4. Confident security. I will divide the Spoil, my lust shall be satisfied upon them. God lets the enemy come in like a flood and torrent, with a confidence to carry all before him, before he lifts up a standard against him, Isa. 59.19. Then shall the Spirit of the Lord stir up himself gloriously in the principles and actions of his people, and the redeemer shall come to Zion. God will set his force against their confidence, & break their impetuousness by his own power. When the Enemies of the Church think they have entangled it in such a snare, reduced it to so low a condition as to be secure of her ruin with a blast, and puff, then God will arise and set her in safety from them that puff at her, Psa. 12.5. This will be the case of Babylon; when she shall say, I sit as a Queen, and am no Widow, and shall see no sorrow, then shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine, for then God will stir up his strength to Judge her, Rev. 18.7. 'Tis in the time of the Antichristian Polity, and mutual congratulations with the highest security for their happy success, triumphing over the dead bodies of the witnesses, that they shall stand again upon their feet, (the same persons if politically dead, others witnessing the same doctrine, if they were corporeally dead) and damp all their mirth and triumph, and turn their security into fears; then shall glory be given to the God of heaven, and the Ark of his Testament be seen in his Temple, and the power of the Lord be magnified, Rev. 11.10, 11. When they shall all be gathered together to the battle of the great day of the Lord; the place is called Armageddon, Rev. 16.14, 16, &c. [Greek or Hebrew] & [Greek or Hebrew] A cursed troop an army under Gods Anathema, when they have the greatest confidence. When Jerusalem shall be penned up by a siege, it shall be a cup of trembling in the hands of her Enemies, Zac. 12.2. Fear shall seize upon them in the midst of their confidence. The Sun was risen upon Sodom just before the devouring shower of Fire and brimstone. With what derision would they have entertained any messenger, that should have assured them of such a shower in so clear a day? No doubt but the Egyptian horses went prancing into the Sea, and their riders confident of catching their prey;
4. Confident security. I will divide the Spoil, my lust shall be satisfied upon them. God lets the enemy come in like a floud and torrent, with a confidence to carry all before him, before he lifts up a standard against him, Isa. 59.19. Then shall the Spirit of the Lord stir up himself gloriously in the principles and actions of his people, and the redeemer shall come to Sion. God will set his force against their confidence, & break their impetuousness by his own power. When the Enemies of the Church think they have intangled it in such a snare, reduc'd it to so low a condition as to be secure of her ruine with a blast, and puff, then God will arise and set her in safety from them that puff at her, Psa. 12.5. This will be the case of Babylon; when she shall say, I sit as a Queen, and am no Widdow, and shall see no sorrow, then shall her plagues come in one day, death, and mourning, and famine, for then God will stir up his strength to Judge her, Rev. 18.7. 'Tis in the time of the Antichristian Polity, and mutual congratulations with the highest security for their happy success, triumphing over the dead bodies of the witnesses, that they shall stand again upon their feet, (the same persons if politically dead, others witnessing the same doctrine, if they were corporeally dead) and damp all their mirth and triumph, and turn their security into fears; then shall glory be given to the God of heaven, and the Ark of his Testament be seen in his Temple, and the power of the Lord be magnified, Rev. 11.10, 11. When they shall all be gathered together to the battle of the great day of the Lord; the place is called Armageddon, Rev. 16.14, 16, &c. 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 & 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 A cursed troop an army under Gods Anathema, when they have the greatest confidence. When Jerusalem shall be penn'd up by a seige, it shall be a cup of trembling in the hands of her Enemies, Zac. 12.2. Fear shall seize upon them in the midst of their confidence. The Sun was risen upon Sodom just before the devouring shower of Fire and brimstone. With what derision would they have entertained any messenger, that should have assured them of such a shower in so clear a day? No doubt but the Aegyptian horses went prancing into the Sea, and their riders confident of catching their prey;
