and that impartially. Then men do gloriously when they do justice

this world is full of such base spirits. Now this is to do gloriously—for

a man to appear and side with the saints, let whatever trouble come,

which will come of it. Thus Moses did very gloriously: Heb. 11:25,

"He chose rather to suffer afflictions with the people of God, than to

enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season." But ah! Lord, in how few

hearts does this brave spirit of Moses breathe!

O noble hearts, would you do gloriously? To do gloriously is to

appear for the saints, and to side with the saints, let the outcome be

what it will. Oh, it is a sad and a base thing in those who have

appeared for and sided with the saints—but now face about and

prove treacherous, and leave the poor saints to shift for themselves!

But it is their comfort that they have a God who will shift for his

people and his own glory. And as Mordecai said to Esther, chapter

4:14, "If you will not stir, the Lord will bring deliverance to his people

some other way." So if parliament-men, and those who have power,

do not appear and side with the saints, deliverance will come another

way—but they and their father's house may perish. And therefore

remember to do gloriously is to appear for them; and not to appear

for the saints is to betray them, and so it shall be brought in on the

day of account.

7. Then again, in the next place, To do gloriously is to do justice,

and that impartially. Then men do gloriously when they do justice

impartially upon high and low, honorable and common, father and

son, kinsman and brother; and not to dispute, "this is a near