The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errors of Papists, Arminians,…The true doctrine of justification asserted and vindicated, from the errours of Papists, Arminians,…

Let us in the next place consider the particulars wherein Gods eye of anger doth manifest it self upon his own children, ¹if sinning against him. The effect of his wrath may be considered in that which is temporal, or spiritual, or eternal; in all these Gods anger doth bring forth in one respect or other. For the temporal objects, take notice of these particulars; first,² When they sin against God, they are involved in the common and ordinary afflictions, which do usually accompany sin in the wicked: Thus 1 Cor. 11.30. for their unworthy receiving of the Sacrament (and some even of those were godly, as appeareth v. 32.) many were weak and sickly: weak, were such as did languish, and sickly is more, such as had diseases on them; now these were [Greek or Hebrew], strokes from God, and therefore came from his anger for their sins. Though the Lords Supper consist of a twofold bread, the one earthly for the body, the other heavenly the bread of life for the soul, yet both body and soul did miserably decay, because of unworthy receiving; This Table being as Chrysostom said, mensa Aquilarum, not Graculorum, food for Eagles, not Jays. As therefore those children, who have fainting diseases upon them, and do secretly eat salt, oatmeal, &c. though they have never such excellent food at their fathers table, yet thrive not, but look pale, and consuming; so it was with the Corinthians by reason of their corruptions, they inclined to death, though they fed on the bread of life. Now that these bodily diseases are the common issue and fruit of sin, appeareth