1. When they are saved from the wrath and displeasure of an angry sin-revenging God, who is the most potent and furious enemy against whom there is no lifting up the hand to defend, when he lifts up the hand to destroy. The whole world of mankind is guilty of sin before God; our first Parents sinned, and •n them all their posterity, who are conceived and born in sin, and unto all of whom sin is natural, until the nature be renewed. And, as when the Angels •inned, they were cast out of Heaven, and became Devils; so when our first Parents sinned, they were cast out of Paradise, and since all sinners are out of favour; yea, they lye under Gods anger and displeasure, ⟨p. 30⟩until they be reconciled: All the children of men are by nature the children of wrath, Eph. 2.3. And God is angry with the wicked every day▪ Psal. 7.11. They have a natural enmity in their hearts against God and his Law, Rom. 8.7. and God is an enemy unto them▪ yea, hath a hatred in his heart against all the workers of iniquity, Psal. 5.6. God is an enemy unto the wicked, because of their sins; and this is worse ten thousand degrees, than […] they had all the creatures in the world their enemies▪ because of the power of his anger, which none ca• resist, when once he suffers it to break forth. We read of the stout-hearted, and men of might, th• chariot and horse cast into a dead sleep at one o• Gods rebukes, and who can stand in his sight wher• once he is angry, Psal. 76.5, 6, 7. And God is coming forth with armed vengeance against his enemies▪ he hath prepared instruments of death; he hath whe• his sword, and girt it upon his thigh; yea, drawn it forth, and lifted up his arm to strike; he hath bent his bow, and made ready his arrows upon the string, and sinners can neither fly from him, nor defend themselves against him. Then a people are saved indeed, when they are saved from Gods displeasure, when his anger, and the guilt of their sin, which is the cause, is removed; when their peace is made with God, through the mediation of Jesus Christ, when God forgiveth all their sins, and accepteth of them as perfectly righteous in his sight, through the imputation of his Sons righteousness unto them, and so puts up, and layeth aside his sword, unbends his bow, and casts it behind his back, and receiveth them into favour, as if they had never offended him.
1. When they are saved from the wrath and displeasure of an angry sin-revenging God, who is the most potent and furious enemy against whom there is no lifting up the hand to defend, when he lifts up the hand to destroy. The whole world of mankind is guilty of sin before God; our first Parents sinned, and •n them all their posterity, who are conceived and born in sin, and unto all of whom sin is natural, un•ill the nature be renewed. And, as when the Angels •inned, they were cast out of Heaven, and became Devils; so when our first Parents sinned, they were cast out of Paradice, and since all sinners are out of favour; yea, they lye under Gods anger and displeasure, ⟨p. 30⟩until they be reconciled: All the children of men are by nature the children of wrath, Eph. 2.3. And God is angry with the wicked every day▪ Psal. 7.11. They have a natural enmity in their hearts against God and his Law, Rom. 8.7. and God is an enemy unto them▪ yea, hath a hatred in his heart against all the workers of iniquity, Psal. 5.6. God is an enemy unto the wicked, because of their sins; and this is worse ten thousand degrees, than 〈…〉 they had all the creatures in the world their enemies▪ because of the power of his anger, which none ca• resist, when once he suffers it to break forth. We read of the stout-hearted, and men of might, th• chariot and horse cast into a dead sleep at one o• Gods rebukes, and who can stand in his sight wher• once he is angry, Psal. 76.5, 6, 7. And God is coming forth with armed vengeance against his enemies▪ he hath prepared instruments of death; he hath whe• his sword, and girt it upon his thigh; yea, drawn it forth, and lifted up his arm to strike; he hath bent his bow, and made ready his arrows upon the string, and sinners can neither fly from him, nor defend themselves against him. Then a people are saved indeed, when they are saved from Gods displeasure, when his anger, and the guilt of their sin, which is the cause, is removed; when their peace is made with God, through the mediation of Jesus Christ, when God forgiveth all their sins, and accepteth of them as perfectly righteous in his sight, through the imputation of his Sons righteousness unto them, and so puts up, and layeth aside his sword, unbends his bow, and casts it behind his back, and receiveth them into favour, as if they had never offended him.
