Chap. 20. /In Expoftion upen the Rookof J O B. Verf. 24. 573 worke that we may fee it; and let the cannfel of the holy One of If= raeldraw nigh and come that we may brow it. Theywho draw iniquitywith coards ofvanitie that is who make haft to fin Enid, let him make (peed, and haften. What fhould he haften The day of judgment, or thofc judgements which the Prophet hadoften threauned. As if they had laid to the Prophet, You have often told us of the day of the Lord, and that he would reckon with us fhortly, let him make fpced, and haften the work that we may fee ir, and let the counfell of the holy one of Jfrael draw nigh ; you have long fpokenof it, as neei e, even as at the doores, but as we fede, fo we believe no fuch thing. The Apoftle 'Peter Prophecieth of fuch (2 Pet. 3. 3.) In the laß dares there (hall comefellers, walking after their own lofts, and laying, Where is the promife of his coming ? for lince the fathers fell afleep, all things continue as they werefrom the beginning of the Creation. where is the promifeofhis coming ? Pray let us fee the performance ofir. Woe to you that fcoffingly defire the day oftheLord, you will find it no jetting matter when once it comes, it will bea fad, a black day toyou,who now make your (elves merry with it. Thirdly, Thus woe to you that defire the day ofthe Lord, , being conceitedofyour own innocency, as lure (in your own fence) that God will acquit and pronounce you innocent. For the Prophet fpeaks of thofe who had fallenunder and were veit with the reproofesofthe word; thefe defired the day of the Lord, fuppofing he would deale more gently with them then thofe Prophets had done, he would not be fo fevere, or not judge them fobad as the Prophets reported them to be ; faith he, woe toyou that defire the day ofthe Lord, becaufeyou think. his Prophets and Minifters handle you too roughly; you know not what you fay ; ifour day be fo terrible, how terriblewill the day of the Lord be? It would be as if a man would flee from a Lyon, and a Bear fhouldmeet him : you think we areLyons, ifyou flee from our day, the day of Lord will be as a Bear, it will teare you worfe. When (in this. cafe) youappeale from us to the tribunall ofGod ; it is as ifa man leaning on a wall, and a Serpent fhould bite him; fuch you will find the day ofthe Lord when'ris too late What's our day to the dayof the Lord?The day ofthe word is a terribledayof jpdgementt.
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