Part x. Cap.u. Ajflitled Confi:iences. tie cry they never fo loud, o~ promife they never fo 'fayre. G o D in j?fl: indif5n.ati~n is. wont to dea~e fo with thole, who dnnke up tmqmty hke water! Without all fenfeor feare of a glorious_dreadfull Majefl:y above. See E.uk,. 8.18. w'ith thofe, who rifufe to fioope to Gods Ordinance,and fubmit to the Scepter ofChrift when they are fairely invited by the Minifrery. See Pro'i:erbs I, 24- 28. Jer. 7· 13. 16. and II, 11. with great Ones, who grinde the faces of the poore. See Micah. 3· 4· with 'abufers of the richei of hu goodnej[e, and long fujftring. See 'R._om,z.4, 5. Howmuch more ' doe you thinke, !hall impenitent Perfecutors be paid heme in this kinde? See z Maccha6. 9. 13 I 7. There that great and C!'Uell perfecutor ,eAntiothru ,being feizd upon by an hQrrible fickneffe, promiieth V<:ry glorioufly l1pon that hislafl: bed; be!]des many other fl:range reform~tions, ~ven that bee aljo, would heco~e a .Iew himfelfe, ftnd gop thorow all the World that :VM Mhahtted, andckclare the power of (jod. But for all thts,heare what the ( i) Writer ofth~t fl:ory tuth of~is fpirituall fl:ate? . . and· of Gods refolutton towards Htm, verf. 1 3· Thu ~ l) I kno~ ~e booke · d. · fG d lfl h L d h ''d 1s not ofd1vme aotho~ wecl.e ner on pra&e a o unto t e oo , w o wou~, now 't d t'he ~ h - "'1: r . r1 y;an rerore t e have no mercy on ~m. Place quoted, taken 10. All theirfpitefllllfj>eeches, fcurrillfcoffes~ pefl:i- onely from the ·hand l~nt lyes, infolent infultations, &c. are as fo many of an humane Hi~oCmwnes of alory and J. oy unto the heads and hearts r.ta~. And fo conceive b · ' of Jt; Buc we fee the Authors conceit of that wicked man. If any thinke, tbatGod h faid to have had no mercy upon him, only in 'tcfpea of deliverance from his difeafe ! heare what fGme f:ay in the ca!e, AntiocbU4 Wa& indeed really an4 {erioufly grieved; and acknowledged that hi5 affliction Wa& far his ftns~lib.t • .cap. 6. vert 1 I: But he W'!4 not truly P.emten_t J?r t ht ofence committed agqi11{/ Gotl, and his 1w~hbour, bu_t ontly jo'l huown ca/:nmty;4-na mi[ery,and therefm<ccould nu obtaine mercy,tfl rcmzjfionof hu fins, nor relea(e of ~he punifhment: Su a!fo the damned in Hell, know ,~ndron· foffe, that th.f? are puni.fhcdfor tiJezr jin.r, but have not true repentance, for their otfence again{t God. Of tbts cenfure :md glolfe, letthe AuthoJ s rem!er :1 reafon tbemf'elyes.ln .A.ntinch~~o fayth Cypria;%, Antichriftm exprfflU4.- .De Exhort. Manyrij. Cap. 11. • Their rage is: Cr.owne to the per(ecutou. - of
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