An exposition with practical observations continued upon the eighth, ninth, & tenth chapters of…

The godly party may suffer much, but I make no question but the ungodly party hath suffered as much, and by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged;¹ and this is all the fruit to take away his sin, and in the 4. verse God tells us, that fury is not in him, God is fain to make an Apology to his people when he is a smiting, though I smite you, yet not so as those that smite you, but in the day of the East wind I stay the rough wind, and fury is not in me, but by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged: and this is all the fruit thereof to take away his sin.

The godly party may suffer much, but I make no question but the ungodly party hath suffered as much, and by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged;¹ and this is all the fruit to take away his sin, and in the 4. verse God tells us, that fury is not in him, God is fain to make an Apolegie to his people when he is a smiting, though I smite you, yet not so as those that smite you, but in the day of the East wind I stay the rough wind, and fury is not in me, but by this shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged: and this is all the fruit thereof to take away his sin.

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But God hath his time to dry up the roots of sinners, ¹and the roots of Nations. 1. God dries up the roots of many that have made fair profession in former times, they have had no other Root but only Parts, and common Gifts, and Morality raised, and this Root is dried up; this day many fair and glorious Professors, how are they this day blasted! ⟨p. 286⟩sapless, dry spirits, and useless in the world in this time when there is so much service required of them? And by by being dried up, what are they but prepared for the fire? Old withered, sapless Professors (I say) whose root is dried up they are fitted for nothing but the fire, they are like those in Jude,