tJf!dperpetual/ (juide~ proportion our behaviour and carriage, with te· verence,humility,and-obedience to fogreat a pre-:- fence. Earchly Princeswill not endure contempt · Simile. ·and difgrace at their fubjeets hands : They can– not abide to have their Majeftie and authority lightly fetby, ,their !awes and oominands to bee · neglected and trode~ under foot : Why then lhould the Lord of glory, of juftice and power, bcare fuch indignitiesat the hands offtnfull men, which are his mo!l: abject.vaffab, and contempti– ble creatures? Ccrtaine it is, if wee weigh aright the grcatneffe of that God, before whom wee ftand, and our owne vilendfe, wee fhould hold it mof.t juft,ifhe thould prefently in theplace where we lland, punifh and plagueo'-'r fleepineffe, tal- · king, wandring thoughts, and irreverent carriage at hearing his .Word, _with fome fu<dden and niarkable vengeance,to be afpeeta~le &example unto others, for negleetil}g f.o .great falvation. It is Gods great mercy ~hat fuch plagues.and judge– ments are refpited,·fufpended, and deferred; for even ~aii the curfes in the bookeof God doe natu– rally, defervedly, and in the courfe of Gods ju- .ftice, belong unto the n,~gligent hearer, and dit; '. l . . obedient unto theWord of God. A!Jthefe curfoJ (faith Mofes I>eut.2$_.49.) fha!t come upon. the,eand 'Deue.ss• .,!f. p~rfue thee, atld ove_rtakethee, tif!thou he deflroyed, hecau_(e th~Je obtyeftnet the.vo'icen.f the ~9rdihJ God. ' ·. I come now in·the fc_coad place to the~tempta· Hinderari~~-~tions and lets whereby a man may·bee hindered fromprofit~ng f: h . h W d f G .J fi . b . . by theWord. · rom earang t e Ot: o OCI, pro ttng ytt, . and-a confcion~l?leprafrifingof~thefame. . ·1 . (e) , . . Tlle - ··~
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