22+ VERSE2. Ffai.33.r4,z4. Mat.9.4 The glorieof the go eg ofa guilty futile, when the affrighted confcience fhall put that dreadfull queflion in theProphet to it felfe,How can I dwell with devouringfire how can I dwell with everlailing burning' ? there will no other anfwere allay the fcorching terrour thereofbut that in the, end of the fame Chapter, Thepeople that dwell thereinPallhefore- yen their imireity. Aman may asToone drinke up the wa- ter ofthe Tea with fpunges, or remove mountaines with oneof his fingers, asbeable to draineout thefedoleand incorporated forrovves which together with finne doe foake through the whole fubflance of the foule, with value companie , worldly imployments, or youthfull pleafures. All thefe doe but refpite them for a time that they may returne the fironger. But if thou wilt indeed becomforted, fue out thy pardon, flye to the court of mercy which is ere&ed in the Gofpell; This was our Saviours argument to the man that was ficke of the Pelfie,Sonne,be ofgood cheere,thyfitmet beforgiven thee. There is noworldly affliaiongoeth dofer to the life ofa man than fickeneffe, and yet as in the midi oflaughter the heart of a wicked man is forrowfull , becaufe it is fill under the guilt offinne, fo in the midi} of paine and forrow the heart of a godly man may becheerefull, be- caufe his finites are forgiven. To conclude this point,we may for our better encou- ragement in foneceffary a dutie lay togetherthefe confe- derations s Firfl, in point ofhonour we fbould learne to walke as becommeth the Gofpell, for the Gofpell is a Chriflians Glorie, and therefore ought to bee preferved in his heart,ashis chiefefl priviledge. The Spirit ofGod will not endure to have holy things profaned as if they were common or unclean. Belfhgtter converted the confecrated veffels of the Temple into inflruments of luxurie and intemperance; but the Lord temper'd his wine with dregges, and made themprove unto him as cups of trembling and afonghment. Herod polluted the
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