Contemplations. C ----~~Od holds it no derogation from his mercy to ~are a quarrel! ~ long, where he hates: He, whofe anger to the velfels of wrath, is everlafiing,even intemporal! Judgement rcvengeth late : TheCtnnes of his own• ch1ldren ace no fooner done, and repented of, then forgotten; but the maliCious Ctnnes ofhis enemies fiick fafi in an infimte difpleafure. (T remmJ. her what Amalek d1d to Ifracl, h01• th'} la~d wm for thcm6y -·---- the way,"' they c.mt 11pjiom Egypt: )_Ab>, Lord, (might v/t1Mkk fay) they were our forefathers, we never knew thm f.1ees, no not their names, the faCt was fo farre from our confent, that it is almofi pafi the memory ofour hifiories. It is not inthe power of time to rne out any ofthe arrerages of D God: \ve may lay up wrath forourpollerity: Happy is thatchilde, whofeprogeni[QrS are in heaven, he is leftan inheritor of bkffing rogcther with dl:ate, whereas wicked ance!lors lofe the thank ofa rich pmimony, by the curfe that attends it: He that thinks becaufe punifhmenr is deferred, that God h>th forgiven, or forgot his ofttnce,is unacquainred with jullice, and knowes not, that time makes no difference in erernitie. The Amalekites were wicked Idolaters, and therefore could not want many prefent fins, which deferved theirextirpation. That God, which hadtaken notice ofall their ofti:nces, picks out this one noted £in of their forefathers, for revenge : Amongll all their indignities,this fhall bea.·e the n:mc oftheir judgement: As inkgal proceedings with malefatlors,one indiremelit found,gives the llile ofthdr con. E demnation. In the lives ofthofe, which are notorioufly wicked, God cannot look belides a fin, yet when hedrawes roan execution, he f,rllens his femence upon on: evil! as principal!, others as acceffaries, fo as at the bfl, one £in which perhaps ive make no account of,fhall pay for all. The pogani01 Idobtries of the Amalekites could not but begreater finnes to God,then their hard meafure to Ifrael, yet God fcrs this upon the file, whi~es the retlare not recorded ; Their fi1perfririons might beofignorJnce)this finne Wls ofmalice:Maliciouswickednelfes ofall orhers,lS they are in grearefi oppofirion to the goodnelfe and mercy ofGod,fhall ~ fure ofthe paimemofgreatdl: vengeance. The derellation ofGod maybe meafured by his revenge CJI•y both man,andwom•n, £othinfanr,.,Jfuckling,6orh O~<t,•nd 5hup,camdl,andAj{t) not themfelves onely, but every thingthatdr<w hfeeither from them, or for thtirufo, mull dye: Whm th"
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