam ejas co- intending v« arre againft the Archbifhop of Magdeburg, lent a fpy ?jam eowel to fearch uut his preparations, and to hearkenout his delgnes. But in Sua Camb. uodetftanding, that the Archbifhop did nothing more thencornb mit his caufe toGod,and give himfelf to fallingandprayer, 4iou, Altus infaniat tat beGuoa info incitait infaniat,&e. Let him fight,faid he, that hash a minde to it : rat ei qui con- I amnot fomad as to fight againft him, that trails to haveGod his fdú re Deuon. defender and deliverer. It is reported, that at the liege of Moan- dejen, forma hay tnbone,the people of God, using daily humiliation, as their fervice biturr-n,s. would permit,did fing a Palm after, and immediatly before their chOfc' fallying forth ; with whichpractice the enemy coiningacquaint- ed, ever upon the finning of the Rfalme ( after which they expe deda fally ) they would to quake and tremble, crying.,,Thry come,, they
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