9z A Treatife of the AfeElions. thee forwater, run thee for iron crooks, crows? hooks, but- kets,hafte, hafte; we are all undone. Here now is the affecti- on of the truth : the like mull a Minifier do, who knowing his people wallow in fin, in the flare of hell and damna- tion, as many as go on in their courfes, he ought not with filed phrafes and mellow - mouthed words, nor with cold exhortations admonifh his hearers, but he muff put in the affection of the Word in his Sermóns.: he mull cry fire,fire, the fire of hell is among you, the fire is kindled,fin is entred J into the foul : O the water of tears, tears, repentance, re- pentance, help your felves for Gods fake: the devil. (lands ready to devour you, death watches unawares to ftrike you, hell-mouth gapeth to (-wallow you ; look about you, flirre your felves and confider, or ye perifh in a moment. Leave off your ryots, down with your pleafures, away with your vanities, put on Chrift quickly, work out your falvation with fear and trembling. See ye not men die dai- ly before you on a fudden, falling to hell, halle, ha le, flatter not your fouls, time is uncertain, the danger istoo certain, the punifhment eternal, damnation is intolerable. Thus mull a Minifler preach this truth, It is a truth full of affeetion, the affeltion mull be delivered as well as the body of the truth. All the imaginations of the thoughts of mans heart are only evil, &c. Gen 6.5. As this is a truth, forhere is a great deal of al Rion in this truth, the affef ion of loathing. Do we think when the Lord faid ir, he faid it coldly and nakedly ; all the imaginations, &c. No; he faid it with a great deal of affection, of loathing, &c.' O jeru. falem, Jerufalem, &c. O that thou hadit known, &c. As this is a- truth, lb there is a' great deal of affeftion in this truth, affection of pity. There is a great deal of affeftion in every threatning, a great deal of affection in every com- mand, a great deal of affefhonin every promife, in every truth. Chrift does not bid us preach the letters, . and fy.l tables, and propofitions of his Word, but his Word. Now my Word is like fire; (ayes God : fire is the flirringeft ele- ment
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