l . J+ 1 · . 'IheSaints fore · . ricV,e<l with the Reve·nues, Sover:aignetie, a~& Pleafures ofawhole Kingdome :. But upon the fuddfn, fiarting up,and leaping for joy,falls irre– coverab.Iy intothe mercileffeanddevouring Sea; . and fo lofeth that little comfort,which hehad in . this miferable hfe. Manywretched.menlyeand, fleepe and ft10rt in ignorance and fpirituall.blind– neffe; thinking, that skill in the Booke of God,. and points of Religion, belongs onely to thofe that are Boo.ke-leai'ncd; entertaining much vaine .hope of falvarion, without aH truth or ground·: But when upon their Death-bed,their Confcien,. £es are awa.kened by.the finge r of Gads jufl:ice; l omof the tlumber offinne,they then too liue find 'and fee, that all was but aDreame; for they fud- . denly fall and ftnke intodefpaire,horror,and cnd– lctffe de(olation. Tl1e fbte then ofigmormt men; tho~lgh perhaps they littl-e thit1ke upem it,or take it to heart, is mofl: fearefull in ~his life, andwill be moft horrible herea·fi:er. In this World; be– caufe· they are unacquaimed, and ' untatlght in Gods Truth,points ofReligion,andway tofJ~aven; they neither know their owne ti.tiferie, the great myilerie of godlineffc, or meancs to falva– tion ; and therefore liz'e ttJ aliemfrom the Common- . we.alth oflfra.e!, ftrangerJ from the Ceve'!ant of Pr(}– mife, witht>ut hope, and without God in the Wf!Yfd: Which is a miferie of all'mi{eries ;, They are con– tle~md . alreadie: For as. it is,lohn'3. I 8. He that belee·veth not in him, is alreadie condemned. And 1(.am.I.o.x4. 1 SaintPa.u/faith,Rom. Iu. 14. How[h.1ll'theykeleeve .t _____ ,_}· in him,()f whgm they have not heard; and.hew fha!l they (· ~ _ _ _ ------~ ----- ------ he;tre,_.l
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