Part 11.' . . A Saint 8r aBrtitt• ., . 16r· Jfreferre a f~w dayes (l~~pleafere? As fureiy as you may know the Bafenfs of a fwir:e or dog by what they fe~d- upon, fo fmely may you know the bafenefs of acarnal mind, by the= bafencfs of its de!ires and delightsL · 5.· It is alfo a Bafe Seciety that ungodly men are members of. They are in the JGngdm; of d&tr~efs, Col. r. I 3· AUs 2(i. I 8. . and are aead in fin , inwhich they "Wilik.. according to the courfe of the world, according to the Prince of the power of the air , the iJirit that now ~alkfth in the children of tlifobeaience, 1tmo1t1g ')Vh!Jfll the] havttheir c9nverfations,Eph.z. I ,2, 3, Devils are thetr inviji~te companions, and wick!d men their vi fib le ':but they have none of the pr_efence and favou-r of the Lord, nor any communi– on with him in the fpirir. 6. Thegrumfi DifoGnoNr of the ungodly is, that the God of Henen ref1.1feth to Honour them : yeahe defpifeth them : yea he difho.noureth them with mofi contemptuous tides. And cer– tainly God knoweth what he faith of them ; and it is impoffible that he tlloald do them wrong. Yetdorh be call them the fied 4 t-he Ser?ent, that !l:and at enmity with his flock_: Gen. 3. I 5. he calls them hu enemies , and accordingly will ufe them , Luk.! 19. 27. He calls them DD[J and Swine, and the ch;!Jrm of the Devil, 1ohn 8. 44· M~ttth..7· 6. They difhonourcd and defpifed him, and he will difhonour and defpife them, and hath· refolved that their very namei fhall rot, Prov. ,10. 7· . 7. But it _is the Everlajfit~g j1Jame. that will tell us what was the: Hone11r of the ungodly. When Chriil: fhall be ~fhamed of them before his Father and the Heavenly Angels, M~tth. 8. .38. and , fhall tell them th~t he never knew them, Mlltth. 7· 2J. When all their former pomp and fplendour, will be tnrned into per– petual flume and forrows ,_then where is the Honour of the · ungodly world ?· Where then are their flatterers? Who boweth to them, and calleth themRigbt·.Hononrable and Right W.orfoip-– full any more ?· Where now are their fumptnous houfes and. attendance ? Now ~hey have other kind of fervitours ; and'· other language , and other .ufage then they bad on earth. And the poor wretches that fiormed at a faithful Minificr for fore– telling thefe woeful cban~es to them , and fpeaking fo difho– nol.lrably of them, as to tell them of their fin, . are at Lail: fay-. M. m 2.:. in£,;
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