Ept fileofS. Pawlto Titus. CHnP.2.I2. afflietions,and euents. This is madeaproperty of ungodlymen by lude 459 4. vngosiy men theyare whodenie god:audbylob, they fay, who istheal- mightie that we fhou/d(erne him? 1'ufh,the Lord fseth not , he it within the thickeclouds;they aske what profit there is in Perming the Lord, and walking humbly before him: they fee no danger in not attending him , but vio- Matac.3.I4 lently followe their owne lutls;this day is as yeflerday, and to morrow (hail be asthis day:they can tali liberally of his bleflings, but neuer a whit of his goodwill inthennthey dwell in the fweetnes ofprefent pro- fits and delights,but neuer tali how fweeteGod himfelfe is. In affli&i- ons they in their hearts can fay with Iehoram, Is not this millfrom the 3.King.a.33. Lerd,andfhall I attendairy longer opon him? Thus in the land ofmercie and righteoufnes todoe wickedly,in the midft ofhleflings not to finde the heart more bound toholyucffe,nor to be confirmed in Gods loue,to ga- ther no ftrength offaitb,n or delire towalke more worthy of God : as likewife to refute the roddesof theAlmightie, and not to bowe or bee humbled vnder his hand,arehigh pointsof Atheifineand vngodlineffe: the which althoughgrace teacheth to denie, yet how many ignorant perlons lining vnder grace,in their hearts and hues fay there is no God? yea howmany that profeffe this grace , thinke themfelues at the heft cafe in their neafls,when God and godlineffe is furthefl from the.r.?that is their heauen,and then can they enioy their finnefuil pleafures mod} remorflefly, though delre thall theybuy them: O how vnwelcome is a thought or fauourie fpeachof God to fuch perlons? and in their affli- &ions how manyprofeffed Chriltians fife as far fromGod,as het it felle, . to a diabolical' meanes,vntowitchesand forceres;becaulc as Saul corn- plained,CJod anfwersthemnot?and yet many woe with Ala, dwell in the iSanit8,5. naturali meanes,and feldome lookeany higher. 2. Another branchof vngodlineffe refpedleth Gods worflrip, and hath two members. a. Tocart offthe worfhip of God , either in pub- moor Gods lake at the houle of God : or in private,in their owne houles: whereby wcrm'P. men after a fort banifh themfelues from the prefence of God , andwith Cain tail themfelues out from the face ofGod; and herein they highly finne,whom confcience compelleth not to come , but law, euttome, or . imitation of others: as elfo thole that lie vnder their precenfes to iuftifie the withdrawing olthemlelues: whether more Pimple, who fay that euery mans goodmeaning is his^góod feruice of God : or more fro- ward , who fay they can ferne God aswell on their horfebackes; as in theChurch; and what can they learne more there then-they knowe? &c. 2. Ordinarily to ioyne inGods riblike worfhip , and notfeldome at home in the family;but yet with hearts ful ofguile and hypocrifie,when men
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