'The Dotfrit:e of th! JJ1iftry o/ State n .. I)'!! : live above reprpofs a,nd warnings from the word· of " God ; f4ew thyfelf a man of a fine fpirit, hy cafling off all fear of God ; mock at ferioufoefs; live .like thyfelf, a child of wrath', an heir of bell : But knr;w thou that for .:;/f theje thing1 Gcdrwill bring thee unto judgment, ~cclef. ,xi. 9· Affute thyfdf; thy breaking )hall conie fuddenf;~, .zt an inflant, lfa. xxx. q. For aJibe crttclding ofthornJ under a tot, fo iJ the /'a?fghter of a fool, r.ccl. vii. 6. "fhe fair b1aze, . and great node they make, is quickly gone; fo fhall thy mifth be. L'ind then that wrath !hat is now fi– lently ficking into thy foui, r~all make a fearful biffir.g. 5. \Vq~ to him, that like Moab·, hcr.th bt (m at eafe. from. · ., hii )'Outh; ]er. xlviiL 1 I. and never faw the black .clpud of wrath hanging over his head. There are many who have ' no chtmge1, therefore theyfectr not 'God, f'ial.lv. 19. They liavc 1tved in a good belief, as they call it, all their daH; that is, they never had power ·to believe an jll report oJ – th eir fouis Hate. Many have come by their religio1,1 too eafily: and. as it came lightly ~o.them, fo it woul·d go frQm them, when tb~ir trial comes. - Do ye think men flee from wra.tb, in a. 1~orning dream ? Or will they flee from the w;4'tth they never fa w pmfuing them ?' · , 6-. ThiiJk it not fl:range if ye fee one in great .chfhe(s a– bout his foul's condition, who was wont to be as iovia!, :J.nd: ;os little concerned for fa!vation, a,s any of his neighbours. €an one get ,a right vie)V of himfelf, r~s 'in a Hate of w~ath, and, not be p:erced with forrows, terrors, anxiety ? When , · a we ight, quite above or.e's fhent.th, lies up~t1. him, and he is' a!oce, he can neither fiir hand nor foot ; but whep one come s .to lift it off him, he~Il fhuggle to , get from un- 7 c!e r 'ir. ~I h urtder-claps of 'wrath, ·ftpm the word of God conveyed to the foul by the ·spirit · ~f t-he L~rd, will f1;1relr keep a map awake. ', ·.. , Lajl!y, 'It is no wonder wrath come upon churches and, J!ati~ms , and upon us in this land, and thatinfants and chi\– dr en vett\nborn fm ar t under it. Moft of the fociety are yet· child ren of wrath ; fev/ are fleeing from it, or taking · \ tbe way t o p reven~ it ; but people of all ranks are helping · it on. The JewJ rej etled ChriH: ; an<;! their children have been frnarting under wrath thefe fix;te~n 1 hundred years • . God grant that th.e ·.9ad ent~rtai~H~l~pt given t9 ~~u ift..ar:_d' ~ hlS• ,.
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