.ThePrtfoce. 7of·Ciod. he leauethoff, & thanks her for her goodcounfell. So that ~-ne fhe brought·the Iaw,of.God-for herwarrant,thi~ , was fo·good awa;rae;as y D~uid~urtl,not bu~ yeeld vnto it. , .Contrary)tothts,was the pract~Ccof.Ama~tah, that,when -~.chro.J~-he mollabfurdly had taken and iet :vp th-e.gods.-oftheEdo-- 1 5• 16 • mites, and God Cent the Propllet to·tell pim that he had dealt foo1Hl1ly, toworfhip thofeG~ds .that couldnot fauCt their owne people,north~mfelues aut ofhis hands: henow {ould ru>t bcarethis,but begins,to mock and threaten:Who (f;~ich he} ma<le:thee of tme Kings counfell? Art thou be- , ~omea councdlor now to tell the King.what he.hath to-do?, bold-thyp~,ace-,leA: thou:befmitten.. · TheProphet feeing him to deJpife the rebuke of God~ ,vauld not bellow fo much labour,as to giue him any more admonition: but faid, T-will 'hold my peace as youdid bid ~ne; but know, that thon lh~lt furely perifb, becaufe thou halt -d9n0 this thin-g; and not heafkened to my counfell. Though it w~s- foolith and naught inhim te doe that thing; yet if hee could hauc hearkened to the Prophet of God bringing the law ofGod, he h-ad bin on the 1nending hand, and all wouldhauebinwell :-but when he would doe finful~ ly,andwithall refufe tc/beadm-onilhed,then he muttneedes -be deHroyed.-And fo heewas.fhortlyafter, mofl fearcfully_, -and Hrangely·, by.the hand of God, and neither his kingdome, 110r his wealth, <nor at1y thing could keepeoff.th.C iudgement ofGod,and deflruclion from him.• . · · So then ~ w·i1Lwe lhew that-wee doe in cruth:beleeue,thac thcfc be the wordsofGod? then mull wee; whenany.man iliall p1:e.ffe ~my of: eheft lawes vnto-v:s_, flraight waies yeeld , .~ .. and floope VtH o them, and th~n - indeedewe-e confdfe that · " God fpake aH thcfe wo1·ds. But if\.vee beg,in .tolhift, and • clo:1ke,And colour,anddiHinguHh,then we declareeuident~ ly,that ourhear.t is not p.e.rfwaded ~that God.is.the author of· ·them.. . . . · _ . , ~. . , ~ · Sc~ondiy; .'lfe ~ay-tea,rne, not t~ l>·eafraid or afli~med te Pfi. ~~ .. ," · , lla0:4 for.;~Rer~J., ,a$~. ~.Ifo to .p,r~6Hfe .them.inour liucs,.though t~e, Atbe~Hs --~nd propha.ne hnners ofthe worlo,mocke and fcof(eat v~ !lCUcrfo m.uchJor thefameoPorwbat nec.d we be ) afliame€L; - .. .
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