CHIA F.5. Epi ffle to the 7he,alotrsaas. V u x.7.2. come, ifnot to the general', yet to myparticular Iudge- ment ; his wrath may feize on mee, cuan while the Oath is in my mouth, and then what lhall become of my poore foule ? that the Drunkard would thinke ; the Iudgement may come menbetwixt the cup, and the lip ; as on f B E L S H AZ Z A R in the middefl. of ht's iohitse. But alas, Brethen, how mocke wee at the mention of that day, as thofe in Peter ? or as Amos (peak% Past farre from vs the Day of .the Lord ; and fay, as chofe in B Z E CH I E L, The lodgement is for along time hereaf- ter ; and, with the euill fcruant, think!, oar (Mailer will deferre his consoling. There is no fo great caufe of fecu- ritie, as this ; whereas, alas, wee know not, whether hee will come cuen this houre, if not to the generall, yet to our particular judgement. There is nothing more certaine, than that the Lord will come ; nothing more vneertaine, than when lice will come : that the certain - tie of his comming, and the vncertainty of the rime, might aiwaies keepevs in expeEtation. A fccond duty that concernes vs in this refpelt,where- to this expectation is fubordinate, is ; preparation and fstrn:ping our fillies with thofe things, that may with comfortprefentvs to the face of the Iudge. They arc three efpecially ; Firíi, Fsith a to ravine and make ours the righteoufnclfe of C H R i s T. Secondly, h Re- pentance from dead workes : Thirdly, i Diligence in our general! and particular callings. Mefied is the Seruant, whom the Lord, when her commeth, rode fo doing. 399 f Dan. 54,6. BLGk.r2.3S,4o. b Phil. ;.9. iMts3.r9. Bb VERS.
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