- Sermon f. ofthe Go \v R 1E s, When his hand held the othe;;hand, that was_ ready to give the deadly blow, 111 nPn 4 ppuneret liP~ere (they be the very words ofthe Text :) And was it norrhehand in the Text then~ . ·. · · ·. • That youwere foJlablifbed, _as to refifr ;-that You were fojlrengtlmed, as ropre.· vaile (thetwo effeCts, [et downemthe verfe boch:) And yet was It not the hand 8:q there fpecified ~ . . . . . . .' The Popular tumult that r?fe_ afcer this, enraged by odwusfurmifes, was It not 4 G 0 n's hlwdthat layeilther.tgmgPf tbew4ves th"'; that llayed the madneffe of the Pf.' 1•6 1·7· People. . ' . When theviolence was over, thehurt was not: The lewd toague ofshemei doth > hllrt noldfe than the fword ofAbljai. It would not be beleevcd, that all this was true' there were thatJlandmd thefsotjleps of His AnnPinud ( David's cafe in the end Vcrfq1, ofthis Pfalme:) was it not Godthen,that fo touched the heart ofhim;..rhat wasefcaped unknowpe, t):lat he had not the power, to be true to himfelfe, eo keepe it in,_but was even driven by remorfe, to bewray himfelfc (though with evident hazard ofhis owne life) was not this digitm Dei? . And fince th,at,by afurther frrange difcovery, hath He no~ fer your innocencyin __ the light ofthe Sun! th~t now themPuthofall wickednejfe isflopped, fo tlpt neither PCal. 6 J.I ' · Abifoi'sfw,ord, norShemei'stongue now, can doeyouanyh11rt? And wasnotthe handandarmeofGQd inthis~ Yes, the whole arme,and every joynt;the wholehand, andall the lingers ofir. Yet lack we the !aftverfe; . Here was theband)'l'ith the !hidd: bmwhere was thearm~with the fword~Here 6 too; and ir,fmittheni; fmitthefll downe, diJwne it(mlt them both, both in r_hevery The h•sd >nd place wherethey delignedyou~hurt,and in the very wi~/adnejfeofthe ace: both were ~;:~ :cl!c'":f-., fmittendowne llarke.dead,andt9ere ftarke dead youfaw them both lie before you (as f•nfiv• pm •fl the verfe is)bifmyour fac'e. lfonprofecmmt: Nay, defec~runt, & in ipfofcelete peri- ~~~~:,:·~~.~ erunt..: their[word went through their owne h~art and thetr bloudwas upon their OrPWt down• btfort heads. Godfound you fhen, :jpd you found Him, ,certainly; 0, lee Him everlinde Y'c'[ face. you flisfer'llant, whom you tlien, found your fo gracious goodLord. . . ; lt;~-~·.'3~: Butthey mufr bepl4gtmftoo(tom~ke the Text up full.) So were they: For,as 7 · ifthey hadbeene f mittenwith fome pefril~ntfouJe difeafe ;fo,from rhem,from their To tl•g•c m:mion;theregoeth an odious feot,odious,an,d abl:)orred ofall: Yca,thevery houfe, them•. ~sifthe plague ofleprofie had beene inir, razed.dpwne: and, ~hat the'remight no in, feffiori come from this plague oftheirs, their,very name put our, from under heaven. And, allthis,fo done, and with fuch circurrillances,asall chat hear~it,muft acknow- 1'hiidone1\y ledge, it was God's doing, and that from heaven came the hand that did it; F aflum f1od bimfiift. en & 4Domino ~'aflum eff both. . . , . rr.t. 6 4·9· ::1"' J' ' , ~· . . I , . Plal1181J Andlo,youarefomid: ,and they (as the children of perdition !hould be) 2re · · · loft. Here areyo~: And \yhere are they ~- go~e to their .owneplace, to .Jud,u their Ads L•S· brother. And (as IS moll: kmdly) the(ewnes, to the Fath,er oftt?icked.:ejfe; there to be plagued witl! him, for ever. Thefa!Tieway,may they aflgoe;and to rhe fame place, may they all come: all, thatfhall everoni:eolfer, to' doe the like. Thus, to the very lafr fyllable, ofthe !aft verfc, is this Textfotind true in you; and this cqvenant made good to you. All the fix points of ir, all ofthem inf~<tMro, inthe Text;)haU and jhaU!te,. Comes me the day, ana puts them all Inpt.tterito tp you, changerh)halt and]hall be~ mto 1Mf and dtd. That, thus we reade it now ; His hAnddid hold you foft, Huarme dtd HrengthenyliH: the_memie w•s not able tp doe you 4Wy' violence, nq more WIM the {onne ofwickednejfe to hurty_o11. B11t He did{mite dorvne ye11r foes, anddidplag11e them that hAtedyor1. So,the Covenant was fully kept wirh you and fealed,even with thebloudofthem,tbatbrakeit. · , ' , _ JToyforyoui And now, let all them,~hat took any joy in the firll findingandannointing, here delivering. ren~w thoqoy ~fre!h,for thiS fecond,when you were rhus in a manner lolt,andji>Hnd Luke, s.6.?; · ~ame. Whe_n 1t was juft, as in the Gofpell, Periit ehnventuft. And if hee m the ofpell for h1sjhe_ep ;ana the, forhergroat, called all their friends rogerh~r,and cry· fd,CmgrAtnfamms m1.h~:hmvmuch greatera,·ongratuJamini bel,ongs to tlus ~ Wh~re not ' .
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