272, itpt panitonp of tOc 2{ttttbnt.el Chap 14, thofe which are by the Word alone, and make a deeper n impreßîon upon the heart. David acknowledges, Be- PfaI.I19, 67 fore he was afiietedhe went affray, but nowhave 1 kept thy words.Corrupt Naturemakes God's Favours pernicious, but his Gracemakes our Punifhmenrs profitable. Briefly, Theyare not SatisfaStions for what is pal, but admo- nitions for the time to come. But purely vindictive Judgments arenot inflicted for the reformation of an Offender, but topreferve the honour of the Sovereign, and Publick Order, and to make compenfation for the breach ofthe Law. If any advantage accrue to the Offender 'tis accidental,and befides the intention of the Judg. 2. The end of Chaftifements upon Believers is to I Cor. I I. prevent their final deflrution : When we are fudged, weare Chaflenedofthe Lord,thatwe may not be condemned with the World. And this fweetens and allays all their Sufferings. As the Pfidmili declares, Let the Righte- ousfinite me, and itfhall be a kindnefs ; let him reprove me, itfhall be anexcellent oile) which(hall not break my head. But the Vindictive Punifhment of a Malefactor is not to prevent his condemnation ; for Death is fome- times the Sentence. In this refpect the temporal evils that befal the Wicked and the Godly, though materi- ally the fame, yet legallydiffer. For to the Wicked they are as fo many earner's of the compleat payment they fhall make to Juílice in another World ; the be- ginnings of Eternal Sorrows : but to the Godly they are in order to their Salvation. They are as the Red-Sea, through which the Ifrae'ites pall to the Lana of Promife, but the Egyptianswere drowned in it. Briefly, their Suf- ferings differ as much in their iffue, as the Kingdoms of Heaven and of Hell. 2. That Death remains toBelievers, Both not .leffen theperfection of Chrift's Satisfaction. 'Tis truecon- fidered
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