oppofith not Gods luliee. bound himfelf to dó the one way or the other, he will thew himfelf 'much mistaken, if he accufe God of injuflice for every at which would be very unjufl were it done by men. Pride, fulneffe ofbread,abundance gKek. z6. of idleneffe, neglect of the poore, were the 49! finnes for which Sodome was burned with fire andbrimftone fromheaven : But poore fucking infants guiltleffeofthe fame crimes were by God adjudged toundergo the fame flames. Put this to the triall of reafon, and it will Teem cruel and unjuft. Young in- difcreet children for calling a ProphetBald- pate,were call by God unto the bears : Ifan earthly judge fhould condemne children to be call unto the bears or lions for the like fault, put himupon the triall ofreafon, and the judge himfelf will be found to have done contrary to juftice, and to have defer- ved punifliment. And to end in that exam- ple of infants, fo often urgedby this Au- thour; If an earthlyking or judge, being able to hinder, fhould fuffer thoufands of his harmleífe infant fubjets tobe torment- ed with pains, to bevexed by devils, to be fnatched away with fudden death,he would be deemed careleffe, unjuf, cruel : God Teeth, and oftentimes fuffereth all this tobe- fall poore little babes, being moft able to prevent it : call thefe doings of God to triall ofhumane reafon, and it will never be able rightly 335
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