4s `IheDifcouerie ofI-7yperrlfie. truth , and like (wine doewallow in their ownc filthineffe? Ifthe Pharifes that came tohere lohn preach,with fome thewofa good miede, weretharpely taken rp, and called vipers ; what dial' beefaid ofthofc that doe altogether refufe to here, yea and fpeakeeuill oftbewayofGod; and doe neuervouchfafe with any religiousheartsto entertain the meffage Offaluation broughtvnto them. Ina word,ifthe not being fruitfull ingoodworkes shall bepunished fo feuerely,what (hall bedoneto there thatabound inenill deeds , whofc mouthes are full ofcur- fing and bitterneffe, whofe tonguesare expertin nothing fo much as in thede- faming of Gods word , whofe linesare pained with wantonneffe , with whore- dome, withdrunkennefk, withpride, %Pithopprefsion, with falihood, with vn- iuft gettings; where (hall fuch appeare ? what vengeance is in theiudgement of Godreferuedvetofilch ? Oh confider tbitye thatforget God, left l teare youinpeeves, 'Pfal:;o,xs: andthere benonethatcandeliueryon'. .Doiirine 5. Further, we may obferue here the firietneffe and firaitnelfe ofGods procee- ding ; Entry treewhichbringethnot foortbgoodfruit,ie bewen downs& soft into the fire; no man Iballbe exempted, neitherPrince nor Prelate, neither high nor low, neitherpoore nor rich ;thereis is norefpell ofperf.ns with God; Tribulation kRom,z,9, and angu h fhaIbeaponthefettleo feurrybarrenandvnfruitfullChriftiank Now mans wealth firall buy him out, no mans high lookes and great place in the world fhalldifcharge him , nomails baletreflir ululi make himtobee paffèd by; no excufe that any man candralle shall ferne his terne ;the (corner flail not fhift it offwith his feorning, notthe proud manwith hiscontempt : emery tree, euer). tree , iftheffnit ofit be not foundgood, efpecially ifin ficad ofgood fruit,there be found nought elfebutcorruption,downe it =itgot, it (hall be hewersdowns, and ceft into thefire. Ezponaent Hitherto we, haue heard againfi whom the Lordwill proceede; letvsnow Mewing what examioebriefly the manner ofhis proceedings ; and that is two-folde : firll,hew ss,s,eohow de iron r. fecondiy,will intothefire. Thishewingdowne, is acourfeperformed by donne, 8 c.. the miniflerie ofthe word. In theProphetic of ierenty, it is noted asa partof I Chap. taw the mialfiersoffice, todeft rey, toplucheup, te throwdutont I. And inHofee.Ibane mchap.&.5. ens downe(faith the Lord) bymyTraphee:m: weeharm ready(faith the Apoftle) nz.Coc,ro.6, vengeanceagainft all difibedience° :So that this hewing dswn.is a thingexecutedby the ordinary miniflery, and the meaningis this, that thole whomaking anour_ Delirit's 6. wardprofefsionofreligioncontinueitill fruitleffe and are not reformed , atlail this heauy fentence thallpalfevponthem, that they are pan recouery , andfo the Lordwill euenglue them vpunto hardnelfe ofheart, and leant them to their owne deferued condemnation. This is the natureof the punishment, this is the reward of vnprofitableneffe. So that the outward agentherein is theleliniller, denouncing the heauy vengeance of God upon vnreformednelfe; the inward worker is the Lord, making that goodwhich is fo denounced bygood warrant - and fufficient authority from the word. And to effect this, her doth either take his wordfrom ehem,or them fromhis word. He takes hisword from them,when °Adstg.46. for their contempt, he dorh vtrcrlydepriue themof the outward meases°; e- nen`as the Husbandmanforbeares hispains, whereno finite followes afterma- nytrials. He takes themfrom the word,when hebrings vpon them the fpiritof pIfay6,1o, Rumber, snaking their heartsfat, and their caret heavy, andflatting their eyes r,that albeit theydoeenioy the outward meanes, yet they cannotprofite ; which ofall otherindgementswhichGod can iafi6t in this life, is the molt fearefull. TheVA, Whofoeuer feareth not this iudgement, isalready partaker of it : lee that cannot be perfwadedby the foretelling ofit, to auoide it is already plunged intoit. There is nothing that thechildrenofGoddefrremore, thenamelting heart; nothing that theyfaremore, andmoreprayagainit, thena hardned heart: they would rather be plagued with all the miseriesof lob , or botches of :Slip, thenwith a heartthat is hardned. It goerhnot well with vs then,when wee
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