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( 9 ), a fire hotter than hell, that can harm the of Christ. Why so? The Lord is with her, will be with thee. Can anything harm a person the Almighty is with him? surely no. scripture affording a direct proof of the you have in  xxi. 3. "I the Lord do keep it, I will water it every ; lest any hurt it, will keep it it night and day” It will be  flame the waters of the holy spirit will not . O sirs, there is a river that runs into the  of Christ that would quench hells flames if  were possible they could seize it. O what is the  this river will not quench? If a drop of it could  fall into hell all its flames would be immediately . The poor Bush would be destroyed, did  the river or God run thro it. The Lord will  it, lest any hurt it, he will keep it night and day. That is a  guard indeed. 'Tis as if he  said, I the owner,  buyer and purchaser of  glorious Bush  much in love with it am so much concerned for its  and preservation, that I will see to it I will protect and defend it day and night from all harms and dangers. What reason have you to fear, believer what the furnace be  thrown into, when the Lord superintends and  thee and, truly says the believer,  am not  of a foe in hell, for my  and husband is my constant guard and protector. The believer may make supposition that can never take place, hells flames, tho he were in them, would be to him what Nebuchadnezzar's her furnace was to three heroick Jews, they would not hurt or harm them in the least one in the form of God and who thinks it no robbery to be equal with God, would bear him company, and bring him out safe and sound.

In the protection of the doctrine, I shall endearvour to do the following things.

1. I shall shew why the church of Christ, in this representation is compared to a Bush.