S B c T. IX. of Cosverlio:r,orTaming lantoGod. 44? caatàlity, fie frames it; a M raoñor alluding to thePotter fpokenof before. This Metaphorhplainly expre(led,devifoc adevice: Howmuch is obfervable in this you fhal hear afrterwards . ;.Thereisthecfe ,which is called Evill. Thereisatwofold evil , an evil of fln, and anevil of puni(hment : This latter is here fpoken of, as be- ing the effe t of theformer ; why tattoos are called evil, is anon to be fpoken to Thefecondgeneral partof his Commiffion is exhortation , wherein is the duty, ;Return yee, 2. The time,now , Remora ye new. 3. The term from which; of their motion. I. Particularly, Every one from his eviá away. a. Generally, And fromyour evildoings, which is more poficively , and afficmatively urged; Make your wales and doings good. La(lly,you have the peoples incorrigiblenefie, and óbttinateneffe notwithftanding, and they Paid, There id re hope,hat we wi l walk of ter the devices of oar hearts : Youwill perceive that theexcellent matter tobe de- *ived from this Text, will like the widowsoyl ,orour Saviours bread, multiply ea. eeedingly in the ufeand fpending ofit. But that I may frame a body , and not a moldier ofdifcourfe , I (hall put my (elfin a methodical way. And fit(i I (ball treat ofthe information, which is (Gods forming, and preparing of judgementsfor this end,to make men turn toGod ; fo that not onely the Miniftrie, but all Gods Cha(ifements,whether obliqueor perfonal, are for this end, to curd as unto God from our evil waies. Obf. god dockframe andprepare evill, calamitici, andde(olations, thatfo wiek d wenmayturnfrom their evil[doings. God bringshis evil( which is indeed a goodaft of Juuice)tbat We maypart from Our evil. The fameHebrew word is ufed for the evil we do, and theevil God loch; though they differ exceedingly;fo that wefee Godpreachethnot only by his word, but byhis works.His turningsofa Kingdome by Wars and others judgements, is to saute our turnings : God removeth apeoples peace, mercies , and external good things, that they might removefar from them all their evil things.To open this Do- Chine, let as confider thefeparticulars, a. What is implied inGods framing and devilingof evil. 2.Why Calamities are called evil, teeing they arc the good effet%s ofhis Juliet Wifdom,and Power. ;.How convection is intendedby all theft, andwhy: For thelilt , Gods framingofhis judgementsbath thefeobfetvable particulars contained in it. Pir(t, Thatour miferiesandealamitiet commise not bjchance, or peradventure, they rifenet out ofthe duid: We arenot toblame infiruments; but they all cone from Gods hand. TheArrow falls notof it fell; or by accident, but as it is directed by the Archer : a piece ofclay is not ofit till made into fucha (hope and form ; but it is as the Potter pleafech. The loneof it felf pierced not into Coliabs head and killed him, but as with skill and power flung by David; to that when it is laid, God framethevil, this fhould teach us , That thereis no evil of puaithment in the land, but hedoth it. The Evangdtl calls difeafesn7ai,Strokes, becaufe they come from Godshand. Now this is a great matter; for lush is mans Athcifm, and pro- pliantfecurity, that heconceiveth of God,as keeping himfeifwithin the ortie of heaven, andnot offingand governing the World by his providence here below.The Church was better caught, when in her Captivity and ocher judgements , (nee Makes her moans, but frill looks over all inleamnents to God, Why haft thou, m God, cajt on of? and why arethon angryWith NO ? Pfal. 74. a. f sh alto was bet- ter taught when heconhders,not the Sabeans, but God fpoyling him .of all his comforts,? be Lordbathgiven,and theLardhatb taken,?ob. t.I tbath been thegreat fin of England in judgements uponher, that the bath cried out of in(rutaàenta; fore lay all the biome on onefide, andforeon anotherfide ; but the anger and jutt ditpleafureofGod forour fins bathnotbeen acknowledged. Secondly, Theephrafe,toframe evil,fup ofetb Gods Soverasgntya and ölminipe- t atpowernvtroilpeople, He canIS wililydetiroya flourithhing happy Kingdom, at dill 2 the Cdr. What is ir¡ipli ed in Gods flaming orde- viling of evih
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