The child's portion, or, The unseen glory of the children of God asserted and…

Doth Babylon triumph in cruelty over the People of God, when it is used ⟨p. 36⟩as a Rod in Gods hand, to manifest his displeasure against them in punishing of their sin? Babylon shall smart for it, Isa. 47. 6. &c. I was wroth with my People, I gave them into thy hand, thou didst show them no mercy. Neither shall Edom be forgotten, who in Jerusalems day of visitation, cried, Raze it, raze it to the ground, Psal. 137. 7. How are Edom, and Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir, and the Philistines and Tyre threatened upon this account? See, Ezek. chap. 25. and 26. But supposing that they should escape here, (and God doth not always presently let fall his hand upon the Persecutors of his People) yet is the time a coming, when the Persecutors of the Saints shall be made to know that they persecuted Christ, and shall find how hard a thing it is for them to kick against the pricks: when God shall rende• tribulation to the troublers of his Children, 2 Thes. 1. 6. Their blood may for a season seem to lie still and speak nothing, but now are their souls under the altar, and are there crying to their God and father for revenge, and he who is holy and true will not always hold his peace.

Doth Babylon triumph in cruelty over the People of God, when it is used ⟨p. 36⟩as a Rod in Gods hand, to manifest his displeasure against them in punishing of their sin? Babylon shall smart for it, Isa. 47. 6. &c. I was wroth with my People, I gave them into thy hand, thou didst shew them no mercy. Neither shal Edom be forgotten, who in Jerusalems day of visitation, cryed, Raze it, raze it to the ground, Psal. 137. 7. How are Edom, and Ammon, and Moab, and mount Seir, and the Philistians and Tyrus threatned upon this account? See,