4ppl.:cation of the: Point, 439 net in hin t. As if the Holy ChoIf fhould.lay _here, ,There i;., fo much in the fight of God, as that it is irnpo ble it ran1end with the wages o f j n, Secondly, If it be fuch 3 dlefec1neffe to fee God, then how vild arc they that take no delight at all in feeing of him, and would rather nor fee him then tee him : This is the curfed diá pofition of the hearts of many men, yea generally of all that Lave guilty confciences, I fay all men and women that have guiLyconictences, are brought to this through the guilt of their- conlciences, that they had rather nor fee God [hen fee him,ô what a palle art thou in, what halt thou brought thy felf to ? O miCerable creature, what is there in thy luits that can fo countervail,this, the lolle of the fight of God, and bring thee to fuch a condition as thou dolt dtfire never to fee th. face of '" od : Thou accounrelf it not a mifery not to fee Cad, au t thy happinefle ; O curled dify.ofition indeed, you would fay a child were very defperately wicked if he should fay to ibis father that begat him, or the mother that bare him,I would I might never fee your face, but this loth every ungodly man fay, 0-that I might never fee thy face ;you will fay, is there any. fo vild as uo fay fo ? Certainly it is the Language of your ae}i- ons, and we read in the 2 a of fob 14. concerning he defcrip- lion of the wicked man thu- s;Therefore ;hey fay untoGod depart from saa, for we de,4re not the k mwledg of thy wages Why ? we' cannot hear men in their Language lay fo,. and I do nor think" that fob did hear men fay fog but this was the. Language of their actions. They fay unto God, depart from tie, we défare npt the knowledge of thy wages : For indeed the fight of od inga ges the foul to duty; :And. the truth is, for a, nman to have a -: fight of Gott and yet to ref lve to cominue ill his fin,thefe tavo things are-incompatible one with anoher,and thereforewicked'. men rather then they would lode their lulls, away with h Ali -'; ulle, they care not to fee God. Thirdly, What a mifery arerhofe- in that Chair have the i"ht of od to be their greatei lathery, and robe a curie unto them, to be dreadfutro them, certain their Gnhath broa r ht arena.te an.eviLco clition indeed,: yet this is the. flare of im- p4te
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