t4pon~be Epiftle of JAMB s. VE RS .•lo, - lat~.gbtft' js 1n~ended,, by wJlich fecure finrners pleafe themfelves i11 their plrefent fuccefs., ·puetiqg offrall~tJ1oughts of imminent J.udgf.7lemts. ·00ferve, . :. · · .· Th41t roJP~roU:J .of?i:ejilOtn is'rat.her matt.er of forrorv ,then joy to o bfcrvat uJ,. Y.ou laugh now,but ·God wHlla~hereaft:er when your cala- ' miries arid fears com:e,4>11"P1/.·I. 2o.Pf4~.gy.I z, I 3· Wicked men and camal oppreifors1ha-ve ne\le.r fo muchcall[e :toibe ·hnrnbled, as when they are .pro(per~us; 'tis ;bmt aJfmre pkdg af their fpee~y r.Ltine: Now you def.pifc arh~rs, f.a0ff at thbfervants anchways_ofGod ; fOLl puff~ and t~1e chHdrenc0f G0d jigJo '; .fee Pfal.. I~ u'5. Oh how wifl you hang the head, when the fcean is changed, and yc;m are be– come oh>jeds Qfpubliquef<!orn and ciDntempt, and the children of God in an holf admiration.lball fay as:thofein ·the Prophet, hWhere h IC 1 i. 5 ,, 13 ·is the rage ()f t.he oppreJ!or now ? .. Oh that men would a•waken Confci~nce, and fay., ;] a11'hl.lvueghing and thu?#phing, .h'i:v.e i mt mor.e cauje to howl andmourn! &c. · Ver(e ro. HumbleyoHr fclveJS in ·thujight of the Lord, and he foaU lift tf•OU up. , The .Apoftle goeth oFJ incul~ating andpr~.ffing the fame.<imy up:. 0n e-hem ; anct lcfi rtbey I!Jnould reU.in extCJrnal exercifes, he qfeth a word which moFe propedy imply6th the inward·a6ts of the Soul. Obferve.from the Conte.xr, · · •Ei.r 'I'Jot the Of'fJ.twar:d ex.p'l'leffiom jhat God,/oo7(eth iafur in mourn'- OL"[c rvat. in[},but t.he humble h.Mrt. ·Godiclla:t is i2 £pirli·~,doth not reckon.fo muchof,bodily <JKet"cife: -=fears, and cries, ,and -bea-tiqg of the body may all be o~mncerfeit, or elfe-d0ne without a,principle of grace ; and·many·rimt>s there may-be inward humiliation, where a dry brain . cloth not yield tears: ·Ciod~rforr.ow doth not always k5ep the road, · ?nd .veot 1it ftl£b.ylthe ey~S. Papifrs. place much in tears, and affli&- - mg the {}o.dy • lfheSpirit...wmk is •thf,more difficult; . old Wine and Q/d bQtttes1111Qywall .-agree 'togenh&r, but not 1uw 'Wine and old bottles: .I(uties that require.much fpirit and Soul-aCls are too firong . for.w~ktnen. ·I•allude(ro Ghri!ls exprefiion concerning'fpiritual ' f;a-N.i~g, jU-at.£).,1-5,:t' 6. , \Old carnal hearts cannot endure the·rigoQr · of fuch fpiritual duties• .·-Wulllthen, 1 in ynur ~wfi duties.fce ·cha,e ye · do !Jot l>nly mrmr:n.and 'We.~p; 'but ,fvlmble'1oHr Souls: When ye confefs fins; :liS1lot\\?qrtfs and!fe-11rs. that'God loo~th after, bot a j ·--··-- -- -. . d (epj
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