the firfi Reafon. Expofition of the85. Pfalme. Verr4, anger Jhut sip his tender mercies ? Ppd. 79. 5. How long, Lord, wilt thou be angry for ever ? fhall thy jealoufie burnt like fire ? Lament. 5.2c, 22. Wherefore doeft thouforget to for ever, andfortake tVi) long time. Thou haft utterly re- peFted tss : thou haft been very wroth againft ru. The reafonhereof is twofold. FiriI, the committingof finne, and omitting of repentance, either in general!, as Ifaiah9. 13. The people tt rneth not unto him that fmiteth them : neither do theyfeek,the Lord ofhojts. 14. Therefore the Lord will cut offfrom Ifrael head and taile, branch and raft, in one day. 17. Every one is an hypocrite, and an evil doer, and every mouthfpeaketh folly : for all this his anger is scot turnedaway, but his hand isfiretched outRill. i 8. For wickedneffeburnethair thefire, rc. When men grow ob- ltinate in finne, God becomes refolute in puniíhment : fee Ter,. 6. 17. 8, 19. Thewatchmenfay, hearken to thefound of the trumpet : thepeople anfwer,We will not hearilen.There- fore heare,ye nations behold, I will bring evill upon this people. 21. Fathers andTonnes together (hallfall, arc. jet-. 7. 1 3,15,16,19 Ifpeakunto you, riling up early and f#ea- Il ing, but ye heard not : and I called you, but you anfwered not. Therefore will I caftyou out ofmy fight. Pray not thou for thispeople for Iwill not heare thee. Do they provokeme to anger,faith the Lord .? do they not provoke, themfelves to the confufion oftheir own facer ? Or they repent not in fin- cerity,If. 58,2, 3, 6. Or repentance is not praEifed in par- ticular,by the (inners themfelves amongft Gods people, though the godly there may repent and lament. See this plainly in the dayes of good KingNab, who did greatly humble himfelfe, 2 Kings 22. and molt worthily endeavour the reformation of religion, thwhó ahisgrare goodnelferis and impiety : as 2 Kings 23 commended, from verlè to d and e réafom verfe 26. the may fee, Lords anger (till continued. Zeph. i . andZrph.3. where is {hewed,that in his dayes i con- tinuedmuch impiety : and the like we may tfee fee, a rie. i3,14. when the landJnneth again; me, y fßó
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