And thus it was with the Philistines when they were in Demons Temple, and very merry, ma•ing themselves sport there, the House •ell and Three Thousand that were […] the Roof, besides those that were •n the House were all killed. Not […] Years since, when the Earth•••kes were in Sicily, in one Town three Hundred persons with the Priest ••ying Mass, were crushed to Death […] the fall of the Church upon them▪ •nd in another Town above a Thousand men and women were killed •hilest they were at Divine Service, […] the Houses falling on them. Sometimes ⟨p. 64⟩Death seizes on men at the very […] when they are Worshipping Go• ▪ It was so with Eutichus, when amo•• the Lords People hearing a Serm•• falling a sleep he fell down from […] high Loft and was taken up Dead. […] Galileans, Luk 13.1. when they […] Worshipping God they were Kill•• suddenly. Pilate sent Soldiers […] them that mingled their Blood […] their Sacrifices. That is supposed […] be the reason of the quarrel betwe•• […] was on the Governor of Judea, and Herod ▪ Galilee ▪ yet he comes into Herod's Jurisdiction, and kills the Galileans. Ho• many have there been in the wor•• Hundreds of Thousands that hav• Dyed suddenly by the Sword? Whe• there was a Civil War in the […] of Israel, between the Tribe of B•••jamin and the other Tribes, in […] day fell by the Sword Twenty […] Thousand men; in another day Ei••••teen Thousand men: and after […] on another day, of the Benjamites […] fell Dead Twenty Five Thousand […] ▪ ⟨p. 65⟩And when there was W•r between Jeroboam and Abijah, in Jer•boams Ar•y there were Slain Five Hundred Thousand Men. In Davids time when Absalom Rebelled against the King his Father, 2 Sam. 18 7, 8▪ There fell Twenty Thousand Men; and •he Wood devoured more than the •ord. How did the Wood devour •hem? It Exposed them to Sudden Death. Possibly the wild Beasts in the Woods si•zed on them, and suddenly destroyed them. As indeed it was often so in the Land of Canaan. • kn•w not whether there is any Land in the world that the People in it are so subject to Destruction by Wild Creatures, as in that Land they were. Lev. 26.22 The Lord threatens them •hat He would send Wild Beasts them, that should rob them of the•• Children; and that they should be •ew in number. It was a frequent thing for Lions, Bears, Leopards suddenly to destroy People. We have an in••ance in the Samaritans, 2 King.
And thus it was with the Philistines when they were in Da•ons Temple, and very merry, ma•ing themselves sport there, the House •ell and Three Thousand that were 〈…〉 the Roof, b•sides those that were •n the House were all killed. Not 〈…〉 Years since, when the Earth•••kes were in Sicily, in one Town •hree Hundred persons with the Priest ••ying Mass, were crushed to Death 〈…〉 the fall of the Church upon them▪ •nd in another Town above a Thou••nd men and women were killed •hilest they were at Divine Service, 〈…〉 the Houses falling on them. Sometimes ⟨p. 64⟩Death siezes on men at the very 〈…〉 when they are Worshiping Go• ▪ It was so with Eutichus, when amo•• the Lords People hearing a Serm•• falling a sleep he fell down from 〈…〉 high Loft and was taken up Dead. 〈…〉 Galileans, Luk 13.1. when they 〈…〉 Worshiping God they were Kill•• suddenly. Pilate sent Souldiers 〈…〉 them that mingled their Blood 〈…〉 their Sacrifices. That is supposed 〈…〉 be the reason of the quarrel betwe•• 〈…〉 was on the Governour of Iudea, and Herod• ▪ Galilee yet he comes into Herods Jrisdiction, and kills the Galileans. Ho many have there been in the wor Hundreds of Thousands that hav Dyed suddenly by the Sword? Whe there was a Civil War in the of Israel, between the Tribe of Bjamin and the other Tribes, in day fell by the Sword Twenty Thousand men; in another day Eiteen Thousand men: and after on another day, of the Benjamites fell Dead Twenty Five Thousand
