r The Life of Faith. finned, the fhould not die. And though God ; fardifpenfed with it, as to forgive man the greateft part of the penalty, it was by laying it on hts Redeemer; and making him a facri- ñce tohis Juice t that his Crofs might openly confute the Tempter, and affure the world, that God is jolt, and that the wages On is death, Rom, 6. 23., though eternal life be tbegift of God through Je fees Corilt. And he that well confìdcreth this,that theSon of God would rather ¡loop to fufferings and-death, than the D_vtls reproach of Gods threatnings fhould be made true, and thin the Jufìicc of God againft fin Ihould not be manifefted, will Pure never think, that this 3uftice isany di,(bonour to the Almighty. Direct. 5. Let this be your ufe of the threatnings of God, to drive you frontfn,tomore careful obedience, and to helpyou againft dcfe .o of love, and to fet thew againff every temptation when youare ]faulted by it. When a tempting bait is fet before you, fet Hell againft it, as well as Heaven ; and fay, Can I take this cup, this whore, this preferment, this gain of ?udas, with FIJI, for my part inittad-of Heaven? If men threaten death,imprifonment, or any other penalty; or if loffes or reproaches be like by men to be made your reward, remember that God threatneth Hell, and ask whether this be not the molt intollerabie faffer- iing. And ifany Antinomian revile you for thus doing, and fay [You fhould let onlyFree Grace before you, to keepyou from finning, and not hell and damnation] Tell him that it is Cbrijf_: the Mediatour of Free Grace, which hath let Heft before you in the Scripture, and. notyou: And that you do but confider .of that which Cbriff hath fet there before you to be confìdered of.. Ask them whether it be, not God that prepared hell for the Devil and his Angels,.. and Chril himfclf that will adjudge all impenitent linnets to it, Mattb, 25. And ask them why Chrift doth fo often talk of it in theGofpel, Match; i3. of the worm that never dyetb,.andthe fire that never data be quenched, Luke 19. 27. Mark 16. r 6. John 3. 36.2 Thef r. 8,9.&c. And whether they know why Fear wasgiven to man; and whe,. ther Chrift miftook in all lush commands, Lnk,e 12. 4, Fiel a f. 7. Flrb. 4. I. And whether God bath made any past of his Laws in vain, P 3D1
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