34 C H A P.E. An Rxpefitionmpontbefecond V E x.8, pent, and minde them of the wrath kept in (lore for the impenitent: fome are heerepuriifhed,faith Saint eflugu fiine, that we may know there is a Prouidence taking no- tice of all ; not áll,that we may know there is a iudgement to come. Inflahces;take Sodome,the old world,Angels,you k aPet.s.4.ad io will fee it is true. k Clod knowes to deliuerhis out of temp- tation ; and to referue the vniu.s`í to the day of ludgement,to be punifhed. Then frrall Iuflice breake forth in furie, tho- rough the cloude of mercy fo long ouerfhading it : fo much the more furious,by how much the mere his mercy bath binne contemned. C/14afier, Paid the Difciples, when fhall thefethinJs bee ? When the Lord Iefus /hall be revealed from heaven. 3. But till then,is the full Recompence of the righteous, and full vengeance of thewiekgd,mercifully,yet iuflly deferred. r Mat.8.z9. e 1rt thou come to torment vs r before the time ? lay Spirits Apoc.&io. of Aire referued to the Iudgement of the great day:m How long Lord holy and true ? Soules vnder the Altar. Luke 16 Not as if Dimes now "receiteed no paine, nor Lazarus comfort, But for that neither hath yet receiued the whole ; nor t he whole of either, their full retribution. That made Bernard fay; Martyrs glorified in their foules haue yet forne reflexion of loue vpon themfelues, for their bodies fake remaining vnder the dominion of death. That makes me thinke, damned foules in hell tremble, and are more tormented at thought of the Judgement to come ; be- caufe, then their bodies, inflruments oftheir foules, wea- pons of finne to fight fo Hourly for vnrighteoufnef e, fhall be reunited to augmentation of their torture. Of refpiting full recompence of the hill, conceive there nHeb.tx.4o. Reafons. i. That o they without vsmight not beperfelled; Nor we,without after- comtrers from Gentiles and Iewes, receiue complement of our Beatitude. 2. Betides, though after death we be all extraflatum merendi ant demerendi, for any perfonall performances; yet a vertue operatiue;of example,or counfell we leaue behinde vs ; the fauour of IP Cant, I.2, the good,as of Chrifls oyntment powred out, P drawing many after vs t And the flench of euill,as that of leroboam, reaching
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