folfe~inriching 'examination•. ·withAhab ; pull the men of God to comfort them, :and pr~y for them with St~ut~ yet all will noi: ferve .the turne ·; they refufed grace wh~n itwasotfered ; :by the minifiery of the Word, ·and urged upon · · :them by the loud cries ofGods meffeng~rs ; and · therfore they can now have.nomercy, no bleffing; ·though-- they_feeke it with teares) as Efau did ; 1 though they throw their fearfulland piercing cries iD:tO the ayre with hideous groanes and yellings·. : That this ,is Gods courfe holden with prefumpru· ous finners, appeares plainly.in his Word; Becaufo ·JthtJVt called, ttfJdyee refofed, I have ftretched out mine . liAtJr/, atJdnonewoutd.reg!#'d. Thenjha11 they call up~n me,~utiwiJinot anfwer; they!htt.Ufeekg 111eearly~but1hey ·i fha1tnotfindeme, Prov:1.14, 28. The Lord by the 1' Prophet lfo;;ealsthe pe0ple towe~pingandmour- r nin~£or their (innes ; bL1t they utterly feareleffe· ! Q£~GoC:ls rhrea:tnis~t> fe.~l to fporting.and fea!Hng, J toJOYand gladnefie, whereupontheiinne became · unexpiabie, Ifoy , ". Sunly this:iniqait/fhall n;1t bee · Jlllrgedfroi!J)Ott ; tiiiJeedie>foith the.LordOIJI/.ofHofls. , But the(peciali place·is, Ez~ch. 2 4·l3. Becaufe~fa,i th . GodroJerufa:Iem) 1-wou!rlhavepHrgedthe'e, and thou · fWijlnol•purgetl,thoufoalt not bepurged,tiJJI have caufod 1/J.}rPJ:tJth.to./ightnpoa t-hee. See to this purpofe, ,Lukt. 19.4,2· Thus refuGng to be.reforined in the day of ,· grace, abqGng Gods loving kiridneffe; patience) ·. long-fuffering, and forbearance and prefumingup-> . 011 his;mercy aga-infi: ·the truth ofhis Word, and' gloryofhisjufl:ice, make way for utter rejection . ·anddefpairein thedayoftr.oubie and heavineffe~ . He that in the flower ·ofhisage:> and flourilhing · of i ' 107 I '
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