A vision in the temple. The Lord of Hosts, adored

Our SAVIOUR is, The Lord of Hosts, in the Congregations of His People, inasmuch as first He is the Lord that has Appointed them. 'Tis what our SAVIOUR has Appointed; as •n J•el II.15.▪ Call a Solemn Assembly. Our SAVIOUR speaks of His Disciples, as Gathering together in His Name; 'Tis then His Will, that they should gather together. Man is naturally Sociable. Our SAVIOUR will be ⟨p. 19⟩Owned in and •y Societies of His People. He issues •ut His Edicts, for His People to Associate, for the Carrying on of His Worship in the World.

Again, Our SAVIOUR is, The Lord of Ho•ts, i• the Congregations of His People, inasmuch as He will have nothing to be Observed, but wh•t as a Lord, He has Appointed in them. 'Tis that unto which we are Limited by our SAVIOUR, Mat. XXVIII.20. Observe all things▪ whatsoever I have commanded you. Our SAVIOUR will not allow us to introduce our own •ries, Notions, Will-worship, into His Religion. He will have to keep close to His Prescriptions. He will not have His Worship to be taught or formed, by the Precepts of Men. He is a Jealous Lord; And in His House, none but He is to be Owned as a Lord.

Again, Our SAVIOUR is, The Lord of Ho•ts, i• the Congregations of His People, inasmuch as He will have nothing to be Observed, but wh•t as a Lord, He has Appointed in them. 'Tis that unto which we are Limited by our SAVIOUR, Mat. XXVIII.20. Observe all things▪ whatsoever I have commanded you. Our SAVIOUR will not allow us to introduce our own •ries, Notions, Will-worship, into His Religion. He will have to keep close to His Praescriptions. He will not have His Worship to be taught or form'd, by the Precepts of Men. He is a Jealous Lord; And in His House, none but He is to be Owned as a Lord.

In the Book of Numbers, the same word, which we render, An Host, is used for the Service to be performed at the Sanctuary. Our Translators are so pressed with it, that in the Margin, they again render it a Warfare. Our Lord is, The Lord of Hosts, in this regard, ⟨p. 20⟩[…] He is the Lord of all the Services to be performed among His People. There are no Services to be done, but what there shall be His Order for. If there be any thing, of which you can't find a, Thus saith- the Lord of Hosts, it must not be received here; A Quo Warranto, is to be Served upon it. And if the Hebrew Ter• used here, signify Times also; Truly, Our Lord will be Owned as, Temporum Ordinator, Even, The Lord of Time: He not only Orders the Times that are to pass over His People, but also Ordains the Times in which His People shall bring their Services unto Him. One Day in Seven, are the Times. If you impose any other Stated Times, the Lord of Hosts is imposed upon.

In the Book of Numbers, the same word, which we render, An Host, is used for the Service to be performed at the Sanctuary. Our Translators are so pressed with it, that in the Margin, they again render it a Warfare. Our Lord is, The Lord of Hosts, in this regard, ⟨p. 20⟩〈…〉 He is the Lord of all the Services to be performed among His People. There are no Services to be done, but what there shall be His Order for. If there be any thing, of which you can't find a, Thus saith- the Lord of Hosts, it must not be received here; A Quo Warranto, is to be Served upon it. And if the Hebrew Ter• used here, signify Times also; Truly, Our Lord will be Owned as, Temporum Ordinator, Even, The Lord of Time: He not only Orders the Times that are to pass over His People, but also Ordains the Times in which His People shall bring their Services unto Him. One Day in Seven, are the Times. If you impose any other Stated Times, the Lord of Hosts is imposed upon.

While I have a CHRIST for mine, & I can have the Comforter that Relieves my Soul near unto me, the withdraw of all Creatures, will give small Affliction to me, ⟨p. 23⟩will raise no Anxiety in me, So Sing the Birds of Paradise ▪ These are Notes for them that would indeed be, The Angels of the Churches.

While I have a CHRIST for mine, & I can have the Comforter that Rieleves my Soul near unto me, the withdraw of all Creatures, will give small Affliction to me, ⟨p. 23⟩will raise no Anxiety in me, So Sing the Birds of Paradise ▪ These are Notes for them that would indeed be, The Angels of the Churches.

Let us now make some Improvement of these Things.

But we will Improve them, •st with Some DEMANDS upon the Conscience of every Hearer in this Host of GOD.

