tS The right manner ofdrawing nigh TheEleventh Note is this, That the Lord is very terribleout of his holyplaces. The Note is the fame that you have in 'Ptak68.35. The Lord is terrible out of his holy places : When we have to deal with God, who can Hand before this holy God ? our god is a confu- ming fire : The Lord rnanifefts himfelf here molt dreadfully to- (hike with Fire there twoPriefts, as in Eiek., 9.6. 'Begin at my SanEtuary, faith God. God is terrible, terrible towards thole that fhal dare to approach untohim, andyet are wicked and un- godly in their approaching, he is terrible to thofe that are neer un- to him, God would have us all to tremble at his prefence, In the the twelfth place, gods Judgments areoftenvery rota- ble to men! fans. Here they finned by (Fire,and they are confumedbyfire. They offended by ftrange 'Fire, and God ftrikes them by a firange 'Fire. The Judgments of God are very futable to the fins ofmen oftentimes. As here by fo at another time We find is by Water: 'Pharaoh he fins by drowning the Infantsof thepeopleof Ifrael in the Waters, and. God drowns him in the Sea. Ifyou veil be drowning by water, you thall have water enough faith God : And fo here if you will bemedling with ftrange Fire, you (hail have ftrange Fire faithGod : God doth many times propor- tion Judgments to finners that his righteoufnefs might the more appear : thofe very Creatures in which we fin, many times God makes them, or others of the famekind, to be the Execut ioners of his Wrath. So it was with the Jews, they would fell Chrift for thirty pieces offlyer, and they were fold thirty of them for a penny afterwards. And fo the ftory of .Adoni-beqek, in the firft ofJudges that was fo cruel in fuch a way tocut of Thumbs and Toes of Kings, even fohe was ferved in the like kind and it's or- dinary for men that are ofcruel fiery fpirits, to meet with cruel fiery fpirits likewife. And I would apply it in this particular, You that are ftout Children to your Parents, ifGod lets you live, you many times meet with the very fame in your Children, and when you that are Parents meet with ftubborn Children, you should reflect, Doth not ,God come righteoufly upon me ? And fo you that are Servants, yo are stout to your Mailers, and afterwards when
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