A sermon preached

Now have the wicked their coū cels, their thrones, & finally handling for the most part of all things that are upon the face of the earth, but the pore servants of God are reputed unworthy of mens presence, yea they are more vile before these proud tyrants, than is very dirt and mire that is trodden under foot. But in that glorious resurrection, this estate shall be changed. For them shall such as now by their abominable living and cruelty,¹ destroy the earth & molest gods children, see him whom they have pierced. They shall see the glory of such, as now they persecute, to their terror and everlasting confusion. The remembrance hereof ought to make us patient in the days of affliction, and so to comfort us, that when we see tyrants in their blind rage ⟨p. 15⟩tread under foot the saints of god, that utterly we despair not, as that there were neither wisdom, justice, nor power above in the heavens to repress such tyranny, and to redress the dolours of the unjustly afflicted. No brethren, let us be assured that the right hand of the Lord will change the state of things that be most desperate. In our God there is wisdom and power in a moment to change the joy and mirth of our enemies, into everlasting mourning, and our sorrows into joy and gladness that shall have no end.

Now haue the wicked their coū cels, their thrones, & finally handeling for the most part of al things that are vpon the face of the earth, but the pore seruāts of God are reputed vnworthy of mens presence, yea they are more vile before these proude tyraunts, than is very dirt and mire that is troden vnder fote. But in that glorious resurrection, this estate shal be changed. For thē shal such as now by their abhominable liuing and crueltie,¹ destroy the earth & molest gods children, see him whome they haue pearced. They shal see the glory of such, as now they persecute, to their terror and euerlasting confusion. The remembrance hereof ought to make vs patient in the dayes of affliction, and so to comfort vs, that whē we see tiraunts in their blind rage ⟨p. 15⟩tread vnder fote the saints of god, that vtterlye we dispaire not, as that there were neyther wisedom, iustice, nor power aboue in the heauens to represse such tirannie, and to redresse the dolors of the vniustly afflicted. No brethrē, let vs be assured that the right hand of the Lorde will change the state of thinges that be most desperate. In our God there is wisedome and power in a moment to change the ioy and mirth of our enimies, into euerlasting mourning, and our sorrowes into ioye and gladnesse that shall haue no ende.