Demand. I. An Interest in the great SAVIOUR, and His Favour, how greatly should it be Esteemed of? Surely, O Needy-Man, To have this Lord of Hosts for thy Friend: This is the best Thing that can be wished for. Was not that a aery Reasonable Triumph? Ps. XLVI.2, 7. We will not fear tho' the Earth be Removed, & the Mountains be carried into the midst of the Sea. The Lord of Hosts is with us! My Friends, If the Lord of Hosts be your Friend, have you not the Friendship of One, who can employ all the Creatures in the World, for your Welfare at His pleasure? Have you not the Friendship of One, who can give His Angels Charge concerning you, and ⟨p. 24⟩send you such Helpers as can remove Mountains? Have you not the Friendship of one who, if you had no created Comforters, which of themselves are but miserable ones, is Able of Himself, by His own Immediate Hand, sufficiently to relieve you? Can you ask for more than The Lord of Hosts can do for you! Yea, cannot such a Friend as He, do for you, far above all that you can Ask or Think? They that are assured of having the Great GOD our SAVIOUR, [for indeed, no less an one is or can be our SAVIOUR!] for their Friend, may not they well make their Boast in Him, and say, My Spirit has Rejoiced in GOD my SAVIOUR! Were not they in the Right of it, who said, O God of Hosts, Cause thy Face to Shine, and we shall be Saved. But then, Will you not all now, with all possible Importunity, seek an Interest in the Friendship of such a SAVIOUR? Was there ever made, a Wiser, and Better Proposal than that? Zech. VIII.21. Let us go speedily to Seek the Lord of Hosts. Will you not make it your Prayer and your Cry unto your SAVIOUR; O Lord, Look ⟨p. 25⟩upon me, and be Merciful unto me! Won't you Mourn for that you have Offended Him, and Beg for the Smiles and Shines of His Face upon you, and Entreat His Face with your whole Heart, Saying, O be Merciful unto me, according to thy Word; and most Heartily, Thankfully, Joyfully Embrace Him as your Offered SAVIOUR; and approve your selves His Friends, by doing what He has Commanded you? Certainly Here is nothing proposed, but what is infinitely to be complied withal.

Demand. I. An Interest in the great SAVIOUR, and His Favour, how greatly should it be Esteemed of? Surely, O Needy-Man, To have this Lord of Hosts for thy Friend: This is the best Thing that can be wished for. Was not that a aery Reasonable Triumph? Ps. XLVI.2, 7. We will not fear tho' the Earth be Removed, & the Mountains be carried into the midst of the Sea. The Lord of Hosts is with us! My Friends, If the Lord of Hosts be your Friend, have you not the Friendship of One, who can employ all the Creatures in the World, for your Welfare at His pleasure? Have you not the Friendship of One, who can give His Angels Charge concerning you, and ⟨p. 24⟩send you such Helpers as can remove Mountains? Have you not the Friendship of one who, if you had no created Comforters, which of themselves are but miserable ones, is Able of Himself, by His own Immediate Hand, sufficiently to relieve you? Can you ask for more than The Lord of Hosts can do for you! Yea, cannot such a Friend as He, do for you, far above all that you can Ask or Think? They that are assured of having the Great GOD our SAVIOUR, [for indeed, no less an one is or can be our SAVIOUR!] for their Friend, may not they well make their Boast in Him, and say, My Spirit has Rejoyced in GOD my SAVIOƲR! Were not they in the Right of it, who said, O God of Hosts, Cause thy Face to Shine, and we shall be Saved. But then, Will you not all now, with all possible Importunity, seek an Interest in the Friendship of such a SAVIOUR? Was there ever made, a Wiser, and Better Proposal than that? Zech. VIII.21. Let us go speedily to Seek the Lord of Hosts. Will you not make it your Prayer and your Cry unto your SAVIOUR; O Lord, Look ⟨p. 25⟩upon me, and be Merciful unto me! Won't you Mourn for that you have Offended Him, and Beg for the Smiles and Shines of His Face upon you, and Entreat His Face with your whole Heart, Saying, O be Merciful unto me, according to thy Word; and most Heartily, Thankfully, Joyfully Embrace Him as your Offered SAVIOUR; and approve your selves His Friends, by doing what He has Commanded you? Certainly Here is nothing proposed, but what is infinitely to be complyed withal.

