414 / 772
4Sec7.
4.
That
many
purpo
fang
to
re-
pent
in
old age
are
cut
off
ira
the
meanetime
by
Gods
judge
mat.
Prou,
t,
x
4.
35.16.
Z3dìi.I1
it
386
7blòtiues
to
perfwade
vs
to
&
f
e-re
our
repentance.
unto
him,0
fo91e
this
night
will
they
fetch
thy
foule
from
thee,and
then
whofe
fnall
tho
fc
things
be
*hid;
thou
_haft
prouided?
Luke
i2:i9.2q.
.
Moreouer how
many may
we
obferuc In our
owne
experi;-
ence
who
haue deferred
their repentance from
day
to day
thinking
to
repent either in their
old
age,or
in
the time
of
their_fcknes,and
haue
been preuented and cut offby
Gods
iudgement?
do-we
not
fee-that
many haue been taken away
with fuddaine
and
violent-deaths, many
depriued
ofthe
vfe
of
their
fenfes,
mcmorie, and vnderflanding,
in
the
time
of
their
Gckneflé,and
haue
fo
died
ma-d,
franticke,and
fenfleffe;
many,who
come
to their
old
age,
and
yet
arc
further
from
repentance-then
in
the
time-of their youth.
And this
corn-
meth to
paffe
by the iufl iudgement
of
God:forwhat
can
bee
more
righteous
then
that
the Lord fhould contemne them
at..
the
houre
ofdeath who
haue
contemned
him
their whole
life?
that
theyTfhould
lofe
their
memorie and
vnderflánding
in
the time
of
ficki,es,
who
haue
continuallie abufed
them
to
the difhónonr
ofGod
in
the
time-
oftheir
health
;
that
théy
lotild
die
impenitent who
haue
liued
in
impenitencie;
that
they
fhould
forget God
when
they
are
readie
to goe out
of
the
world,
who
Would
neuer
remember
him
whilefl
they
were
in
the
world;
that God
fhould
Withdraw his
grace
when
they
are
ficke,
which
being
often
offered
they
defpifed
when
they
were
in-
health? 'And.
this
the
Lord threatneth
Prot.
t
.
24.
Becaure
I
haue called and
yee
haue
refufed,
1
haue
firetched
ret
out mire hand,and
noire
wou
cd
regard.
V.
2
S:
?ut
ye
haue
deffifedallmycountll
;and
would
none
ofmycorreEtion.
v.26.
I
will
all;
laugh
at
yourdeflrsiUion,and
mock
when
yesir
feare
corn-
meth.
v.27
.
whenyour
feare
cumaneth
.lake
fodaine.
defoliation,
and
your
deflrun
-ion
(hall
comae
like
a
whirle
wind,
&c. and
V.28.
Then,thalí
they
call upon
me
;but
!will
not anfirere, they
fball
feeke
;nee
ear.ly
nit
they !hall
not find
mee.
verf.29.
Becaufe
they
hated
knowledge,
and did not
choofe
the
feare
of
the
Lord.
So
Za:
.<cl
ar.7.ÑÑt.i
2.í
3`.'the
Prophet
faith;
that
beca
fethepeoplere_
feed
to hearken,
pullèd backe
"heir
Am/der;
and
flopped their
eares'that
theyfhotald
not
he'are,
but
made
their hearts
as
an
A-
damant
fforá
;,left they
fio
ldheare theword
r
ofthe
Lord,
few
in