Casuistical morning-exercises the fourth volume /

God's Threatenings under the Law were, for the most part, of Temporal Evils; but now, under the Gospel, the Threats rise higher, and are more dreadful: It is the damnation of Hell, everlasting Fire, utter darkness, where there is weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth: Everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and the glory of his power, &c. And great Men cannot well bear to have their Anger slighted, and their Threats despised, or derided.

God's Threatnings under the Law were, for the most part, of Temporal Evils; but now, under the Gospel, the Threats rise higher, and are more dreadful: It is the damnation of Hell, everlasting Fire, utter darkness, where there is weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth: Everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and the glory of his power, &c. And great Men cannot well bear to have their Anger slighted, and their Threats despised, or derided.

But though the Lion roar, and God's Threats are denounced, and his Wrath revealed from Heaven against all unrighteousness of Men more than ever before; yet the impenitent Sinner trembles not, but goes on in his sin, and saith he shall have Peace; and so casts Contempt upon the severest Threatenings of God.

But though the Lion roar, and God's Threats are denounced, and his Wrath revealed from Heaven against all unrighteousness of Men more than ever before; yet the impenitent Sinner trembles not, but goes on in his sin, and saith he shall have Peace; and so casts Contempt upon the severest Threatnings of God.

4. This Impenitency is a disappointing God in his End. It is a frustrating of his great design, which is to recover lost Man to himself by Jesus Christ. And Man is not recovered and brought back to God but by true repentance. And it is his great End in sending his Gospel to a People, to bring them to Repentance. And this End of God is now made void when sinners repent not: Men are sometimes grieved, and sometimes angried when they are disappointed in their End; so is God said to be: He complains often of this in the Scriptures, when he is disappointed in the End of his Corrections; he complains,