on the ll9.Tfalme. 587 Ties come,our delights arebutvaine,and therefore cannothelpevs ,the fcriptures altoap. Ply this to ill manners, asEphef.. the Apoftle letting downe a bedrowofmany fames addeth this,Let no mandeceiveyou,&c.where becaufe fomethinke,thatfor firth finnes God would beentreated,he laith,naynotfo, benot deceived, vnleffe ye repent, Godwill not be entreated. Likewise Gal... the Apoftie having taught themto prouide temporali things for theen,thatminiferfpirituall,faith,be not deceitted,wherehe bath this fenfe:yemay haue many reafons wich your felues, againtt thisdoéìrine, but when God commeth totreade downe the wicked;then your reatonswill not Stand beforehis maieffie,for the truthonely there preuaileth ; doe not deceiueyour felues,your hopewill abufe you. Andhereall flat- tering of our felues in fnne will proue deceiueáble, we walke in a net, anddeceiueour owne confciences,but this muffmake vsfear; wemuff not reckon withoutoursmile, nor make our account withoutour auditour : for ifwe do,wewill beguile our felues,or flatter our felues. Let eueryman therefore looke to the freights of finnein himfelfe, andto thedeceit of hisowne conference,andwe Chaffee that allthe wayes ofman 'areeuill,but theLord is for tuer true. We muftthus examine ourfelues: Good Lord, will this thingfray mein the day of trouble, will this thingcomfortme in thehonre ofdeath ? then it is a fure thing, then it is comfortable,otherwile it is vaineand cannot flay me, itis deceitful', and will not comfort me. Now ifwecrult in theword,we (hallin death know that it is no imagination, howfo- ruer theworld would nowperfwade vs that wehue tooprecifely, and Sathan lyeth to get vs at a brav, we (hall risen know our labour was not loft; and when theLord commeth to judgement, ifwehaue laydeagood foundation, when the tempeftsarife, the windsarife, and the ray ne fall, we (tall befure,and not beguile our felues,that we(hall be on therocke of Godsword, and built in faith, wefhall be lure as mount Sion, and fafeasleruf'alem, whentisriloudcsofvengeance come. Verf.1t9. Thou haftrsken away allthe wicledof theearth l&edroffe: therefore llone thy te- limonies. MArke the proprietie ofthe word, he faith not thyMatures doeIloue, But thy tellime- rgRimonies. nies, bee faith here thus mulch : teeing 0 God, ttiouhaft fumnronedthe wicked, Iwill embraçe moreioyfully the recordán& tournant ofmy (aluation, made vino die iii thyword. Forwhen we fee Godsiudgementson thevngodly, this oughtwonderfully to commend Gods mercie in free tauingvs from thehike, thatwhereas wewere in the like condition offinne,hemight hauemeafured the like tovs, and yet vouchfafedtomake Ills tournant in forcevnto vs. Was it not a great mercie to fáueNoah andhis, when all the worldbetides was wafhed away with water ? Did it not wonderfullycommend thegood- neffeofGod, that in thegreat deftru&ionof Sodomehe MoulddeliverLot? What a thing is this, that the Lord will make a couenant withvs aswith Noah, thatif we (hall truft in Chrift,we (hall neuer be confounded. Againe,when the manof God feeth thewicked de caned becaufe they fruitednot in theword, this maketh him toloue theword, andAlt- rethhim, that there is an end of all perfeétion, but thelaw ofGod isexceeding large,that itneuer.failes in trouble, nordeceiueth any in death.Wherefore thismuft snake vs to loue italto. And ifwecompared this word, with other vanities of the world, and felt init filch ioyes, and moft Specially indeath and in troubles, and that when allfayles, this Bothmi. suffer fufpicient comfort ; furely the perl'wafron,hereof wouldmouevs pathetically to ex- preffeour mìndes, andfaywith theProphet, Ob bowione!thy law! Iris mymeditationconti- aua(l. Then'when ourftrength (hall fade,our breath draw fhort,ourfriends depacc,our goods, countrie and life !hall forfake vs;Me word will be fo fweece,fodeare,and loprecrous,that- when all theleare gone,thrs will yeeld vs great comfort. We haueallo learned here a fur- ther thing in the miedeof the Prophet, who reafoneth thus: Seeing thou haft troden downe thewicked as earth,andfcouredthemaí.drofje, therefore will I Embrace thy cone- slants,
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