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God's call to England, for thankfulness after gracious deliverances
God's call to England, for thankfulness after gracious deliverances wherein is showed, that our deliverances, not answered with reformation, will be followed with sorest destruction / by Thomas Gouge.God's call to England, for thankfulness after gracious deliverances wherein is shewed, that our deliverances, not answered with reformation, will be followed with sorest destruction / by Thomas Gouge.
London: printed for John Hancock, 1680
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
4. This continuance in sin after deliverances, arises from persons bolstering up themselves with sinful presumptions that the dangers of destruction are past. When men begin to apprehend all things are well, they are apt to take occasion to do ill. When men are conceiving the bitterness of death is past, they little mind to reform the baseness of their lives. They care not how little they live to God, when they presume they shall live long. Eccles. 8.11. Because sentence is not speedily executed, therefore the hearts of the sons of men are fully set in themselves to do evil, [Greek or Hebrew] Sir. roboratur: their hearts are strengthened, emboldened in them to go on in evil. [Greek or Hebrew], &c. Because of this delaying judgments, they go on with a full confidence, they sin with courage. This is as wind to their sails, that drives them on briskly in sinful courses. With ⟨p. 29⟩this did the wicked Jews under Divine comminations hearten themselves in their ways, Ezek. 11.3. saying, It is not near. Gods abstinence from judgments, was made an encouragement for continuance in sin. So Ezek. 12.21, 22. The days are prolonged. Carnal persons are willing to go on in sin as long as they can: and when dangers are a little gone off, they more boldly go on in desperate sinning.
4. This continuance in sin after deliverances, arises from persons bolstring up themselves with sinful presumptions that the dangers of destruction are past. When men begin to apprehend all things are well, they are apt to take occasion to do ill. When men are conceiving the bitterness of death is past, they little mind to reform the baseness of their lives. They care not how little they live to God, when they presume they shall live long. Eccles. 8.11. Because sentence is not speedily executed, therefore the hearts of the sons of men are fully set in themselves to do evil, 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 Syr. roboratur: their hearts are strengthened, emboldned in them to go on in evil. , &c. Because of this delaying judgments, they go on with a full confidence, they sin with courage. This is as wind to their sayls, that drives them on briskly in sinful courses. With