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I might instance in more Particulars, but the next words will have the same occasion; I come to answer an Objection.

How is this true, you will say, that God taketh the wise in their craft? ¹Doth not David often make mention of his bloody and deceitful enemies? How often doth he complain of their lying in wait to shoot at the upright in heart? And doth not the experience of all Ages, both in profane and sacred Histories, show that earthly, crafty, and wicked policy hath accomplished many destructive things, and that to Gods own Church and people? Hath not Antichrist, by subtle deceivable ways, prevailed over the Church of God? Do not the crafty Foxes and subtle Wolves, many times worry and devour the poor innocent Sheep? All this must be granted, and yet the observation is true. For

How is this true, you will say, that God taketh the wise in their craft? ¹Doth not David often make mention of his bloody and deceilfull enemies? How often doth he complain of their lying in wait to shoot at the upright in heart? And doth not the experience of all Ages, both in prophane and sacred Histories, shew that earthly, crafty, and wicked policy hath accomplished many destructive things, and that to Gods own Church and people? Hath not Antichrist, by subtile deceiveable waies, prevailed over the Church of God? Do not the crafty Foxes and subtile Wolves, many times worry and devoure the poor innocent Sheep? All this must be granted, and yet the observation is true. For

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