he is ⟨p. 394⟩not only touched, but pained with our infirmities, so the word doth bear; we shall not do well to make the tempted condition that either the Church or a soul is in, the rule of Gods love: Gods fiery dispensation in Zion, or in a soul, in the burning bush, speaketh not always wrath, make not false Commentaries on Christs tempting dispensation: Hell is accidental to the love of Christ, and cannot change it. Suppose Christs tender mercy were in the midst of the flames of Hell; yet there mercy should be mercy, and work as mercy, and not belie it self; never a rod of God upon any elect child of God (save upon Christ only) did speak satisfactory vengeance for sin. Quest. Why? is not Christ now red in his apparel, and his garments dyed and dipped in blood, and hath he not put on vengeance as a garment in the three Kingdoms? Ans. Yes, and for the provocations of England, their unrepented Idolatry, superstition, vanity, pride, security, unthankfulness to God, who hath broken the rod of the oppressor, and delivered them from pressures of conscience under Episcopacy, a Mass-service, and burdensome ceremonies, and for the sins of the King, Queen, Court, Prelates, and Prophets, the persecuting and killing the witnesses of Christ in Queen Mary's days,1 and in the late Prelates time, and the present unjustice, careless, and remiss minding Religion, and their labouring to spoil the Kingdom of Christ of that power that Christ hath given to ⟨p. 395⟩his people of Church-discipline, and translating it to their Parliament, to make Church-discipline Parliament-discipline, confounding so the two kingdoms; their tolerating of blasphemous sects; some denying the Godhead of Christ, some his Kingly Office to sanctify, govern his people; some his Priestly, some his Prophetical Office, and many other sins of Prophets, and people not repented of; and most of these sins, and many others, and especially the breach of the Covenant in Scotland; these two Kingdoms are to fear heavy judgements, and that their calamity is not yet at an end: But rather one woe is passed, but another cometh, Except these lands be humbled, and lie in the dust before the Lord: Yet in all this, the dispensation of God, though bloody, is but the Lord saying, as of old, so now to Britain, Isa. 1.25. And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy dross, and take away all thy tin. 26.
he is ⟨p. 394⟩not only touched, but pained with our infirmities, so the word doth bear; we shall not do well to make the tempted condition that either the Church or a soul is in, the rule of Gods love: Gods fiery dispensation in Zion, or in a soul, in the burning bush, speaketh not alwayes wrath, make not false Commentaries on Christs tempting dispensation: Hell is accidentall to the love of Christ, and cannot change it. Suppose Christs tender mercy were in the midst of the flames of Hell; yet there mercy should be mercy, and work as mercy, and not belie it self; never a rod of God upon any elect childe of God (save upon Christ only) did speak satisfactory vengeance for sin. Quest. Why? is not Christ now red in his apparell, and his garments dyed and dipped in blood, and hath he not put on vengeance as a garment in the three Kingdoms? Ans. Yes, and for the provocations of England, their unrepented Idolatry, superstition, vanity, pride, security, unthankfulnesse to God, who hath broken the rod of the oppressour, and delivered them from pressures of conscience under Episcopacy, a Masse-service, and burdensome ceremonies, and for the sins of the King, Queen, Court, Prelats, and Prophets, the persecuting and killing the witnesses of Christ in Queen Maries days,1 and in the late Prelats time, and the present unjustice, carelesse, and remisse minding Religion, and their labouring to spoile the Kingdome of Christ of that power that Christ hath given to ⟨p. 395⟩his people of Church-discipline, and translating it to their Parliament, to make Church-discipline Parliament-discipline, confounding so the two kingdoms; their tolerating of blasphemous sects; some denying the Godhead of Christ, some his Kingly Office to sanctifie, govern his people; some his Priestly, some his Propheticall Office, and many other sins of Prophets, and people not repented of; and most of these sins, and many others, and especially the breach of the Covenant in Scotland; these two Kingdomes are to fear heavy judgements, and that their calamity is not yet at an end: But rather one wo is passed, but another cometh, Except these lands be humbled, and lie in the dust before the Lord: Yet in all this, the dispensation of God, though bloody, is but the Lord saying, as of old, so now to Britain, Isa. 1.25. And I will turn my hand upon thee, and purely purge away thy drosse, and take away all thy tin. 26.
- 1Judgements on the kingdoms, except they repent.Iudgements on the kingdoms, except they repent.
