, . r . All calamity is from finne. ! 2. Sam. 2. I .r. the naturall caufe was evident, which was a great drought (for that famine was healed · by raine afterwards) anci fo in thofe hot countries famine camebydrought alone,bnt Vavidrefts not here, bbt went to the L.ord, and enquired out the · reafon, the finne that lhould be: the caufe of it: And God t.old him ic was for the finne of Saut, and his bl_ot1dy hou[e in flaying the Gibermites: as · · wife {bte[men, when they find a rneane perfon in a treafon, they refi not there, hL\t feeke further what deepe heads was in the bufineffe, and whG was the contriverofrheplor. When Iacob[awthe Angels def~end and afcend, -he looks to the top oftb~ lad- . -der, and·faw the Lord _there fending the~ to and fro. Loo~e not to the fl:ayres of the ladder, one or two that are next to thee, b:1t-to the top of the ladder, and rhere thou fualt fee the Lord fending one Angell to do thee amifchief,~mother tohe a Sa- . viour to thee. If you fay, how !hall I know for what finne it is~ Pray earnelHy, and enquire as David di<,i, and as ltJjhuadid, when he faw the pco– p!e .flie afore their enemies, that God would re. veale to thee the particular linne ; and if thou canfi not find our the particular fin (for it may be fome finne.long ago committed, or fome fecret linne)yet be fure that finne isthe caufe of it; for as in the works of nature, we know the vapours arife out of the earth, and afcend invifibly, but come downe a– gaine in fi:ormes and iliowers which w~are able to fee, and are fen fib le of; fo the judgement s may be open and manifefi enough, but not the fi nnes, but fome fecret finne that pafi by thee without notice taken is the caufe of ir• Le:.mJL~ \
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