GoJ. affii8s hi-1 ol1ne rJ?eople. Thefe examplesare uflfull for you roconfider, that you might know and feare the ~ord, and the want ofchis is the caufe ofthis remiflne!fe and loof. ne!fe io our profeffion, and that we doe not fo con· ftder our waies. · Saint Paul was an holyman, and one that fl:ood iuneere term9s wich le[mChrift, yet feared exceedingIy, ~ Cor. 5. Wee knowing tht ter. rour ofthe Lordper{wt~de men ~ And Io·b that-~wasve– ry exaa: inhis life,whichappeares by tge 31. Chap. which Chapter is nothing elfe but an expreffion of the manmer of his ca~riage, which was very exact, verfe z3· hegiv~s th~s as a reafon, the punif!Jmmts ofthe LordwlreaterrdHr to me, and fo in the z. verfe t~e reafonwhyhe would .not give liberty to his eys to .looke on a Maid, was for that hec conlideied, I whatporti1n the-n {ht~fl I h4.ve with the Almig~fy? and I this feareofthe Lord is needfull at this time, when · God hath difcovered himfelfe to be angry with the ~ Land; which is not onely for the groffe Gnnes ot wicked ·,men, but the ftnnes ofthe"Saintsa'lfo ; It is yourcoldnelfe, remiffenelfeand laxirude. I have two grounds for it, firft in the Revel.1.. becaufeEphe[ru Wdl- faUen from herftrjl lo'l1t; thereforeihe would re· m1v.eher C41Jdlefti~e;' th~t is, the whole Church a- , mong them, carry them into Captivity, for I can– not fee by the Ct~ndtefficke how only the MiniA:ery ' lhould be ment ;and foiin •the Rev.3. becanfe Laodi~ l &u wp:ne#her hotnorcold; therforewill I fpue them I out-ofmymout'h, Godwould endure them·no1on· ~ 1_I j, .ger, and· therefore you·~hatthlnke' yourefiates the befi,- even you-have.had a hand in this pl~igue, you I' thinke that,other mens iinnes, the finnes of wicked men
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