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Security* 1.1 as to enemyes punished (or threatned
With Being conquered by them. Whereof take these instances. 1 The Midianites under the command of Zeba and Zalmuna. They were overcome by Gideon: who (in the Scriptures words) smote the hoast; for the hoast was secure Jud. 8. 11. 2 The peo∣ple of Laish: of whose security speciall menti∣on is made thrice in one Chapter. viz. Jud. 18, 7, 10. 27. They were put to the sword by the Children of Dan; and their City burnt, vers. 27. 3 The people of Kedar, and Hazor (Arabians) threatned to be destroyed by the Caldeans Jer: 49, 28 to 34. The Com∣plaint is of them, that they dwelled with out care vers. 51, 4 The Carelesse Ethiopians Ezek 30 9. 5 The Ninivites, who dwelt carelesly, Zeph. 2. 15, 6 Belshazzar. The same night, as he was feasting and carous∣ing, he was slaine: and the City of Babylon taken, Dan. 5. 1. 30. 7 Those that dwell carelesly in the Isles (among whom we of England may well be numbred) Ezek. 39. 6.