roi Generall dsretï`ioNsfor Micha 3.2,3. open againft his bieffedMajeftie ? Withwhat damned oathes doe they teare, and re-crucifie the precious Body of his glo- rified Sonne, which litsat his owne right-hand ? With what Iyes and flariders doe they revile his Ambaffadours, and vi- lifie his Chofen ? Howmany graceleffe wretches doe wil- fully andobf}inatelyprophane his Sabbaths, pollutehis Sal' craments, and turne their backes upon his Word ? Howma- ny doedaily turne themfelves into beaftes, by their fwinifh drunkenneffe, to the great reproach of mankind, and difho nourof their reafonable nature Howmany incloingNiel. rods, and cruell Landlords, doegrinde the faces of the poore ; Nay, plucl e offtheir skinnes, teare their flefk, breake their bones, andchop them inpeeces atfor the pot, and Bate the ftcj ofgods people ? In a word, how many incarnate Devils doe march upand downe the earth withhearts and handsas full as Hell, with all manner of mifchiefe, lewdneffe and rebellion ? So many, and with fuch extreme infüfferable audacioufneffe and impudency, that,as a learned Divine fpeakes, If but any tender-heartedman fhould fit but one houre in the Throne of God Almighty (ifit be fit fo to fuppofe) andTooke dowse upon the earth, as God loth continually, and fee what abo- minations are done in that houre, he would undoubtedly in the next fet all the Worldon fire, and not fuffer his wrath to be pacified, or the fire tobe quenched. And yet for all this, our gracious God in the meane time, though bee bee armed with his owne unrefiftable omnipotencie, and a theufand Charetsi>, the Whirlewinde; though bee have ever in a rea- dinefleofall theAngels ofHeaven, all the Devils in Hell,all the creatures in theWorld; nay, thevery hands and confei- ences ofprophane wretches, and all that provoke the eyes ofhis Glorywith theirpollutions, to bee the inftruments and executioners of his jut} wrath upon their finne; yet, I fay, our gracious God oppofes his infinite patience"againft all thefe reftleffeoutragions provocations. Hee fweetly and fairely tempers andmt derates in themeane timehis molt juft and caufefullindignation, to fee ifthe bountifulneffe of his forbearance and longfuffergwill leade them to repentance. -- Bed
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