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…

5. God so loves his Children, that his Eye is never off them; Psalm 33.18. The Eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him. But is this such a privilege, to have Gods Eye upon his Children? Gods Eye is upon the Wicked too. Answ. It is one kind of Eye that the Judge casts upon the Malefactor, and another that the Prince casts upon his Favourite. Gods Eye upon the Wicked is [Greek or Hebrew], an Eye of Revenge; but his Eye upon his Children is an Eye of Benediction.

5. God so loves his Children, that his Eye is never off them; Psalm 33.18. The Eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him. But is this such a priviledge, to have Gods Eye upon his Children? Gods Eye is upon the Wicked too. Answ. It is one kind of Eye that the Judge casts upon the Malefactor, and another that the Prince casts upon his Favourite. Gods Eye upon the Wicked is 〈non-Latin alphabet〉, an Eye of Revenge; but his Eye upon his Children is an Eye of Benediction.

6. God sets a continual guard about his Children, to preserve them from danger. He hides them in his Pavilion, Psalm 27.5. He covers them with the Golden Feathers of his Protection, Psalm 91.4. God preserved Athanasius strangely, he put it into his Mind to depart out of the House he was in, the night before the Enemies came to search for him. No Prince goes so well guarded as Gods Child, for he hath a guard of Angels about him. The Angels are a numerous guard, 2 Kin. 6.17. The Mountain was full of Horses and Chariots of fire: those Horses and Chariots of fire were the Angels of ⟨p. 200⟩