Th I/rife-mall:: Verdli. 45, waTilcafetbemalideaewickedman efcape this firfl eriill, and be vïjtedafter NurosE,: the moll ordinaryviftation ofallmenr, yet behold ,thewrath of the Lord is not z 5, fe tnrmdeeweej , but bia bandraflretched oritßill = hisflorehosfeb oflodgementscan a, eúq;a ;,y affoord another plague; and that isfullennef and blockifhneffe,fuch afickneffe . 'cuing vpoo a inan,which together with weakeneffeof body,bring3dulneffe ofbeau, anddrowl neffe offyirit. The Lord bath the hearts ofairmen in his hand, the opening and vnlocktug them is a thing onely in hispower' andas hè .is merciful ltooffer grace,fo he is ion to punish thecontemptofgrace : and far that caufche dothoftep inlia this iudgement, that thpfe men fhould in their ficknelièsand at their` deaths forget themfelues, which in their life-times for.. gat God. This is thatfatnefeofheart , which Dateidnoteth in thewicked :. Their heart(faithhe) ee aefat ssgreeefe °. pia callethit,t vaile laidoaer the heart d.We haue apregnant example hereofin Nabal e, the very true patternsof right cPfal.rrp,ya waddling, HemaleafeaflbkethefeeofaKingat his lheep.lhëarinp; hisdell) daCor,;.rç. washis Godç,and his goodchearewas his Pg loryahe nextmorninghis heartdied= sam,as^ within bim,andhe was tke afloat; there was no more fence ortaleofgoodneffe in fPhJ.;à9. him , then inafiase; withinCometendates afterhedied. He had (as wefay) in their ttsdai5s,s faire time tots-pent thathowcould he? his fenfeswere lock- ed up,and his foule within himwas benummed,fo that ifeycn Saneaelhimfelfe (whichwas then but newly deade) had beenlining, and prefenfWith him or Verfs. fame failsother, and had vied his befl skilland gift toperfwadc him,all had bib $ but loftlafiür; Godhidforfaitenhitn, and in his iufficeeuesfcaledbitabpli his owne dulneffe. The Lord knowes, that= times areearn full ofmany inch .menand women,euenpolfelfedin their (cknelá'with the/witofHumber, ma- kieg themfclucsúeleeue,that all with them is well,whentheynetier yet knew what it was re, be in dangerofGods wrath,prefumiag tolnaea part withGo }, and yet perecive nothow they hauedifpleafed God. Take with themof"tlteit knowledge, what vsderlhnding they lane in the myllery ofChrill, inquire touching their feeling,whát apprchenlionthey haue oUntie, what true longing they haveafter therighteosfnene oFChrif4; theft thingsare riddles onto them; you lhaif finde in them no favour of found knowledge, no tokenoftrue repers tance, no fruit of liuely faith, no tefiimony ofa well-grounded h-ope, no figne fioy,as lookingfor batter life: you drall heareno bewailingof formerfill's, noberaoningor lamentingthemfelues,no baring for áffurariceofGods lout; nothingbut wofulldeadneffeanddulneffe offpirit,breäkingost(pethaps)noW and then-intocome generals termesofacknowledgement,brof deírreof mercy but nothingwhichmay arguea through.toueli,' or acomfortableexpectation ofGods fanatic. Theignorance ofelrispoinrdeceiuethmany, and bewitcheth a number ofbales. For mensordinaryOpinion is, that if aman can perfeûly fay his prayers(as"wecall i t) if hecan:fay (lcrieGodweer& andall the world) or teftifiethat he beleeues in Iefns Chnll (whicli'is yet more then many can make thew of )and protecta willingoeffeto die, and codepart asmeekely as ti L'ambi,orgor away as quietly asaBirdinafhell, thatthen heis certainlyfa: ued, and there is no doubt but he is with God. But (alas) I pray be matdecei- ued. Dassifpeakingofthe Wickedofhis time ,faith,there were Ili, kneltinther death, they lined merrily, and died quietly : yet he-faithafter, that Gadclods caft themdowseintodefölation,and thatthey are horriblyconfamed h. Audit issnort bpro42 fuse that a manmay (to the eye ofthebeholders) die peaceably, and-bane ma- rt,rs,' nyordinary good words in his mouth, and yet gotto hell. Our Sauiturliath fpoken it, and it mull be true, Thatro;sni piefay tobim,Lord,Lord,whichfor all that :hall bec'put off with this; Dsyar; from net,"I 'eerier knewreel. .144 imat.t^as,s therefore, howloeuer l would'not perfwadeany tobe rani in ills tudgetüent touching others, but toleaueGods courfestohimfelfe, yet it is witdomefor entry man tp (case thisforhisgwfì particulár',dndnot to flatterhimfelfc in his $ C f gwtis
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