All calamity is from finne. forgiven; r they tiYC YCfn8tJell tll judgement 1 1161 ill mercy. ' - r I 3. ThAt if finne ~e once f"gi'Tien , tbe calamity wiO fio~e be tAken AWAJ. . · · _ " For the firll:, all calamity is from..finne,troubles . from tranfgreffion. In the chaineof evils, fiime is the firft linke that drawes oaall the rcft; as·grace is in the chaine o~ bleffings and comforts• Confi– der this in all kinds of judgements, whichwe may :reduce to three heads. ' · 1. Temporall calamities, about the things of this life, theyareall from Linne, both publikea.ad private. What was the reafon of SJl1mons trou– bles ~ The Lord ftirred up at\ adverfary agaiofi: him, becaufe he departed from the Lord, and had fet up idolatry: fo the fword departed not from Davids houfe, becaufe of his finne with .B~~hfhebt~, and the murther of YriAb. So~...Afa, '1. ChrDn. I 6. the Prophet eels him, Henceforth tho11 /h.Alt hAve wArre, bec•uft thouh41not rejted on theL~rd. I could gjve a hundred inftances for this. . 179 · 2!' Sort of judgements are fpirituall,' whkh are much more grievous than the former; when aman is given up to his lufts, and to hardadfe of heart: . and this pro~eederh from fome other finnes that went before ; and it i~ a fure"rule, ,thattyou never 1 1 · fee;a~angiven.up . to W,Orke un.cleAnnef!e ~ithgreedi I ne]Je, orl:o fuch open fcandalous finnes,, but the · firft .rife ofit was h}sunconfcionable w~lking with ·God in fecret,as the Apoftle PA.u.l fayes of the Gen- ·~ tiles, Rlm•. x. 20. to z4. That hecAu[e when theJ 1 :" T 4 knew
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