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Secondly, The worlds enmity against them. The sheep need some Dogs to defend them, that have so many Wolves to devour them; They who have many and mighty enemies, surely want some faithful able friend; this was another ground why Christ commended his Disciples to God, I have given them thy word, and the World hath hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the World, Joh. 17.14. Father keep thy Children, for they are surrounded with a wicked World, whose tender mercies are cruelties. Alas! what shall become of thy lambs, who are ever amongst roaring ravenous lions if thou shouldst not protect them?

Secondly, The worlds enmity against them. The sheep need some Dogs to defend them, that have so many Wolves to devour them; They who have many and mighty enemies, surely want some faithful able friend; this was another ground why Christ commended his Disciples to God, I have given them thy word, and the World hath hated them because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the World, Joh. 17.14. Father keep thy Children, for they are surrounded with a wicked World, whose tender mercies are cruelties. Alas! what shall become of thy lambs, who are ever amongst roaring ravenous lyons if thou shouldst not protect them?

The old enmity between the Serpent and the Woman is not yet, neither ever will be worn out. There are natural antipathies between some creatures, for which little reason can be given. As between the Lyon and the Cock, the Elephant and Boar, the Camel and Horse: The Serpent saith Aristotle will rather fly into the fire, then ⟨p. 27⟩come near the boughs of a wild Ash: but there is a greater antipathy between the seed of the woman, and the seed of the Serpent. An unjust man is abomination to the just, and he that is upright in his way, is abomination to the wicked, Prov. 29