Chap, 3'3. 'An Expofition upon the Bookof J o B. Nerf. 30. back the courfeof nature, as to flay or turneback the naturall mo- tion or courfe ofthe heart in finning. An almighty power muff doe the latter as well as the former. So that if the Lord did not put forth more thenmercy, even mercy clothed with power, no tnan.could be laved ; fl;ould God with us never fo well, and tell us what good he bath layd up for ùs, if we will but believe and o- bey him ; fhould he tell us he bath riches of mercy,and that eve- ry, one who will come (hall havehis flare, yet we should never have any, if left toour owne chufing.'Tis a worke therefore both of mercy and power which keepes us from the pit. God-had much adoe to keepe Lot from beingconfumed inSodome. He had warning tobe goge, yet hewas loth to goe The text faith ( Gen: 19. 16. ) While Lot lingred the men layd bold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, andupon the hand ofhit two daughters, the Lard being merci fill tohim, and they brought him forth, andfee himwithout the City.; elfeprobably he had lingred,till he had pe- tithed. Surely ifGod-did not thrufl (inners out of the Sodome of this world (as we fay) by head and fhoulders, they wouldpe- rish in it withir. How wonderfull is the goodnefle of God who doth all theft things, not only to keep poore creatures from going downe to the pit, both temporally, and eternally, but alfo.= that theymay be enlightned with the light ofthe living. . 473 P p P J. B,
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