All calamity is. from finne. follow,upori Gnne ~ we fcde no fuch thing: and thus beaaufe it is deferred, tire hearcs of men a~e fet to do evill. All this is ro be ·underftood wich this caution, that flnne when it is perfU!ed, brings forth death, Re(p. and not till then. , God Hayed till-.Ababhad op· prdfcd N<t~both, andgotten· polfeffion, and then when he was feen, God fends themelfage·ofdeath tohim, What,hafl thou killed, and t~l(o taken p~JJeJ~ on? Thus IudttS, he was a.rhiefe whilll: he kept che bag, and went on in many Lin:1es in Chrih:s family, and Chrifijlets him alone'·and hegoes on rill he ' had betrayed his Mafter; and then when his fin ne was perfetl:ed,and come to its full ripenelfe,then at Ia£1: €hrilt comes with judgement upon him. There is a certaine perio-d of judgement, and if the Lord fl:ay execution till then, thou hail: little caufe , to comfort thy felfe, Ecclef. 8. n, 12.. Buau(e fen– tence againflr·an. tviRwor/ee is not jjudily extcuted, therifore the heartr()f men are {et t'o do evi!l: As·if the wifematdhouldhave faid·,. Goe ro you, ym~ that haye .}}eace ,. and comfort your felvc:s in this, that w.hatfoevertheWord and the M.inifiers threa– t~n,yet you feel.nothing;ye,t remembe'rtha~t s-foo'rl as the fin is committed' the'fentence goedi fonh,_ (&:raerforeheufeth tpe word (entcnce ·to exprdfe this) though it be not fo fpeedily ~xecur-e.dj yet it_ goes forth at the .fame time with the commiffic rF o( 'the finne. , The fentence, :yqu kn.ow, is one thing, the execution ·another; and many times· there is ~and fo may bee here) a long difi:ance be·· t.wixt the fent~nce of.the ,Iudge, and t.he execution · of ~'; .:..------------------.....-.------·-·
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