k s f1g, n,,' \oryÚ;ä'. 562 Chap. 40. An Expofetion upon the Book of Jos. Verf. 9 by believing it,fo all final unbelievers (hall know it by their fenfe and feeling of it. Eigbthly,There is a thunder of power in the prophefroing voice of god. When theLord fore-tells what fhall come topafs, who can with(iand it ? We find thofe prophefies, which hold forth the ruin of Chrifis enemies and of his Church , fhewred in with thunder(Rev, 8.15. and Rev. r r. 19. ) which did not only (hew that thofe prophefies (hould be certainly and folemnly fulfilled in their feafon, but that they fhould be terribly fulfilled, or full- filled with a terror, like that of thunder. All prophefies (hall ef- fe&ually come to pafs and be fulfilled ; therefore power is in them. Ninthly, What a power is there in the Pouring voice of God. Fitf},God fwears fometimes in his wrath (he did fo again(} that people of old) I fware to them inmy wrath, that they fhould not enter into my refi s And fo powerful was that oath, tha: not a man of them could come into Canaan, their Carcafes fell in the wildernefo. And as when the Lord [wears in wrath ; fo , Secondly, When he fwears in love and mercy, there's, irrefiflible power in that alfo.Thus God fware and made oath to Abraham (Heb. 6. 17. ) wherein Godwilling mort abundantly to /hew unto-ti e heirs of promife, the immutability of Isis coon fel, confirmedit by an oath ; that by two immutable things, in which it was impofble for God to lye, we mgbt bave firing confolation, &c. ToDavid alto God (Ware in love (Pfal, 89. 3 5, 36. )Once have 1 fjvornb7 mybolinefs, that I will not lye tento David. His feed (hall endure forever, and his throne as theSun before me, &c. The oath or fwearing voice of God is fo (tong, that we have reafon enoughboth of (tong fears, when he fweareth in wrath, as he did again( the children of ¡frael; and of (+tongconfolation,when he fweareth in love, ashe did toAbraham and toDavid. And wo to thofe whobelieve not when God fwears either inwrath or in love. Tenthly, There is a mighty power in the Fudging voice of god. When he (hall fpeak from his throne in that great day, what a thunder will there be in his voice ? When in that Judg- ment-day he (hall acquit his ele&, that voice will have a ravifh- ing power in it : And when his condemning fentence. (hall be pronounced again( the wicked, that voice will have anafionifh- ing power in it, beyond that of thunder. And it is to be confs dered,
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