An exposition with practical observations continued upon the thirty-eighth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second,…

Thirdly, Jesus Christ is an horn of salvation to his people, as he is (like the horn of an Unicorn, according to report, against bodily poison) the most Sovereign, yea, the only antidote against the poison of sin, and the infection of the world (2 Pet. 1.4.) By him we escape the corruption that is in the world, through lust, that is, believing in him, we are preserved from those poisonous lusts, which corrupt and infect this world.

Thirdly, Jesus Christ is an horn of salvation to his people, as he is (like the horn of an Unicorn, according to report, against bodily poyson) the most Soveraign, yea, the only antidote against the poison of sin, and the infection of the world (2 Pet. 1.4.) By him we escape the corruption that is in the world, through lust, that is, believing in him, we are preserved from those poisonous lusts, which corrupt and infect this world.

Secondly, Some of the Ancients and Moderns too, make the Unicorns stoutness and stiffness of spirit against doing any work for man; an emblem of that gracious well-tempered stoutness & resolvedness of spirit in the faithful servants of God, against doing any work at all for the Devil, as also in refusing to ⟨p. 382⟩do any sinful work at the will or command of man: In which sense, it is both their wisdom and their duty not to serve nor please men (1 Cor. 7.23. Gal. 1.10.) Thus Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego answered Nebuchadnezzar (Dan. 3.18.) We will not serve thy gods. These were no wilful men, though they said, We will not: Their understanding was in the answer as well as their will, and their conscience for God, as well as either. And in this sense the Apostle, who so often exhorts to faithfulness and diligence in the service of man, admonisheth us, Not to be the servants of men, (