confinablewalking with God. 269 mous mouthes are continually open again( the Maj,?flie of Heaven ?' With what damned oathes doe they teareand re- crud& the precious body of his glorified Sonnc, that fits at his owne right band ? Withwhat monftrous lyes, and hate. full Flanders doe they difgrace his Ambaffadonrs , and vilifie his chofenNay, where {hall you finde oneof thofe,whohave fincerelygiven their names unto Chri I, whole neglected nocency is not trampled upon with the feet of pride andcon. tempt ; and wholeguiltleffe fame lyes not bleeding under the inercileffe flrokes of intemperate tongues ? How many vreci.,,,1170f, dixe.. lagenas Tonnes and daughters of Reboil doe horribly , and with an ris , aut cead high hand prophane his Sabbaths , pollute his Sacraments, cbia:41,11,7,. and turne their backes upon his Word ? How many every mines. where turne themfelves into barrels andbeafis , even into fincks ; nay, and fometimes into Sodomites Hab, 2. 15. by their fwinifhdrunkenneffe ? Howmany inclofing Nimrod:, and Machiavellian Landlords, grinde the face: of thepore, ph:eke off their skins, teare theirfief", breaks their bones, chop them inpiece: a for thepot,and rate theflefh of Gods people ? In a word:Howmany incarnate divels walke up and downe the Earth with hearts and hands as full as Hell , with all manner of rnifchiefe,lewdneffe and rebellion ? And yet we fee in the *mane time , our gracious God beares patiently with thefe many and prodigious provocations; Though hee be armed with his owneunrefillable omnipotency ; have ever in a rea- dinefle all the Angels of Heaven,all thecreatures upon Earth, all the Divels in Hell ; nay, the ye] y hands and confciences of fuch flubborne Rebels, to be the infiruments and executi- oners ofhis just wrathupon their finne : yet doth he fweetly and fairely temper, and moderate his indignation, to fee if the riches of his goodnefle and forbearance , and long luffe. a Me qui tibrin- ring, will leade them to repentance. If Almightie God then, iuriatur magi: wholeMajefty,bleffed and glorious for ever,is chiefly wron- iqtarmiattuirbineov;i ged even by thy a wrongs alto, whole mildneife and mercy h" ei Progibug. is moil fhamefully abufed with the horrible ingratitude, and tr:facre intolerable contempt of filch as hate to bee reformed , bee Juriam, et non e= edccus,ec Lo Wonderfully patient; bee not thou perverfe ; but rather Perei4,- heape
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