The works of George Swinnock, M.A

²Secondly, Consider, Wicked men join together to advance the Kingdom of Satan, and to provoke one another to lewdness and wickedness; and shall not Saints unite to exalt the interest of Christ, and to provoke one another to love and to good works? There is so much monstrous emnity in the hearts of carnal ones, against God and holiness, that when the tide of their own lusts, and ⟨p. 253⟩the stream of their headstrong passions would carry them swiftly towards Hell, yet as if this were too little, they hoist up sail and help one another forward with the strong winds of provocation. They encourage themselves in an evil matter, they commune of laying wait privily, Psa. 64. 5. As Samsons Foxes, they join tail to tail, with their firebrands to burn up the good Corn; As Simeon and Levi, they are brethren in iniquity, the instruments of cruelty are in their habitations; Shall they as Ananias and Sapphira, agree together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? and shall not Saints agree together to please the Spirit of the Lord? Surely, if sinners have their Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us all have one purse; Saints may well •ave their, Come let us go up to the House of the Lord, Come let us walk in the light of the Lord, •sa. 2. 5. Come let us join our selves to the Lord, in a Covenant not to be forgotten.

²SEcondly, Consider, Wicked men joyn together to advance the Kingdom of Satan, and to provoke one another to lewdness and wickedness; and shall not Saints unite to exalt the interest of Christ, and to provoke one another to love and to good works? There is so much monstrous emnity in the hearts of carnal ones, against God and holiness, that when the tide of their own lusts, and