Dem. II. If you are the Despisers of the Great SAVIOUR, and will go on in Sinning against Him, What can remain for you, but a certain fearful Expectation of the Fiery Indignation that is to Devour the Adversaries? •s there no Terror in that Word? Zech. VII.12. There came a Great Wrath from the Lord of Hosts. Ought you not Effectually to be dissuaded from all Contempt of your SAVIOUR, and all Neglect of His Great Salvation, Knowing this Terror of the Lord? If the Lord of Hosts be your Enemy, will not the ⟨p. 26⟩Hosts of the Lord all be so too? But will not the Least of all the Creatures be too hard for you, if they come against you A•ed from their Lord? When you find such Little, Sorry, and scare Visible Insects, inexpressibly Troublesome; a poor Mosquito enough insupportably to Trouble you; Nothing so small but what may be big enough to plague an Egyptian! Is here not this Lesson from the Lord of Hosts unto you; How easily could I ease my self of my Enemy▪ and Avenge me of my Adversaries! Yea, 'Tis from Later Discoveries very much Conjectured, That the Mortal Diseases which do the part of Destroyers on the Sinful Children of Men, are commonly produced by amazing Hosts of Living Things, whereof many Myriads together, would not Occupy the Space of a small Grain of Sand! Amazing Hosts of these very Little Things, are sent among the Sinful Children of Men, and, Lo, we cannot stand before them. Our Blood is verm•culated, and our Life Extinguished! How then would […] Stand before the Angels, that E•l in Strength? ⟨p. 27⟩One of whom ca• at once thunderstrike to Death more than one hundred and fourscore Assyrians? Don't you imagine that they stand ready, full of burning Displeasure against those who are Disaffected unto their Lord, and saying▪ Shall I Smite them, O Lord, Shall I Smite them! Yea, But then, What will you do, When the Lord of Hosts Himself shall appear, and make b•e His Own Arm, to take Vengeance on •ou?

Dem. II. If you are the Despisers of the Great SAVIOUR, and will go on in Sinning against Him, What can remain for you, but a certain fearful Expectation of the Fiery Indignation that is to Devour the Adversaries? •s there no Terror in that Word? Zech. VII.12. There came a Great Wrath from the Lord of Hosts. Ought you not Effectually to be disswaded from all Contempt of your SAVIOUR, and all Neglect of His Great Salvation, Knowing this Terror of the Lord? If the Lord of Hosts be your Enemy, will not the ⟨p. 26⟩Hosts of the Lord all be so too? But will not the Least of all the Creatures be too hard for you, if they come against you A•ed from th•ir Lord? When you find such Little, Sorry, and scare Visible Insects, inexpressibly Troublesome; a poor Moschito enough insupportably to Trouble you; Nothing so small but what may be big enough to plague an Egyptian! Is here not this Lesson from the Lord of Hosts unto you; How easily could I ease my self of my Enemie▪ and Avenge me of my Adversaries! Yea, 'Tis from Later Discoveries very much Conjectured, That the Mortal Diseases which do the part of Destroyers on the Sinful Children of Men, are commonly produced by amazing Hosts of Living Things, whereof many Myriads together, would not Occupy the Space of a small Grain of Sand! Amazing Hosts of these very Little Things, are sent among the Sinful Children of Men, and, Lo, we cannot •tand before them. Our Blood is verm•culated, and our Life Extinguished! How then would 〈…〉 Stand before the Angels, that E•l in Strength? ⟨p. 27⟩One of whom ca• at once thunderstrike to Death more than one hundred and fourscore Assyrians? Don't you imagine that they stand ready, full of burning Displeasure against those who are Disaffected unto their Lord, and saying▪ Shall I Smite them, O Lord, Shall I Smite them! Yea, But then, What will you do, When the Lord of Hosts Himself shall appear, and make b•e His Own Arm, to take Vengeance on •ou?

Will you go into the Clefts of the Rocks, and into the Tops of the Ragged Rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the Glory of His Majesty? Or can any thing shelter you from the Lord of Hosts, when that Word shall be fulfilled; Zech. XIV.17. A punishment for them that will not Worship the Lord of Hosts? Truly, 'Twill be a Fearful thing to fall into the Hands of that Living GOD, the Lord of Hosts. O Sinners, Will you not humble your selves before Him, & say▪ O Lord of Hosts, I will not offend any more?

