;44 VERSE 3 a Gen.49.6. Ier.6a7. Icr.44.t6. Luke 19.27. Ephef. b 1 Satri.t 5.23. c Malac.3.13. i* Roni.9.x9. 10.21. e Ezek. 2.3, 4. Hof.5.a. Cor.xo. 5. g ICT.7. 27. Ier. 8. 5,6. Ier.i8.x8. h ler.z9.x5. ler.6.1o. I Rom.3.II. . ThefC3.z. Efayi.3. Chrillspeopleavillingpeople. te....,. relate unto the confcience the woeful! and everlafling horrors ofhell,ifa mans naturall capacity were made as I wide to apprehend the wrath, fury, and vengeanceof a provoked God, the fouleneffe, guilt,-and venome of a foule fuller of fins than the heavens of fiats, as the moll intelligent divels of hell doeconceive them. Wan Arch- angel! or Seraphim fhould be lent from heaven toreveale unto the foule of a natural! man the infinite glory of' Gods prefence, the full pleafures ofhis right hand, the admirable beauty ofhis wayes, the intimate conformity and refemblancebetweenhis divinenature inhimfelfe,& the Image ofhis holineffe in the creature,the unfearcha_ ble and bottomleffe love ofChrifi in his Incarnation and fufferings, the endleffe incomprehenfible vertue & pre.. tioufneffe of his blond and prayers; yet fo defperately evill is the heart of man, that Wafter all this God should not afford the bleffed operation and concurrenceof his owne gratiousSpirit, the revelationofhisown arme and powerupon the foule, to let on thole infirumentall cau- fes,it would be invincible by anyevidence,which all the cries and flames ofhell,which all thearmies and both of heaven were able tobeget. There is no might or power able to thatch a manour ofthe handsofhis fin,but onely Gods Spirit. Notable are theexpreffions which the holy Ghoa everywhereufeth, to let forth thiswretched con- ditionofthe heart bynature: awilfulneffe and felfe-wil- ledneffe,Wewill not hearken, wewill not have this man to raigneover se4aixigolulmany wits inone.b Rebellion and aubborneneffe, c floutneffeofheart, d conteflation with God, and gain-layinghis Word ; e Impudence, fife- neffe,andhard-heartedneffe, cmilchievous profoundnes and deepereafonings againfi the LawofGod; gpertina- cie,refolvedneffe,and abiding in mifchiefe;they hold, fa deceit; obflinacie andhfelfe-obduration,Thghave Imrd. tiedtheir neckesthat theymight not heare ; a impotencie, immoveableneffe,and undocileneffe,their heart isuneir- etemcifed
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