Two treatises the first of fear, from Isa. 8, v. 12, 13, and part…

1. Because, some must be left as a seed to propagate and preserve the Church, which is perpetual and can never fail; he never so overthrows nations as Sodom was overthrown, Isa. 1. 9. this was the ⟨p. 161⟩ground of that promise, Jer. 30. 11. For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee, though I make a full end of all nations, whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee. And of that plea, Amos 7. 2. O Lord God, forgive I beseech thee; by whom shall Jacob arise? for he is small. Except the Lord had left a small remnant, we had been as Sodom. Remarkable to this purpose, is that Scripture, Isa. 6. 13. But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: As a Teil-tree, and as an Oak whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves. So the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. This preserved remnant is the holy seed, by which the Church is propagated and continued, Psal. 102. 28.

1. Because, some must be left as a seed to propagate and preserve the Church, which is perpetual and can never fail; he never so overthrows nations as Sodom was overthrown, Isa. 1. 9. this was the ⟨p. 161⟩ground of that promise, Ier. 30. 11. For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee, though I make a full end of all nations, whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee. And of that plea, Amos 7. 2. O Lord God, forgive I beseech thee; by whom shall Iacob arise? for he is small. Except the Lord had left a small remnant, we had been as Sodom. Remarkable to this purpose, is that Scripture,