C HA r. f. Cpiflle to the7healonians. VfiR.g,6. I 42; Thirdly,lf none of thefe moue; Remember what Peter bath :rn Gods Indgements /i epenot, but hallen towards vs. mzPet.z.3. They are neuer neerer, then when wee are moil fecure. When men f y peace and fafetie, then cores fitdden deflrta- ¿lionvpon them. Now heere, brethren, where Íliould I begin to com- plaine? or wharrneanes may I vie, to awake vs out of that dead fleepe of fecurity, wherein moil lie fnorting ? There are pail qudlion, the lafl daies. Saint Paul (pea- king of them, faith, The" ends of the world are come vpon n z torso.». vs. If there were no other Argument, that of our Savi- our were fuf ficient ; As it mas with ° Sedome and the old 01,417.28. Norld, fo is it with vs. I haue compa fed the earth to and fro, faith the Angel, and behold,the whole earth ftteth f ill, and is at refl. That one thing onely lets, The r call:n; of e &mu. the Iewes. The end, I would fay then,wcre nigh,euen at the ¿cores, The Lord bath beene amangfl vs in fundry of his fearefull Iudgemcnts, fore-runners of extreme defo- lation. Hee bath fent9cl eannejl-eof Teeth, Pe1lilenceafter 9Arres4.ó,ro. the manner ofe/Egypt; (haken the Avoid at our borders ; taken from vs the lodge, and the Honourable, the Cap- Ifa.3.z,3. taine, and the Cottnfeller. Yet, I know not how, as it is faid ofL AC H I S H, They were a revere people, dwelt fe- curely, without feare of euill : fo we. God fends theft iudgemsnts amongflvsas Ezechicl to the Iewes, in the t habite afa man ping inte captieitie; to giue vs occafion ri ç1t.rz9. to confider, inwhat flate we {land : It may be, faith the Lord, they will confider. But behold the deadneile of our hearts, the depth of infidelityin vs f where is the man of many,that once enters into his heart, to fay; tWhat haue c1e.s.6. I done p Or what is it the Lord requires of mee, that I may elope the things that are comming vpon this gene- ration ? If the Lion roare, all the beafls of the Farrell trem- ble. The Lord of hofls crics to vs daily by his Word, and iudeements, yet who it is =one a multitude that confiders ?To fay nothing of them,thaelying in the very iawes 111111.1.53011M_ _
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