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⟨furnace⟩ be, O believer when such good company as (illegible text), preserving and protecting mercy, is with ⟨thee⟩? be assured, that, when thou art in the ⟨furnace⟩ preserving mercy bears thee company. The ⟨free⟩ children afford us a noble instance of this They ⟨were⟩ no longer cast info the burning fiery furnace, (illegible text) one, like unto the son of God, bears them ⟨company⟩. When they came out of the fire, not one ⟨hair⟩ of their head (the most combustible thing about ⟨them⟩) was either singed or hurt If mercy, O ⟨believer⟩, be in the Bush no matter tho’ hell's flames ⟨there⟩ in it too.
4. We have the greatness of the sight intimate by (illegible text) word behold, Behold, a bush burned, and ⟨was⟩ not consumed I is not a great sight to see a ⟨combustible⟩ Bush, green and fresh in the midst of (illegible text) burning fiery furnace? is it not a great sight to ⟨see⟩ the church of Christ, all in a flame and yet ⟨walking⟩ like the three children in the midst thereof, ⟨without⟩ the least harm? Let hell and earth raise ⟨the⟩ hottest persecution they can, yet the church of Christ will look as fate in the flames as the three ⟨noble⟩ Jews did, when in the burning fiery furnace. Why so? Because her King will never, leave her nor forsake her She cost him too much to cast her off or reject her, notwithstanding all her faults and follies He will never forsake his poor Bush.
5. And lastly. We have the Beholder of this great ⟨sight⟩. He is called Moses. He was a typical ⟨spectator⟩ of this typical representation Moses beheld the burning Bush with much affectionate concern; this is intimate in his turning aside to behold it. So Jesus Christ beholds his Bush with an endeared concern. When he saw her like to be burnt up with the Flames of law and Justice he came and quenched the flame with the purple streams of his own blessed blood. Justice had a debt-bond upon the Bush, and earnestly craved the payment of the same. So the Lord Christ, because no payment but that of
