338 rT-Ja[.r oz, z6. a.4:a'frr> C x A P.q.. An Expo/ition vpon the firft V a R. 15. and perfetion ; wee fee them, as Daurd, r waxen old as a garment, and now, as is were, of their owne accord grow_ :ng rowardsa ditfolution. Lailly, that Word of Gee!, that was fo powerful! to glue them a beginning, is it not as mighty to put an we! ro the creatures ? Suppotc then it were true, that the world hands fill in the flare wherein it was created; the Lord, by whole Word and Power it was firfl made, and bath, euer ffnce Creation, cóntinued in this order, can snith the fame power of his Word bring it to nothing. Their fecond Argument againf} the Diffolution, is, as the Epicures againui the Creation; ,9uemachine? What (hould the inflrumcnt and tneanes of Dilfolution be? If we fay Fire ; it is one of the principal! parts whereof it conf tis. Anf. Yet can the Lord vie it as a meanes of the Ditfolution,as he once did 1Vater, the common Principle of all things, at the vniuerl :ll Deluge. Third Argument, it from the long delay. Anf. Where- in, faith Peter; firfi, how much forget they themfelues; n,eafùring the dayes of Gods eternity by the fcantling of our time ? Secondly, how little doe thhey confider the ends and reafons oft he delay ? which are, not the Lords. forgetfulnefle,or changeofhis purçole, but his patience towards vs, in waiting for our i epenrance,and the accom- phflrment ofthat number that lice hash chof.eh to life; of whom, perhaps there are many as yet vinborne. To there of Peters mockers, ouriudicious A&eats, ai they would lceme, hate added an Argument, as they thinke, irrefragable ; taken from-the feetning negletl of the good and euill done amongu men. How many fee we.liuingpioufly, yet miferably ? How many, ru the vnrighteozes Judge in the Colpe!!, without feare of God, and reuerence of men, and yet in the top and high ea Chayre ofprofperity ? Now, what is to be peruerfe, if this bee nor ?, Thar which Gods Spirit thinkes an Argument desronfiratiue, to
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