The truly blessed man, or, The way to be happy here, and forever being…

2. Hence if God be angry, he hath reason to expect that the Calamity will reach him. Such an one may look to be distressed by the Judgments that are abroad; he cannot but know that he hath a deep hand in procuring them; the more God hath done for any, the more unreasonable it is that they should offend him; and therefore such may look to smart for it, Amos 3. 2. You only, &c. Besides, we know that temporary afflictions belong to the rods that God is wont to correct his wanton Children withal, Psal. 89. 32. He will not punish them in another world, but he will do it here.

3. And he is hereby exposed to the terrors of the Lord. There are not only temporal, but also spiritual evils that such an one hath laid himself open unto, and may expect them, which may well put him into trembling, Psal. 119. 120. It is no small terror to see the Judgments of God round about, and conscience smite the man, telling him; ⟨p. 375⟩these are for thy sins, and putting him in expectation of feeling them personally. This also is often accompanied with Gods awful withdrawing from them, and looking like an enemy, Job 13. 24. And see what a pitiful complaint he makes in this regard, Psal. 38. begin. Yea, sometimes to conclude that God hath cast him off, and will have mercy on him no more. Whereas we shall see how far otherwise it is with him who hath gotten all to stand right between God and him: for,

3. And he is hereby exposed to the terrours of the Lord. There are not only temporal, but also spiritual evils that such an one hath laid himself open unto, and may expect them, which may well put him into trembling,