God's anger

All creatures are mustered, and trained, put into garrison, or brought forth into the field by his command. Which way can we look besides his Armies? If upward into heaven, there is a band of Soldiers; even a ^amultitude of the heavenly host praising God. If to the lower heavens, there are a band of Soldiers: it ^bwas universa militia coeli, to which those Idolaters burnt incense. On the earth, not only men are martialled to his service; so Israel was called the host of the living God: but even the brute Creatures are ranged in arrays. So God did levy a band of flies against the Egyptians; and a band of frogs that marched into their bedchambers. He ^chath troops of locusts, and armies of caterpillars. Not only the chariots and horsemen of heaven, to defend his Prophet, but even the basest, the most indocible, and despicable creatures, wherewith to confound his enemies. If Goliath stalk forth to defile the ⟨p. 3⟩God of Israel, he shall be confuted with a pebble. If Herod swells up to a God, God will set his vermin upon him, and all the Kings guard cannot save him from them. You have heard of r••s that could not be beaten off, till they had destroyed that covetous Prelate, and of a fly that killed Pope Adrian. God hath more ways to punish, then he hath creatures.

All creatures are mustered, and trained, put into garison, or brought forth into the field by his command. Which way can we look besides his Armies? If upward into heaven, there is a band of Souldiers; even a ^amultitude of the heavenly host praising God. If to the lower heavens, there are a band of Souldiers: it ^bwas universa militia coeli, to which those Idolaters burnt incense. On the earth, not only men are martialled to his service; so Israel was called the host of the living God: but even the brute Creatures are ranged in arrayes. So God did levy a band of flyes against the Egyptians; and a band of frogs that marched into their bedchambers. He