The child's portion

Pro. 3. That the enemies of God and his People do make it their business, to consult and contrive, now they may manage their cause to the best advantage against them. It is a plot which is ever on foot, and unto which contribution is continually made: For this they ride and run, and communicate their counsels: Such is their wrath and ma• that they cannot lie still: This is the very piece they have on the Anvil, and upon which they are always beating: It is the Master-plot in the World, David describes their sc••••ty in this business, Psal. 64.5, 6. They commune of laying snares privily, they search out iniquity, they accomplish a diligent search. They strain their inventions, turn every stone, dig deep to say their counsels secret, and bring about their purposes unexpectedly: Hence, they are said to go in travail with them, Psal. ⟨p. 207⟩7.14. He travaileth with iniquity.

Pro. 3. That the enemies of God and his People do make it their business, to consult and contrive, now they may manage their cause to the best advantage against them. It is a plot which is ever on foot, and unto which contribution is continually made: For this they ride and run, and communicate their counsels: Such is their wrath and ma• that they cannot ly still: This is the very piece they have on the Anvil, and upon which they are alwayes beating: It is the Master-plot in the World, David describes their sc••••ty in this business, Psal. 64.5, 6. They commune of laying snares privily, they search out iniquitie, they accomplish a diligent search. They strein their inventions, turn every stone, dig deep to say their counsels secret, and bring about their purposes unexpectedly: Hence, they are said to go in travail with them,