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The Devil was and is the old informer against the righteous
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Fox, George, 1624-1691.
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dyed of the Plauge 1470 of them So here was the End of those murmurers or Informers and Rebels against the Lord his Truth and People Numb 16. And again you may see what Moah said unto the Elders of Median against the Children of Israel and Balack sent the Elders of Moah and the Eldeâ—s of Median to Balaam with Rewards of Divination in their hands to Curse the Jews the People of God but the Lord for bad Balaam to Curse them though Balaam loved the Rewards of Unrighteousness and Balack sent yet again Princes more honourable than the first Elders and Balack told Balaam He would promote him to great Honour if he would Curse the Children of Israel But see what came upon Balaam his Ass reproved him and the Lord made him to speak that which confounded Balaam and after was not Balaam and the Medionites destroyed Numb 22. 31. Here you may see how the Enemy appeared in Balack who would have destroyed the Jews but the Lord prevented him and Balaam And many Informers were against David but especially Doedg the Edomite which informed Saul against David and Ahimelech the Priest and all his Father's house because he received David and Saul commanded his Foot-men to slay the Priests but Saul's Servants would not put forth their Hands to fall upon the Priests of the Lord and Saul bid Doedg the Edomite the Informer and he fell upon them and slew eighty five persons on that day that wore the Linnen Ephod and Noh the City of the Priests smote he with the edge of the Sword both Men Women Children and Sucklings And here you may see the Informer was a Murderer of the Innocent 1 Sam. 22. And in chap. 23 25 26. you may see how the Informers went to Saul and informed him against David And you may see in Psal 52. how David prophesied the destruction of Doedg the Edomite who came and told Saul and said unto him David is come in the house of Ahimelec And in Ezra 4. there you may see several Informers writ Letters against Jerusalem to Artaxerces to hinder the building of the City Jerusalem And you may see how busie Tobiah and the Arabians and the Amonites and Ashdodites and Sanbalat were aganst the Jews when they built Jerusalem and how that Tobiah and Sanbalat hired the False Prophets to Prophesie against Nehemiah but their Prophecies their works came to nought for the Lord helped his People against them whom the Serpent made Enemies and Adversaries and Informers against them And Hamon that great Informer against Mordecai the Jews Hamon said unto King Ahasuerus there is a certain people scattered abroad in all the Province of thy Kingdom and their Laws are diverse from all people neither keep they the King's Laws therefore it is not for the Kings profit to suffer them if it please the King let it be written that they may be destroyed and I will pay Ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business to bring it into the King's Treasuries Now here you may see the Devil the Destroyer who is the Enemy adversary of God's People how this Informer hath exceeded all the Informers before and all the Informers in our times for instead of being an Informer to get Money he would give the King Money to destroy God's People yea 10000. Talents of Silver and he got the Kings Seal for it too to seal his Writing but for all this what became of Hamon Was not he hanged on the Gallows which he built for Mordecai aboundance of his confederates destroyed And there was the End of proud Hamon whom the destroyer led to be an Informer and a destroyer who was destroyed upon the Gallows that he built for another And in Jer. 38. Pashur with many others were Informers against Jeremiah to Zedekiah the King and you may see this Pashur the Son of a Priest had put Jeremiah in the Stocks and smote him and the envious Informers said unto Zedekiah whom the Devil stirred up to murder him We beseech thee O King let Jeremiah be put to death for he weakens the hands of the men of war that remain in the City the hands of all the people in speaking such words unto them for Jeremiah seeks not the welfare of this people but their hurt then Zedekiah said He is in your hands for the King is not he that can do any thing against you Then they took Jeremiah and let him down with Cords into the Dungeon he sunk in the Mire and the Aethiopian one of the King's Eunuchs told the King what these Informeâ—s had done and how that Ieremiah would dye in the Dungeon and the King bid him take thirty men with him and take up Jeremiah before he dyed and the Aethiopian took old clouts rotten raggs let them down by Cords into the Dungeon bid him tye them under his Arm-holes so he drew him out of the Dungeon and put him into the Court of the Prison where he remained till Jerusalem was taken by Nebuchadnezzer who put Jeremiah out of Prison gave him Liberty and so he found more mercy at the hands of the Aethiopian and Nebuchadnezzer's Officers than he did among the professing Jews the Informers And you may see what a Destruction came upon the City Zedekiah and his Sons and his men of War and his people for disobeying the Word of the Lord And Jeremiah told the Athiopian that helpt him out of the Dungeon That he should not fall by Nebuchadnezzer's Sword because he put his trust in the Lord Jer. 39. So here was the End of these Informers carried into Babylon and many destroyed And you may see how the Devil the Murderer and his Informers his Persecutors that put Jeremiah in the Dungeon and thought to have taken away his Life were put into Prison themselves and many of their lives lost and Jeremiah who was faithful and trusted the Lord saved Jer. 39 40. And Dan. 3. you may see how the destroyer raised up Informers against the three Children and went to the King and accused the Jews and said Thou O King hast made a Decree that every man should fall down and worship the Golden Image and whoso falleth not down and worshippeth he shall be cast in a Fiery Furnace there are certain Jews said they which are set over the Affairs of the Province of Babylon Shadrach Meshech and Abednego those men O King have not regarded thee they serve not thy Gods nor worship the Golden Image which thou hast set up This said the Informers Then Nebuchadnezzer in his Rage and Fury commanded to bring Shadrach Meshech and Abednego before him and he said unto them Is it true do you not serve my Gods nor worship the Golden Image which I have set up c but if you worship not ye shall be cast the same hoâ—r into the midst of the Fiery Furnace Who is that God that shall deliver you
