i Cor.6.9. betu.; 1.to 29. verre. Pauls Con'berßon. humble : Nebuchadnezzar when hee is brought to be like a heaff, then he confeffeth that the Lord is God, and humbles himfelfe, even fo fhould wee. Againe, doe but confider that all things are in the hands of God, and that every one of you in par- ticular are; and that he is able prefently to difpofe of you, as he will. Againe, confider that God is alwaies every where, that hee fees all things, and that he will judge all men,and that a day of judge- mew, a day of departure to judgement is appoin- ted unto all: confider alto the feveritie of the Iudge , the fentence that hee will pronounce, the punifhment that he will inflic`, the eternitie of the time; I fay if men would but confider thefe things wifhly , they would not goe on in finne, as they doe : but the want of confiderarion of there things keepes men from Chrift. For if the adul- terer would but confider what the Scripture faith : that no adulterer fbalI be Caved, or if the covetous man, or drunkard, &c. that wholly devotes them - felves unto evill would but confider that in i Cor. 6.9. that none of thefe Ihould inberit the Kingdom of God, they would not goe on in finne as they doe. Againe , if they did but confider that all finne ends in paine;that every ad firm wounds the Coule, it would lately make them humble ; this is that which the Lord complaines of in Deut. 32. to 29. verte : o that my people were wife, that they would but confider with thernfelves, viz. their fìnnes, their affliEfions, my love in their deliveran- ces; that is, O that they would but looke backe unto
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