A commentary upon the epistle of Saint Paul written to the Colossians. PreachedA commentary vpon the epistle of Saint Paule written to the Colossians. Preached

And this belongs to ruffians, & to them which say, so that I be spared unto the end, I care not, God is merciful. yet let them know, that if they defer their¹ repentance till the end, and live in their pleasure, yet though they live the life of Methuselah in their pleasures, one moment in hell shall exceed in torment all those pleasures.

And this belongs to russians, & to them which say, so that I be spared vnto the end, I care not, God is mercifull. yet let them know, that if they deferre their¹ repentance till the end, and liue in their pleasure, yet though they liue the life of Methushelah in their pleasures, one moment in hell shal exceed in torment all those pleasures.

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Upon the children of disobedience.) Where we see that¹ the Lords judgments are executed upon the unfaithful and wicked; which the Lord doth (as the Lacedaemonians)² who to make their sons hate drunkenness, would make the servants (which they loved worst) drunken. So doth God after a sort, who to make his children hate their sins, doth punish the wicked, but his children are not punished; and yet they scape not free: for we see David for his adultery³ and murder what judgements followed, his own Concubines were defiled by his sons, he was almost driven from his kingdom, and one son slue another; yea after his death blood ceased not from his posterity, as in the beginning of Solomons reign; yet this is not a punishment: for a punishment is death, which only is to the wicked, but to Gods children a Correction.