Part n.·. reve!!in[J, h~tn1_tJettings, and abomina-ble prophanation of holy . things, they tho'11ght it ftra~Jge that we rlln not with them to the ;· fome _excefs of ~'iot, . fjeflking· evil of m, but forgetting the · Account that thetr J~tdge was re~~dy to req\lire of them, I Pet. . 4· 3,4, s~ . Well ! have you yet takenWl{rning ·by the Judgemen-ts of the · Lord? God hath begun to rake away the reproach of Holinefs and through .hii great mercy to us, it is more Honourable ir~ England then formerly it bath been. Is i£ HonoHrtd hJ you t Or arc you hardened to perdition? Fearfull is the cafe of him · whoever he be, thac after alt: thegentle and terrible warnings of the Lord, dare think or fpeak r~proachfttlly of a Holy life! · Yet hear the calls of rhe Eternal Wifdom, Prov. I .20,2. I ,22,&c: . [How long ye fimple ~nes will ye love jimplicit), And the[corners tielight in[corning, and fools hate k_nowledgc ? Turn you at m.J . reproof.] .BHt mtrdn and judgements are loft 'on thehard-hearted, Ifa• .26. 1 o 1 1I. Let favour be foewn to the wick,!d, ya will ht not · lt~trn righteoufnefs : in the ltena :of uprightnefs )'(lilt be deal un– j~ft!y, and '119ilt nrJt behold the Majejly ·of the Lord. · When th~ hlfnd of the Lord is liftedup, they wilt not fee ; hut they foal/ [te ' ~tnd be ll/htemed fo.,. their envy at his pe-ople, and the memiu o\\m · 1 f!re fo~ll devour them. J .And then as they fet ·•t nought :his co#n· fell, and would noneof /m repro9f ~ but mock.._ed them that feared God ; fo· will he alfo III.Hf.h at their calamity, t~nd ·mgc'k__ when : their ·fear cometh. Forthat'they hflted k_no-w/edge, and didnot : choofe tht fear ~f theLfird,] Prov. I. 25, 26, 27,29.: I will add but this one word of terror. To fcorn at Holim[1,· is tofccrn at theHoly G_hoft, whofe office or work it 1s to bn· · ctifie us. As the Father bath commandeduNo he Holy M he isHuly,' I Pet. 1. I 6. and made i~ his .fw~at.e on us; and as the Sun hath ~ome tO' deftroy ~unho!inefs, I John 3; 8. and give us an example' of perfect holinefs, and ft~nCiifie tQ himfelf.. a ptcstliar people, 1 Tit1.1s 2. 14•. fo is it the ~ndertaken work of the Holy Choji, a5 fent therefore f~om the Father and the Son , t~ "?ak.e Holy 111/ ' -1h11tG9d -will f•Fve. AndthoHJ.h I fay tlOt tbat tt 15 the unpar– J9nahle BlafPhtmy againj1 the H(jly Ghoft to [corn his very work ' and o:ffke, yet I fay it is~ BlafPhemy againft the Holy (~haft, fo nellr that which ts unpardonable, that the thoughts of 1t fbo.uld. h.umble all rl' at have been guilty, and make men fear fo hornble · a.fin• . But [.Brif.d i.t .hethat .walk_t.t_h not in thr Cotm/el cf the· · · Vngg~ly; ,
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