Will you go into the Clifts of the Rocks, and into the Tops of the Ragged Rocks, for fear of the Lord, and for the Glory of His Majesty? Or can any thing shelter you from the Lord of Hosts, when that Word shall be fulfilled; Zech. XIV.17. A punishment for them that will not Worship the Lord of Hosts? Truly, 'Twill be a Fearful thing to fall into the Hands of that Living GOD, the Lord of Hosts. O Sinners, Will you not humble your selves before Him, & say▪ O Lord of Hosts, I will not offend any more?

Dem. III. Since our SAVIOUR is the Lord of Hosts, ought you not seriously to consider the Providence of ⟨p. 28⟩your SAVIOUR, in all that befalls you? Have you to do with any Creatures, which don't belong to His Hosts? Or can Creatures do any thing to you, but what is Commanded by the Lord of Hosts? Of a very common Occurrence in Humane Life, we read; Isa. XXVIII 29. This also cometh from the Lord of Hosts. Would it be any thing but what ought to be, if upon whatever Occurs, you may say, This also cometh from the Lord of Hosts; These Creatures come to me on Errands from my SAVIOUR.

Dem. III. Since our SAVIOUR is the Lord of Hosts, ought you not seriously to consider the Providence of ⟨p. 28⟩your SAVIOUR, in all that befa•s you? Have you to do with any Creatures, which don't belong to His Hosts? Or can Creatures do any thing to you, but what is Commanded by the Lord of Hosts? Of a very common Occurrence in Humane Life, we read; Isa. XXVIII 29. This also cometh from the Lord of Hosts. Would it be any thing but what ought to be, if upon whatever Occurs, you may say, This also cometh from the Lord of Hosts; These Creatures come to me on Errands from my SAVIOƲR.

Dem. IV. Since our SAVIOUR is the Lord of Hosts, ought you not presently to give the best Entertainment that you can unto such a SAVIOUR? It is required, Lift up your Heads ye Gates, and be ye Lifted up, ye Everlasting Doors, that the King of Glory may come in ▪ When it is declared, This King of Glory is the Lord of Hosts, 'tis taken for granted, that He will not be Refused; How can such an one be Refused? O• our Gospelized People, your SAVIOUR would make you Temples of GOD. For that ⟨p. 29⟩purpose, He now s••e, Rev. •I.20. Behold, I Stand at the Door, & Knock, if any one will open to me. He says, O Give me thy Heart. Consent that thy SAVIOUR •ake possession of thee, and make thee feel all His Gracious Influences. Well; O ye Gates, O ye Everlasting Doors, Will you remain Shut upon your SAVIOUR? What? Upon the Lord of Hosts? Oh! No, Say, Come in thou Blessed Lord; why standest thou without? How justly may a Refusal bring this upon you; that the Lord of Hosts will Shut His Heavenly Mansions on you? Yea, Be it known unto you! Your SAVIOUR now waits for an Admission into your Souls. The Lord of Hosts would be Entertained there. If the Earth with its Bars about you, make you deny Him an Entrance there, the Hour is not far off, when you will with the Groans of a deadly wounded Man, Cry unto Him, Lord, Lord, Open to me, Oh! Set open to me the Gates of the Righteous Nation. But by your Hard Hearts you now bespeak from Him that Repulse; As I called and you would not hear, so you shall ⟨p. 30⟩now Cry, and I will not hearken to you.

Dem. IV. Since our SAVIOUR is the Lord of Hosts, ought you not presently to give the best Entertainment that you can unto such a SAVIOUR? It is required, Lift up your Heads ye Gates, and be ye Lifted up, ye Everlasting Doors, that the King of Glory may come in ▪ When it is declared, This King of Glory is the Lord of Hosts, 'tis taken for granted, that He will not be Refus•d; How can such an one be Refused? O• our Gospellized People, your SAVIOUR would make you Temples of GOD. For that ⟨p. 29⟩purpose, He now s••e, Rev. •I.20. Behold, I Stand at the Door, & Knock, if any one will open to me. He says, O Give me thy Heart. Consent that thy SAVIOƲR •ake p•ssession of thee, and make thee feel all His Gracious Influences. Well; O ye Gates, O ye Everlasting Doors, Will you remain Shut upon your SAVIOUR? What? Upon the Lord of Hosts? Oh! No, Say, Come in thou Blessed Lord; why standest thou without? How justly may a Refusal bring this upon you; that the Lord of Hosts will Shut His Heavenly Mansions on you? Yea, Be it known unto you! Your SAVIOUR now waits for an Admission into your Souls. The Lord of Hosts would be Entertained there. If the Earth with its Bars about you, make you deny Him an Entrance there, the Hour is not far off, when you will with the Groans of a deadly wounded Man, Cry unto Him, Lord, Lord, Open to me, Oh! Set open to me the Gates of the Righteous Nation. But by your Hard Hearts you now bespeak from Him that Repulse; As I call'd and you would not hear, so you shall ⟨p. 30⟩now Cry, and I will not hearken to you.

