The saints guide, in three treatises

He that was a kind loving friend, now is become a terrible enemy, and pursues as fiercely as he persuaded mercifully, Job. 15.24, 25. Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid, they shall prevail against him, as a King ready to battle, For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himself against the Almighty. But though Pharaoh said, who is the Lord, (Exod: 5.2.) that I should let them go, that I should obey his voice; yet God ran upon him, even upon his neck, even upon the thick bosses of his bucklers, and crushed the pride and vanity of his soul. The poor sinner when he was informed in his judgment, ⟨p. 48⟩convinced in his conscience, and striven with by much patience, and long sufferance stretched out to the utmost, yet what though the Minister told him of plagues and threatenings, Come (saith he) let us drink &c. what though they say we must go to hell and perish, we see no such matter, thus out-facing the Almighty, and out-braving Gods Ministers: and they are sturdy, and will be so sturdy still, and rebellious, and so still continue; well, do they think to carry it away thus? The Lord will run upon them, and crush them to pieces: the Lord doth not take advantage, but when the sinner is strongest, stoutest, when his pride is shameless and impudent, and he ⟨p. 49⟩ruffles it out in despite of Minister, Magistrate, and all bonds, Then God will be even with him. Because he covers his face with fatness, because he is carnal, careless, goes away, eats, drinks, riots, takes content in a secure, sensual, stubborn course: the Lord will run upon their brows, terrify the conscience, and confound his impudence: thus, when the sinner seems most strong and secure in sin, God will be most keen and startle the soul. And thus the soul comes first to be arrested.

He that was a kinde loving friend, now is become a terrible enemie, and pursues as fiercely as he perswaded mercifully, Job. 15.24, 25. Trouble and anguish shall make him afraide, they shall prevaile against him, as a King ready to battell, For he stretcheth out his hand against God, and strengtheneth himselfe against the Almighty. But though Pharaoh said, who is the Lord, (Exod: 5.2.) that I should let them goe, that I should obey his voyce; yet God ran upon him, even upon his necke, even upon the thicke bosses of his bucklers, and crusht the pride and vanity of his soule. The poore sinner when he was informed in his judgment,