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A1otiaea

toperfvade

v.r

to

hajfen

o'er repentance,

399

one

day

bee powred

vpon

vs

in

full

meafure,

and

fill

vp

the

vials

of

Gods wrath,

till being

filled vp

to

the

brimme,

bee will powre

them out

vpon our

owne

heads. And

this

the

Apolile plainely

fheweth,

Rom.

2.

5.

Rut

thou

(faith

Rom,i.f,

hee)

after

thine

hardnefe

andheart that

cannot repent, heapeg

.

vnto

thy

fife

wrath againil

the

day

ofmrath, and

of

the decla-

ration

of

theiuf

judgement

of

Clod.

6. who

Will

reward

euerie

man

according to his worker,

&c.

And this

is all

the treafure

which

(inners,

by deferring their repentance,heape

vp

vnto

themfelues

for the

1a

f}

daies

;

as

Ia'nes

fpeaketh, Iames

5.3

The

longer therefore

wee deferre'

our

repentance

the more

wee

increafe

the bils

of

accounts,

of

which

wee (hall

ne- Iam.f:3

uer

bee able

giue

a

recleaning

at the great

and

general!

Audit; the

more

wee- heape

.vp.our

finnes,

the

more wee

heape

vp

Gods wrath;

-and

increafe

the

meafure

of

our

con-

demnation,

andehellifh

torments

'euery

day,

as

it were pi-

ling

vp

wood,

in

which

we

Thall

eternally

be

burned...

The

firt

=tine

perfwade:vs

to

haften

our

conuerfion

4.Sec1.2

unto

God

with

all

(peed;

is

the

confideration

of

the

flange-

The

fixt

mo_

.roufüeffe

of

our

eflate

before our conuerfion; for wee

are'tiue,our

liars

dead

in our

finnes,

the

children

of

wrath,

and enemies

vnto

gems

(flare

afGod

who

ewer

minute

lie open to his

judgements

and

u_

-bier

e

y

g

p uerfro.

And

this the

Lord itnplieth

in his fpcech

to

Cain,

lfthou

doe

l.nartxvell(faith

he)

finneliethat

the

dore,

Geu.4.7.

that

is,the punifhment

duc

to

thy

finne,

like

a

cruell

wilde

beaft

ftill

watch eth

and waiteth

for

thee,

fo

as

thou

cant}

not

.

Birre any

way

but

it

is

ready

to

(cafe

vpon

and deftroy

thee.

Now

in

what

a

fearefull fiate

are

thofe who

.euerie

minute

lice

in

this

danger,

of

which

if

they

be

furprifed

what

-can

remaine vnto them

but

euerlafling

death

and deftru&ion'?

Foray the tree

falleth,

fhallit

lie, as

it

is

Ecclef

i

1.3

.that

is;as

Eccicf

the

day

of

death leaueth

vs,fo

Thal

the

day

ofiudgement

find

vs:and therefore

if

weebee taken

away

in our impenitencic

whilef}

wee

are

dead in our

fins,

children

of

wrath;and

ene-

mies

vnto

God,

filch

{hall

we

be

prefented before

the

tribu'=

nail

feate

ofiudge

neat

in the

prefenceof

the great

Iudge

of

heauetrand

earth:.

The feuenth

tnotiue

may

bee

dráwne

from

the manifold

benefits