6s Preferuatiues to eepo vsfrom the infection o ffinne. that hec maketh therewith the earth to tremble and the nnountaines to melt like waxe in his pretence, and the voyce ofhis furie doth breake and rent in funder the Ceders, yea the mightie ílrong Ceders of Libanus, as the Scripture fpeaketh. As therefore fire doth bornemore hotly in fuch folid matter as is long inkindling, then in flaxe or flraw which is foone inflamed, and Toone extinguifhed ; fo the anger ofGod is not eafily inflamed, but if it be once kind- led, it burneth fo furioufly that nothing will quench it, but the blood of Chrifl applied by faith, and the f}reaming teares of vnfained repentance. -Seeing then Gods judge- ments are fo fearefull, and hisanger fo terrible, let vs care- fullie take heede ofprovoking his wrath againfl vsby our Eieb, t 0.31. finnes,for it is afearefullthing tofall into the hands ofthe living God. The whenas wee let muíl meditate iue an vpon the not onely of iudcrement ofour words fourth g y real i,'aken and workes, but alto of our fecret thoughts, before a moll from the dayofTuff Iudge, who with the all-feeing eye of his diuine know- judgment. ledge fearcheth andbeholdeth theveryheart and reines, in the prefencealtoofmen and Angels. And thiswill reflraine vs from falling intofnne,though it may be fo fecretly aacd, that wee neede not to feare in this life either flame or pu- nifhment. For let it be fuppofed that wee can hide ourfinnes from the fight ofal men,yet what willthis benefitvs,ifGod, againf} whomwee finne, and before whom as äúr firpreame Iudge wee muff giue anaccount, doeTooke vpoii vs ? What will it profit vs thoughtime weareouroffences ..out ofmans remembrance,ifGod keepea faithfull regiflerofthem, and ingrauc our reckoning with a penne of iron?What will it helpe vs ifby our cunningconueiances, wee can hide our finnes and auoide fhaine, or with an impudent forehead can face them out without blu ping, if our nakedneffe bee difcouered, and our flame proclamed in the pretence of Godand all his Saintsand Angels ?What will it auailevs to be exempted frompunifhment in this life,throughour great powerand vn controuleable authoritie, or to efcape the pe- naltie ofhrunane.lawes by the interceffion of friends, or Yby
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