Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachi the…Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachy the…

3. If the Lord of Hosts be for us, he can help us, though means fail, and things seem to be given for lost. When Gideons Army was small, and rendered despicable, then God Crowned them with Victory, Judg. 7.2, 22. When the Arm of Flesh shrinks, now is a time for the Arm of Omnipotency to be put forth, Deut. 32.36. The Lord shall repent himself for his Servants when he sees their Power is gone, and there is none shut up or left. The less of man is seen, the more of God.

3. If the Lord of Hosts be for us, he can help us, though means fail, and things seem to be given for lost. When Gideons Army was small, and rendred despicable, then God Crowned them with Victory, Iudg. 7.2, 22. When the Arm of Flesh shrinks, now is a time for the Arm of Omnipotency to be put forth, Deut. 32.36. The Lord shall repent himself for his Servants when he sees their Power is gone, and there is none shut up or left. The less of man is seen, the more of God.

4. If the Lord be on our side he can save us in that very way in which we think he will destroy us. Would not any have thought the Whales belly should have been Jonahs Grave? but God made the fish a ship, in which he sailed safe to shore. Paul got to Land by the breaking of the ship, Acts, 28.44. God can make the adverse Party do his Work; he can ⟨p. 161⟩cause divisions among the Enemies, and turn their own Weapons against themselves^*,