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So when Sennacherib insulted against God, ¹and against his people, and bragged what his forefathers and himself had done, and what now he would do, if they would not yield up the City and themselves into his hands, ²then did the Lord put a hook into his nostrils, and a bridle into his lips, & brought him back again the same way he came, and caused him to fall by the hands of his own sons.

So when Saneherib insulted against God, ¹and against his people, and bragged what his forefathers and himselfe had done, and what now he would doe, if they would not yeeld vp the Citie and themselues into his hands, ²then did the Lord put a hooke into his nostrils, and a bridle into his lips, & brought him backe againe the same way he came, and caused him to fall by the hands of his owne sonnes.

1. 12. Kings. 18.
2. 2Chap. 19.28.

And the reasons why it must needs be so, Reasons. 1 are these:

First, when ungodly men do most vaunt of their malicious intents against Gods people, then is the Lords compassion most stirred towards them: even as it is with earthly parents, when any one threatens their children, that if he take them, he will knock out their brains; this will cause them to provide for the safety of their children, and that such lewd persons be punished and restrained.