A word in season to this present generation, or, A sober and serious discourse…

Fifthly, If God be signally present with his People, in their greatest troubles, deepest distresses, and most deadly dangers, then know for your comfort, that none can be against you but they must be against God himself; for God is with you in all your troubles, as a ¹Father is with his Child, a Husband with his Wife, a General with his Army, and as a Confederate with his Allies, who is with them offensively and defensively; hence they are said to rage against God, Isa. 37. 28, 29. And to blaspheme God, 2 Kings 19. 3, 6. And to fight ²against God, Acts 5 38, 39. To fight against God, is labour in vain; who ever sought against God, and prospered? Some think that this Phrase of fighting against God, is drawn from the Fable of the Giants, which were said to make war with the Gods. The Church of Christ always flourisheth most, and increaseth most, when the ³Tyrants of the Earth oppose it most, and persecute it most. Diocletian laid down the Empire in great discontent, because he could not by any persecution suppress the true Christian Religion; the more violent he was against the People of God, the more they increased and multiplied, and the more they were emboldened and encouraged; and therefore in a rage he throws up all. But

Fifthly, If God be signally present with his People, in their greatest troubles, deepest distresses, and most deadly dangers, then know for your comfort, that none can be against you but they must be against God himself; for God is with you in all your troubles, as a ¹Father is with his Child, a Husband with his Wife, a General with his Army, and as a Confederate with his Allies, who is with them offensively and defensively; hence they are said to rage against God,