7. The devil with great malice and fury, and ungodly men with all their might, authority, malice, and policy, have laboured to find out, and extirpate all those that call upon the name of the Lord Jesus; but they have been miraculously hid, preserved and defended by the ⟨p. 49⟩Lord. 2. God hath wonderfully frustrated all the devises of the wicked enemies of his Church; by the means they practised to root it out, it was increased. 3. God. fought from heaven against the persecutors of his children, and executed upon them the fierceness of his displeasure: dreadful judgements did overtake many of them, and such horror fell upon some, that they were forced to leave their places of honour, and rule, and betake themselves to a solitary and private life. 4. The Lord hath armed his children with invincible courage and fortitude, to endure disgrace, contempt, poverty, death, and the most exquisite torments, that hell could invent; he hath supported them under the burden of an accusing conscience, and inwardly ref•• shed them as it were suddenly with sweet peace and consolation, and by the power, strength, and comfort of the holy Ghost, hath enabled them to sing Psalms in prison, and in the midst of the fire: which courage, strength, and comfort of theirs, doth plainly demonstrate that there is a God; specially if you compare it with that fear, faintness, and unquietness, ⟨p. 50⟩vexation, and deadness, which is in other men when they suffer any thing.
7. The deuill with great malice and fury, and vngodly men with all their might, authority, malice, and policy, haue laboured to find out, and extirpate all those that call vpon the name of the Lord Iesus; but they haue been miracuously hid, preserued and defended by the ⟨p. 49⟩Lord. 2. God hath wonderfully frustrated all the deuises of the wicked enemies of his Church; by the meanes they practised to roote it out, it was encreased. 3. God. fought from heauen against the persecutors of his children, and executed vpon them the fiercenes of his displeasure: dreadfull iudgements did ouertake many of them, and such horror fell vpon some, that they were forced to leaue their places of honour, and rule, and betake themselues to a solitarie and priuate life. 4. The Lord hath armed his children with inuincible courage and fortitude, to endure disgrace, contempt, pouerty, death, and the most exquisite torments, that hell could inuent; he hath supported them vnder the burthen of an accusing conscience, and inwardly ref•• shed them as it were suddenly with sweete peace and consolation, and by the power, strength, and comfort of the holy Ghost, hath enabled them to sing Psalmes in prison, and in the midst of the fire: which courage, strength, and comfort of theirs, doth plainely demonstrate that there is a God; specially if you compare it with that feare, faintnes, and vnquietnesse, ⟨p. 50⟩vexation, and deadnes, which is in other men when they suffer any thing.
