Ciisr,5, EpOlete the The /louians. d E R.4, i 407 VERS.45 5,6 But ye, Bret hren,.tre nut in darkre fie, that that Day fJosold t ouertnk you.as a 7 Keefe. Tee are all the Children of Light,and the children of the 'Day : we are not of thé Nicht, roro f dsrki,ie fffe. Therefore let Sts net (?cepe, at doe others, tut let vs watch ,. and belober. rw He words haue apparently this fcope ; to preuent the difcotnfort that might arife .; to Gods children, by the node of'that fo fearful! dcfiruElion, that the Day of the Lord brings CO the wicked.Wherin, be fides the fcope, obferuabic are, Firfl,the condition and flare of Gods children. Secondly, their prtuilege, in relpal of that flate. Thirdly, the duty, that soncernes them in regard of both. Fro ,n the fcope and ptaEtice of the Apoflle, fubioy- ning comfort for Gods Children immediately vpon the mention of the terrour of the lafl Day, thus much wee lea :tae, that are Ministers, for our imitar ion : So to eon- . urr(e;itt terìtjging the vngídly; that we forget not to com- fort Çcds chlldren.As wertNil warne the vnruly, t fo com- fort thefeeí/c- srinded..T his is that, I thinke, Paul calls, meuttinz or diuiding the word arìght;our Sam our, Gaming the ham (hold their portion, when wee fharcout to eucry one what belongs vtita him ; terrour to whom terrour, comfort to wl otncomfort!belonged:. So I s A I t n Woe to the wicked, it Mabee, {.ß with him, for the reward n of- his hand; fhall bee giue. s him, But fay to the rígh;eeiat; It fcall be well with bins ; for they road eat the f rriit of their doings.> keafons may bee; Heft, the tender difpolltion and temper oftheirhearts, ready ro bee immoderately call dtiwne,_with the haft noife of anything, that founds terrible Obier, ti Thcf. 5.14. no s Tim.a.t 5. ^Ifai, JO, II.
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