The ?ac(-partsofXehouah. 191 iitrue,but;yetirhatha recta çonditionofrepentance : True : but in themane fpacc,nthcu doeft not repent, thou makeft thy felfebeleeue, thou wilt ;but asyet, thouattempted it not, neither canft thou tell how long thou Ihatt enjoythe pre- 'fistopportunity.The other place is this.: If there6eanyman amongyon,who when heareth the Wordso f the curde,bleff tbhim/elfin Irk heart:feying,I(hail banepeace, thmáhiwalkaecording to theflubbornno ofmine owncheart, thus addingdrunkerma to thirfl, The Lordwill not 'bemerciful vista him,btitthe wrath ofthe Lord& hit áea. Wagefbalfmoakagainfl that man, & emery eurfe that ra written m thisbookefha8tight . vponhim,& the Lordfhallpar out hit VOWfrdvnder beaaea k: It is a notable place, kDeu,29.19, it (bewailplainly to whom the Lordwill notbe mercifull,euen to him,whowhen 30. 'he hares vengeance denounced againft hisfin,perfwades himfelfe, it(hall be well enough,this thing (hall neuer ouertakehimsheGodwho cannot /ie, bath fpoken ¡r,he cannot alter the thing Which is gone outofhis lips , hewill not be merciful! to that mati,hewill not acquit hint at the dayofreckouing, his wrath Thal I fmoke again((him,and according to themeafure ofhis mercy (hewed formerly, (hall be themcafrtre ofhis puniflrment.I prayGodglue vs heartsto confider it.It is euén aworldoffoules,which thedine: heguilethwith this renting afunder of the mer- ey& ia!hoeof God:todraw men into fin,hefogsofnothingbut mercytodrowse menin fin,he fpeakes of nothing but fullice.It firall bewifedome forvs (like Da- 1Pfal.rors, nid)tofimgof mercy and iredpmenrtoo t:both togetherwill, make an excellent tern- per.To conclude therforcibis vle, t will end with the laying ofthe Apoftle:when he had written earnellly againft groffe finne. Farnicatioi ,,Vnslranner, Coueroufner, d.r.many perfwaded themfelues &others, that God was merciful!, and it (hould not belo:O( faithPaul)Letnomandeceine you with amine wordrfor,for/rich things commeth the wrathofGodvpon the chifdrëofdifibedience °;whatfoeuer men tÌ hinke, ,arPy S;6 thewordof God cannot fasle,they whichdo filch things can haue 170 inherirdce in the kingdome of Chrifl, andofgod. It is good toremcatrber,that the Lordforgino iniquity& ftn,but he which willtruly profit by it,mult ioyne this withit, He Will notmake the wicked innocent : Hewill be fa dourable to tholewhich returne, and he willbe terrible tothofe whichare not led by his mercy to repentance. Thusmuch for the fist thingby whichthe lufüce of God is noted, namely,vengeance upon the perfon of the wicked; now followeth tolpeakeofthe wrath of Godagainft their policrity,Pif¡ringïhe iniquities ofthefathersupon the children,&c. 1i:opening this claufe,Iwil dbferue this courE-,T. Iwill thew, how this which is Doe;2 herethreatned is madegood: x: I wil dcclare,howit maybe Paid toflád with the iufliceófGod fo todealer ; , will teach what efe wemull makeof itto our (glues Touching the former:Godvifleeth thelinnet ofthefatherupon their children two wales, t.Spiritually. z. Bodily. Spiritually, whenas he in hisfceret and vecen- Thez.do&, trolable judgement, withholder!)the manes óf race from the children,gluing touching g g g g croda lufti<e, them ouer to blindnes and hardnes ofheart, to that they become imitators and followersof their fathers( inns, andtreadein the ftepspf thefamevngod lines. Thus inch God giuen an inihanee of his Iultice in the whole race andgeneration ofmankinde, in that we are allborne ininiquiry ',andfo through the forceofour rapid,, natural( corruption, we fall into the like fruitsofdifobedience. Thuswe fee ma- í ny times how it allo failethout, thatidolatrous parentshave idolatrouschil- deco, vicious parents , viciouschildren, andfo inother fpecialties t Not that I make it agenerail rulewhich neuerfaileth;for we.reade in theScripture ofgood fathers that had wicked fosses, and of euillfatherswlsich were fucceeded by a righteous Ale. It is enough for themanifefting ofthe IufticeofGod, that ie faileth out fo fometimes, namely,that Godglues tefimonyofhisdifpleafurea- agáin&thefathers fis,by railinga fonceout ofhis toises, whofollowing him in his vileneffe , giueth theLord occafionto be auengedvponhim in hispolterity. Againe,this Lord makes this good by bodily infliaions,whenas, finding thepo- fterity toperfil in thewicked courfesof their anceftors,heexecutescomeopen R 4 vengeance
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