Remains of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…

First Conclusion. The Reign and dominion of sin is a most certain evidence, that any person or people, are under Gods anger. Where sin is reigning, and abounding, gross and heinous sins abounding in any nation or place, you need not any other evidence that God is angry with that people. Especially, when those Iniquities ⟨p. 92⟩are tolerated by Magistrates, or found in persons that are in a public place, then they are fearful signs of Gods anger: then you may know there is great misery for such people, though he may seem at present to prosper them. And so for any particular person, whether the sin be gross or close, if thou art under the power of any one unmortified sin, thou mayst be sure thou art under the anger and wrath of God, Eph. 6. 5. For these things cometh the wrath of God upon the Children of disobedience. Rom. 2. 8, 9. But to them that are contentious, and obey not the truth indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish unto every soul that doth evil. Art thou yet in thy Natural unconverted state, unrenewed? thou mayst go away with sadness; thou goest up and down with Cain, with certain marks of Gods displeasure upon thee; for we are by Nature Children of wrath. If thou art in the estate thou wert in by Nature, thou art surely under the wrath of God. If thou remainest in thy old unbelief, thou needest no more dispute about this matter, the wrath of God abideth on thee: The whole book of God, and the threatenings of God, do rise up with open mouth to condemn thee that livest in any unmortified sin. Now sin is unmortified, when persons go on in a purpose of sinning, and in a willingness to practise sin. Rom. 6. 16. Know ye not, that to whom you yield your selves servants to obey, his servants you are to whom you obey? whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto Righteousness. To whom you [yield] your selves ⟨p. 93⟩servants to obey. The servant of God is taken [captive] by his sin under a temptation; but if you yield your selves servants to them, you are the servants of sin. Yield your selves servants to [obey] whom do you ordinarily [obey]? If the devil can do more with you to draw you from God, than God can to keep you to him; if he can do more with you to make you neglect prayer, than God can to keep you to it; or if he can prevail with you to commit any sin, more then God can to keep you from it, you are under the wrath of God.