46 n..-v LaTS yApoc.6.i5',t6 z See PCa.z:9. Yfe. a i C.oi.:o,22.' C H AP.I. An Expofttion vpon the fécond V E R, 9. Pagans and Diuels; others, to impenitent Chriflians, re- leafe from their Hell - torments. But fooles, may I rearme them, or mad men amongf/ vs ? who hearing daily, and profef ling to beleeue, what we teach of extrem itie and e- remitic of Hell - torments, yet to enioy the "momentanie pleafures of finne, willingly depriue themfelues of that eternal! hyperbolicall weight of Glorie ; yea defpérately plunge body and foule into euerlafling paine. Oh confider yam that forget God; if yeares, as many as there are f}arres in the skie; millions ofyeares, as many as there are lands by the Sea fhore, might bring end to the paine, yet there were hope : But when eterniiie (hall be added to extremi- tie of the Torment, the Recouerie is hopelefle : Whom fhould not there terrors pierce? 3 From the' prefence of the Lord,&c. At firil found,the words feeme to intimate the good , Inch are depriued of: the prefence of Chrifl, and fruition of his Glorie : and may be conceiued to import that panam damn, as its cal- led, their lofle and deprivation of eternal! beatitude,which they fuller, whófoeuer know not God, or difobey the .Gofpell. But attentiuely confidered, rather lignifie the caufe, or meane ínfiiaing their vengeance : ¡he very looke or face of Chrifi : Hispower, the glorie or excellencie of his power eafely procures it. y Hide vs, they crie, euen Poten- tates, from the face of the Lambe : fo terrible and full of Maieflie (hall be his fecond appearing : with fuch z cafe, euen with his looke, (hall they be tumbled downe toge- ther into the bottome of Hell. What meanes the infolencie of the mightie, the gadded 7'otfbeards ofthe earth, to looke and fpeake fo big ? why triumph they ouer the Impotent ? how dare they a prouoke the Lord ? Are they jironger then he ? Haue they forgot - ten who faid, bee that is higher then the higheli regardeth, and there be higher then they ? Eccl. q.8. You that pride your felues in your frowne, and call it your glorie, that multitudes tremble at y our pretence; fuller : the thought to put an appall to your pride, and power, and pompe; that there is a countenance at which Angels tremble ; a power
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