4.Sec .3o The tbird rea- foi,ta¢en from Gods fierce an- ger againß fin, Jbevved in hAs 'Careful judge- penis execu red vpon rsers. 618 . Prefiwt stiuesto lvpevs f o<rnthe infcElion offinne. with faire words, nor ouercome him by intreatie, nor flop the courfe ofiuflice, with the intercefláon of friends. For; hathhe not (paredhis fonne, and will he fpare his feruants ? bathhepunithed finne in his ovine child; andwill hewinke at it ina commonfubie& ? could tá itlier the intreatie, nor teares, nor groines, nor 'Iron;" cries, ríor bloodie fweat of his beft beloued fonne, appeafe his wrath and fatisfie his iuflice, but that (landing in,our place, heemuff needs beare our punifhment, and being fitretie for finners, bee mutt die for finne? and (hail they who are theprincipals efcape, who in 'lead ofpleading his paitnent, doe conternptuoufie re- fufe it, and as it were treade it vnder foote ?`Itis true in- deede that Chrifl fufered for vs that we might efcape, and paid our debt that it might not be required at our hand;, but Teeingall finners have not their part 'ofChrift andhis me- rits; but onelie thofe_that are in Chriil; and thofe onelieare in Chrtti, who walke not after theflail, but after the fpirit; fceingalto thofeonelie-are partakersofall thegratious pro- miles made in him, who .approue their faith by the h uch e fruit thereof,vnfained repentance; and thofe onelie doe trulie repent, who forrow for theirfins-pafl,hate. their pre- fent corruptions, and defireand inëleuour'to ferueGod in newneffeoflife; how: can wehaue any affurance that Gods iuflice is fatisfied for vs, and that wehaue efcaped condem- nation,ifwe quench the good motionsofGodsfpirit, and obey the fleíh in the lulls thereof, and if fiill being in loue with ouffinneskwe refolue to goeforward in our counfe of wickedne'fe? Thirdly,let vs cal to our remembranceGods fierce wrath conceiuedagainti finne,and his fearcfull iudgements which he hathexecuted vpon finners, and that not onely particular men, but alto' whole flares andcommon-wealthes. Let vs call to mi-nde 'the generall deluge,in which all mankinde ffuing eight perfons,were drowned ; the defiru5 ioii ofSo- dom and Gomorah by fire andbrimfione; the rooting out ofthe \,thole nation of the Cananites;'thereiection of the Iewes; the ouerthrow and vtter defacing of thofe famous .churches oftheQòrinthians,Galathiañs, Ephefians;Philip-
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