The i1r-1iferies o the Vnconverted. Omnifciency can fi~d thee, thou llialt not efcape: If the true and faithful God wil_l fave his oath, pe– nfr! thou mufl:, except thoubehevea.nd repent: If the Almighty hath power to torment thee, thou fualt be perfectly mif'erable in foul and body to all eternity, unlefs it be pr~.!vented by thy fpeedy con– verfion. · IT. The wholecreation of God is againft thee . The whole creation (faith Paut) groanetb and travailetb in pain, Rom. 8. 2 z... But what is it that thecreation groaneth underr, Why,_the fearful aBufe that it is fubje& to, in [erving the lufl:s of unfanetified men. And what is it that the creation groaneth for? Why, for freedom and liberty from this abufe ; for the creature is v~ry urr'fllillingly {ubjetl to this bondage, Rom. 8. 19, to; 2 r. If the ..unreafonable and inanimate creatures had fpeech and reafon, they would cry out under it, as bondage unfufferable, to be abufed by the ungodly, contrary to their naturei, and the ·ends that the great C!:reator made them for. It is a paffage of an eminent Divine, ' The liquor that the ' drunkard drinketh, tf it had reafon as well as a • man, to know how fhamefully it is abuf{'d and ' fpoiled, it would groan in the barrels againft him, ~it would groan in the cup againfi him, groan in ' his throat, in his belly, againft him ; it would fly " in_his face, if it conld fpeak. And if God fl1ould ' open the mouths of the creatures, as he did the ' mouthof Balaam"'sAfs, the proud man·s garments ' on his ha k would groan againfl: him. There is ne– ' vera·creature, but if it had reafon toknawhow it ' is abuted, till a man be converted, it would gr<:>an ' againft him :, 1;"he_land w~uld ~roan t9 ~ear ht~, c the air wonut groan tog!ve hun breathtng, ' ~hetr "houfeswouldgroanto lodgethem,th~ir bedswould ' groan to eafe them, their food to nourifh them, ~ their cloa~hs to cover them, atld the creaturewould · ~groan
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