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440

.Application

of the

Point.

pure

hearts and

confciences

of

all fights in

the world

;'the

light

of

God

will trouble

it,

and be the molt dreadful

to it

:

They

(hall

fee God

too,

but

fee him

to be

the

terror of their

fouls,theìr

fight

of

God wit

be

their

curfe

and

their

mifery,

They

fhall

fee

God,

but

fee him

as an

enemy, fee that infinite holy

face

of

God,

and

by

that

fee how

infinitely

God

hates them

;

When

thou

comefl:

to

fee how

God

is

holy, thou

(halt

fee how

infi-

.

nitely he doth

hate

thee,

and what

an

enemy

he is

to thee,

and

wil be

to thee to

all

eternity.

We

read

in the

6

Reve:

latter

:end,

That

the Kings

and

the

mighty

men

of

the

earth,

cry

out

to

the

mountains

and

rocks

to

fall

upon

them, and

to

cover

them;

Why

?

that

they

might

be

hid

from the

fight

of

the Lamb

:

And

fo

certainly at the

day

of Judgement

when

God

lhal

ap-

pear

in his

glory,

that

they (hall

fie

what

an

infinite

God

they

have

to doe

With,

what

an

infinite power

there

will

be

firer-

.

died

out for

their

mifery,

what

an

infinite juflice wil lye

upon

them,

and

the

ftroaks

of it be

upon

them

for

ever,

this

wit be

fo

dread£til,as they would

rather

have

hits

and

mountains

to

fat

upon

them,

then

to

have

the

fight

of

God :

O

poor

creature

what

mt{ry

art thou brought into,

when

as

at that

day,

when the

Saints fhall look upon

the

face

ofGod,

when

God

comes

in all

his

glory

and {hall fay,

O

this

God

is our

God,

this infinite al-

fufficiency is ours, this

infinite

wifdom

is

ours,

this infinite

power shall

work for good

to

us,

and

infinite mercy

is

ours,and

.fo

rejoyce

in

that

God

:

O

to

this

is our God,

we

have

waited

for

him

:

This

is

the

God of

our falvation,

and

their

hearts

leap

within them to go

and

meet

this

God

rhat appears

in his glory,

then

for

thee.

to

(land

{halving

and

trembling before

this great

God,

O

this

is

the infinite

God

that

I

have finned

again(+,

that

I

have

rebelled

againfi,

that

infnito

God that

comes

againfi

me

in

all

chisglory

to

be avenged upon me to

all

eternity,this

wil be thy

condi_ ion

that

hall

an

unclean

heart, it's the

pure

in

heart that

fhall

fee

God

with comforts And

if

I

would

fay

but

any one

thing

for

to difcover the

evil

of

an

unclean

heart,

and

to

curfe

you

to be

ref-11W(fe

until

you

get

-Your

hearts cle

anted

in the

blood of Chriíi,,,

ì'd

purified

by his

Spirit,

I

would

fay,

this one

thing,

your tïncleaneffe will m

ake

Gods pretence

dreadful