A commentary or, exposition upon the divine second epistle general, writtenA commentary or, exposition vpon the diuine second epistle generall, written

There is no Judgement comes, but Naturians will find out other causes for it, than God. Ill weather is from the clouds, famines from ill weather, plagues f••• famines, or ill airs, or by apparent infection from other places: as if they con•• dead, as that scoffer subscribed on Adrians Colledge; Deus hîc nihil fecit; God h••• here nothing to do. But cannot nature have her place, unless she have Gods pla•• He overthrows not natural means, why should natural means overthrow him? Shall we give the Soldiers honour to his sword? Certainly, if men beleeve• God, they could not think, nor speak, nor look upon his works, but with reverence.

There is no Iudgement comes, but Naturians will find out other causes for it, than God. Ill weather is from the clouds, famines from ill weather, plagues f••• famines, or ill aires, or by apparant infection from other places: as if they con•• ded, as that scoffer subcribed on Adrians Colledge; Deus hîc nihil fecit; God h••• here nothing to doe. But cannot nature have her place, unlesse she have Gods pla•• He overthrowes not naturall meanes, why should naturall meanes overthrow him? Shall wee give the Souldiers honour to his sword? Certainely, if men beleeve• God, they could not thinke, nor speake, nor looke upon his workes, but with reverence.

And as our fear of God is, so is our faith: little fear, little faith: no fear at al• no faith at all. Judgement may be threatened; but the stubborn soldier Mari•• will not hear the laws for the clattering of armour. The great things of the L are drowned in some clamour; Satan that cunning silver-smith, raising an uproar mo agreeable to mens humours; Great is Diana. The shriekings of Moloch, and the pitiful lamentation of burning infants, were not heard, because they deaffed themselves with the instruments of music. After the massacre of many Christian virtues, steps in conscience, in the phrase of Jobs messenger; I am alone escaped to […] thee. We like not the message, and imprison the bringer: and if the subsidiary gra of God come to succour and relieve this crying and dying conscience; men fly to stupefy their own hearts.