VERS. 5. Which i.ramanifef token oftheRighteotuludgementofGod, that Tee may be counted worthy of the Kingdome of God, for Which yee alto fu f fer, TW O grounds of their Comfort are here couched. j t. From what their affli6lions or patience lignifie or manifefl. 2. From the end to which they are fubor- dinate. t. They are an euidence, or manifeflation of Gods lull Judgement. évJ'eayfeafome `ake appo6'tiué in Redo Cafu, referring it to the perlons of Thefalonians affli led : you fuller, and in fuffering are a document, or manifeflation ofGods iu4l judgement. Gods iuft iudgement thele apprehend the feueritie of his wrath kept in Bore for the wicked. And if any afke, how they in fuffering,or their- fuff rings manifefl Gods fe- ueritie in punifhing the wicked, thus they fpecifie and ex- preffe themfelues : Reaforling a minori ad maim 5. If God fotfeuerely chaflen the mortified reliques of finne in his children ; how much forer vengeance hath he in flore for the children of difobedience? men that glue themfelues ouer to worke wickednefre with greedinefFe. Probably they interpret; Inferences of like kinde be- ing frequen' in Scripture. If i lodgement begin at vs, what fhallthe end be of them that obey not the CI o/bçll of Cod. k If they haue done this to agreene tree, what fhall be done to the drie? confer Peo.tt.Z t. ler. x5.29. And certainly its true, the fharpneffe of God towards his children in their leuioradelilfa, argues his extremer fe- ueritie againf the wicked, in their wilful' enormities ; a- ble to interpole nothing twixt them and his wrath ; nor bloudof Chrifl, which they haue Itrampled vnder their -' feet; nor fpirit of Grace, whom they haue defpighted nor excufe from want of Meanes, or time of Repentance nor claïme of prornife , which they neuer had Grace to ' r Pet.4.r7. k Luk. z3.3 r.
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