J ' in dirifion, vvhen his Word was [ant vnto them. 2. Secondly, hee will in time make them a mocking- flocke to his people, his feruants (hall fhowt at them with ioy for theft fall,and clsp their hands at their deilrunion; and there- fore hilnfelfe will haue no comtniferation on them : for al- beit bee is more infinitely pittitull than the bell men can he, yet where hee forbiddeth his people to (thew pittie, and would hauerthem to prof-et-ye their loue to him, by infulta- tion oucr his enemies , there his mercy is not to be ex pe ed. Thirdly, his mercy, pittic, and compaf ion is cf'feecuall, whom hee pittieth, he alföpreferueth and deliuereth, which is a fauour peculiarlyappropriated to thole whom he hath choien. Terror for fit-lull men, which prouoke Godsdifpleafure, vfe t, and incenfe his indignation, in hope to finde him kinde and gracious. For, take they not boldn: ife towallow in wicked- neife, and to drinke in'nightie as a bear loth water,to neg- led repentance, yea , band armed to rehf} it, vpon this ground, that God is merciful!, that Chrill will faue all, or if any perifh, it mull he others and not they? theyhaue Pealed thctnfelues a Patent for faluation and fafetie. Yee[hall haue peace (Lay they) althoughwee we in theflubbornne(je of our owne hearts.But fuck prefumptuoul peruerters ofGodsgood- netfe haue their anf,ere already if they would take it; they are told that, The Lord will not be mercifull unto them, but his Dew. a,. 20. wrath and iealoufe flailfrnoake again[ them, and emery curfe that is written in his Law"hall li ht vpon them. For what meane the Scriptures by temptingof God, if this be net to tempt him ? Doe they not attempt to let his attributesat variance by parts- taking,when they would haue his Mercy to maintaine rebels in will doing again[} his luflice? C;onfolation for them that Beare his Word and obey it, 2. that hearken to his counfell and obferuc it, that inioy his loue in their good cilatc, and found their happinefTe vpon his Pau ,ur, though they fall into afhaions, yet they [hall not
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