CHAP.'. Epfile to theT& r :`ï- t'^'3` âlortians. V E x. 6. 29 narie vengeance from God : in Warre,Famine,PeftiÍence, or fome fuch like euill Arrowes of the Almightie. And who can name me the perfecutor, except penicent,who euer di- ed a dry death l from the dayes of Cain, to thefe of them who walke in his (ceps. At leafl',without force remarkable note of.Gods eternal' vengeance, in hardnefhe of heart, or defperate horrour, that make way to heauiefi damnation. Their fouler I doubt not many frig in Hell; their bodies (hall one day be calf- againe to their foules, to augment their torment ; that as there hath beene betweene them Societatae operarum, fo there may be alfo tormentorum. I wi(h it ferioufly meditated by the generation of Ifh- PP fe. mati, whore hands indeed are now ref" rained from b'oud, yet hearts boyle with malice againfi Gods annointed ones: tongues (boot out arrowes full of deadly poifón againfi- the Saints. i You cannot be ignorant how the Lord bath protened the touch of them to be as the touch of the eApple e Zce,1.8. of his ow. ne Eye, fo tender. 2 How our Sauiour intereffeth himfelfe fo farre in their perfecutions, as to efieeme them e his owne. 3 How you proclaime your felues the g feede r As 9,4, of the Serpent. 4 Fede in your felues (if fhame would fuf- g Gen.3.1 5. fer to confeffe) emptinefTe of Grace, horrours and feares fòmetimes dreadful( ; yet are thefe but the beginnings of forrowes. Oh confider,I befeech you, confider that great day of Retribution w herein the Lord Chrifl,perfecuted by you in his members, {hall cone armed with heauiefl ven- geance, to be lulled on fuch as trouble his. As I thinke to Martyrs belongs the bight of by and glorie : fo to Marty - rers of Saints, the depth of hillifh torments.: For them is refcrued the blackne(fe of darkyeffe for euer. Tribulation to them that trouble. The paranornafie, or paronymie, I thinke is not cafuall, nor mecrely point of Rhetorique, but in:ended to point at eh: T alio God holds , in recompencing. There ù in Gods Retributions of eui!l, vfuall dvr1770 c Retale in the fame kinde. God cals, 6 men heare not ; They fha!1 h call and crie, and God will not pro. t.z .28 c Pr o .az.s4. heare. eAf i g not the fatherle f fe and widow : if fo, Í your children (ball be fatherle ffe,your wines widdoVres,fubieEi tdo . >; <- .-. ai9`àT v w: -ëw r, ,"... - rra +T
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