Chap. 24. !In E.xDnfition toes the Bookef JO S. Verf 18. Eog But it may be objec4ed, All men fin,and yet many have no ap- pesrarce of a Curie upon them, nor is their pertionCarted in the earth anfw'er, I irfi, This affertion is to be limited to unbeleevers or ungodly men. Secondly,unbeleeversand ungodly men are un- der a Curie, though the Curie doe not breake our and appe3re vi- fiblyupon them. As the portion ofa godly minmay be bleffed, though there be no appearance of the blefling ; when nothing appeares uponhim but afidion and the crofs,çet the god'y man is blefl;d. TheCroffe ofa godly man is like the profPer ity ofa wicked man. The former bathan outward Croffe, but a B tiling at the bottome ; the latter bath outward profperity, but a curie at the bottome, and bitteraefTe in the end. Again,the peaceofthe prophane, is like the graceofhypocrites, onely a fhew ; hypo- crites have a thewofgrace, an appearance ofholyneffe, yet they are but painted Sepulchres,fuilofrottenneffe within;So the wick- ed havea Phewofpeace 2nd profpericy, ofbenefits and bleflïngs, but acurie is within them, and a curie hangs over them, ready e- verymoment to drop down upon their heads. For Secondly, His portion is curled, that is, 'cis under a curie, though thecurfe be not actually inflicted. As the mercies of God are lureto his people, yet matey times very flow, they come not prefently,but they will come.So allo thewrath and curie of God will Purely comeupon the wicked,though,as to outward effects cgz impretiions,they are flow and long in comir g. A flings of mercy are for an appointed time Every vii :en it for an appo,nted time (.as the Lord toldhis Prophet, Hab. a 3.) The vifion of Judg- ment and wrath is for an appointed time, as well as the vifion of Cove and mercy; That is, all the love,and all the wrath,the tzlef- fing, and the curie, which are revealed (in any way ofv tïon,are for anappointed time )bat at the end thevifon willfpeake andnot lye; if is tarry, waitfer it,for it will fierily come and not tarry. As it is (I fay) ii the vifions ofmercy and Meiling, loin thofe of wrath, and of thecurie ; They arefaran appuinteil time, in the end they gill fpeake. Sometimes the Curie is quick, it apprehenderh thefanner in the very ad, it takes him in the manner, as Thineae didZitnri and Cc.zbi, Andas (`P/al 78.3o.) While their meats wasyet in their moocher, the wrathof god came apes them. The found-ofthe Curie is fomtimes at the becks offin, at other times Iiii the
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