D•m. V. If you con•i• in Rebellion against your SAVIOUR; I shall no• Speak unadvisedly, when I say unto you. Hear ye Rebels against the Lord of Hosts! Whom will you have to bear you Company in it? Look round about you throughout the Universe. You see nothing any where, but the Hosts of the Lord; Hosts ready to Obey their Lord; Concerning the most Boisterous, and Irregular and Exorbitant, and Ungovernable of them all, you are told, Psal. CXLVIII.8. They fulfil His Word, O you that Rebel against your SAVIOUR, where, where will you find any Companions in your Disobedience? Alas, you must go down to Hell for them; you have none but the Devils for your Companions. What? Are you willing to take your portion with the Devil and his Angels? O Children of Disobedience, Come to a better Mind, Go not on still in your Trespasses. Come and Li•t under the Banner of your SAVIOUR.

¶ But it is time for me to let you ⟨p. 31⟩know, that I •m •w Armed with Considerations, which will be of the greatest Importance to a New Host, that are this Da• Marshalling with a Profession to be an Host of GOD. A Considerable Number of our Neighbours, Even an Host of them, appear this Day in a Distinct Body, Professing their Desire to be reckoned among those Hosts, which have a Dependence on the Great GOD our SAVIOUR, as their Lord, and their GOD. And some Words of Command from the Lord of Hosts, are to be brought unto them.

We will not this Day Fast for, or with Strife & Debate: And therefore I will make no Remarks on the Disputed Occasion of their Coalition: I will not go to Dig up any Matters, that I wish, may be buried in perpetual Oblivion: buried with an Hope of never having any Resurrection. I will only Remark This; That they have been a People, not so well dealt withal as they might have been: And how far they might themselves have dealt better in the Days of Massah, and of Meribah, that have passed over them, I hope, ⟨p. 32⟩they will th•s Day Search and Judge themselves before the Lord. The sad and wrong Things that have Occurred in the Clash that has produced what we now have before us, and in what Introduced it, tho' Strangers, even they that are afar off, have been Scandalized at them, yet they should not b• construed as the Blemish of all our Churches; in which the Order of the Gospel has generally been Maintained, with some Decency and Cogency, from the Beginning to this Day. The Lord of Hosts has Hitherto, even Hitherto, Stepped in for the Help of His Churches, & they have generally Walked in the Fear of GOD, & Comfort of the Holy Spirit; & with a due Regard unto mutual Edification and Satisfaction to this Day. One may say, Generally, tho' there should be some Exception, 'Tis true, there appears now in several parts of the Country, a fearful Tendency to break in upon the Order of the Gospel, which has been Asserted and Enjoyed in these American Churches; And it has a Melancholy Aspect upon us, that the Corruptions of Men are grown so Head-strong, as ⟨p. 33⟩to render it not Easy to propose a Method for Cur•, in which the Remedy may not anon prove worse than the Malady. Alas, Through' the Wrath of the Lord of Hosts, how fast the Land is Darkening!

