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Ofthe layer ofbeateen. 921 andbearing deferued punifhments for their firmes, not out of the hatred oftheir perfons,and defire of reuenge, but be- caufe God is glorifiedin the execution ofiuftice,and in veri- fying his threatnings, according to that of the Pfaltnift; 7 he rr hteausfhall reteyee,whe" he teeth the vexgeance, he/liall NA is.ro. math his feet in the blood of the wicked, and J1,all fay, verily there it a fruit for therighteous, doubtlelfe there it a God that Stag- Beththe earth. an example whereof we haue in the Saints,re- ioycing and praifing God,becaufe he had (hewed his truth, and executed his righteoufneffe, in the puni(hment and de- ftru&tonof the whore of Babylon. Apoe.rg.l.s. All which their ioy is made moll perte& and compleat, 4g j becaufe it (hall not continue onelyfor atime,but remainerrarrbetoyer . and endure for euer and euer ;for the ioy whichour Saui our of heaue» Jhall will give vnto vs, no mart [hall be 4hkto take, it from vs. And be eternal! and this is the laft point which I propounded,without which all e"erlaf' "g Loh t6 zz the re(ìweremaimed and vnperfe &; for though our hca. nenlyhappineffe were in it Idle ncuerfo compleat and abfo- lute in all perfe&ions,yct if it were not all) permanent and euerlafling,and infinite in time, as well as incomprehenfible in quantitie, we could not be Paid to be perfe&ly happie,and truelybleffed. For though we were lure they fhould Conti- nue many hundred thoufand of yeeres, yet if wee alto knew, that they would then end and leaue vs, wee fhould bee as much difcontented, that the time would come when as we fhouldbe depriued of them, ascomforted in their prefcut fruition;yea the greater and more excellent our ioyes fhould be whileft we haue them, the greater would in this refpe& our forrow and griefe be, to think a that we fhould once bee difpoiled ofthem; whereas now finding them for the pre - fens infinite,and in rcfpe& of the time to come endleflè,no- thingcan be added ter their perfeìion. But the eternitieofEra.6o.rs& theft ioyesmay as cleerely be proued out of the holy Scrip- 65.18 tures, as their vnconceiueable;excellencie. So the Pfalmift faith,thati:r Gods aprefeaceis fuleefe of ley, and at his rightap ¡x1.16.tr. hand pleafieres for eteermore. And our Sauiour promi feth,that theywho beate of the bread of lifeJliallute for euer : and faith, b latt.e.s t.& that itisalifeetermallto l¿nom Gayland bid faumeChrs.And e1y.;, in