·· foule-exaltin~ humiliation. when~he meafureand the nnmberofrhy finnes are full,perhaps in rbe brightefr fun-fhine ofrhyworld- :IyhappinefTe, the Lord will fnddainly raine upon :thee.fnares·, fire andbrimftone,41ndanhorrible temp :If, '(;c. Pfol. u. 6• · Nay; itwillbeaneafotobimtcpoure l ;out hU·v,enJ!/tl1l.ct on thu, Jfo. 1; 24. Zeph. 2. 2 ~HeJlliU ~rejoycuver then• deflroy thee, Deut• 28. 6~. And!Jee :willlaughat thydtftruaion, and mocke when thy feare tlmeJ, &c.PrfJ<V. x. 26. 2 Tby·liableneffeevery moment to all the ill, that aman·defiirureofdivin·e grace may commit; as to the daily increafe and tyranny ofall fpiriruall ' plagues upon thy foul~: as,more blindneffeofmind, · .,hardneffe ofheart, fy>irituall giddineffe, .the fpirit of .flumber;·a·i"eprobate·fenfe., 'firong delufions, dead– neffe ofconfidence, infidelity, earnall fecuritie, .im~ penirencie:,fiaveryunder theDevill:md thirreown lufrs,&c. far greater than all the plaguesof1Egypt; ~l'ldalfo to all the ill that! aman un rotefred from -- .above may indure. Thou art every moment jufily ~er~imJ • t,·vot. in cta11ger 3nd dreadfull expe&aciora of aH the venpag. 37 ,.col.I. geance rhreatned in the bookeofGod. . ! · 3 That if.thon·now bee cut offby rhe ftroke of ·deathfn thyprdenr)mpenirent efiate,thou arc cer– tainly damned for ever. And bow many wayes maiefi th6u ·die in a day? Befides themany direafes, Pliny reckons · h up 300 from that infenfibiy breeding iri t ybodie,maykill thee the crowne of ·(uddainly, thy houie is fubjett to fire, robbery~temthe head rothe d d h 11.• fole of rhe foor: peftuouswinds, thun ers, an ot er Wattmg calafame of rhefe triiries, not without hazzardofthine owne life. · If fuddcnly•.. thou put frorn·tlie fuore in a .!hip, or boat, there is ' butafoots bredch diA:ance(as .they fay)becween thee .... · and
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