TheFrfe -mans Verdift, 463 dgdiafïtheite,yea, thry declaretheir fleet,ar Sodome,they hidethem not= : and lawny ;lfa,3.g, ofthe fame people fpeaketh thus : Were theyafhamed whey; thrykidcommitted a homixation ?nay,tbeywereNot gfconned, Neither moldtheyhose0Wbamea. Mdin alma. mi another place,he faith,they hadaWhoresforrheadb,that could notbluff. There- bler.3 3a forewhen menare notabathed to haue lanes euen noted in them, andken to beordinarily pra&ifed by them , it bctokeneth that this harddifeafe bath lei zed vpon their hearts. Afourth flee is,hating tobe reprooued : There is euer . fome good hope of that man who can meekely luffee the words ofadulce, whenadmonitionisreceiued withcalmnes offpirit, it is a goodteftimony: fo on the other fide itis a tigne olaforlaheis heart, tofpurneatreproofe,tofuuffe at it,to account hints, ENeinie,wholleth the troth...tfcornarloaethnetbriothen ,G, .4.ió: rebaketh him,faithSalomon d,aud Chrit calloth themStriate which turne againe, dpmu. t sat and all torentthernwhich e4pearlesbefoire them e. The tall figne is,the making o Math.y.f. light ofthe threatsof Gods vengeance: Thus the hardened peopleofold were wont tofay, that Prophetswerebat era wind f, andtothinkeintheirhearts ,.Thenens.}3, Lord will doeneithergoadtormillg, and totomein mocking manner to thePro- gZcph.t,ts: phets,faving,r9hatu the bardenofrbeLordh ?ieflingathat whichwasthreatned h1,r.a3.3$4 and fcoffingatit,asatan idle tale. Thefetrgnesofhardneaofhare willfooneap. peare tobe amongft vs. Touching the frt fgne, askcyour felues : you haue heard thismatternow treatedofvntoynu,howbath it alfe&edyou,what ter- tor thereofhash it truck intoyou,howhath it Mooed you fecretly out oftrem- bling hearts to begof God tokeepe it from you? Muftnot manyfay, that it hathbeen but an idle found vnto them,, and that :their fpirits and confci. ences within themhaue not beenwrought vpon thereby ? yes quetionieffe: Againe (' for thenext tiigne) are not men eger and greedy to -enormi: unne are notour worldlings greedyof gaine, our vfurers greedy of encreafe , are not men glues to vanity, greedyofdelight, are notthemaliciousgreedy of re. uenge?Thirdly,doth notlhamelefnelfefit in the foreheadsand facesofmany,as thoughitwerea glory andby to dowickedly?Aremen afhamed tobeknown tobe ignorant? Are they foery foe it, thattheyvndrrfiand fo little inmatters that concernesthe good oftheir foules?Are Swearers afhamed,that any fhould heare them blafpheme ? Aremifpcnders of the Sabbath afhamed.to bee feed in their cote fe,doe they hidethemfelues incorners,ánd doeit clofely,that they may norbe efpied? Doevicious perfonuhuugdowse their heads,bccanfrmen takenovice of their aughtines ? Doe riotersblufh at is,thattheircáceffe is loo- ked on,or doe theynot rather make the fireets ring of their vntulineffe? Are proud people touched with it,that theyare pointed:atfortheir folly? Dothofe which fpeakeeui II ofthe truth which istaught,and froth at goodthings,whif -- per it in feeret,for fears left they Ihould be over_heard?Doth not curry kindof euitlhold'vp the head , as though it had rather deferuedcommendation, then wereany way tobereproued? Fourthly,benotthe guilty inthefe andthe lake kinds impatient ofreproofe ? Dothit notvexe andenrage them that the word ofGodfndes them out? Should not Chrifìhimfelfeifhe were inbody prefent as hewas once,hauecaute to fay as he then did; TheWorldhatefhme, hecaafe r iIohBq ÿà te/ hfieofit ,that the worltpsofit aremid There bemanyexceptions madeagainfl preaching ,but theground ofal isthis,men cannot endure tobereproued,Lat- ly forthe lacligne, whatfoeuer iudgernenti, denouncedin ehe-name of the Lord, whatfoeueris vrged touching theneerenes and fìridlnelfeof his islhice, it is generally ietedat; men thiuke they haueheard loch threatning oft , but yet haue efcaped,and therefore theirrefolntion is,that it [tall all be turned into vanity:fo that the terrorofthe Lordk,be it neuer fogravely and elfedlually difco- k a camr uered,doth rather waken thenweaken theirourragious extremity.This then is the iffne of all this fpeech, touching the figuesof hardneffeofheart, which are amongtvs : namely, that there need nodoubt tobe madeof the truth oft his which
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