by gods immediatepower. !hall be long after our time. Vnto thee men, I fay, in the vvordsache Apoflle,though they fleep, and fee no- thing, and mockeat the promife of Chritis comming, yet their damnation fleepeth not , but (hall come upon themToone enough, even like an armed man. Be not ye mockers, faith the Prophet/4 roar bands be madeflrong. .A theifine, and fcorne of Gods judgements will make himbinde them the faller upon us, he will get the better of the proudeti of his enemies. Wee may mocke, but God will not be ?necked. Hee that fbooteth arrowes mina the Sunne, (hall never reach high enough to vio- late it,but the arrowes fballreturne upon hisowne head. Contempt ofGod,and his threatnings doth but tye our damnation the faller upon us, and make our condition the more remedileffe. The rage and wrefilingofa beat} with the rope which bindes him, doth make the knot the fafier. Nay, there is no Atheifl in the world, but fome time or other feekth by the horrours of his owne bofome, and by the recordsofhis owne confcience, that there is a confumption decreed, and a day of flaughter comming for the buls of Bawl. Againe, others I have knowne acknowledge indeede the terrour of the Lord, but yet goe defperately on in their prefumptions, and that upon twoother dangerous downefals: Firfl,they thus araue,peradventure I belong toGodsEleaion ofGrace,atid then he will fetch me in, in his time, and in the meane timehis mercy is above my finnes,anol it is not for me to haflen his worke till he will himfelfe. 0what a perverfeneffe is this for the wicked- neffe ofman to perturbe the Order ofGod ? His Rule is, that we should argue from a holy converfation to our Eleaion, and byour diligence in adding one grace unto another to make it fure unto our felves; not to argue fromour Eleaion to our calling, nor to negleaall dili- gence till our Eleaion appeare. It is true, the mercy of Chrifl isinfinitelywider than thevery rebellionsofmen, and I05 VERSE i. 2 PCC,2 3 . Efai.28.a 2. GaL6.7,S. 2 Chro.36.x6.
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