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Preferuatiues
to
eepo
vs
from
the
infection
o
f
finne.
that
hec
maketh
therewith
the
earth to tremble
and the
nnountaines
to melt
like
waxe
in his
pretence,
and the voyce
of
his
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
in
kindling,
then in
flaxe
or
flraw
which
is
foone
inflamed, and
Toone
extinguifhed
;
fo
the
anger
of
God
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
his
anger
fo
terrible, let
vs
care-
fullie take heede
of
provoking
his
wrath
againfl
vs
by
our
Eieb, t
0.31.
finnes,
for it
is
afearefull
thing
to
fall
into the
hands
of
the living
God.
The
when
as
wee
let
muíl
meditate
iue
an
vpon the
not
onely
of
iudcrement
of
our
words
fourth
g
y
real
i,'aken
and workes,
but
alto
of
our fecret
thoughts,
before
a
moll
from
the day
of
Tuff
Iudge,
who with the
all-
feeing
eye
of
his
diuine
know-
judgment.
ledge
fearcheth and
beholdeth the
very
heart
and reines,
in
the
prefence
alto
ofmen
and Angels. And
thiswill reflraine
vs
from falling
into
f
nne,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 our
finnes
from
the
fight
of
al
men,yet what
will
this
benefit
vs,ifGod,
againf}
whom
wee finne,
and
before whom
as
äúr
firpreame
Iudge
wee muff
giue
an
account,
doe
Tooke
vpoii vs
?
What
will it
profit
vs
though
time weare
our
offences ..out
of
mans
remembrance,ifGod
keepe
a
faithfull
regifler
of
them, and
ingrauc our
reckoning with
a penne
of
iron?
What
will
it
helpe
vs
if
by
our cunning
conueiances,
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
God
and
all
his
Saints
and Angels
?What
will
it
auaile
vs
to
be
exempted from
punifhment
in this
life,through
our great
power
and
vn con
trouleable
authoritie,
or to
efcape
the
pe-
naltie
ofhrunane.lawes by the
interceffion
of
friends, or
Yby