5.  That Christ himself is now thoroughly furnished and enabled for the carrying on of his work, over the belly of all adversaries, for all power in “Heaven and earth is given to him,” Matt. xxviii. 18; “and every knee must bow to him,” Phil. ii. 10; “all judgment is committed unto him,” John v. 22, 27; “angels, powers, and authority are made subject unto him,” 1 Pet. iii. 22; “yea, all things are under him,” Eph. i. 22.  How then can his work miscarry; or who can hinder, that truth should flourish on the earth?

6.  That Christ is actually at work, employing this power for the carrying forward of his design, for the glory of the Father, and for his own glory, and for the good of his poor people.  The Father worked by him, and he by the Spirit, which is his great Vicegerent, sent from the Father, and from him, and his work is to glorify the Son, and he shall receive of his, and show it unto us, John xvi. 14.

7.  That Christ, upon many accounts, standeth engaged to perfect this work which he hath begun and is about.  His honour is engaged to go through, seeing now he is fully furnished for it, and hath all the creation at his command.  He must then perfect his work, as to the application, as well as he did perfect it as to the purchase.  His love to his Father’s and his own glory, and to his own people’s good and salvation, may assure us, that he will not leave the work unperfected; and his power and furniture may give us full security, that no stop which his work meeteth with shall be able to hinder it.

8.  That hence it is clear and manifest, that his wheel is in the midst of the wheels of men, and that therefore he is ordering all their motions and reelings to the best.  His wheel keepeth an even pace, and moveth equally and equitably in the midst of men’s contrary motions.

9.  And that, therefore, all the eccentric and irregular motions of devils and wicked men being in his hand, and ordered by him, cannot hinder, but further his end; so that even enemies, while opposing and seeking to destroy the cause and interest of Christ, that his name and truth should no more be mentioned, are promoving his work.  His wheel is the great wheel that ordereth all the lesser and subordinate wheels, whatever contrary motions they may have the one to the other, and all or many of them may seem to have to this great wheel; so that, do they what they will, the work of our Lord goeth on.  Their opposition is setting his work forward, though they intend the contrary; however their faces look, they row to the port he would be at.  This is an undoubted truth, and confirmed in all ages, and yet is not firmly believed; and a truth it is, which, if believed, would do much to settle our staggering souls in a stormy day.

10.  That at last he shall come “to be glorified in his saints,” 2 Thess. i. 10; “when he shall be revealed from heaven with all his mighty angels,” verse 7.  Then shall it be seen whose counsel shall stand, his or men’s; and whose work shall prosper, his or Satan’s.