out of my hands Then said the three Children unto the King We are not careful to answer thee in this matter but if it be so our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning Fiery Furnace and he will deliver us out of thy hands O King But if not be it known to thee O King we will not serve thy Gods nor worship the Golden Image which thou hast set up Here was a positive Answer and a Godly Confidence Then was the King full of Fury and the form of his Visage was changed against the three Children and he commanded his Furnace to be heat seven times more than it was wont to be and commanded his most mighty men of his Army to bind the three Children in their Coats Hose and Hats and other Garments and cast them into the midst of the burning Furnace which Flames of Fire slew those men that cast them in Then the King was astonished and rose up in haste and said unto his Counsellors Did not we cast three men bound in the midst of the Fire And they answered and said unto the Knig True O King And he answered and said Lo I see four men loose walking in the midst of the Fire and they have no hurt and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God and the King called the three Children out of the Fire And so the King was made to bless the God of Shadrach Meshech and Abednego and made a Decree That every People Nation and Language which spoke any thing amiss against the God of Sadrach Meshech Abednego shall be cut in pieces their Houses shall be made a Dunghill because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort Now here you may see the Lord confounded the Murderous Informers and the Fury and Rage of Nebuchadnezzer and his Mighty men were slain that cast the three Children into the Fire but the Lord delivered the three Children that trusted in him to the Exaltation of his Glory and Name And also you may see in Daniel 6. Darius made Daniel chief of the Presidents and the Presidents and Princes turned Informers against Daniel and these Informers could not find any fault or Error in him because he was faithful then said these Informers We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel except we find it against him concerning the Law of his God And therefore they got the King to establish a Decree in writing that it be not changed according to the Law of the Medes and Persians which alters not which Decree was That whosoever should ask a Petition of any God or Man for thirty days saving of thee O King they shall be cast into the Den of Lyons And all the Presidents of the Kingdom and the Governours and the Princes and the Counsellors and the Captains consulted together concerning this Decree which the King signed Now Daniel knew the Writing was signed he went to his House and his Windows being open in his Chamber c. he kneeled down three times of the day pray'd and gave thanks to God as he had done before time Then these men the Informers assembled and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God then these men assembled unto the King and informed him against Daniel then the King commanded Daniel to be brought and be cast into the Lyons Den according to the Decree that they had wickedly got of the King and the King encouraged Daniel and said unto him Thy God whom thou servest he will deliver thee and early in the morning the King rose and went in haste unto the Den of Lyons and said O Daniel the Servant of the living God is thy God whom thou servest continually able to deliver thee And Daniel said My God hath sent his Angel and shut up the Lyons Mouthes that they have not hurt me forasmuch as before him Innocency was found in me and also before thee O King I have done no hurt And then the King commanded them to take up Daniel out of the Lyons Den and commanded them to take those great men which were the Accusers and Informers against Daniel and cast them and their Wives and Children into the Lyons Den and the Lyons had the mastery over them and broke all their Bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the Den. So here was the end of these devilish Informers or Accusers who were Princes and Presidents And then Darius made a Decree That in every Dominion of his Kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel for he is the Living God and steadfast forever and his Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed and his Dominion shall be even to the end Here you may see God was exalted by them that believed in him and the wicked destroying Informers were destroyed And the Chief Priests and Scribes sought how they might kill Jesus for they feared the people then entred Satan into Iudas and he communed with the Chief Priests and Captains how he might betray him unto them and they were glad and covenanted with him to give him Money to wit thirty pieces of Silver and the Chief Priest perswaded the multitude that they should ask Barrabas and cruciâ—ie Iesus and all the Chief Priests and Elders of the people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death and they sought False Witnesses against him but found none at the last came two False Witnesses and said This Fellow said I am able to destroy the Temple of God and build it in three days and Pilate sought to release Jesus but the Iews cryed oat If thou let this man go thou art nor Caesar's Friend c. And so when these False Accusers and Informers and False witnesses with Pilat's Judgment had crucified Jesus after he was risen the Chief Priests assembled with the Elders and after they had taken Counsel they gave large Money to the Soldiers that watched the Sepulchre to say That Christ's Disciples came by Night and stole him away while they slept So here is the Devil and Satan which entred into the Iews and Judas c. which made Iudas a Betrayer and the Iews False Witnesses Lyars and Murderers of the Just and the Iews to this day believe their Lyes and false Information That Christ's Disciples stole him away by Night while the Watch slept but the Lord recompenced them all according to their Works And you may see how Satan made False Witnesses and Informers against Steven and they brought him to the High Priests Court and there he examin'd him but at last you may see they Murder'd him and stoned him to death as he was calling upon God and saying Lord Jesus receive my spirit Acts 7. And did not Judas betray Christ with a Kiss And was not Christ led to Caiphas the High Priests Court or Hall where the Scribes and Elders were assembled and the High Priest examin'd him in his Court until the Cock crâ—â— twice And