A supplement to the several discourses upon various divine subjects

3. How great is the folly of Scions enemies! They Judg of her by the weakness of her worldly interest, and not by the Almightiness of her Guardian. They stand against a God that in decreeing the stability of Zion decreed the ruin of her opposers, and can with as much ease effect it as resolve it. The Stone, which is the Foundation of this Kingdom, shall break in pieces the Image of all worldly glory, the policy of all worldly wisdom, and the force of all worldly power, Dan. 2.35, 44, 45. It shall make the Mountains of the world as a level, and dust underneath it. Chaff may as well stop the wind, and force it to another quarter; Stubble may as well quench the fury of the flames, as the Enemies of Zion be victorious over the God of Zion. As he hath a Fire in Zion to warm her; so he hath a Furnace in Jerusalem to consume her Enemies, Isa. 31.9. a Fire to burn his Peoples dross, but a Furnace to dissolve his Enemies force. Pharaoh is an Example to all Generations, to warn men not to struggle with those whom God resolves to patronize; how did he further his own destruction by his hardness, and the deliverance of the oppressed by his fury? How often is the violence of her Enemies the occasion of the manifestation of God's glory, and the settling Zion's security? Had not Pharaoh been so furious, God had not manifested the glory of his Power, nor his Israel enjoyed so miraculous a safety. 'Tis true, the Church is weak, but the Arm that holds her, is the strongest in Heaven and Earth. Her outward Interest is small, but her Interest is twisted with that of her Lord. An Enemy shall find more mischief from mud-walls, under the protection of a valiant Arm, than from stone-walls, under the guard of an Infant. How foolish is it for a man to think to break a Rock with his fist for hurting his shins, whereby he bruiseth his hands, as well as his legs? How foolish is it for men to beat the bushes about a Lions Den, whereby they will be sure to rouse him? God dwells in Zion, from thence he roars, to the shaking of Heaven and Earth, the Powers of the world, when he will manifest himself to be the hope of his People, and the strength of the Children of Israel, Joel 3.16.

3. How great is the folly of Sions enemies! They Judg of her by the weakness of her worldly interest, and not by the Almightiness of her Guardian. They stand against a God that in decreeing the stability of Sion decreed the ruine of her opposers, and can with as much ease effect it as resolve it. The Stone, which is the Foundation of this Kingdom, shall break in pieces the Image of all worldly glory, the policy of all worldly wisdom, and the force of all worldly power,