110 ftfan'I 'natural Slat!, State n. pleafure in, but is difpleafed with, their befl: Wo ;i<s, I fa. :– lxvi. 3· He that facrificeth alamb: i.r aJ. if he cut off a dog'r neck, &c . J'heir duty, as done by ~hem, is an abomina– thn to the Lord, Prov. xv. 8. And as ·men turn their back on them whom they are angry with ; fo the Lord's refuGng comrnuniot:~ -wi th· the natural man in his -duties, is · a pla in indic::ttion of this wrath. , §econdt}, There· isw,r~th in the'wordofGod againH him. \iVben, wr.nb is in tbe heart, 'lit feeks a vent by the lips : fo God fi gh ts ag~infl>~he ' O<l tural man with the (word ofhi1 mouth: Rev. i,i. 16 . . Th~:· l,..ord's word never fpe:aks good of him, but alwaY.s curfeth or ~onde~~eth him. Hence it Is, that when he is' aw ~kened, the ~wordread or preached often increafeth his horror, Ifi, lt condemns all -his .aCtions, to– gether with his corrupt nattire'. :Ther; is nothing:he qces, but the law declares -it to be .4-n:. It is. a ·rul_e of perf~Cl: · ob.edience, from which .he ah,;ays, ·in alhhings ~ , geclines ; .and fo it rej eCl:s every,t-hing he doth adin . . ~. _2d!y ; It ptonaun– <>eth his doom; and' Jerw,unceth ~ Go<Fs turfe ?gai:nfi him, Ga'l. iii . I o . for a.r many aJ ·are o_f jhe ,rwp .. tf..J of the larw, are undr:r tlie curft: for it~~ wd:ien, 'Curfed iJ every on~ that continuelh;_ not in .c.·!/ thing1, 'Whi ch are wrifien i.n the t ·ook of theJaw, ~~ do _t~em ~ Be h'e neve~:. fo well in .the world, it pronounceth a woe from heaven againll: hrm, Ifa: iii. 1J. The bibl e is _a quiver filled ·with arrows of wrath againll: him, r~ady to ·,be p·oured in :mi bi ~,[Oul. God 's threatnisg~ in his ·word, hang over his .. head .~s a black cloud, ready ~o {hower dpwn op him eveql -m,oment. The . word. is ind~~ .the faint's fecurity againH: Wqlth : .. but it binds •tbe ·natural man',s fin ancf:_wrat;h-tog~ther,.a~. a cer· tain pledge qf hjs ruin, if he conti n~e in t~at fbae . .(,So the confcience being awaken'e9, ahd perceiving 'this t.ie,.' ;ll.~d.e by the law, the .!0 ~-n is ·filled whh terror~ in hj~ fo.ul. · T(lirdly, There is wrath in the hand oLGo.q .·againfl::·the natu~al ?lan. ·'.,He is up.d~~ h.e~~~ ft[.~k~"s of .~N~th already, and ts hal-le to more. · · .-.' · ) Iji, The're is wra~ on.his;bocly,. H. i~ .a piece of curfed day! which wrath is finking into ~y virtu,e of the threat· ning of the fitll: covenant, Geri . ii. 17. In the dc-.y that thou eatell th~reof, thof!../haltJu;ely dif! : There is never a dif– ~~fe_, gripe nor flitch, that affecfs him, but it comes on him, .· ~itll
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