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 may say our persecutors are stronger than we; if we were as strong as they, we would laugh at them, and would but play with them; but the truth is, they have forces and armies at their command, both within and without the land. But,

3. The word imports this likewise, that not only is the church sometimes a prey to the mighty, but also that the people of God will be just despairing that ever they can be delivered again: shall the prevprey [sic] be taken from the mighty, shall the prey be taken from the king, from the council, from the forces and soldiers, how can it be? it cannot be; for when we look to our right hand there is none to care for us, all refuge hath left us.—There is a question here, which I desire all the minister's in Scotland to answer, Will yonder prey be taken from the mighty? nay nay, say they, they need not attempt it; and we ourselves who know it are at despairing; we think it needless to pray or fast, preach or fight; for when we mint to rise, then the Lord comes and gives us such a blow, that we are made to sit down again, and stick faster to the ground than ever before.—Nay, if you could get all the angels in heaven this day this question would puzzle them.—It is true indeed, believers that win to an intimacy with God, may get a sight of this, God will deliver, but here comes the matter, 'by whom shall Jacob arise, for he is very small?' Here is one to