410. VERSE 4 TheTriejlhoodofChrifl. 11a/IMINI v. 111. blifhed. Thirdly, becaufe of his terrour and fearefull Majettie, for Godwill have menalvvayes to tremble be- fore him,and by his terrour to bee perfWaded from fin- ning, 2 Cor.5. ro,tr . God will for this caufehave men alwaies to feare before hini,becaufehe rcferveth to him- felfe entire the pirdhment of finne; Feare him who is able to defiroy61thbelie andlimle in hell, 1 fay unto you fearehim, faithour Saviour, Matth io.28. Luke 12.4. for it is a tearefull thing to tall into the hands of the li- ving God, and thereforewe ought to fcrve him with re- vert nce andgodly feare, becaufe he is a confirming fire, Hedr.ro.3o. 12.28, 29. Thirdly, adde unto allthis theeverlafling impotens7 which is inman either to fatisfie God,or to re paire him- felfe.Gods juflice is Inplit which is wronged,& his glo- ry infinite,ofwhich man had attempted to fpoile & rob him, and man is bothfinite in himfelfe and very impotent by reafonof fin (for to be a finner,and without flrength are termes equivalent in the Apoale, Rom.5.6-8.) Now then bztvveenefinite and infinite there can be no propor- tion, and therefore from the one to the other there can be no fatisfaaion : man is utterly unable todoe any-of Gods will, becaufe he is altogether carnall, Rom. 8.7. Cor2.14. and he is utterlyunable either to fuffer or to breake thorow the wrath of God, becaufe he hath not flrength enough to endure it, nor obedience to fubmit unto it. Now then joync all theft things together, and wee (hail fee the abfolute =dray we had of a Priefl. Godwill not execute the (everity ofhis Law, for there- by the creature fhould everlaflingly lofe the fruitionof him, and he fhould likewife lofe the fervice and volun-. tary fubje&ionofhis creature. And yet he will not do- lifhhis Law neither, left thereby his jufiice (hould be the more fecurely abufed, his hatred againfi finne the leffe declared, his truth in all his threatnings queflioned, and his dreadful! Majefly bymen negle6ted, as the woodden king
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