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

Let Men and Devils conspire, let them plot, consult and determine, all shall be in vain, because there is no counsel against the Lord, there is no possibility of carrying of it against the presence of the Lord with his People, his signal presence will be their greatest safety and security in the midst of all plots, designs, dangers, &c. The signal presence of God with his People, mars and frustrates all the plots, counsels, and curious contrivances of the worlds wizards, as might be showed in those instances of Balaam, Pharaoh, Saul, Herod, with many others. But I must hasten, and therefore.

Let Men and Devils conspire, let them plot, consult and determine, all shall be in vain, because there is no counsel against the Lord, there is no possibility of carrying of it against the presence of the Lord with his People, his signal presence will be their greatest safety and security in the midst of all plots, designs, dangers, &c. The signal presence of God with his People, marrs and frustrates all the plots, counsels, and curious contrivances of the worlds wizards, as might be shewed in those instances of Balaam, Pharaoh, Saul, Herod, with many others. But I must hasten, and therefore.

Ninthly, the Lord doth manifest his favourable, signal, and eminent presence with his People, in their greatest troubles, deepest distresses, and most deadly dangers, by his sympathizing with them in all their troubles, trials, distresses, dangers, as you may clearly see by consulting ⟨p. 54⟩the choice Scriptures in the margin: So Isa. 63. 9. In all their afflictions he was afflicted, and the Angel ¹of his presence saved them, in his love and in his pity he redeemed them, and he bare them and carried them all the days of old. Christ is here in the Hebrew called, The Angel of his face, either because he doth exactly resemble God his Father, or because he appeareth before the face or in the presence of God for us. This Angel took to heart their afflictions, he was himself grieved for them, and with them. This Angel secured and safeguarded them all the way through the Wilderness from Egypt to Canaan. This Angel did not only lead them, but he also lifted them up and took them in his arms, as Parents or Nurses are wont to do with such Children, that are young, and weakly, and in danger. And this Angel carried them, as the Eagle doth her young ones, that are not fully fledged, or that are unable yet to fly on her wings. O the pity, the clemency, the sympathy, and admirable compassion of Christ to his People in their suffering estate!