--- ·- . . -Joule-exalting humiliation. I) 1 return~; willlocke it up for e.ver in the dungeon of . brimfi:oneand-fi(e• · •' I 1 • - i. ; r' · 2 Lookupon thy prefent e~ate;&therin c?~fider:~ 1 Thy huttfutndfe; whtlefi: thou connnuetl: a naturall and unf.mctified man:~ thou prickefi: and fiingefr all that are about thee. There is nothing in the world but thou hurtefl: and vexeft itone way or other. Thou fearfully dHhonourefl: God the Father, byafrubborne rebellioufnes to his Comman– dements,anddifobedience to llisword.Thou tram- ·pldr underfoot, as it were, the.predOU$ blood of Chrifi: by thywilf~llgoing~n in finne, and d~ny· ing the powerofhts pafftonmthy ftnfull practices.. ~ ThougrievefrG.ods ble£I:edfpirit~ by neglefting.his inward warnings,- ahd frnothering thofe -holy mo- · tions which he kniletimes frirres up in thine heart. Thou difcontentefr fo much as.in thee lies, and makeft fad, fo farre as thofe glorious creatures are ·capabi~, the ble{fed Angels, and bereavdl: them of that joywhich theywould conceive at thy .conver-. !ton. Thou pollutefr all the creatures thou med- · dlefi with,becaufe theyare not faoctified unto thee by the wofd,ofGod, :md prayer; addefi weight unto their burd~n of bondage and grievoufnetfe UI_lto their groanes, whkh they make tor delive– ram~eoutofthatvanhie, to which the Gns·.-ofmcn have made them fubject• . And perhaps, as thou in. jbyefr themby ufurpation and iritrufion, fo fametimes thouex~rdfefr an hard-hearted, and' mercileffe tyrannyover them. A righteoiu mfln (faithsa; lomon) regar.deth the life ofhiJbe.1jt, but'the mercieJ (;f thn:vicked arecruell, Prav. 12. 10. Asforthy,cpmKk 4 pankm: The time pre. [en~. ' ' l
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