2. It's charged on them there, that they rejoiced at Jacob's affliction, and at the prosperity of their Enemies, that's another step of compliance or joining of interest and issue with them, rejoicing at the Enemies prosperity, and at their success, and at the calamity and destruction of the People of God. Indeed quoth some, I am not guilty of that, I had rather have them that ye call the People of God upmost; do ye so? What think ye then of the keeping of days of Thanksgiving? then ye may say, ye kept those days, on this account and on that account. Yes ye may put Folk by so, but see if ye put God and your own conscience by so. God knows on what account ye kept those days of thanksgiving. I defy you or any else on any account. But ye justify all the Gospel work, that the Enemies have don for the overthrow of the work of God in these Lands. Ye may go about the bush with me, how to find our distinctions, but gang about it, as ye will, (my Friend) I shall hook you: for the matter stands directly thus, that on one of these two accounts ye behooved to rejoice at, either at the prosperity of the wicked, or at the adversity of the godly. For just in the day of our affliction, when our Worthies fell, and when our Government and Ministers were cried down, and all the conjured Enemies of our Lord Jesus ⟨p. 28⟩Christ got up, then Head and Mischief by our Rulers established by a Law, that day ye stated your day of thanksgiving. Know ye how, and what at the rejoiced? Lay then your hand to your hearts, and read that Scripture, it's only Jacob that is in affliction; and its not only the wicked crew, Jacobs enemies that are exalted. Now lay your hand to your hearts, and learn to know on what account ye rejoiced, and know that ye are but bastard brethren, rejoicing at the prosperity of the enemies of Jesus, and at the affliction or Jacob, and know what hazard ye are in. Indeed perhaps ye may say, it was the fear of your life, or fear of inconveniences, that might follow on your not keeping of such days; ye may lose your means, or ye may lose your life, or something that belongs to life. Indeed I believe you now, I seek no more of you than that, that's enough to prove that ye have sought your life, to save them, with prejudice to Christ and his Cause, by thy keeping of a day of thanksgiving.
2. It's charged on them there, that they rejoiced at Jacob's affliction, and at the prosperity of their Enemies, that's another step of compliance or joyning of interest and issue with them, rejoicing at the Enemies prosperity, and at their success, and at the calamity and destruction of the People of God. Indeed quoth some, I am not guilty of that, I had rather have them that ye call the People of God upmost; do ye so? What think ye then of the keeping of days of Thanksgiving? then ye may say, ye kept those days, on this account and on that account. Yes ye may put Folk by so, but see if ye put God and your own conscience by so. God knowes on what account ye kept those days of thanksgiving. I defie you or any else on any account. But ye justifie all the Gospel work, that the Enemies have don for the overthrow of the work of God in these Lands. Ye may go about the bush with me, how to find our distinctions, but gang about it, as ye will, (my Friend) I shall hook you: for the matter stands directly thus, that on one of these two accounts ye behooved to rejoice at, either at the prosperity of the wicked, or at the adversity of the godly. For just in the day of our affliction, when our Worthies fell, and when our Government and Ministers were cried down, and all the conjured Enemies of our Lord Jesus ⟨p. 28⟩Christ got up, then Head and Mischief by our Rulers established by a Law, that day ye stated your day of thanksgiving. Know ye how, and what at ye rejoiced? Lay then your hand to your hearts, and read that Scriptur, it's only Jacob that is in affliction; and its not only the wicked crew, Jacobs enemies that are exalted. Now lay your hand to your hearts, and learn to know on what account ye rejoiced, and know that ye are but bastard brethren, rejoicing at the prosperity of the enemies of Jesus, and at the affliction or Jacob, and know what hazard ye are in. Indeed perhaps ye may say, it was the fear of your life, or fear of inconveniences, that might follow on your not keeping of such dayes; ye may lose your means, or ye may lose your life, or something that belongs to life. Indeed I believe you now, I seek no more of you than that, that's enough to prove that ye have sought your life, to save them, with prejudice to Christ and his Cause, by thy keeping of a day of thanksgiving.
