54 WilfullJmpenttenry .· s .Argu. Thirdly, b~caufe G?dsanger i~ very ·reafo.. nable ; when a Mafierts ar.1gry wtth a fervant, that maydo-a thing and yet will uot, we call his anger a very reafonable anger. 1 kt;QW. Gods anger is very reafonable , for thtngs which thou canfl: not; becaufe once he gave thee power; but when he commandeth ~he ~· ·. -means, now this anger is ver'y reafonable. We our own fel ves count his anger very r·eafona-;– ble in the like cafe; . what will he not do-it? No not ufe the-mean~ for to do it ?. Would not this anger any body? Say we fo, ·forthefe things fake comes.the wrath of Godupon the chil– dren of difobe_dience. Eph.5.6. That isfor Adul– tery, for Fornication, fot vain words, andvain hopes to be faved ; for thefe things comes the wrath of God upon the children ef clifobedi.. erlc . He does not 'fay for not being renewed; fQr not being con~·erted, but for thefe things· comes thewrath of God forth. He's angry for that, but his wrath comes generally forth upon men for thefe things, becaufe they will not ufe , th_e means; They will not give over th0fe fins which are the hinderances to converfion. This is very reafonable ; if aman were not able to do it, there would befome·fhew at leafl: of un· reafon2blenefs in Gods anger ; but there is not , any fuew of unreafonablenetfe in his auger, when men.will not buckle to the n1eans which they rriay. When God commanded the Egypti· a:ns to fubmit and be humbled, they wouldnot ; lie commanded them at lea{l to ufe the means to let his ·peoplego, and they would not. You ihall fee how~he Text fayes bis a11ger now was .ver1 .·
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