CHAP.4.. Epiltle to the Theffalonians. VER. 15 325 in which refpeEt we may fay as S A L OM O N, b B!effed bTro14,z$,14, is the man thatfeareth alway ; Such feare, firf, how care - full makes it to flyc all occafons, that "ray withdraw our hearts from God ! Secondly, how confèionable, to vie all holy tucanes of preferuation in that bleired con- dition ! Secondly, Deepefl: eonfdcration of thee fearful condi c Heb.6.6.6' tien of filch as fall from the Grace of God ; becorrming to ,z6. more hopeletlê then Infdels,more profane then Atheifts; a Pet.z,ze. I doubt not, but more grieuou.fly tormented then the moll fauage amongff hopele!fe Heathen. Thirdly, Prayer vnto God, by whole grace onely wee nand ; Ty d whofe poweralone wee are guarded through faith dz Pet, t.$; to'aletation. VERS. 15.I6.17. For this wee fay unto you in the Word ofthe Lord, that wee which hue, which romaine at the comming of the Lord,flsall not prevent them which fleep. For the Lord him(elfi (hall defeenel from Heaven with a fhovt, with the voice of the Archangel!, and with the Tramp of God, and the dead in Chrifl 11411 rife firfl. Then we which are aline, and renaaine, 'hall be caught vp to- gether with them in the Clouds, to meet the Lord in the Aire ; and fo¡hall we he euer with the Lord. -4" `'= He ApoRle goes on in his purpofe,fetting ,, t., downenew arguments of Gonlolaron,in refpeft of the dead. In thefe verles wee ',; < haue one, taken from the order of our A., tr, Glorification ; wherein, they that are ï,; dead in the Lord , haue preeminence a- boue thofe that are found aliue at his comming: And thereby takes occaíon to explaíne the order and courte of the Lords dealing at his fecond comming. And becaufe Y3 it
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