Chap. z6. An Expofltion upon the Book ofJOB. Vert. I r. '791` let God reprove and thunder, let God doe what he will and fay what he will, let God make (as it were) a hell upon the earth, and,in the greateff earneft,calt abroad his firebrands,arrows,ard death,in the dreadfulleft reprefeni'ationsofwrath and lodgment yet man trembles not, nor is he any more aftonithed then ifall this wasTpoken in ¡eft. Secondly, What {hall we fay ofthofe who as they tremble not when they heare the reproofes of God, fo they tremble not when they fee his reproofes.When God makes his reproofes vi- fible,&writes them in blood;when he brings forth his reproofes in wofuleffe&s(Foras all our mercies and comforts are nothing elfebut the promifes made vifible; fo all the judgements which God brings upon the world, are nothing bot his reproofs and threatnings made vifible, when (I fay ) he brings forth his re- proofes in wofufl effeds)how defperately and indeed (though it may feem a contradi&ion)how prefumptuoufly are they hardocd in fin, whole eye never affefts their heart, who can fee loch re- proofs ofGod yet never tremble. It is laid in the Law ofMfrs that puni(Lrment (hould be openly executed upon the preíump- tuons finner,(De.a7.s3.) that all the peopleJbould hear &M fear and dono more prefumptueufly;ifall upon the hearing,fhculd fear,. ti and fear fo as to do fo no more howmuch more fhould all that fee fear, and do to no more ? Thirdly, What {hall we fag of thole who not only hear and fee the reproofs ofGod but feel them alfo,and vet tremble not: when the rod is upon their backs,a fword in their bo:uels,jedge- ments round about them, and death climbing up at their win- dowes,vet they are not aftonifhed,theyare not only word proof, hut su<l /ger,.<tne proofe: they are not fencible of what they feele, they are [mitten, yet not fick,forrow and griefe of heart touch. eth them not, though they are fmitten for their fins,and peirced with many forrows.They are fo farre from being troubled at the remembranceof former fins while they fmart under prefent af., flietions,that with wicked KingAhaz they fin yet more ag?inftt God in the time oftheir afflit'kion.They are fo far from running. as wifdome counfelleth us (Pro: 1.23.) at the ve!bal reproofes ofGod, or at the reproofs ofhis mouth , that they well not returne while he reproves them with his hand. Surely, at laft the trembling pillars ofheaven (hall reprove them,who tremble not,, nor are afooifhed at the reproofs of God. Verf. a?..
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