rlheWf-inana herdiEI. 46r Gad at axe itr:asfooneastheearthlykneltiadefroyed,the foulehathabuilding r,s giuen ofGod,ahonfenot madewrthhandshut eternallmthe Heawnrr: itis ioyned to uHeb.taa3. theSpirits ofireandperfitmen. , the Ìong white robe ofChrifts righteoufieffe is giuenvatoit *:butnowwiththe Coaleofthe mahciouewickedman,it is far other_=Reub.rr, wife :for fo footleas thisBuffo ofclaya, thebody is broken, it farethwith rie, .n ioh.h.ro. 1 foxlyas with theman ofwhom Amos fpeakech r, who didflyefroma Lion, andy A.os S. it, aBum ?Piet him; it is efcaped out ofamiferable world , but is in a moment plunged intoanothermifery. It is feiíedvponby the wicked Angels, and is prefently brought beforeGods Tribunal(feate (for afterdeathcanooterhlndge- ment.): thencehaling receinedthe poome, it is difmiffed intoit Dune place a, ZHeb,9a7 there tobereferuedin exerla:ling Cbainet,veto the lndgement oftheGreat Day , in ';',1:,151:;, aLanddark! , udarkemepitJaffe, where there ù.eecrdt ?,bst thekgátu thereatciobro.aa, darkenefe Now letvs confider how this puniflnicnt begunin this life,andeacreafedat death,is made perSi at thedayof Iudgement :&that ìs,when as the body for- merly rotten in thedufl, (hallby the mighty worke ofGod be reunited to the foule,andbothtogether punilhedwith eaerlogongperditiomfrom theprefence oftbe Lard,andfrom the gloryofbespower.a. This is thevpfhot of all, this is the lathfar-eland: Lg. faking,this is an otterandan endletreforfaking;the.mifery whereof it paffetlr any skill toeaprelfe :Only thus much wemay conceiue.Dandfaith,Thatin the prefenceaf Godthererrr fxlneffeafley, andathù right bandpleajraesforeuermere,e; e Praia6.tt, therefore we maybeCure , that on the contrary part , outof Gods preCence, fA,ad a633= there is fulneffe ofmifery,and at his/oft bwdEwoes foreuermore: there is no- . tithing to be found , but that which Ezekiel raw written in the hall of:be Boake whichwasgiuen him,Lamntatinnsandmoxrming,andWoee. g-Eacc.a:9,to ThusIhauevnfolded thefiatchafe ofmyText , &thedo&rinethereincon. tained:the extra& (as it were) and briefe fern ofallis this.The (innerthat hates to be reformed,(hal be in hislifetime giuen over tohardnes ofhearcin the end ofhis dates he (hallbe either Cuddenlyarrefted;orelfeenuckenin (laneswith deadnesofheart;or ifhe be capable ofcomfort,he thaiwant meanesto teceige it; at theinflantofdeathhe (hall be committed tothe cuílody ofthe damned fpirits,andat the dayof lodgement , bothbody and foule (hali haletheir )hate lathe Lakethat honed' withfreandbrimflane,whwh it the feeonddeath b: bRcu.at.u. I prayyou lcrvsendeauoi,e tomake louse goodvieofthis point, 'atadletvs TheVA, with patience heate it applyed toour fehies.I knowthat forthegenerali wee willall bee ready toacknowledge, that theWirked/balldecal?offerhit Malice, and wewill confeffe,that it is TuftwithGod to deale fowith him;but inparti. colarto laythis to ourowne hearts,as thoughwe were chargeablewith the tin which is herecalled d'buca, therein (perhaps) we will notbefo forward, and , therfotewithout applying,thisDo&rine will not be fo proftable.To cometo thepoint then,that the fir(t titleof1YichZdis well agreeing tococa.), oneofvs,if webe takenas we be byNatere,isa deercafe,&Iwill prefumevpon all your iudgements, thatyou dowillingly andfreely couleffe fo much : all the quefti- on willbe touchingthe latter, ,twhether this finofMal tiebe our fn, yea orno? and therefore that point is efpecially tobe Rood vpon. I eipouudedMalicein the beginning Lobea pernerfe carcleffe going on in Euill,withcnrrepentance. So that he,whomt he Lordbath diuerny dealtwith,fomtimes by theoutward voiceof the word, fometimes by inward checksofconfcience, fometimes by erolfesvponhimfelfe, fometimesby iudgements vpon others, and yet remai. nethvnreformed, thefame manhe was wontto be, he, in the langitageof the Scriptnre,is rightlycalled a Mdhcione iaieked Man. Nowwhat thinke wee? Is there need for the findingof man that difpfed, to make Rime privyfearch, or as theprophctfpeakes i, toSearch lerufa em with lights, as though ft were izeph,t.r a: £ome rareor difficult matter to light vpon a man thus conditioned? Surelyno. Imay
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