Two treatises the first of fear, from Isa. 8, v. 12, 13, and part…

And as there were extraordinary premonitions of approaching judgments by revelation to the Prophets of old, and signs from heaven; so there still are standing and ordinary rules by which the world may be admonished of Gods judgments before they come upon them.

And the general rule, by which men may discern the indignation of God before it comes, is this; ☞ When the same provocations, and evils are found in one Nation, which have brought down the wrath of God upon another nation; this is an evident sign of Gods judgment at the door. For God is unchangeably holy and just, and will not favour that in one people, which he hath punished in another; nor bless that in one age, which he hath cursed in another. And therefore that which hath been a sign of Judgment to one, must be so to all.

Here it is that the carcasses of those sinners whose sins had cast them away, are as it were cast up upon the Scripture shore, for a warning to all others that they steer not the same ill course they did. 1 Cor. 10. 6. Now these things were our examples. The Israelites are made examples to us, plainly intimating that if we tread the same path, we must expect the ⟨p. 166⟩same punishment. Let us therefore consider what were the evils that provoked Gods judgments against his ancient people, whom he was so loth to give up, Hos. 11. 8. and so long ere he did give up, Jer. 15. 6. and we shall find by the concurrent accounts that the Prophets give,