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…

If the Saints are Gods Jewels, then how incensed and enraged will God be against those who shall abuse these Jewels?¹ Theodosius counted them Traitors who abused his Statue: what will become of them who persecute Gods Saints, and tread upon his Jewels? It goes near to God to see his Jewels sprinkled with blood: what is done to them the Lord takes it as done to him self, Act. 9.4. Why persecutest thou me? When the foot was trod on, the head cried out. The Saints are Gods Royal diadem^*. Will a King endure to have ⟨p. 181⟩his Robes spit upon, or his Crown-royal thrown in the dust? Psalm 105.14. He reproved Kings for their sakes. What Monuments of Gods Vengeance were Nero, Diocletian, Gardner, and the rest of that persecuting tribe? Luke 18.7. Shall not God avenge his own elect? I tell you he will avenge them speedily. Persecutors stand in the place where all Gods Arrows fly, Psalm 7.13. He ordaineth his Arrows against the Persecutors. That is a killing Scripture, Zach. 13.12. And this shall be the Plague wherewith God will smite all the People, that have fought against Jerusalem, their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their Tongues shall consume away in their Mouth.

If the Saints are Gods Jewels, then how incensed and enraged will God be against those who shall abuse these Jewels?¹ Theodosius counted them Traitors who abused his Statue: what will become of them who persecute Gods Saints, and tread upon his Jewels? It goes near to God to see his Jewels sprinkled with blood: what is done to them the Lord takes it as done to him self, Act. 9.4