( NEvv c 0 V E N AN T. neecle he bath of affill:ance; What wilt thou doe in the time of extreamitie? Thou canft not goe toGed;thouart not in the Cov~nant\yith him,but thy cafeisas:that ofZedekias, -tMicai– ith tellsbim,thouJhaltgofrom chamber toclum. 6er;So !halt thougofrom place to pla~c, God will not receive thee, for thou ai"t not in Cove- . nantwith him. But is that all, that thou ilia1t want the comfort ofGod'? Nolknow ifthou be God is his e; not in Covenant with God, he is thine enernie: nemy. ifthoucomeneere to hh~ for refuge and comfort, he will be to thee as a devouring fire·, and when thou commefl: to him, thou flult be as foffWaxeto the fcorc'hing flame, as fiubble to 1 the fire; and not onely fo, but thou lhalt come Simit~.·, to everlafii.ng ·burnings,fuch fir-es as !h~ll never - g0out:Such the L#rdfhall be to thee; ifthou .henot in Covenant .with him.:Youwill fay .to · me, thisis to corne;ifit may b,~ · .well for . .the~ The"aeatures ·-prefent I fhall h'earcit the;better. I will oo one arehisenemy, . ' . . b ~~~ · fiep furthertherfore .Ifthoubeou~ofCovenant ertohurthim. withGod, all the·creatures area-t enmitie. with ~- · thee,there is not-a creaturein·Heavenor Earth, butitha.thlibertieta-doth~e hurt-: for.ifthou · be out of League with Go.d, , thou, art out ofthe protecrionoftheLaw,if.anycre~ture do . thee mifchiefe,it iliall neverbe ··required at his . hands, but there is aliberty given them .. Sathan may hurtthee, Men may hurt thee, Beafis may ·hurt thee, allthe·infenfible'creature.smay ·hurt rhee; forthere is'no prohibition. Bcfides., thou haft no iliield nor Buckler to :defenohhee from . - . ili~ . ,- '
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