We will not this Day Fast for, or with Strife & Debate: And therefore I will make no Remarks on the Disputed Occasion of their Coalition: I will not go to Dig up any Matters, that I wish, may be buried in perpetual Oblivion: buried with an Hope of never having any Resurrection. I will only Remark This; That they have been a People, not so well dealt withal as they might have been: And how far they might themselves have dealt better in the Days of Massah, and of Meribah, that have passed over them, I hope, ⟨p. 32⟩they will th•s Day Search and Judge themselves before the Lord. The sad and wrong Things that have Occurred in the Clash that has produced what we now have before us, and in what Introduced it, tho' Strangers, even they that are afar off, have been Scandalized at them, yet they should not b• construed as the Blemish of all our Churches; in which the Order of the Gospel has generally been Maintained, with some Decency and Cogency, from the Beginning to this Day. The Lord of Hosts has Hitherto, even Hitherto, Stept in for the Help of His Churches, & they have generally Walked in the Fear of GOD, & Comfort of the Holy Spirit; & with a due Regard unto mutual Edification and Satisfaction to this Day. One may say, Generally, tho' there should be some Exception, 'Tis true, there appears now in several parts of the Country, a fearful Tendency to break in upon the Order of the Gospel, which has been Asserted and Enjoyed in these American Churches; And it has a Melancholly Aspect upon us, that the Corrputions of Men are grown so Head-strong, as ⟨p. 33⟩to render it not Easy to propose a Method for Cur•, in which the Remedy may not anon prove worse than the Malady. Alas, Thro' the Wrath of the Lord of Hosts, how fast the Land is Darkning!

However, if People will go on to deal unjustly in what should be a Land of Uprightness, and will not behold, or believe, the Majesty of the Lord, and the Churches are so little in Frame, that they cannot or will not attend their Duty, it is not unlikely, that the Glorious Lord of Hosts may Interpose with Immediate and Astonishing Operations of His Providence, and be Terrible in His Holy Places, and make all the Churches to know, that He takes notice of what is done among them▪ His Churches will still be Terrible as Armies with Banners, when the Lord of Hosts, will please to come down among them, and His Works, and the Operations of His Hands, make them feel, that for their offences, instead of Building them up, He will Distress them, and Humble them, and multiply the Tokens of His Burning Indignation upon them. Ah, my poor Neighbourhood, ⟨p. 34⟩what, what, wilt thou See the Lord of Hosts do unto thee: what wilt thou see when the Day of thy Watchmen cometh upon thee! But from the Experience of this Unhappy Neighbourhood, I am Sure, there is one Thing, which they that have Ears to hear, should hear as a Thing Spoken by the Spirit unto all the Churches. Tis this; A Day of Temptation will prove a Day of Confusion to them that have it brought upon them. A Dark and an Hot Strife, But, Oh! what will those Two Qualities make an Emblem of! Such a Strife; with all the Cursed off-spring of it, will cause the Sun to go down at Noon in such a Day. Most Wisely our Glorious LORD has taught us to make that Petition, O Our Father, Lead us not into Temptation. With much Wisdom has He Charged us, Watch and Pray, that ye Enter not into Temptation. If you are so Watchful as to discern a Day of Temptation begun, O Stop, Stay, make a Pause; desist for a while from any further proceeding; and with a Prayerful Patience, wait for an Issue which the Lord of Hosts, will Guide the Meek unto.

However, if People will go on to deal unjustly in what should be a Land of Ʋprightness, and will not behold, or believe, the Majesty of the Lord, and the Churches are so little in Frame, that they cannot or will not attend their Duty, it is not unlikely, that the Glorious Lord of Hosts may Interpose with Immediate and Astonishing Operations of His Providence, and be Terrible in His Holy Places, and make all the Churches to know, that He takes notice of what is done among them▪ His Churches will still be Terrible as Armies with Banners, when the Lord of Hosts, will please to come down among them, and His Works, and the Operations of His Hands, make them feel, that for their offences, instead of Building them up, He will Distress them, and Humble them, and multiply the Tokens of His Burning Indignation upon them. Ah, my poor Neighbourhood, ⟨p. 34⟩what, what, wilt thou See the Lord of Hosts do unto thee: what wilt thou see when the Day of thy Watchmen cometh upon thee! But from the Experience of this Unhappy Neighourhood, I am Sure, there is one Thing, which they that have Ears to hear, should hear as a Thing Spoken by the Spirit unto all the Churches. Tis this; A Day of Temptation will prove a Day of Confusion to them that have it brought upon them. A Dark and an Hot Strife, But, Oh! what will those Two Qualites make an Emblem of! Such a Strife; with all the Cursed off-spring of it, will cause the Sun to go down at Noon in such a Day. Most Wisely our Glorious LORD has taught us to make that Petition, O Our Father, Lead us not into Temptation. With much Wisdom has He Charg'd us, Watch and Pray, that ye Enter not into Temptation. If you are so Watchful as to discern a Day of Temptation begun, O Stop, Stay, make a Pause; desist for a while from any further proceeding; and with a Prayerful Patience, wait for an Issue which the Lord of Hosts, will Guide the Meek unto.