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earnestly labour to plunge others in the same gulf; when even among ourselves have men arisen speaking perverse things; and, not content themselves to deny the Lord who bought them, seek to draw others into the same condemna tion ; is this a time for turning back any sol dier of Christ who offers to set himself in array against the destroyer ? Is there not a cause that we should cry aloud, " Who is on our side, who ? " who will rise up with us against the enemy, who will stand with us in the gap against these wolves, that no longer put on sheep's clothing, but wander about in their own shapes, seeking whom they may devour? The emissaries of Satan labour one and all : shall any of the servants of God stand idle? Every one of those is zealous to destroy : shall not every one of these be zealous to save ? Yea, in this let the heathen teach the Christian ; let us do something from the least to the greatest ; In these times surely we ought to suffer even the little children to fight for Christ, and for bid them not, lest it be said of us, with more justice than it has been, " Ye take too much upon you, ye sons of Levi." Let us cut off this occasion of reproach from them that seek occa sion, nor let it always be true, that " the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light ! "