A1otiaea toperfvade v.rtohajfeno'er repentance, 399 one day bee powred vpon vs in full meafure, and fill vp thevials ofGods wrath, till being filled vp to the brimme, bee will powre them out vpon our owne heads. And this the Apolile plainely fheweth, Rom. 2. 5. Rut thou (faith Rom,i.f, hee) after thinehardnefe andheart that cannot repent, heapeg . vnto thyfifewrath againil the day ofmrath, andofthe decla- ration oftheiuf judgement ofClod. 6. whoWill reward euerie man according to his worker, &c. And this is all the treafure which (inners, by deferring their repentance,heapevp vnto themfelues for the 1a f} daies ; as Ia'nes fpeaketh, Iames 5.3 The longer therefore wee deferre' our repentance the more wee increafe the bils of accounts, ofwhich wee (hall ne- Iam.f:3 uer bee able tógiue a recleaning at the great and general! Audit; the more wee- heape .vp.our finnes, the more wee heapevpGods wrath; -and increafe the meafure ofour con- demnation, andehellifh torments 'euery day, as it were pi- lingvp wood,inwhich we Thall eternallybe burned... Thefirt =tine tá perfwade:vs to haften our conuerfion 4.Sec1.2 untoGod with all (peed;is the confiderationof the flange- The fixt mo_ .roufüeffe ofour eflate before our conuerfion; for wee are'tiue,our liars dead in our finnes, the children of wrath, and enemies vnto gems (flare afGod who ewer minute lie open to his judgements and u_ -bier e y g p uerfro. And this the Lord itnplieth in his fpcech toCain, lfthoudoel.nartxvell(faith he)finneliethat thedore, Geu.4.7. that is,the punifhment duc to thy finne, like a cruell wilde beaft ftill watch ethand waiteth for thee, fo as thou cant} not . Birre anywaybut it is ready to (cafe vpon and deftroy thee. Now inwhat a fearefull fiate are thofe who .euerie minute lice in this danger, ofwhich if theybe furprifed what -can remaine vnto them but euerlaflingdeath and deftru&ion'? Foray the treefalleth,föfhallit lie, as it is Ecclef i 1.3 .that is;as Eccicf the day ofdeath leauethvs,foThal thedayofiudgement find vs:and therefore if weebee taken away in our impenitencic whilef}wee are dead in our fins, children ofwrath;and ene- mies vnto God,filch {hall we beprefented before the tribu'= nail feate ofiudgeneat in theprefenceofthe great Iudge of heauetrand earth:. The feuenth tnotiue may bee dráwnefrom the manifold benefits
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