218 VERSE 2. The lorie of the goffiell imme. aanwomblemal which Sexeca fpeaketh of, which by but turning afide their head toCome other fpeolacle,doe immediately for- get themeat which they feemed moil greedily to eat be- fore, breake forth prefently into blaiphemies, oathes, lies, revilings, clamours l obfcenities, which are the very fumes and evidences of hell in the heart ? That thole hands which evennowwere reached forth to receive the facredpledges andmoil dreadfull mytleries offalvation, h. h wereeven now imployed indiaributing almes to the members ofChrifl, or in helping to heave and lift up a prayer unto heaven, which teemed like the hands of Ezekiel, living creature to have wings of devotion over them, should fiiddenly have their wings melted off, and fall downeto covetous and =ell praetices again? that thole feet which in the morningcarriedmen into the Lords San6uary,and intothe prefenceofChrifl,fhould the fame day turne thebackesofthe fame menupon the Templeofthe Lord,and carry them to flewsand flages, the nurferies ofuncleanneffe ? that thole eyes which even now feemed tohave beene nail'd untoheaven,and to have contended with the tongue and the hand which fhould more earnefily have prefented the prayers ofthe foule toGod, should alrnoft in the fpace of their owns twinkling, be filled with fparklesof uncleanneffe, ga- zing an hitting themfelves uponvalue or adulterous objeas ? at isthis but for men to renounce their Bap.. tifme, to teare offtheir feale,and (lath out their fubfcrip- tics from the covenant of grace, todeny the Lord that bought them, to repent of their bargainer which they hadmade for falvation,and really to clifhonour that Go- fpell which they hypeenitiedy profeife ? This then is the first honour which wee can doe unto the Gofpell of I Chriti,vvhen we let it upin our hearts asa moiladequate rule ofall wifedome, and the alone principle of every aetion. Secondly, vvee continue to honour the Gofpell of Chat
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