The old Latin hath it, Shall eat up, or destroy their heads, those men that had heads amongst them, that seemed to 1be the wisest, the chief Heads that were the wisest and most full of Counsel, they were the cause of the continuance of this evil upon them. So Montanus hath it, ⟨p. 117⟩Their Counsellors. And so Vatablus. Because of those that put them upon those Counsels were the cause of the abiding 2of the Sword, in Ezek. 11. 2. Jaazaniah, and Pelatiah, These are men that give evil Counsels in the City; God hath an eye upon them, upon such as give evil Counsel in the City, as the men that are causes of the evil that is upon the City: There is nothing more useful in troublesome times, than Counsel, if set aright; and nothing more dangerous in troublesome times, than Counsel, if it be wrong. The Lord deliver us, both Parliament, Army, City and Kingdom from their own Counsels; This will ever be, men will ever follow their own Counsels, till 3they be taken off from their own designs, their own ends, till they can trust God with his work, and be willing to be swallowed up in the Public. Squint-eyed, and selfish Counsel will destroy us, if God be not infinitely merciful unto us, yea, and it may be there are some that have good aims for God, and yet in their Counsels they may be led aside by carnal principles: As for instance, only in this own thing: That there is no such way for the furtherance 4of the Kingdom of Christ, but by the correspondency of it with the Kingdoms of the world. Certainly this Counsel is very dangerous in such times as these are, this principle upon which many that have good intentions do go, they desire the furtherance of the Kingdom of Christ, they can •ppeal to God of the sincerity of their hearts, and their hearts are sincere in their desires of the furtherance of the kingdom of Christ, and they think this principle is a very good one. That the best way to further it is, to do that that may stand with peace in a way of corespondan•y wth the Kingdoms of the world, it will be the best way […] set it up, and if they did not think that were the best •ay to set up the Kingdom of Christ they would not do i[…] But certainly they are mistaken in their Counsels h•e; For as the Kingdom of Christ is not of this world, so he way of the promoting of the Kingdom of Christ ⟨p. 118⟩it is not by endeavouring the correspondency of it with this world;
The old Latin hath it, Shall eat up, or destroy their heads, those men that had heads amongst them, that seem'd to 1be the wisest, the chief Heads that were the wisest and most full of Counsel, they were the cause of the continuance of this evil upon them. So Montanus hath it, ⟨p. 117⟩Their Counsellors. And so Vatablus. Because of those that put them upon those Counsels were the cause of the abiding 2of the Sword, in Ezek. 11. 2. Jaazaniah, and Pelatiah, These are men that give evil Counsels in the City; God hath an eye upon them, upon such as give evil Counsel in the City, as the men that are causes of the evil that is upon the City: There is nothing more useful in troublesom times, than Counsel, if set aright; and nothing more dangerous in troublesom times, than Counsel, if it be wrong. The Lord deliver us, both Parliament, Army, City and Kingdom from their own Counsels; This wil ever be, men will ever follow their own Counsels, till 3they be taken off from their own designs, their own ends, till they can trust God with his work, and be willing to be swallowed up in the Publick. Squint-eyed, and selvish Counsel will destroy us, if God be not infinitly merciful unto us, yea, and it may be there are some that have good aims for God, and yet in their Counsels they may be led aside by carnal principles: As for instance, only in this own thing: That there is no such way for the furtherance 4of the Kingdom of Christ, but by the corespondancy of it with the Kingdoms of the world. Certainly this Counsel is very dangerous in such times as these are, this principle upon which many that have good intentions do go, they desire the furtherance of the Kingdom of Christ, they can •ppeal to God of the sincerity of their hearts, and their •earts are sincere in their desires of the furtherance of the •ingdom of Christ, and they think this principle is a very good one. That the best way to further it is, to do that that may stand with peace in a way of corespondan•y wth the Kingdoms of the world, it wil be the best way 〈…〉 set it up, and if they did not think that were the best ay to set up the Kingdom of Christ they would not do i But certainly they are mistaken in their Counsels he; For as the Kingdom of Christ is not of this world, so he way of the promoting of the Kingdom of Christ
