246 1 he Trial and SER. 10 ii. 2.2. For though thou wajh thee with Nitre, and take thee much Sope, ~et thy Iniquity is marked before me. :Borith is an Herb that Fullers ufe for wa:fhing and purging ; yet is fin fuch a Leopard-fpor, that no .Art, no Ind'ultry of the Creature can remove it, .7er. xvii. r. 7he fin of :Judah is written with a pen of iron; and the point of a =zJiamond, it is graven upon the table of their heart, c;_nd the horns ofyour altars. Th~e is Writ remaining after fin is acted. 2. Writ written with a Pen of Iron and Diamond, ·to endure for Eternity. 3· Not written only, bht ingraved, and indented t1pon the Confcience. :1 Sam. xxiv. 5· When :David rent the Robe of .Saut, his Heart fmote him, fo that it left a Hole, or the Mark of the ftripe behind it ; as when a burning Iron is put on the Face of an Evil-Doer, it Ieaveth behind it a Brand, or a ftigma. z. This is terrible, that this Brand is eternal ; as the Prophet prayeth, Pfat. cix. 14. Let the Iniquities of his Fathers be 1'emembred with the Lord : and let not. the fin of his Motker be blotted out. 1 5· Let them be before tbe Lord continually. 0 dreadful ! The Sons of widced Men ihall ftand up in Heaven before the J ufiice of God, fo long as God llialllive, and that is for ever and ever: So the Lord fweareth by the BxceJtenv-y of .7acob ; that is, By himfelf, Amos viii. 7· Surety, I will never forget any of their works, John x. 8. Att that ever came bejm-e me, all that came not in by me the Door and the Way, they are [Eifi kleptai kai Jeflai] TheJ' are'I'hiftves and Robbers. The ff)lfe Prophets, many of them were dead, yet being dead (faithChrift) tl;is :JJay they are, in Regard of Guilt, Thie-ves andRobbers. T? · th1s
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=