30 Iac.z.13. ?1fe. 1Pfal,I09.17,18, 19. n'%3at.7 z. °Pfal,58.t0. °Apo.19.6,7.& PI8,zo, q Heb.4,9. r Ifai 57.z. rApoc.t4.13. CHAP . I. .r1n Expofttion vpon the fecond V e to like atRiaions. k Iudgement there Jliall be mercile fl'e to 'him that will fhew no merde : trouble to the troubiers of Saints. See lade 1.6,7. So that in their owne Courfes, the vngodly may fee their owne fate. In their owne kinde, God will repay them. Doe they loue turfing ? It Jhall t come to them as the sirdle about th. -ir !aisles, fo close : And, as oyle, fa fisall it pierce into their ones. You that are fo rigorous, that no moat of your Brother can fcape your confute of infinceri- tie : Take heede you finde not men onely, but m God, as Criticall in his Cenfures. But why is this interlaced in the Comfort ? Is it, may it be any folace to Saints, to fee their per fecutors vnder ven- geance? eAnf. Whither,in what fort,with what Ca utions,Gods Children tray takeComfort in the defrtt, ion of the wick- ed, is an ancient quxree. Dauid, n The Righteous Jhall reioyee when hefees the venóeance. In heauen is heard an ° eAlleluiah at the downfall of Babylon. P Holy ApoRles and `Prophets are excited to reioyce; becaufe God had a- uenged them on the Whore. Yet I. in miferie, as it is mi- ferie, no Saint reioyceth. But, 2. as thereout refults glo- rie of Iuf+ice,Power, Truth, to God the auenger of their obflinacie. 3. As in their owne exemption from like ob- flinacie and damnation, they fee the fpecialtie of Gcds Grace to thetnfelues. q. As they obferue the Lord inte- refTiing himfelfe in their quarrell,and fo teflifying how pre. tious the death of Saints is in his fight : herein they finde caufeof folace and reioycing. 2 e_4nd to you that are troubled, refl. The word is ávevts ; here rendred vfually refrigeriúm, Refocillatio; that is, in our Ehglifh, Refrefhment : Anfwering to that áváJ.v rs of the Apoflle, eAcis 3.19. Interpreted to de- note cur Cef ation and quiet Refling from trouble. There 9 remains then aRefi to the people of Ged,.They Jhall r Bet in their beds. They i ref! from their Labours. Of it you may conceiue three degrees. it From the hurt, in this life. z From the (mart or fenfe, at death , 3 From _.._ the
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