Fourthly, When Gods •oodnesse is wearied, then •e patience of the Lord •eppes in, and pleads for a ⟨p. 90⟩sinner, and holds the ha• of Justice; Luke 9. As […] Fig-tree that bears […] fruit, saith Christ, I h• come these three years, […] expected fruit, and have fo• none; cut it down. Stay Lo• saith the Keeper of the Vi• yard, another year, it […] be it will bear then; […] saith Patience, the sinner ha• broken thy Command ments, and despised thy O• dinances, abused thy Sa• bathes; Oh forbear, sai• Patience, one year longe• one opportunity more. No• as Patience doth plead f• Gods continuance of mer• to a sinner, so it prevail• now when Patience is tyre• and wearied with wick• men, as Jerem. 5. How shall ⟨p. 91⟩•re, as if he would scarce •rbeare; then when Pati•ce is cired, comes Long•fering; saith Patience, I bore this time and that •e; saith Long suffering, •ay Lord another year, another month: mark the •ext, Forty years long was […] grieved with this people; Consider you old men, four•e years the Lord hath •rove with you; and you •oung men, God could have ken you away in your sin; •h I say, think upon Long•ffering, for else you had perished before now, old •ray-headed men; Oh for •he Lords sake consider this •ercy, forty years a con•emner of Gods Word, forty years a despiser of the ⟨p. 92⟩means of Grace; oh consider this mercy. Thus th• Lord summons the sinner, then casts him; the sinner i• his natural estate, knows no• what he is, and when he i• cast down, God comfort• him, and then, if the soul• grow careless that God• goodness is wearied, the• steppes in Patience, and whe• Patience is wearied, the• comes in Long-suffering; Now say, Lord thou came […] home to me such a day, such a a time, I promised t• come in, but I have not; O• Lord it is thy mercy, I y• continue, that I am not consumed.
Fourthly, When Gods •oodnesse is wearied, then •e patience of the Lord •eppes in, and pleades for a ⟨p. 90⟩sinner, and holds the ha• of Justice; Luke 9. As 〈…〉 Figge-tree that beares 〈…〉 fruit, saith Christ, I h• come these three yeeres, 〈…〉 expected fruit, and have fo• none; cut it down. Stay Lo• saith the Keeper of the Vi• yard, another yeare, it 〈…〉 be it will beare then; 〈…〉 saith Patience, the sinner ha• broken thy Comman• ments, and despised thy O• dinances, abused thy Sa• bathes; Oh forbeare, sai• Patience, one yeare longe• one opportunity more. No• as Patience doth pleade f• Gods continuance of mer• to a sinner, so it prevail• now when Patience is tyre• and wearied with wick• men, as I•rem. 5. How shall ⟨p. 91⟩•re, as if he would scarce •rbeare; then when Pati•ce is cired, comes Long•fering; saith Patience, I •bore this time and that e; saith Long suffering, ay Lord another yeare, nother moneth: marke the ext, Fourty yeares long was grieved with this people; Consider you old men, foure yeares the Lord hath rove with you; and you oung men, God could have ken you away in your sin; h I say, thinke upon Longffering, for else you had erished before now, old ray-headed men; Oh for he Lords sake consider this ercy, fourty yeares a conemner of Gods Word, foury yeares a despiser of the
