ra 298 Verf. 18, e/In Ex;olitio+a :Ion the Took of 1 o E, Chap. 36 began He lawwrath in that di!penlation of Gcd;the plague be- gun argued that God was angry. Becatrfe there is wrath, beware. H.ncenote, Thirdly ; We (hossld by all meanes take heed and beware of the wrath of God. The wrath of than is a. fwa11 marrer to the wrath of God, yet we are very careful to bewareof thewrath of man, efpeciaily cf gear men. The wrathof the Kings and Princes of the wold, is itke the roaring of the Lion, faith Solomon; and we are ready to tremble at that; but O how fhould we tremble at, andbeware of the wrath of God ! who knoweth the power of thine anger ? (Pfd. 90. a t .) We may take force fcantling, Tome meafure of the wrath of man, and know how far it can go,and what it cando; but we can ;áke no measure of the wrath of God, for it is inatne- furable, and therefore we fhould avoid every thing that pro- cu-es his wrath. Th :t's the meaning.of this caveat ; do nothing that blower up or incenfes the wrathof God. But what is it that biowes up wrath ? It is fn, every fn hach that in it whichmay blow up wrath. The Apohle faith, 'Thewrath of God is revealed fromheaven, againif allangodlinefs esnd esnrightean f >: efo ofmen, not only againft this or that ungodlinefs, no- only againft this or that degreeof ungodlinefs, ( 'ris neither againft ungodlinefs of fame fpecial kind, nor of force fpecirl degree) but agairift all ungod- linefs, therefore all ungodlinefs and all untighteoufnefs is to be avoided. And as we fhould do nothing to provoke wrath, fowe fhould doeverything which may prevent w:arh ( P;;11. 2, i2.) Ktfs the Son, why ? left he be angry, andhit wrathkindle, Who is the Son, and what's this killing of the Son ;ahirh p-events ívra:h ? TheSon is Chrifl, he is the Sonof God ; this kitfing is a kifs of lsomage, an huwble fubmifii-:n toJets fair h and obedi- ence ; it is a Gofpel receiving of Ch: ill : to kifs the f.,n is to re ceive t. h-ift as ou Kies', r our Nell, as ou-. Ropher, to re- ceive Ch: ill in the v,hol, mmifcflarion of his !vfediato :fhito. Do this topreventw_ah,kifs theSon. iktvi c_ -nfi ier hOm ter ibl he reports that wrap h to be; If bùwrath be b, nd.'edbat a little,b!effed are they that pat therr trail in h'm.0) +hen t eke heed rha' you do net provoke the w:arh of God, and do your utmoll to p;everr it; which
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