I .All calamity is from finne. I .. •-----. k11ew God, they glorified him~ot P Ggd , , God !_.ve· ' them "P to vilt•.ffetlions. SoP(at. 8. II, u .. But my ' l ' " . ~ r ; ·, ., . people wouldnot bearke»)andl{r~tc/WONfd,nlne.of me.: So Ig•ve them up to their 1wnehearts lujls, 1111a they... walkedin their own CI.Un{els •. As ifhe had fa id, I ufed all the m.eanes: they (till refufed, and would none ofm~)and therefore I gave them up. Seefi thou a man given up to alufi, his heart fo cemented to ir, . as he cannot live without it ~ know this is in judg· ment ro,bim_fur f'ome unconfcionable walking be– fore, and not praetifing according to his know· ledge. . 3'•rhere ~s yet a judgement beyond'thefe,when the I:.ord .forfaketh the cre·arure, and ,withdrawes himfelfe from a rri:ln; which though men do little account of, is the fearefullefi of all ·others. The. · loffe of G-ods prefence is a loffe unvaluable. Takea man that makes wealth or honour his GcJd',take that proP: from hini:, and how doth his heart link with– in him! how·much more,when the true God lhaJl , be departed from a man ! that God that is the God of all com(ort, if he be wichdrawne, the ·heart links into a bottotnleffe pit of horrour ; as ~ ·whenth~ Suh isgone, all things run into darkneffe•. All comfort is from fome meafure or deg~ee of Gods prefence, though men do nc;>t take notice of it ; which when it is taken away, there rc:maines nothing.but horrour and defpaire i whc:nGodw~s dep·aJited fromSaut, 1 s,un. 16. he from .that day ] ·ran int~ one errour after .another, in his gover~·· mc:nt, ull he was deftroyed; and thecaufe of thts :~as finne; he had cafi: off th·e Lord; and therforc · . _ the
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