comfortable calkingpithGod. 363 the next riot and rebellion againft his patient Lord , that moil.borrible fiery tempefluousflame , Pfal. i a. 6. ready to fall upon his head, even whenhe is warmth inhis wealth, and in the Lionel} gleame ofhis worldly profperity : fudden deflruftion ready to feize upon himunavovdably, as travell ieTher.i upon a womanwith childe, when bee is tinging fecureft Requiem to his foule offafety and peace. If bee looke for- ward to future time, bee fees death, the grave, Gods aria Tribunal!, the laft Judgement, and endleffe miferics oftheo- ther world : the fling, poifon, and terrours of which, he chaff never beeable-, either to avoid or abide. I fay, fhali filch a fellow fleere in the face ? And fhall not a true-hcai ted Na- thaneA to whom Iefus Chrift bath bequeathed a legacy el 1 _0 y1,427. peace; whom the Spirit ofGod bids rejoyce evermore and who,whichway foever he lookes,if he open his eye,off'aith, (hall fee nothingbut matter of fweeteft contemplation ; in- finite caufe oftruth joy, and fpirituall ravifhtnent If bee lookebackward upon the time, whileft bee yet lay under the tyrannyof the Devil!, anddominion ofthe firft death : bee (hail fee the Catalogue ofall his for mer furies, fhould it bee as blackeas hell, as foule as Sodome, as red as fcarlet, faire- ly,and for ever walled away in that fountainopenedforArne 2.26.13.1. andfor uncleanneffe , even theprecious bloodof that imma- culate Lambe lefus Chrifi the holy and the rightecus : If beelooke upon his prefent flate, bee 11141 finde himfelfe pre- ferved as a Jewel moll tale in the precious Cabinet of Cbds dearth providence ; environed with a glorious guard of mighty Angels ; kept by the power of god through faithunto falvation, ready to bee revealed in the laft time : if bee looke forward, bee (hall feedeath indeed ; buttbe fling taken out of it by the deathof c Chrifi ; the grave perfumed tohis (dui pro pubis hand, by his Saviours bleffed Buriall ; wherein bee may lye morretn temei vi- downe as in a bed of Downs fenced with the omnipotent ic.". frisPeor"i gip. ad arme ofGod, for the glory ofthe Reforredion ; the Throne iglqires- d Qt ludex ofgrace in Heaven, flanding vpon pillars ofmercy and love ; Ritmzo eft, ipfc tous where Iefus Chill-las as Judge, who fhed hishearts blood "die Advocatus for him;and is his d ildvocat, whilehe yetabides in this vale 7,11.' '444 of $1
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