36Z VERSE 3. The Beatific ofHoline e. nsoboavs*es*.m. limummawarsoraossawaraawomf And if in this cafe it be true that the righteous (hall fcarcely be faved ; 0 then where (hall that man appeare whomGod at the IA thatf Rude without this garment and reale upon him. When there was a tempeti,he who tier, and leaf' thought of it, was throwne into the fea ; and when the day ofwrath fhalkome, thole that have negleaed theitoetlate molt, (hall doubdtife be in the greatea danger. And therefore we fhould labour togoe to Gods throne with our garments and our marke upon us; for all other endowenents,our learning,our honours, our parts, our preferments, our earthly hopes and de- pendencies will none followus, but wee (hail live to fee either them or the comfortsof thesedepart. 4chitopbel had vvirdorne like an oracle ofGod, but he liv'd to fee it bid him quite farewell, for bee died like avery foole or childe, who when hemay not havehis ovine will, will be reveng'd uponhimfelfe., Haman had More honour than the ambition ofa fubje& uthally afpires unto, and yet he liv'd to fee it bid him farevvelleand died the baled death which himfelfe could devife for his moil hated and defpifed enemie. lehoiakim, a King, liv'd to fee his Crowne take its leave, and was buried with the buriall ofan Affe,and drag'd like carrionout ofthe gates of the Citie. There will be nothing at laR left for anyman to call his truth uponbut God, or Angels, or our fellowes ; and if then Godbe againit us, thoughall which remains were on our tide, alas what isan handful' of Rubble to a world full office ? but yet there will not be that advan- tage, but thecomb=mull be tingle betweene God and a tanner. The good Angels rejoyce to doe Gods will, and the wicked will rejoyce to doe man any mit-chick ; there will beonly=die to accufe, and thofe to gather the wicked together unto the wrath of him that fitteth on the Throne. 0what would a mangive then for that holineffe which bee now defpifeth ?what covenants' would fuch a manbe content to fubfcribe unto, ifGod would i
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