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VAIN
REFUGE
OF
STNNEItS.
[DfSC.
Vt.
Remark
III.
"When
we
preach
terror
to
obstinate
sin-
ners;
we
may
preach
Jesus
Christ,
as well
as
when
we
preach
love and salvation, for he
is
the minister
of
his
Fa-
her's government, both
in
vengeance.and
in
mercy." The
Lamb hath
wrath, as
well as grace,
and
he
is
to be feared,
as
well as
to be
trusted
;
and
he
must
be
represented un-
der
all
the
characters
of
dignity to
which
he
is
exalted,
that,
"
knowing
the terrors
of
the
Lòrd,
as well
as
the
compassion of
the Saviour,
we
may
persuade
sinful men
to accept
of
salvation and happiness,"
2
Cor.
v.
11.
DISCOURSE VI.
THE
VAIN
REFUGE
OF
SINNERS;
ox,
A
MEDITATION
ON
THE
ROCKS
NEAR
TUNBRIDGE
WELLS,
i79.
REV.
vi. 15, 16,
17,
And
the
kings
of
the
ea_th,
and
the
great
men,
and the rich men, and
the chief
captains,
and
the mighty men, and every bond-man, and
every
free -man
bid
themselves in
the
dens,
and
in the
rocks
of the
mountains
;
and
said
to
the
mountains
and
rocks, fall on us,
and
hide
us from the face
of him
that
sitteth
on
the throne,
and
from
the
wrath of
the
Lamb
:
For the great day of
his
wrath
is
come
;
and
who
shall be
able
to
stand
?
IN
the former
discourse
on this
text,
we
have taken
a
survey
of
these
two
persons.
and their
characters,.
God
and
the Lamb,
whose
united
wrath spreads
so
terrible a
scene through the world
at
the
great judgment
-day;
we
have also
enquired and
found
sufficient
reasons,
why
the
anger and justice of God
should
be so
severe
against the
.
sinful sons
and daughters
of
men,
who
have
wilfully
broken
his law,
and refused
the
grace of the
gospel,
and
why the
indignation of the
Son
of God
should
be
super
-
added
to
all the
terrors of
his
Father's
vengeance.
We arecome
now to
the third,
and
last
general head
of
discourse,
and
that
is
to
consider,
How
vain
will
all
the refuges and hopes
of sinners
be
found
in
that
dread-