.. 109) ' \ ------~-------~--------~------------~~------------1 i Chrill fees death his enemy, to defiroy his enemies, and k~ep them as in '! a-Goal ; bur aftetward ChriH will call them forth, and pafs an irrever!ible r: doom upon them. 1 1: I ~~ ' s '. SECT. VI. , ~:: · ..,: ' . ,-~:: -· 1 CEE th~tefore '·£nd believe rhe truth of this Point as welhts hear it : At :),:)(ne firH cof!!ing ' ofChri!l:, Heb. ~~-13· theydidthus, fawt.hePro!tlifes ' 11 al_a~ rrf, and 1e~braced them;, fo fee I( afa!. off_ : Ther<: be diver~ ~e~ple t~at ptofefs t.h!s truth that do' rtot, fully bdt~ve It ; for tf they d1d, they , w'oula never ' Jive as they do . That look a~ men thac know the Judge rid~s ·circuit \vithin half a year, dare nor commit any 'open fins ; fo if vou believed this, you would !Jlake confcience of fecre~ fins which thiS-Judge 1hafl judae. ' ' ' .· ·r, •• : . · bthe~s there b~ that do belie\'e it as they do reports, tbac every man f:lirh, but they do noLf.:e 'that really ro be true indeed, which i their hearts lir:etaUy bel}~~e; and neftc~ ~ mens heah's are not a 1'vHit ,mov;ed l'iirh grief, or forro1v, . onoj, 01; feat .it the rem~bprarice of this d~y~ For as i(is with us iti· [JP'otts·<!f news bur-of ~ermahf.~'·1nany1 heanh'lngs, butare not affe&ea W!rh their ri!ifery, be'taufe they1 ilo not fee it atl:ed ,befQre thei(eyes; God pr'efencs not their farrows;' and hence they ate not mov~d; bufwheri theydo fee them aCl:ed, 5hen they are1 ~oyed ~uch ) fo here. Look as it is with a man' •wake and m' {\t:ep ; a.mari .awake o~heves me day of Jttdgemenr, ~nd nl:ver'IHrs ; bur wh~n alleep' he 'dreams of· it , and is much affetted \virh tb:lf becaufe he fee~ it aCl:ed befure his eyes I; much mo're when met9 lta:ve not rdrea!Tl$ buc 'Pejl ,ifions' 'or fight of it, ~t will aff~Cl: · :! And hciltf'fd p~ibced fire before .a Mafefa'e\:or, it affe~s .. not, but lhe,v• hi1_11 real!'(tt WHerein he mufl'l)e burnt, bo\\ilc amaz~rh him; and hence ·2•Pet>.. 2.II;f.f,r:q;. YJ!'kJ~ifor; and h~nce Peter faith wha: m4nr!t-rbf pcrfons oug'ht 111e to k~ l fafid , Wh"'e'r'eever there is fal.rh, thus it will be, H t 'b.-11.1. it maky thi11gs .,b/eflt l,t~1· font, and things unfun evident. · - J.r.~:- ' Oh that God would l11ew you this truth , you young men, Ecclef I I ·9· ' you would not fpend time vainly , bur ~now God : You aged 'melil whofe hearts are rooted in this world, Oh know that God will co•i;e and burn-'qp · yout' delights ; will_you ney:e-r fee this day and fear it before yo,l! fee iJ:,\ a'nd I mourn becaufe of 1t ! _ .. · . Oh take heed of ralh judirng and cond.!m~iJ:)5. , and fufpeCl:ing, and cen- ~unng other rqen '.I~ P~uls ume. Rcm:14.1o.. one Brother i{! .a <;hurch there . )udg_ep anothef,abo~Jt ndifferentffimgs I~ a <::hPH-\Ike m~l) ntr~, es \& ~ Ra~o Grace, ere. Y.u fha/1 j/P.nd<17cforc Chrifis 1udgemmt Seat, tuth Paul } and .bence P11ul, LCo~. 4· 3.-4> $. accounts little of mans Judgement,_ and bids them judge nothing, &c. What if ChriH find that eo b.: a lye which thou judge!t ro be true. 1 Many of Gods Servants lie under hard th ~ughc s ard freeches in pri~ v.ate; ' not only' from Enemi<:s abroad, bur ~ from .lnhab'cams at hom'e, ; ~~- out ot the ~hurch cenfu:ing ~~1d judgiQg of Me_Ifl.bers ; mef~~ <::hurch, ' one of another, efpectally If rhey rake ro,_ a hqe ;· Th~ Lotr<f'~Wt11 ~~~Cover hard fpeeches, and an edition 6f ~I\ your hard t,houghtS' fllil 0Jt in pnnt at the !aft day : This breaks love, this breaks Churc)l-fellowJhip:;;and l is, the caufe of breaches in this Country. i:. ' .t!.T - Oh ttfe I. Vfe z.
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