Terfe.3. PROVERBS. 37 quarrelled at, e1pccially ifreligious profefrours diflike ofhis irreligious profaneres, do thriue and profper, when he is pla- gued andpunished. ¶ Eucry mans hurt, dothgrow for his owne (inneand folly. D'o&& I. See chapter.' i .3. ¶ And his hurt or afllibions often make many wicked men DoEt.2. theworfc. That curled Cainemay be produced for anexample hereof, who beingconuiked ofthe Lord hinalelfe. ofthat cru- el! andvanitur,al l snurther,did noway fubmit or humble him- felfe vetohim, nor crauç ! fauour at his hands, but onely ex- cepted again i }the leueritie oftheCentrnce, that hispunifh. sent Gen.441. wasgreater then hecould beare. And what a wholeíomc conclu- sion made that impious mifcreant in the booke of kings, when in that ectrearne ratnine,hePaid: Behold,this cuill cona- mcthofthe Lord': than I attend on the Lord any longer? And no better is the behaviour oftholeRomif1, Antichri(Han ido- lateis,whom the(pint foretoldofin the ReuelationofS. John, that the Angellpowrin r out his viall vonthe throneof thebeat, and his kingdoosewaxinzdark; theygnawedtheir tonguesforforrowe, andb1a'/)hewed theGodofheauenfar theirpaires, andfor theirfora, andrepentednot oftheir workes,toQiuehinaglorie. Firl},theef eftofGods(}rokesisliketothatofhisword,and Reaform other facredordinances: ifgrace be giuen with them,theyare i very profitableby his blefling, and helpe, the heart: ifthey be fent without grace,they arevery hurtful! byaccident,andhar- den theheart. Secondly, many areplagued in wrath, and with vengarice, 2 their prelent punifhments being cures, and forerunners of their futurede(lruftion : and all that filchCut%r,is more perni- tious to their foules,then painefullto their bodies; fur thereby they take occa!ion to increa(e and haiku their eternal! fuffa- rings. In(hu ion to takea contrariecourfe inall our troublesand rf of ithons, namely, to¡earch, and trieour waies, aswearcexhor- ted in the Lamentations, and to confider howmuch leire we bare, then we haue deferued, and fo to iutiifie Gods procee- dings,andcondeinne ourowneprouocationsaoacknowledge F 3 . him
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