318 e The outes leavatealling to Chrift. this commifiìon, faying,Goepreach theGo(1eil,and open the eyes of the blinde, that they may turnefrom darknejfe to light)andfrom thepowerofSatan to God every man bynature isgone fromGod, andyou goeall fin-ward and hell-ward, and awayyou goe from God ; now that you may bee for God againe,faith goes toGod ; tob. r.t a. Do as manyas received him, and beleeved in his name, to them bee gave this privilege, that they fhould bee the formes of God; Godwill notonly bee a friend to them, but a carefull, loving, and tender Father : thou by nature art a chille of perdition anddeftru&ion, but doft thou beleeve and repent? now then all thecontroverfies betweene God and thee ere en- ded ,andof a fiendofhell,thou art madetheTonne ofGod ; and the Lord is a tender heartedFather to that poore foule of thine ; lob. 3. Hethat belee. vetb, fbartbee faved ; but bee that beleeveth not, the wrath ofGodabides upon him; fo that anunbelee- ving foule bath God up in armes againft him : Oh that God would perfwade your hearts of this! this is a great mifery, when thou lyeft downe,the wrathofGod hangsover thine head, and thy eyes may clofe up, and the Lord may fend thy foule downe into the pit : andwhen thougoeft from Lome, the wrath ofGod abides upon thee, thou mayft never returne home again : goe where thou wilt, anddoe what thou canft, while thou abideft in thy fins, the wrathofGod abides upon thyfoule, body, andwhat appertaines to thee, if thou art an unbeleever ; but if thou art a belee- ver,thewrathofGod is gone,and thou art paffed from
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