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yet God so increased the number of them, he sent such a multitude of Flies among the Egyptians,¹ that even in the kings house they fell upon what ever the king eat or drank, fell upon his meat, fell into his drink, and so putrefied and corrupted the same. The Lice wherewith God in like plagued them, fell not only upon the king, and his people, but upon their Sheep, their Dren, their Asses, their Horses, their Mules, and their whole herds of Cattle, what ever they were. The Frogs entered into their houses, into the kings Palace, into his hall, his parlour, his chamber, yea, and into his Bed also. Thus it pleased God to use against the Egyptians these simple, these base, and vile creatures, as his rod, as his scourge, as his sword of punishment. Every creature, every thing, whether it hath life, or no life, when it pleaseth God ⟨image 57⟩to use it, is his sword, is his rod to strike withal. The fire that fell from Heaven, and destroyed the two famous Cities, Sodom and Gomorra, & the whole Region there about, was none other than the sword of God.² Therefore saith the prophet David, ³The spirits of tempests do his will, the thunder and lightnings fulfil his commandment. And so the same prophet, here in this place: now hath God begun to strike, Now hath he whet his sword, & bent his bow, saith he, now hath he prepared his arrows to destroy, & there is no way now to escape his vengeance, no way to avoid his punishment, but only this, to turn unto him, to run & submit your selves wholly to him.

yet God so increased the number of them, he sent such a multitude of Flyes among the Egiptians,¹ that euen in the kings house they fell vpon what euer the king eate or dranke, fell vpon his meat, fell into his drinke, and so putrified and corrupted the same. The Lice wherewith God in like plagued them, fell not only vpon the king, and his people, but vpon their Shéepe, their Dren, their Asses, their Horses, their Mules, and their whole heards of Cattell, what euer they were. The Frogs entered into their houses, into the kings Palace, into his hall, his prlor, his chamber, yea, and into his Bed also. Thus it pleased God to vse against the Egiptians these simple, these base, and vile creatures, as his rod, as his scourge, as his sword of punisment. Euery creature, euery thing, whether it hath life, or no life, when it pleaseth God