inContain !I1' ah',V et/eitiatíon: 277 by God's immediate Hand upon his Soul, forced from Chap. i . him thofe ftrong Cries, that moved all the powers of Heaven and Earth with Compaffion. If the curtain were drawn afide, and we fhould look into the Cham- bersof Death where (inners lie down in Sorrow for e- ver , and hear the woful expreffions and deep com- plaints ofthe Damned, with what horror and diflradion they fpeakof their torments, we could not have a fuller teftimony of God's Infinite difpleafare againfl Sin than in the Anguifh and Agonies ofour Redeemer.por what- ever his Sufferings were in kind,yet in their degree and meafure they were equally terrible with thofe that con- demned Sinners endure. Now how is it poffible that Rational Agents fhould freely, in the open light, for perifhing vanittes,dare to commit fin Can they avoid or endure the Wrath of an Incenfed God ? IfGod fpa- rednot his Son whenhe came in the fimilitude of finful fleih,how (hall Sinners who are deeply and univerfally defiled efcape " Can they fortifie themfelves againft the Supreme Judge ? Can theyencounter with the fury of theAlmighty, the apprehenfions of which made the Soulof Chri/í heavy unto Death r Have they patience to bear that for ever, which was to Chrift, who had the ftrengthofthe Deity to fupport him, intolerable for a few hours e If it were fo with the green Tree, what will become ofthe dry when expofed to the fiery Tri- al Ifhe that was Holy and Innocentfuffered fo dread- fully, what muff they expel who add impenitency to their guilt, and live in the bold commiffion of Sin, without refle lionand remorfe e What prodigious Mad- nefs is it todrink iniquitylike rrater,as a harmlefs thing, when 'tis a poifon fo deadly, that the leaft drop of it brings certain ruine t What defperate Folly, to have flight apprehenfions ofthat, which is attended with the firfl and fecond Death a Nothing büt unreafonable Infi- delity
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