498 The fecondBookeofDiuinitie, C H A P. 9, x Lam.;.ir. And in the Lamentation:, = Turne thouvi vote thee, I E H O VAH, and we%hatl be turned. So, Cant.S.I. it was the voyce of Chris} that awakened and rayfed vp the Church, when shoe slept in her finnes. Fiftly That God in his time will rayfe vp all that are his, how lote, foeuer they fleepc in finne as bee promi- y no/heal-14. feth in' Flefhea, and as we fee in Dauid, who lay in his finne without repentance, Tome wholeyc ere as it is Vie= ry like; and that feemeth to bee the force of the Argu- ment which the Church vfeth, lers.3 r.i 8. Concert thou me, that 1 may be conutrted: for thou art I E H o v A H my God.As if flue should fay,For thou only art able to doe ir, and wilt doe it for thyCouenant fake. Howbeit this mutt not make vs the Idle to fe are firme, becaufz the children ofGod at one time or other repent them of it : No, not onely the vgly face of finne,contra- rie to the Imageof God, who is Holihtcfl'c it fclfe , and the anthour Satan, from whom it commeth, but the fruits and lamentable effeets thereof' Phew, howmuch it is to be detefied. Firl}, Wee offend God, and make fad his holySpirit-, Efay 63.10. But they rebelled and grimed his holy Spirit. Ephef.4.30. Grime not the holy Spirit of God, by the which youare foaled veto the day ofRedemption. Secondly, We gricue and offend hisChildren. So i he 1,Cor.,1,f; Apofilez to the Corinth: declareth himfelfe and all the Church, tohaue beene grieued w ith that fact of the in- cefluous perfon : 1 f any max hauegrieued,he bathnot grie- ued me, but in part, that I doenot ouer-charge him, you all. Thirdly, We caufehis Gofpc 11 to be blasphemed and cuill fpoken of, Rom, 2.24. The?\(ame of god foryour fakes it blajVhemed amongiltbeNations. Hereby is Da_ nids fire made the fc uler and more hatefu11,2.Sam.i 2. 14,Becanfe in fodoing, thouhail caufed the enemiesof1 E H O V AH to prcuoe and cantemi e hint..,. Fourthly,Wc make other toRumble and fall : where- of
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