thegro./!eflsei[-mu~der. ·· _ _··.7 · · Alas thou canil: not plead a ~a~n.o~; "but only a .-will not. · • · , . . , . . ~ / .It~ trqe, that ifone~i~ked inans will ~e more 5Pre/ttP:i -wtlbng than another,. 1t ts not fro~_ htmfelf, 1 Cet:.S·1· , but fromGod: For what hail: thou that th@u haft ·,not received? 1 C-or. 4~ 7· Its God that tnak~th onewicked mail to <liffer from another ingood:.. nefs , and tobe hetter than another! O_ne wic... . 'ked man is a drunk._ard ' another is better' &c I ()ne wicked inah is more wilful/ ; another is . le_fs. · Its God that makes this difference; yet rio'twithil:anding its hi~ ownfault, that he .is. not ·fo goodas his neighb~ur, ef~eciS:~ly when he fit~ unaer bett~r helpes than hts Betghbour. The . : ' { ~ · ilJenof N ine~eh fl1all rife up againfi thisgenera- Mat. t .{~ tionctnd fhall condemn it, oecaufe they .rep~nted4' · at the preaching of Ionah, and beholdagreater .than I onah is hfte.S~e., this.generationwas worfe_ : thAnNineveh. Nineveh repented agreat way,~ ven infaclzcl~th &afhes,but thi~ ge~eration dot~ not. I'grant 1t was God that dtd. make them do more tban t_his generation doth do~ For all would be alik..e l~ilfulJ if it were npt for himo · But yet this generation cannot plead in judge.:; ment, ~ord , thouwail; not fo graciousunto ri~ as to N l~eveh: No, Jeias Chrifi exprefiy telletll them,Nineve~fhall rife up in judgeme-nt a.gainn them,q-. d~ N ifi~veh was not fo "" 7 ilful a.sjou;J!li~ .ne~.ehwould, but you_ would no~. Our Savzour Chrift afcribes it to their 1>!ilf#lnefs, that they were not fo wi~ling as Nineveh; N ineveli wouta, hut you wouldnot. Thusyou fe~, the fuppofiti..; ons, which1 befeech,you remember a.s- wego ; · let\ :perhap.s~yoa n:iiitake :us~~~ . . -·~ , . . . -- . C i Tht ,
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