44 An=Expoli.tion upon , Chap. I. Tome alto uñnaturalland beafly. Ti M. What lnnes- doe ye.referrete ho- ar dinatelaffr> ., Sir.. Fornication ,. _Whoredome, Adultery, Inceft,Rape or forcing,Poly- gamie, or having more wives then one at once : this was the (time cif the Fa- ther ; for it was againft Gods ordi- nance, yet it was their tetra finne, be- caufe in chofetimes,it was.not noted as -a fault, or fo judgedto be: Tr M. What linnet referee ye to unna- tura(l lufit ? . Sin. ßuggerle, which is an unclean- neffe with beafts :Sodomitry, which is unclean neffe.between them of one fexe. Ti rt..Why it it cal'ed Sodomitry? S I t. Lecaufe the Sodomites are the Mt wee read to have committed this finne : alto, they were outragions in the committing of it. Gen. 19.4, 5,6 7, &c. . Taw. When helaid they received fach recompense at mat .meet abet erz Chef to fay? Sit. That God did punifh Idola- ters, to thew his jultice ; and hee did it with afit pc:nifhtaent, to thew his wife- dome. This place plainly proveth, that in finne there is fomething which God worketh,and not fuffereth onely. Sinne hath three things in it: Firfi, a motion or anion, which as it is fuch,is of God, in whom wee all move, and live, and have our being, As 17. Secondly, the naughtineffe of the a &ion, à4s 1a, this is from our felves and Satan, lam. 1.14. not from God: as a Waggoner, when he ftrikes a lame horfe, is caufe of his moving, but not of his halting, which commeth from ituperfe&ion in the beatt. The third thing is Anti -ju- ttice, the recompence or retribution for former offences ; this is from God as Author, Efay ;. so, I r. for it is juft with God, to render to men after their workes,good to them which doe good, and evill to Inch as do evill,i Tiler. I.6, 7. And here wee have the end where- fore God delivereth to uncleane and vile luffs,thatby orderofjuftice he may repay finners their due. Tam. If there bee- a olivine Juflice,tben it muff medi bee ill with wicket men, and well Witbgood? SIL. True, it mutt be fo :for fo ju- nks requires, which giveth to every man his due : but becaufe this doth not alwayes appeare to bee fo, this proves that there is a judgement to come, 2 Thef.1. 4, 5,6. TIM. What learns wee by Chit, t SIL. That it behooveth all men to fearefinne, efpecially not to lye in any finne, becànfe there is a molt wife and juft God to reckon with us. TIM. What are wee taught by the fit- nefe and meetnepfe of ;hit punifhment ? S i t: That there is infinite wifedome in God, to allot paine and judgement anfwerable and like to their finne.This (Mould ferve to encreafe the feare of offending God, who knoweth how to fit.finners their payment, correfpondent to their fault ; and to proportion the punifhment tothe finne, drowningPha- raeh in water, who casks the Ifraelitifh Children to be drowned: and firiking that hand of jeroboam, wherewith hee would have .thicken the Lords Prophet. And worthily giving up thefe Idola- trous Heathens, to dithonour their own foules with naoft bafe lufts and deeds, becaufe they had difhonoured God, by giving his Godhead and worfhip, to moll bare ignominious creatures. DIALoovE XVI. Verfes 28, 29. For, at they regarded not to acltnoruledge God, even fo God delivered them sip to a reprobate mind, to doe thofe things which are not convenient :being full ofall nnrigb, teeufneffe, fornication, wickcdnefe, co, vetoufne fe,malicieufne f fe. T IMo'r ms V E. Vt THatis the driftof this Text? V Sit. Generally to convia their guiltineffe, and to fhewwhat need they had of the grace of Chrift: but efpecially to lay forth the 'equity of Gods judgements againft idolaters. The equity of God; that is, that as they did not judge it right,nor tender unto God his
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