346 TheSublapf. doc?rine ro6beth God betweenme and my vineyard: what could I have done more for my vineyard ? And Jerem. z,. throughout the whole chapter, efpecially verte 3 r, Have I been a wildernefe to Ifra- el, or a landofdarkneff'e?and verte 3 z. Can a maid forget her ornaments, or abride her attire I yet my people have forgot. ten me dayes without number. Ezek. 33 , i L. Turn ye, turn; ye : why will ye die, 0 haute of ifrael e 3. In his melting CommiCerationsof thevvofull conditionof foolish men who would not be reclaimed. Howfhall igive td,ee up, O Ephra- im? how(ball i deliver thee, O Ifrael ? My repentings are kindled together, my heart is turned within me, Hof. I r. 8. O Jerufalem, jerufzlcm,which 161l0 theprophets, and (toneft them that areTent to thee, &e. In all there there is but little finceritie, ifthere be a fecretrefolution that the moil of thofe towards whom thofe wifhes, chidings andpitifull bemonings are ufed, (hall bedamned without remedie. Gods faireft of- fers, his fweetefl invitations, his greateft fympathies, and am. plea curtelìcs, if this doffrine be true , come little Ilion ( I think ) of Abfaloms feaft, Joabs congie, the kiffe of Judas, and the hyena's tears. Far in all there aliad animo volt, ali- ud verbis fignificat, he faith one thing andme anethanother, and therefore difembleth. Nay, the whole Miniftery ( wherein God commandeth, offereth, chideth, entreateth, lamenteth, &c.) if this be true, is but amere impoflure,agivingof words without any mean- ingof anfvverable deeds, and an imposture fo much the great- er, by howmuch the (hewof kindneffe is the heartier. For how can a good thing be offered with ftronger íh ws of a good meaning, then when it is offered with exhortations and intreaties to accept it, with clear demonftrations of the excellencies of it, with unfeigned wifhes that the parties to whom it is offered wouldaccept it, and bitter lamentations for their folly in refufing it ? With all thefe inforcements is Gods tender of falvation to reprobates accompanied and therefore in fhewmoll heartie and ferions. In a word, thus fpeaketh ( E ) God (by his doarine) to reprobates in the mini aerie; O ye reprobates, once molt dearly beloved orme in your father Adam, but now extremely and implacably ha- ted, and by mine eternal/ and uncontrollable order foaledup under inviaciblePanneand mirer}; amendyour lives, and be- lieve in the name of mine on. ly- begotten. Sonne. ifye repent andbelieve not, there is no remedy, ye mutt be damned: but ifye repent and believe, ye ¡ball be Paved; thoughyourfmaes be
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