The fearefull Ave the fecondSunday inLent. Ser. t S. oftheunmerciful. thehoufe of Ifraell, whopluckeofftheskinofthePoore, andthefle/bfrom offtheirbones ; Whoalfo eat thefiefhofmypeople,and feyoffthe skinnefrom them,andbreake their6énes andchop them inpieces asfor thepot,andaajlefhwithin the Caldron. They 'hacryvino me (fith theLord)in the timeoftbeir trouble,but 1 willnot heart them; Iwill earnhide myfacefrom them at that time, 6ecaufe they hauedone wickedly in their werkes. O,that men fhouldbe fo vnnaturallas to flay the skinnefrom the flefh,and thenprefent- ly to teare the flefh from the bone. God putsa pooremaninto pouertie, but he dothnot flay him nor kill him ;but the rich man does thus , tormenting him anew,whom God hath alreadiepunifhed enough ; Becau/e theyhauefmitten thole whomeI hauefmitten, andhaue addednewwounds to theft that I banealreadieinficled vponthem. The third circumftance is takenoutof lob ; where he treateth ofanother rich manlike vnrothis ofwhomwe now fpeakeof. TZgr, remanfit decibo eixe,propte- reanihilpermanebit debonscites, There (hall nene ofhis meat he l f andtherefball bee nomemoriallofhisgoods. Whenhe (hall be filledwithhis aboundanceheMal be in paine, and the handofall the Wicked flail aflailehim he (hall beeabout to fill his bellie,but God (hall fendvpon him his fiercewrath,& (hall caufe to raine vpon him, euenvpon his meat : He (hall flie from the YronWeapons, and the BowofSteele (hall ftrike him through ; the Arrow is drawne out,and commeth forth ofthebodie, and fhineth out ofhis gall, fo fearecommeth vpon him. AU darkeneffe (hall bee hid in his fecret places, the firethat is not blowne(hail de- uoure him, andthat which remaineth in his Tabernacle(hall be deftroyed. The Heauen fhall declarehis wickedneflè, and the Earth (hall rife vp againft him; the increafe ofhis houfe than goe away, it (hall flow away inthe dayof his wrath. This is his portion fromGod,& the heritage that he (hall haueofGod: For he that was fovnmerciftill, that hewould not affvord the crummes that fell from his Table to the Poore,fhal be fo far from enioying theleaft good(though it bebut adrop ofwater)that God will rathercaufehim rovomit vprhofe good thingswhich he hath eatenin this li fe. liebath deuouredfi.bflance,andhe[ballvo- mitit; forGodfhall drawit outofhis bellie. I-Icefhallvomit it forth with a great deale ofpaine; if he (hail call for drinke, the Deuills (hall fayvnto him , Spew vp that which thouhaft druuke if for meat, Vomit vp that which thouhaft ea- ten : He (hall fucke thegall of Alpes, and the Vipers tongue(hall flay him : He fhalI not feethe riuers, northe Flouds and Streames of Honey and Butter: Hee (hall reftorethe labour,and deuoure no more ; euen according to his fub(lance (hall behisexchange, and he (hall enioy it no more : For he harhvndone many, hee bath forfakenthe Poore , andhath fpoyled houles which hee builded not ; furcly he (hall find no quietnes in hisbodie,neither Thal hereferueofthat which he defired. Fawneftatomvtmoreretur mendicus. Butit came topaff that the Begger died. Firft,LaZarus dies; for God euer- moremakesmorehaft todrie vp the tearesofthe Tuft, than the plaints of the Sinner : Advlerumdemorabiturfetus,&c. Their teares ' hallcontinue to the eueninrg, &c. Amongft many reafonswhich theSaints doe render, Why Gods Iuftice comes commonly witha leadenfoot; that ofSaint Gregorie is anexcellent one, which is,That fo great is thewretchedneffe whichwaits vpon aReprobare,that itis not much, that God fhouldpermit himto enioy fome few yeares more of hismiferable andvnhappie happineffe. A pittifull Iudge is woont fometime to deferre theDelinquents fentenceofdeath ; but when careleffe of his doome, X he raii,nt lob. so. lab. 20. 1$. Why defperat Sinnersareof. tea fuffered. toliuetong.
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