And what Tyrants and devouring Monsters have the Popes and bloody Papists been? For besides the many thousands of Innocent Christians they have inhumanly butchered (History shows) they destroyed in America, 1no less than fifteen Millions of poor Heathens, sparing no Sex, young nor old, cutting Men, Women and Children in pieces, flaying their Skins off, and Roasting them alive, and burning them to Ashes, making Children to kill their own dear Parents, &c.
VI. Lions will roar terribly. When the Lion roareth, all the Beasts of the Forrest tremble. The Naturalists observe,2 that tho many Creatures are swifter of Foot than the Lion, yet when he roars they all fall down, and he overtakes them with his astonishing Voice; when a Lion is angry he beateth his Tail against the Ground. | VI. So Tyrannical Men with their roaring Words, their loud and terrible Threatenings, often affright and daunt poor timorous Christians; what said the tyrannical King of Babylon? Whosoever falleth not down and worshippeth the Golden Image, 3shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery Furnace. And now, 4Lord, behold their Threatenings, &c. Be not afraid of their Terror, &c.
VII. Lions are of a fierce, sower and stern Countenance;5 and in the sight of Men, 'tis said, he is seldom found without Rage. | VII. 'Tis said of the fourth Beast, his Looks was more stout than his Fellows.6 Wicked Persecutors, and Tyrants, look oft-times upon the Godly with an angry Countenance. Much of Man's Heart is known by his Face; Frowns are as Blows, hence we call it Brow-beating. The Love of God (saith Mr. Caryl) is expressed by the pleasantness of his Face, and the Light of his Countenance; so also is the Love of Man. And we may see what the intent of a Person is, by his Looks; many are in this respect Lion-like: They have (as Aristotle saith of the Natural Lion) Clouds and Storms hanging about their Eye-Brows; it was a threatening against the Jews, in case of Disobedience, that God would send against them, A Nation of a fierce Countenance, 7which should not regard the Person of the old, nor show favour to the young.
⟨p. 239⟩VIII. Lions are hungry and greedy Creatures. | VIII. So are Wicked Men and Tyrants, They have set their Eyes bowing down to the Earth: 8like as a Lion that is greedy of his Prey.
And what Tyrants and devouring Monsters have the Popes and bloody Papists been? For besides the many thousands of Innocent Christians they have inhumanly butcher'd (History shews) they destroyed in America, 1no less than fifteen Millions of poor Heathens, sparing no Sex, young nor old, cutting Men, Women and Children in pieces, flaying their Skins off, and Roasting them alive, and burning them to Ashes, making Children to kill their own dear Parents, &c.
VI. Lions will roar terribly. When the Lion roareth, all the Beasts of the Forrest tremble. The Naturalists observe,2 that tho many Creatures are swifter of Foot than the Lion, yet when he roars they all fall down, and he overtakes them with his astonishing Voice; when a Lion is angry he beateth his Tail against the Ground. | VI. So Tyranical Men with their roaring Words, their loud and terrible Threatnings, often afright and daunt poor timerous Christians; what said the tyranical King of Babylon? Whosoever falleth not down and worshippeth the Golden Image, 3shall be cast into the midst of a burning fiery Furnace. And now, 4Lord, behold their Threatnings, &c. Be not afraid of their Terrour, &c.
VII. Lions are of a fierce, sower and stern Countenance;5 and in the sight of Men, 'tis said, he is seldom found without Rage. | VII. 'Tis said of the fourth Beast, his Looks was more stout than his Fellows.6 Wicked Persecutors, and Tyrants, look oft-times upon the Godly with an angry Countenance. Much of Man's Heart is known by his Face; Frowns are as Blows, hence we call it Brow-beating. The Love of God (saith Mr. Caryl) is exprest by the pleasantness of his Face, and the Light of his Countenance; so also is the Love of Man. And we may see what the intent of a Person is, by his Looks; many are in this respect Lion-like: They have (as Aristotle saith of the Natural Lion) Clouds and Storms hanging about their Eye-Brows; it was a threatning against the Jews, in case of Disobedience, that God would send against them, A Nation of a fierce Countenance, 7which should not regard the Person of the old, nor shew favour to the young.
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- 1See Clark's Examples. Vol. 2.
- 2Gesner.
- 3Dan. 3.11.
- 4Act. 4. 1 Pet. 3.
- 5Gesner. Topsel. p. 370.
- 6Dan. 7.
- 7Deut. 28.50.
- 8Psal. 17.11, 12.
