268 Gods penn ments of tw forts. pfaUsr. rereas.I0.2 4. ThedangeYof hypoaiticall ad lukrwarmeChriáiant. Vppn theFryday after fora fafe ConduEt,that God may not deftroy them in his wrath. Beengherein likevntoyour Marfhallsmen,who onely therefore ferue theMarfh11,that they may liuethe loofer,and framewith more fafetie. Two mifchiefes feemeto threaten fuchkindof Chriftians : Theone,That this their Faithmay turne to their greatercondemnation. The other, That theymay runne the hazardofloofing ir. By Balaams aduice , the King of Moab fent many faire and beautifall women to Gods People, to theend to draw ontheir loue the more ; but charging them withall, thatthey fhouldnot in anyhand yeeld to their longings and their lu- fings, vnleffe they would first worfhipthofe Idollswhich they themfelues ado- red. And it fo fellout (AffeIkonouer-ruling Religion) that manyof the Faith- full by this means fell away, and did linke themfelues in marriage with them making little or no fcrupleof the condition whereunto theyweretyed. Wee may versewell giue great thankes toour Vices, andvnto God, whohath fo or- dred thebufrneffe for vs, that thoughourVices bring with themvnlawful plea- fures and delights, yet they doe not bring Idols with them ; whichif theydid, I feare me that manywould echaran lafoga,trasel Caldero,Hurle the rope after the kcttle,or(aswe faybywayofProuerbe)Fling thehelme after thehatchet. Aiuntilli, Malos male perdet. They fay unto him , Iliflaildeflro thole wicked ones. Him,in Scripture, wo call ill,whodoes ill. Si ergovos,cumpismali, not is bonadare!!j'sveflris, &c. Wee daylyprayvnto Godtodelivervs from euill, yet flickenot dayly to commit e- uill ; Hazardingthereby both bodyand foule. c7tala ell, nits mala ;fedmars peccaterum,pef ima, And10, is bad; bra abad death,worfe. God, doesReneperdere iuflum;When his il,workes for his good. As in lobscafe?His goods were loft,but his foulewas faucd. But perditionof this peoplewas generall,btith in their goods,their honours, their wiues, their children,their Temple, their lines, and fho their feules. Inaword, God would, that this people ( like Lots wife ) uld ferue for a generaliwarning to thewhole World, bynotifyingtheir punifhment to all nations De oftendit mibifuper inimicosmeos. Now,ojlendere,inholy Scrip- ture,imports aPublicationcamas offend fli mihi tribulationsmottas,;6-malas, What great tribulations haft thou ewedme,many b eui/l. Hewill defray theft wickedones. Daviderauesof God, That heewill not cor- teahim inhis furie,neither chaften him inhis difpleafure.. ein furore Domine. Godpunifhes all,but notinhis furie. lertmy cranes aCorripe, butit is in judicio, non infurore,Correll vs (oo Lord)andyet inthyjudgement, not in thyfury. ThisPro- phet fets downe two fortsofpunifhmenrs. Theone, of an Almond tree budding. rid to vides Ieremiah .What fee/ thou Jeremy f Virgam vïgìlantem ego video; (fayth hoe) I fee a, rod an vtt. mond tree. Theother, ofapot feéthing, j jd'tuvides,&c.Ybatfief'thou e alloy fuceen lam ego video , faithhe; `fie aftething'pot. . In the rod, he teprefented vnto vs a light kindofjunithment, with arod,we vfe to beat outthe duff, teifyouftrike therwith buttwo or three ftrohgblows, well layd on, youwill prefentlybrake it And this kindofpunithmeut,rs'euer- more dire&ed toamendment of life,and to ferueasa warning vntoVs. lonathans eyes;were openedwith that honie whichhehadon4le topofhisWWäild. But inthat ofthepot feething, he reprefents vntovs a tnoftfirárpe and feuere, punifhment. Hr
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