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6,
6pfiefian,r,Chap.
5.
597
grew
fo
difcontent
that
fell
ficke
of
the
fattens and dyed
:
fo
Hamair,
the
fliffe knee
of
c.Atordecai
did fo vex and gall
him,
that
all his ho-
nourdid
him
no
good;
the
Lord doth
make all
things they have,
as
if
they
were nothing
:
that which
he giveth with one hand,
he takes a-
way
with the other.
2. God
fhewcth
wrath fometimes
in
taking
them
from their
wealth
when they begin
to
fing, Hicre
quiet mea.
Sometime while
they
live,
doth manywayes
take
their wealth from
them,
giving them into of-
fences
which
doe confifcate
all,
and fo maketh
them
like
fponges, lea,
ving
them
to
finfull vice,
which doth
fpend
all,
letting them undertake
foolifh practices, which juftly
doth
wafte
that which
unjuftly they
have
gotten,
and in
the
end
letteththeir
covetoufneffe and
in
juflice be
punifhed with hell
fire.
Wherefore
this mutt much more
make us
take heede
of
thefe
finnes
this wrath
of
God which doth
accompany
them;
we
mutt not thinke
that
all (hall
be well,
and fay
as
fome
fay,
that
heil
is
not
fo
hot
as
we fpeake
for, (!rile not
covenants with hell
:
Looke
Deut.
29.19.
He
that
heareth the
words
of
this car
f
,and
(hall
blepfe
himfelfe
in
his
heart,
faying,I
(hall have
peace,although
I
walke according
to
thefubbornneffe
of
my
heart
:
the Lord will
not
be
mercifdl
to
that
man.
Wofull
is
their con-
dition, doe not then hold
on
in
thofe
fins
which God doth
fo
threaten;
Who
ever hardened
his
heart
againfiGodand
profpered?
Let no feares
hold
yon
back,the
devil! will
tell you
it
is
a
fhame
to
do otherwife then
thou
haft done,
it would undoe
thy ettate, not to follow matters
as
thou
haft
done:
thefe
are
foolifhfeares, be
not
fuch children
:
they
if
one
play the bullbegger
are
afraid,
but
if
one bid them put their finger
into
the
fire
or candle,the
weakeneffe
oftheir
judgement maketh
them
not
afraid at
this.
So
we
like
babes are afraid, there where there
is
no
feare,
and feareleffe in
regard
of
Gods wrath which
only
is
dread-
ful!.
Now
the
laft
thing to be
marked
is
from this, that he faith,
Gods
wrath
doth
fall
on
the children
of
difobedience,
(1.
e.) fuch
as
are
enemies
to perfwafron, and will not
be
reclaimed
:
Whence Obferve,
That
it
is
not
falling
of
infirmitie fometime,butan impenitent
courfe
in
t
fanne, which
is
fearefull,
not
fpices
of
corruption, dwellingwith us, not
flippes
through frailty, but the not yielding to Gods
perfwafions,
the
wilful!
continuing
in
any evil!, this caufeth
Gods
vengeful!
wrath
overtake
us
hereand hereafter; looke
Rom.
a.
5.
Thou
after
thy
hard.
neffe,
and
heart
that
cannot
repent,
heapefl
to
thy felfe
wrath againfi
the
day
of
wrath.
He will woundtbe hayrie fcalpe
(of
whom!)
of
him that
walketh
on
in
his mickedneffe :
and
NOV.
I.
249
a5. this
is
the
thing
that God
threat
-
neth,
becaufe
I
have
called
and
you
would
not
beare, therefore your
de
flra-
Clion
lhalt
come
fpeedily
:
For thu
is
that
condemnation,
that lightis
come
into the world,
but men love darkeneffe,
and
will
not
obey
the
light:
this re-
bellion
is
worfe
then witch
craft
if
Gods owne children
doe finne,
he
will
be
angry and fcourge
them
as a
father
in
this
life,
but
his revers-
Fff
3
ging
Joh.
g.
4.
Doti.
Joh:3:r9:
sSam.rq.s3.