Observe, 1. That confederacies in sin shall certainly be broken, and
shall not avail to protect the sinners: Though hand join in hand,
though there are many that concur by their practice to keep wickedness
in countenance, and engage to stand by one another in defending it
against all the attacks of virtue and justice,--though they are in
league for the support and propagation of it,--though wicked children
tread in the steps of their wicked parents, and resolve to keep up the
trade, in defiance of religion,--yet all this will not protect them
from the justice of God; they shall not be held guiltless; it will not
excuse them to say that they did as the most did and as their company
did; they shall not be unpunished; witness the flood that was brought
upon a whole world of ungodly men. Their number, and strength, and
unanimity in sin will stand them in no stead when the day of vengeance
comes. 2. That entails of religion shall certainly be blessed: The seed
of the righteous, that follow the steps of their righteousness, though
they may fall into trouble, shall, in due time, be delivered. Though
justice may come slowly to punish the wicked, and mercy may come slowly
to save the righteous, yet both will come surely. Sometimes the seed of
the righteous, though they are not themselves righteous, are delivered
for the sake of their godly ancestors, as Israel often, and the seed of
David.