C hap .5. according to St M n TT H E VV. 775 Godwithout rebukeamidfì' aperverfe and crookednation ; Whileft we referable him, not in outward lineaments only,asan image doth a man,but in nature and difpofft:oi,asa childe dothhis father. Now God tomake known his power and patience, endureth withmuch long fuffering theveffels ofwrath,fitted to deftruetion : fuch incar- Rom.°.:t. nate devils, as march up and down the earth withheart andhands, axod,;4 s. as full' as hell with all mannerof mifchief,lewdneflè and rebellion. Neither Both he bear with them only, but gives them the Gofpct io call them to repentance, and ftrives with them by his Spirit, which they defperatly refill, yea defpite, hardning their hearts as the nether mtlflone, refuting tobe reformed, hating to be heal- Neh..e, ed ; till at length they lofe all pave power alto, of etcaping the Aa ; . damnation of hell, which is a conformity to the very devils. This is his dealing with rebels and recrobates. Neither foonly ; but, that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vefels ofmercy, Which he had before prepared t'o dory; He loved his Rorn.g.r, elect notyetexitting, nay refifting; and of e-elualiy called them, not only nÒt dcterving, but not io much as detìring it. For When R'-m.5 ro. the were enemies, We were reconciled to Godby the death ofhis Son. God Ii loved the World, the wicked and wayward world, that hefeat his only begotten Son, &c. Now, ,22i mitt unigeni- B:roard. de tuns, immifit.F iritum, promsfitvulrum, quid tar demtibinega- 1e.np. torus e.b? He that tent thee his foie, imparted unto thee of his Moil tande,o, fpirir, promifed theehis favour,What will he deny thee ? how fhail ei negaffe ere- henot with his Son give thee all things alto ? Rom.8 Oh let his `lenium eft qui patience be our patern, his oodnefL cur precedent, to love and a1vrrutt bdrr;. P g P tore¡u n. ,Flr (hew kindneffe toour greateft enemies. So (hall we force a tefUi- crow. mony,ifnot from the mouthes, yet,at leaft, the confciences ofáll even the worft, that weare bornof God, and doe love him6etter Wren our felves,when topleafehim,we can fomuch croffeour feives in the praéticeofthis mot}difficult duty. For he maketh hisfanne to arifeon the evil] A fweet mercy, but not prized, becaufè ordinary : as Manna was counted a light meat, becaufe lightly come by. But fhould webe left in palpable darknefle,as were the o fgyprians, for three daies together, fo that no man ftirred off the (tool he fate on, this common benefit would bebetter fet by. The (unne, is (as it were) a vdlel whereinto the d,n.r. Lord gathered the light, which,till then,was fcattered in the whole bodyof the heavens. ThisDavid beheld with admiration, P(â1.8. not with adoration, as thole Idolaters that worfhipped thegame» Jet 44. of
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