Trerf.2.6.2,7.2.3, k'R.ovERT's: 93. Firíf, their nuiferie and puniflhmet;t fhail come'Vnlóoked Reafn rp. for, and before theyarc aware, as a Theef: in the night, as farrow vpon a woman in trauell, and as Whirle,vinde, as our Text loth teflif . Secondly,they come forcibly (as thecomparifonswhere- 2, by they are dcfcribeddoe fhew) and will prcuaile. They cari neyther bepreuented by policie,nor refilledwith power,nor bought out with mony,nor auoydedwith flight, nor by any meanes et-caned. Thirdly, they confill not in tollerable crotTes, in temp_o- rary aduertide, whereof there is hope and likelihood of an end,but in importable torsi:nts,ineternal] perdition, inper - fèa'woe and nni.fery, that will endure without mitigation, for euer. Fourthly, the vnquenchable flame ofGods indignation, which can neuer be extinguilhed, and tincedlant clamours cal their guilty confciences, which can neuer be appeafec, will proue fö hydeous and horrible voto them, as that they fhall beaffrighted by them for euer. Terrourfor them that harden their hearts, and imbolden fe ro their mindes to take libertie todoe that which their lulls re- quire. They are vnwilling to haue any of their wayes thought tobe vnlawlull : andwhen they cannot chufe,rhey would yet haue the knowledge of peril; concealed from them. (Ir was no plealant difcourfc for Felixtoheare Pawl .ildis 14 2,6.- difputing, of rghteoas¡nefe and temperance, andof theitidge- mentto come, he could not but trembleat it.) And if they cannot obtayne làlence of thole things, then they labour to perfwade their hearts that the things be not truewhich are fpoken: they wincke with their eyes, and tell themfelues there is no danger: theyflop their cares and fay,wceheare nothing that maketh againU vs.flut fades therare,and foo- li(hly infatuate their ovine fouies: for that winch they will not fee,they fhall Ix! made to fede;and that kx hich theysre- fufed to heare, they (hail he inforccd to fuffer : and what dreads and perplexities,what pangs and paines, their auda- cious prcfùrptionwill bring vpon them, their oone expeÜ rie c .
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