Meditating oftheiuftice and trial) of God. Iab4 t 8.and 15.15. Efa.b4.6. 420 o What thingsart required in true repentance. one feeineth topoint at them, yet wee our felues will neuer difcerne them, vnleflè wee-fet the lookingglaffe of the law before vs. Thirdly, wee are oftenand earnefly to meditate vpon the iuflice and truthofGod, inwhole prefence the heapens are not cleane, and theangels themfelues arevnable to abide the rigour ofhis iuflice; and howmuchmore isman abominable and f /thie,who drinketh iniquitie like )eater ?Inwhore fight ourbelt righteoufneffe is like a polluted cloth; and how muchmore filthie then are our finncs and wickedneffe ? Moreouer,as he is moll iufl, fo as hecannot let finne goe vnpunifhed, foalfo hee is mcrfl true, yea truth it felfe : neither cananyof thofe threatnings fall to the ground vnexecuted, which hehath denounced againfl thofe who line in their Gnnes;and there- fore there is no ineanes to efcape his fearefull iudgements, vnleffewe turne from our frmes, andmeete the Lordby vn- fained repentance. 4.Meditation Fourthly, let vs continually remember thatwe mull once ofthe tali appearebeforeGods tribunali feate of iudgement, thereto i idgernent, render an account not onelyofour words andworkes, but euenofour fecret thoughts,when as the Lord himfelfe who fearche.th thehearts and raines (hall be ourIudge, who will not acquit theguilde, nor refpe6t theperfonofian, neither will hebe fatisfiedwith faire pretences and fmoothexcufes, nor corruptedwith bribes and gifts. And therefore let vs iudgeour felues that we inaynot be iudgedoftheLord;and in bitterneffe offoule and reinorfe ofcónfcience let vs còn- demne our feluestobee iniferablefinners,that the Lordmay acquitevs and make vs tafle ofhis mercie. ;. Remens. Laflly, let vs ferioufly meditateon thofe fearefull punith brace ofthoje ments,which are prepared for thofe who line and diein their pueto etas films for they (hall for euerbe feparated from theprefence due to the ofGod,the ioyes ofheauen, and the fweete companieofthe Saints and Angels,and be call intoeternall darkneffe, where they íhail for euer and euer bee tormented in flames vn- quenchable; all which horrible punifhments are due vnto al,whocontinue not in allrrhich is written in thebootie ofthelaw to. doe them ;. And therefore how (hall efcape, who inHead a.Cor.ti,. wicked, Cia1.3.io. of
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