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210

vf.

Reproofe

to

many.

Devi,

.By

nature

wrath

abideth

on

all.

And wherein

it eonlilleth.

r.

Efty

59.:.

Pfa1.58.r

2.

Pfal.t4

a

3

4

Rotn.

;.z4.

Papills

Tenets

in

thispoint.

Rom.

a. t£1.'

Corse.

rrid

fell:

5.

decret.

ife

r.

Againú them

that

Ratter

thentfclves

ira

tinne.

Ephelian.r,

Chap.

2.

V

E

R.3.

It

doth

rebuke

the

fhamefacedneffe

of

many,

they think,

O

fhould

they

fay

what fometimes they were,

it

would be

a

difcredit

and blemith

to

their

good name

:

This

being indeed

theway to get glory with

God

and

with the

godly,by

taking

flame room

felves.

Obferve

again,

what

is

the

flare

of

men

by

nature,

they

are fuch

on

whom

the

wrath

of

God abideth.

We

are

from the

very conception

and

birth,

fuch on

whom Gods

indignation

is

poured out,

yea fuch

on

whom the

full vialls

of

Gods wrath

are poured

out, together

with

our

being Gods anger

is

toward

us,

as in

our

felves confidered.

Let

us

take notice

of

the

evills

which

doe accompany

us

from

the

birth, that

we may underftand

the better

that

we

are in

deed

children

of

wrath.

r.

We

are

born

filch

from whom God

is

feparated.;

Tour

finites

have

feparated twixt

you

and

your

God;

we

are

'rangers

to God

from

the

wom

ems.

s

We

are given up

to

Satan

;

children

of

the

Devill,ofdarknefle,un-

der

the power

of

the Devil! the Prince

of

darkneffe,

andare

in all

kinde

of-

darkncffe,

ofignorance

; none

under/landeth,

none

feeketh after

God:

Darknefle

of

tufts and ungodlineffe

;

darkneffe

of

condition;Gods

anger

abideth on

all

that

doenot

beleeve

;

O molt difmall cloud

!

3.

We

are

fubjed to

every

curfe

in

this

life,

whether

fpirituall

or

corporal!.

4.

To

death

temporal!.

5.

To

death

eternal!.

How

comes all this

to

paffe

!

Becaufe

we

all

by

nature are

finfull

;

togetherwith our beings, we

are

defiled,we are finners,andfo

come

fhort

of

the glory

of

God.

The

Papifts holdthefe

foure points tending

to this

Text.

r.

That

we ate tinfoil, for

God

could

not fubjed

us

to

wrath

but

for

fin

;

the

wrath

of

God

is

revealed

again"

all

iniquity.

a.

That

this

fin

is

by nature together with our being conjoyned,

be-

cure

by

nature with our

firft

being we are fubjeéï

to wrath.

3.

That

all

of

us

by nature

are finfull,

for

fin

imputed.

4.

The

belt

of

them grant,

that

likewife we are finfull, and for

fin

de.

ferving

death.

We

further

afirme that

all

ofus

are

(inners deferving

wrath

for

the

luff

and proneneffe

that

is

in

us

to

evill

:

This

alfo

they grant to

got

with

original!

fin,

and to be

a

confequent

of

it; but

they

will not

have

it

fm

properly,

to which wrath belongeth.

It

rebuketh

filch

as

fhift

off

and fleight

overtheir

fins

;

we

hope

we

are

not the worft,

we live

homely, neighbourly,and

quietly,doing

as we

would be done by

;

for

the Devill,we

dellehim

;

for the

curfe and

hell,

we hope.

God

will be merciful!.

Thefemen

would

make them beper-

fwaded

their

cafe is

worfethen

it

is:But thefe perlons

fhal

know

one

day

experimentally, our reports come farte thort

of

the mattet.

Who

knowes

the power

of

thy

wrath

a

none but

the

damned.

Beleeve

it,

and

fo

avoid

the

mifchiefe.

Again,