·7'he Saints fore Chrift from Heaven fhould prefently and po– tently execute them. If bee denounce Iudge– ments againft finne ,_it is~s if the voice of God himfelfe fuould be heard from Heaven; a5 if the Lion of the Tribe of Iudah fuould roare. If he poure the Oyle of comfort into a wounded and diilreffed Confcience,it is as fureand cer"ine,as foft and fweet to the bel~ving foule, as .if the Angels iliould comfort him, as they did Ch·rift in nis Agonie; or,as if Chrift himfelfe f'hould mercifully reach out his glorious hand, through the Clouds, and binde up his brokeR heart and bruifed Confcience with a Plaifter of his owne precious Bloud. If bee inftru_Ct, admonifh, re.. prove, exhort, perfwade, from ground and warrant out of theWord ; it is all one,as if Chrift him– felfe fhould doe it: who bath faid; He that /Jeareth yeu, heareth me. - . · Let men therefore pretend what they will ; if they will not heare, beleeve, and ·obey the Lord, _ fpeaking in the MiniA:erie of theWord, though the meanes and M~tfengers be never fo bafe and · vile,fraile,weake)and finfuH. Let an Angel come from Htaven, a Devill from Hell, ~ora man from the dead; yet would they not beleeve. For, if a ma~ were truly humbled, bee would tremble at Gods Word,ofwhomfoeverhee ·heard it. If tlee had a fpirituall tafie, bee would relifh the he a-· venly food.; whofoever minifired it. If bee hetd Gods holy S.pir~t, bee would know and ,acknow– ledge his Sword,,which is the Word of God, in vlhofe hand foever he fa~w"it. And untill he bave this
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