Chap. 3o. An Expofition upon the Boo-he of J o . Verf. 24. 23 3 ofGod is not turnedaway, but his hand reia be firetehed cut frill. As this is oftenverified in the renewing, and reviving of tempo- ral; Judgements upon the impenitent in this life, fo much more in powring eternal vengeance upon them in the life which is to come. The very blind Heathens had a notion, that though death gave cafe to good men, yet it encreafed the torment of evil! men ; they had fume glimerings of this though no faith about it. What elfe meanes that Fable or fiction of theirs, concerning the punifhment to which Titius was ad,udged, That while his bowels were eaten out by a Vulture, his bowels were renewed as fall as the Vulture care them, that fo his torment might be ever- lafting. The fame reafon is affigned'by heathenifh antiquity, why they feyned the heart ofPrometheua growing as fall as the Eagle fed upon it, that fo the Eagle might never want food, Ne unquam do- nor Prometheus paine. This is moft true in the fenfe here in- ht Aquite pa- tended,the hand oftheLord will be ftretchr out for ever,to rend pit "m °ur pre. the bowells of the wicked, yet their bowelis (hall for ever grow, meshes dolor. and their paine for ever renew. As wicked men could they have lived alwayes here, would have finned alwayes, fo where they (hall alwayes live, they (hall alwayes (offer. And their fufferings (hall not only be continued'begond this life, but encreafed. The little finger ofthe Lord will be heavier upon them, after they are out ofthe world, then his whole loynes were in this world ; here they are whipped with cords, but there they (hall with fcorpions. As for the Godly they may take thefe three Coralaries from this generali truth, with refpeâ to their conch-. tion after death. Firft , Death is good to thole that aregood ; death carries them beyond the reachofafiâion, and freeth them from all the evills of this life. (2 Cor. 5. ) Wee groaneearneflj being burdened ; Believers would faine be rid of their burdens, they groane for another fiate, in which they (hall be unburdened. erla allgroane naturally when they dye, fo believer! groanefpiritually for death ; it is that which they would have, not for it fenfe, but that their burdens may be removed, and they have a full enjoyment of God. They are glad tobe delivered from the burdens of feare, ofcare, offurrow, of paine, but molt ofall to be delivered from the burdenof their corruptions,and temptations. Sin is the grea- teft burden of all, and that which adds weight to all our other H h bur=
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