C AP.-16. 4 l ècve1átianofthe Apocalypfe. 5-3 9 Such therefore is thefirJt evens, by which men íhall,boile in hear, not.ónely wrth inward fretting andgalling oftheir hearts, but alfo with open brawlingand railing. But ihall the Angel ofthe Sun be fo 'rewarded for hispaines?It had been a ivifer and lafer part for him to have [topped up hisVial,that fo it might not have dropped downfuch a mifchievous trouble upon himfelf. But letnot his, couragequaile, nor his hand flack from working. god Willprovide an hidingplacefor him,from the(rife and venomoufneffe of Tongues. This is the fell- fame thing that all the Prophets of God have ever been tried and fcourgedwith.That holy boobs of fucha nature, that when it is tatted in the mouth, it isfweet as honey, but being eaten up, it bringeth bitter- ners to the Belly, Chap. io. 9.. Wherefore let the wicked raile on at their pleafure,whiles that it is the difcovery oftheir wickednefs,that makes them thus todifgorge their rancorous dtomacks. Verf.9. eAndmen boiledWith agreat hear. Thefecond etfedts, are the marvellous andunwontedvexations that(hall befall men, when as there (hall beno fhade, nonot ofa thicke grove OfTrees, where- with they may break and beat off the Sunsheat. They blafpheme the Name of god therefore Who loath polder over thefeplagues, even as thole people did who werecalled e,ltlantici, who curled the Sun with all the execrable curies they could devife, becaufe it fcorched ttiemwith anover greatheat,as Herodottu reporteth.Thefe laft words feem to appropriate this plague to thofe men, whom the ulcers alto did annoy ,and whofe fountains were turned into blood.Yet wemat not think that they thanblafpheme God in plain termes,and withopen mouth, fo as they than violate his Holy name openly, after theman- ner of theHeathens, and thofe that know not God, but men do commit this fin at fuch time alfo,when They do difcredit and difgrace his truth,by ray ling and fpeaking evill againft it, fuch an indiret kindeof blafphemy as this is like to be ufedby them, Neither ¡lid they repent togive hireglory. It is a defective fpeech, which is fet downat full,Chap. 9.2o. As `if he fhould"fay ; And they repentednot of their Workes, that+they might give, &c. And fo it is be- neath,verf. i i.Now then fee here what this increafe oflight and heat will work, it will drive men to blafpheme Gad,and they will continue obflinate in their fins noh fie then they didbefore. And this -is fpo- kenofhere,leaft perhaps we fhould look tofee themfubmitting them- felves,and yeelding to fo manifeft a Truth,as men that are convinced in their Confciences.Be well allured therefore ofthis,that this kinde ofmen will be perverfeandobftinate, that fo when thou feelt it prove fo,thoumaitt not be offended at it. Verft io.
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