Chap. 4t. rfnExpof:tianInin the Bookpf,] o E. Verf.xs, 759 Secondly, Obferve; It is a duty to repent when we fee great dangers, or ( as the Text fpeaks)great breaking:. To be Pure, we ought to repent in a timeof trouble : We are to repent at all times, but thenmoll : Be careful you leave not that work undone at any time, but do it very carefully at fuch a cline. It is faid of thole chat fcorched with great heat (Revel, 16. 9.) they blafpbemod the Name of God, which bath power over thofe plagues, and theyrepented not to give him glory. And of others under the fifth vial (ver. r r.) They blafphemed the Godof heaven, becaufe of their plagues, and of their fores, and repented not of their deeds. Ít was the chars&er of that bad King Ahaz,, that in the time of his difirefs he finnedyet more. What ! fin in a flortñ ! fin when God is fcorching, plaguing, and dillrelling us ! This is not only greatell impenitency, but highe(l impuden. ey, or mnfl fenfelefs (Cupidity. Such are like him, of whom So. lomon fpeaks (Prov. x3.33 , 34.) They are eg he that lieth down in the midJi of the fea, or as he that lieth (fleepiag'tis meant) upon the top of amafl;where,by any firm?, Wall of wind, or great fray and yawing of the fhip , he may be tumbled into the deep. Thereare two things we fhoulddo, when we fee breakings or greatdangers,ready tobreak us. Fir(l, We fhould hold fall all the good we have, if we have aaly. When we are liketo lofe all outward good things, and that which is better than any or all of them, our lives, we have reafón to hold fall all our fpititual and inward good things, the truthsof God, our faith in God, our love to God, and all his ways. Secondly, If as yet wehavenot really taken holdof God, and good things, 'cis high time for us do it, when we,,can no longer hold, but mull let go all our lovedgood things of this life, and even our beloved life. Thirdly, We fhould in a day of evil, Let go all that is evil, chat is, purifie our felves, our confciences, our lives, our hearts, our hands,frctmall our fins, from all that is finful ; then, if ever, let us be found in the pia&ice of that Apoflical counfel (jam. 4. 8..) Cleanfe .your hands ye finners, and purifie _your hearts ye doable
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