IS The Preface. thisfirmelyJ thatGodisthefameforeuer, thisisf~re, that whatfoeuer g()od thing he did for thcm,hee will-do~ the ltke for vs,ifwee vfe the fame meanes. So alfo-if any one hath. found in himfelfe, that at fi.1ch a time I was ingreat troubles. and terrors, and then I prayed vnto God, and I know that ... hee heard mypray:er,andhdped me. Areyoucertaine that· God did heare y.ou.when you cried heretofore? ·then -you .. · may befarre more fure ofthis, that if you crie againc,he will heare youagaineJelfe he lhouldnot be Iehouah. lfhee haue been yours once,he is yours Llill,and wilJ be yours_ for euer. This is alfo for the terror ofthe wicked-; Is GGd lehouah, . conflant, and vnchangeable in his iudgements? thenlooke what plagues proud perCons hauehad hcretofor~, the fame, lhall they haue now, fo {i.Jre as God is true, vnleffe they re– pent and get pardon inChrifl. HathGodplagued theeues,. and adulterers)andprophane perfons in former times? hee is Iehouah, let them looke to it, it is .his.name and nature to . hate :~.nd plague them that bee~ Cu~h, euerlafHngly; vnleffe, there be repentance on.their p.:art, and pardon-on his. Like- . ·wife canany one fay by experience, l fell into finne hereto-. fore,and then I got a wound t~ myconCciencC', ablot tomy~ name,and hurt to mybodya ben as fureai theLord liueth, . as fure as God is Ieh£)uah,without change; fo fure make ac4:0Unt to fpeed as ill in Gnning.now,asyoudid before. Many. that did {leale before,and were broughtto thame,and could-. fcarfe faue their liues; yet when.theyarc deliuered, will fall to.it ag_~ine,but yet farre more clofely, (as they imagine} . and wi-th much greater skill in the trade: and then they, thinke all lhall bee well. But who found thern..out before?·.· did not the righteous Goe,that will reward wicked.men ac-– cording to their wickednes? Then be fur~ that as hee hatb. . already fhewed his power, iuAke, and anger againil their, finne; fo vpon like prouocation, he w-ill doe the like againe. I.et n0t them looke f<Jr better fucce(fe in their latter finnes, . then in the former, fince God rem~ineth.,confiant, .and is, b.oth able,and readie topunHh them. So,fome haue plaid the filchie perfons,and Godhath~e... _· wed it to men, to·their difcredit :.will they then fall to ifa... t · · -. ~'aine~_ :,ii.-;.· ·~ - ...... """'J.
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