TheStidegroonae. 473 theirtabernacle, and fometimesagainc,bittergriefeindeadofFefjc t. HowcP,alata.r; then can it but be wifdome toexpeft aff(iélioa andtribtalatina ? The expectation 40.38.4. of it cannothaffenir,nay,itmaypreuentit, attheleafticihallcaufeittobethe . more eafie when itcommeth." Here is aneceffaryaduertifemcnt for,vs. Wenow throughGodsgoodnes, Thepp, doenioytheBridegrooms prefence,his voyce foundeth amongft vi indaily Mi piftery. Happy wereweifwereioyçedin'it,as we fhould. lfwe do,yet let vs notforget that theBridegrooms may be taken fromvs,andthat theremay come daies ofgreaterdefolation. Whocan tell,nay(çonfideringourfins)whohath not reafon to feare, thatGodwill take awayfrom vsthe meanesofgrace, and depriue vsofthe comfortablenes ofhis blendwordin the commonnes there- of? whenwe fhall feea,dMimingoffuch lights,byWhore bright-.fhiniagmany hauebeen comforted ; when we (hallbehold Pulpits taken vp, with fuchPre. phew aslodçe oat voicesodfoe* thing:for thepeople,notlabouring(as they fhould)to dronertheir iniquity a, when we than find in the multitudeInch a grol enetfe of eLam,a;rg; heart, as wasfometimes in thole oflereofalem, that they didnot knowthe thing: whichbeloagedto theirpeaces', whenwe (hallbehold fin in alleffaces to be grown (Luke tg.ya; to an height, and the word ofGod to becomesreproach, then let vs feare the Bridegroameegoing. The prefentconditions of the times fhouldworkeCome, what with vs:wefee or may fee, what working, ánd whatplotting there in a. mongPapifts,by treacheryand bloody defignes,toputoutthe lightoftheGof_ fpell,andtocaufe the voyce ofthe Bridegroomsutterly to ceafe.Andyet alaswe fit ftill,asifneither Churchnorftaet,neisher religionnor peace wereindanger. Nay ratherit is now verified,which was raid ofold, TheLordelidcall vowwee- pingawlmoarsmg,bat behold,ioyandgladnes,eatingflebanddri, eogwiaea. Thus weglfa,aa.ra,r; got on ina kind ofbefotted courfe,tilla dartftrikethroughaarltaer, as as axe that rah tetbe (largbrer, or as a faole tocheflocke: for correritouh: Oh thatthere might bpro.7.aa,a; be a general' humblingofour feluesbeford'che Lord,teare:raeniagdowns as a rio uer,and,aarhear:terymg to theLord s, that mifchiefe prayreturne upon the headsi Lain.a,ts. of thecontriuers;and thatfor his names fake, forhis truths fake,for hisSonne Chriffs fake, the glorious Gofpell ofhis Sonne, the graciousvoyeeoftheBn-. degra.rn,maybe continued with vsto theendof theworld, Iftb/.ab sacinthe generall,yerlet ttbein thepartieular, eaeryfamilyaparr,astheScriprurejpeakeebk. We le Zach.taos: banetuft taufe to feare thebeginnings ofGods iudgements, and yet withall too,euenadmire hisloathneffe todepart : likethat ofold, when theglaryofthe Lord departedby degrees, firstfrom the Cberab,ro the Atareofthehaaje!, then to tEnekxo.t; the entryofthegateofthe Lardahaqa., thenfremthemidll ofthe clay to the mountains mVede towards the Eafl-iMe in,the city.. TheLordwouldasit were haueva to entreat oChap.5 u htm,helookerh to beimportuned. Let vs thereforecum this daynewvntat/ie epai¿co, ,y mighty Godof!acob e, that wewillpreferre Ierufalem toour cbiefeioy ir, andthat we ppfaLr;a,z. wil even rerallle with the BrideroemásIamb didwiththe Angels.Oh ifany thing yGen.; ash: may kerpe him yet with vs,either prayingorfalling, orweeping, or hearing, or repenting, lurehe than notdepittt : It werebetter to fall beforetokeep; him with vs,then to fallwhen heis gone,torefforehim to vs :Better toweeps' in Sion topresent Babel, then when we fitbytberimer iof&add, toweepeforSumo: rpfal s;y a; This is themaine vfb. Albeitthe aduertifement maybe further (+retched, to curry initiateChriftian.Doft thounow feele in thy felfe,enidedcesgad pledges of the(snout God in Chrift Iefus,it is good to reioycein thermic isgood alfo toknow that it ispoffiblefor themto beogerclonded foratime, and that the Lordmay call theeto force inwardconfli&s ; Make ready therefore for the combat :The Bridegrooms gocthand commethnot only by giving andremoo- wing the outwardmeanes, butby giving andremooning inward feeling.
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