5. They encourage themselves in an evil matter. Good men are frequently discouraged, and not infrequently discourage
one another, but the children of darkness are wise in their generation and keep
their spirits up, and each one has a cheering word to say to his fellow
villain. Anything by which they can strengthen each other’s hands in their one
common design they resort to. They commune of laying snares privily.
They know the benefit of cooperation, and are not sparing in it; they teach
each other fresh methods. They say, Who shall see them? Their pitfalls
are too well hidden, and themselves too carefully concealed, to be found out.
So they think, but they forget the all-seeing eye, and the all-discovering
hand, which are ever hard by them. Great plots are usually laid bare. Among the
conspirators themselves truth finds an ally, or the stones of the field cry out
against them. Let no Christian be in bondage through fear of deep-laid schemes,
for surely there is no enchantment against Jacob; the devices of the wicked are
foiled. The Lord is at your right hand, and you will not be hurt by the enemy.
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