Two sermons tending to direction for Christian carriage [sic] both in afflictions incumbent, and…Two sermons tending to direction for Christian cariage [sic] both in afflictions incumbent, and…

Yet should we ask any of these, whether they believed the word of God or no, whether they feared the wrath of God or no? they would answer, they did; and be angry that any man should make doubt of it: they should be ^uworse than beasts▪ no better than flat Atheists, if they did not. But, ^xthe wickedness of the wicked man assureth me, saith the Psalmist, that there is no fear of God before his eyes. And the loose and dissolute, the secure and careless courses of such evidently show, whatsoever▪ they may say, that there is neither Faith, nor fear of God in them, that they neither believe his Word, nor stand in awe of his wrath, they durst not for their lives do so as they do, if they did. ^*If you fear, saith Augustine, how is it that you take no more care? ^yCould Jacob sleep quietly, when he understood of Esau's approach? Or ^zdurst ⟨p. 128⟩Sampson for all his strength and stoutness lie still, when he heard that the Philistines were upon him? Much less durst any man, or could any man, that feared Gods wrath, lie sleeping in sin, when warning were given of Gods wrath, or while (it is the state of every impenitent person, had he a spiritual eye to discern it) the black clouds of his vengeance ready to seize on him, hung continually over his head. Say what thou wilt therefore, whosoever thou art that so livest, diddest thou fear God▪ as thou pretendest and professest to do, ^athou couldest not live so securely, thou durst not live so loosely; thou durst as well eat thy nails off, as we say, as do many things that daily thou doest; ^b