(53) I o O er might we not expe-Ct' that the--very_ flon.cs would cry tl out? This is but a feafonable Demand. Let Faith 11 and Holinefs; firG have none found th'lt preach againfl: them,be.fore tnofe that preach them,be conclu· ded, fuch as may well be fpared : But w~at needwe ·~eafon any longer, ina cafe fo plain, wherein I caiJ. have no Adverfaries, but fuch as .the Apollle had, when he fought with Beafisat Ephefm. Whofoe.er · is an Adverfary to ?reaching, is either an Infidel,_or /a B~ute.I lhall only leave one word for fuch eo chew upon,and fo leave them and their caufe t9 the Judg– ment of God, Ail. 1 3.46. It was necej[arj, that the Word gf God fhould ha'J)~ been firff fpo"k_c_n tfJ you ; but hecaafe JOU put it from you, dnd ,judge your [elves unworthy of everlafling Life, Lowe turn un.. tfJ the Gentiies ?. Let·all back-friends to Preaching, paute fadly upon that Word ; Y.ou have prevented the Judge.nent of God, by putdng .the.Word fro1n you, you.have given your felves your own ~entence, you have judged·your [dves unworthy of Everlatling Life. Well, by what hath been faid; notwithltand.. ing all that can be fa id againfi it, it appears~that the removal of the G'ofpel, and the preaching of it, is a grievous Judgement. z. This grievousJudgment lhall yet work to the good of Saints: That which comes in _Wrath on fome,may be in Mercy to others : 'Tis tqe ignor-ant~ ·the unconverted, the unbelieving part o.f men, on whom the Vengeance of this -Judgment falls: ~ris ~ho[e that are weary of the Word, that canwor~e It. Sinners, you tl~at.fay to the Seers, fee n0t; to the PrfJphets, phrophecie n_p more to us ; let 'us alone, w~ have enough ofthis prea~hin·g: if God ·once fay, as fay, Let it IJ.~ 4ccording to their wurd, 'cis your · S 3. Sgul$ ) 'I I I 1·
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