that haue been meanes and caufers ofit. And be this retnembred withal' onboth lidcs,as well on their part that be fo eafilyper. fwaded to rigour andcruclty,as oftheirs that moue them to it,or incorage them in it,that this deuifedoth not only imbìtter them again(} their vnderlings,who feem to bcaltogether in theirpow. er,but all() imboldneththem again{' their maker,who onlybath all power and foueraignty oucr them. Vcrfezt.Theptlnijhrnentof iniquity Pall notiefall the issf, btta the :rickedarefoil ofend', AFf1 Hon s and corze6lions May comevpon the righteous, but no reuenging curie tending todc(1ruc`lion, as ifthey were abieds.But the wicked arc full ofcuill both ofguiltinelfe and continual' pra6life : according to the corruption of their hearts,which therighteous are purged from,and therforealtoof thofe_punilhments which th, righteous cfcape. Though the Lord afflict the godly:as well as the godletrc,yet ft.'s done in fare diffèrent manner. Fie commcth as a father in mercy and mildnes to theone,and dealeth as a Iudge or rather an enemy, in wrath& feuerity with the other.He c6meth with his prunning knife to cut offthefu. perfluous fprigges and branchesoftheone, and with a keen axe in his hand to hewdownby the roots the flocks & bodies of the other.And this difference is fpokenofin the fourteenth chapter of this book,verf.32.`l'hewickedjhal1 be cal` away forbid uaN1b- tines:but the righteous bath hope m his death. And this difference is fpoken ofin the feauen and twentith ofIfaiah,verfe. 7. Rath, he [mitten him,as he[mote tho¡e that fiiaote bim ?or is hePlaint as- cordmg is the ßaaizbter of them that wereflameby him ? That is hath the Lord plagued Ifrae] his Church and people in fuch a grieuous manneras he hath def'iroyed their enemies?it is mani- fefl he hath not.Arid this difference is fpoké ofin theeight chap ter to theRomans verfe I. thatthere is nodamnation to them that Oro sn Chrift fefin that walkafter the trrt,as there is to them that walkafter thefejh. 7.1I.3 t. The foure reafons wherewith the Jail do5rinc ofthc former chap-
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