An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth, & tenth chapters of…

Here you have the unthankfulness of Ephraim; ¹you have had his barrenness, and selvishness, in the two former expressions, and now here his unthankfulness: The Devil he loves to have superstitious and Idolatrous people have good Lands, and good Possessions, that he might be served accordingly; Idolaters serve their Idols according to their Lands and Possessions that they have, According ⟨p. 319⟩to the multitude of his fruit, were the multitude of his Altars. And certainly it is a great reason why all the Papists are so desirous to get England, and contribute so much that they might but get into England, and get Possession here, for there is no place that they have, where they should have more goodly Images, and more brave things than they should here in England, the fruitfulness of this Land is that which makes it to be such a suit to the Antichristian party, and to the Devil, he thinks that might the Popish party get here, Oh! the brave things that I should have here; I began to have fine Altars, but if they should begin to have possession of all the riches in the Land, then Oh what golden Monuments should I have? we began to have great charges to be laid out upon Temples (as they called them) but certainly if they should prevail now, you should have them build them up to the very skies, such Pinnacles and glorious things there would be, for the Land is a great deal more fruitful and goodly than it was heretofore, it is improved mightily now; what brave buildings were there in our Fore-fathers time, witness these that we have near us, Westminster, and Pauls, and the like. I remember Latimer in one of his Sermons before the King tells of his Father which was a man that kept good hospitality,