The life of faith in three parts, the first is a sermon on Heb.…

He knoweth that if he can corrupt or win the Commander, he can rout the Army, and ruin them with the greatest ease. It hath been Satan's grand design, since the Christian name was known on earth, to advance the selfish interest of men against the interest of Christ; and to entangle the Rulers of the world in some cause, that Christ, and his Word, and Servants cannot favour, and so to make them believe that there is a necessity on them to watch against, and subdue the interest of Christ. As if it were necessary that the shore be brought to the boat, and not the boat to the shore: And that the Physician be brought to the Patients mind, or else destroyed or used as his enemy. I am afraid to speak out the terrible words of God in Scripture, that are against such persons, lest you should misunderstand me, and think I misapply them. But Christ feareth no man, and hath not spoken his Word in vain; and his Messengers must be faithful; for he will bear them out; and preventive cautions are easier and safer than reprehensive corrosives. I will but refer you to the texts, that you may peruse them, Matth. 21.44. Matth. 18.3.6. Matth. 25.40, 45. Luke 18.7. Psal. 2. Luke 19.27. Acts 9.4, 5. 1 Thess. 2.15, 16. Read them with fear as the Words of God. Blessed are those Rulers and Nations of the Earth, that perceive and escape this pernicious snare of the grand deceiver; that with all his subtlety and industry, endeavoureth to breed quarrels, and sow dissentions between them and the universal King.

He knoweth that if he can corrupt or win the Commander, he can rout the Army, and ruine them with the greatest ease. It hath been Satans grand design, since the Christian name was known on earth, to advance the selfish interest of men against the interest of Christ; and to entangle the Rulers of the world in some cause, that Christ, and his Word, and Servants cannot favour, and so to make them believe that there is a necessity on them to watch against, and subdue the interest of Christ. As if it were necessary that the shore be brought to the boat, and not the boat to the shore: And that the Physician be brought to the Patients mind, or else destroyed or used as his enemy. I am afraid to speak out the terrible words of God in Scripture, that are against such persons, lest you should misunderstand me, and think I misapply them. But Christ feareth no man, and hath not spoken his Word in vain; and his Messengers must be faithful; for he will bear them out; and preventive cautions are easier and safer than reprehensive corrasives. I will but refer you to the texts, that you may peruse them,