Bates - BT825 B37 1683

Z Cor.5, I I. Heb. i r SE9, MONS guifh'd the fear of eternal future Evils, which is the proper pailion of reafón. TheApoffle declares,.. That knowing the terror of the Lord, we perfwade Men to be reconciled to him, before the feafon of Mercy be expir'd. But thofe whohave fup- preff thenatural Notions of Eter- nal Judgment, as they think it beneath their wifdom to be per fwaded by the Promifes of Hea- ven, f0 beneath their cOurage to be terrified with the threatnings of Hell, and triumph over the ruins of Confcience. But tho' wicked Infidels Elite theThreat" pings, they thall not efcape the Vengeance of God. We read of Noah, that being warnedof god of things not feen as yet, moved with fear, he prepared an Ark for the faving of his .Houfe. His Fear was the native iffue of his Faith. But the profane World,

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