79 men, that fees him elfe againll them. Th2t which is prophe– ded againHthem Reuelat.t8.8. {ball furdycornetopaffc. - Therefore (faith theholy Ghoil) fha/1herpltlgr~e.r CQ'IJJ.e at one ~ay, det~thamlforror:tJ, and famine, and/bee{h41U'eeburnt 'With fire: for j1rong u the Lord Godwhichwillco,.ulemnt her. And then all that eke Kings coulcd do for thofe ldo_latcrs, was, to lament them,but they had nopower to h ·Ipe them. And t-he Merchants, who were ingreat league wi h them,could only bewaile, but noway mit.igate their mifery. ' Viftting the finnes ofthe Fathtrs Dn the chil~re11. \ . Flrfl, it tnaybe obieCl:ed, howGod can in iuflice do this, Oblell. and punHh the children for the fathers fault? But to that, An{. we may anfwere, as God doth in Ho f. 2.. z. fpeaking to the Iewes: he bids them pleadewith their mother; comparing himfelfe to an husband, hce fhewes that there is no fault in · him·, but all the blame lies on the adulterous mother. For as Why Ood an husband may without any fa-ult put away the' wife, that ~n; rh~ . hath dealt trechcrouOy, and her adulterous broocl too, be- c~1l~ren of caufe they be none ofhis children:foGodmay iuflly plague ~~~~e.d pa. ' ind forfake, both tb~ parents and the vvicked children, of wicked parents. · Now this vengeance,Ypon the childrenof Idolatrous pa– rents, rs fltewed cfpedally in thefe things: Ftrlt,in vvith- hol– tHog ~he meanesofgrace, and the fpirit ofgrace from them. Secondly, in letting the childreu fee their fathers euill w~ies, to imiratc the famr.. Thirdly, in giuh1g them vp to bJindnes ofminde and hardneffeof heart; and in denyi:1g them the bendit ofgoodcompany, that might helpe them, .and fuc;h vngodly like. But the Jocl:rine.that we may gather hence, is, that vn~ ~~;:~~:,::: godly parent~ are the moH deadly enemies vnto their chil- cne_g~ics. dr ""n A . E. d 8 h G d fe d' h' rhetr r.:htl · "' : s m xo us 34· . w ere o · ts .owne ts' name drenhaue. moll co~fo~tablie, a~d the abundance of his mercie, yet arld'es rhts wtthall, l-foldmg not the wtck.!d in.w1ce1.1t,l·ut vtjitin.g theJi,nnes ofthefaotherJ, on the·children, to t~t thirddnd fourth gt~ter-iition. , .;·: · ' ·_This;, the ex-ampleofthe .wicked eAhJJ doth euidentlie ·-- F 3 ,. . . ! prouc:
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