A Practical Commentary on the Epistle of Jude

2. 'Tis a sin against which God hath declared most of his displeasure. Search the Annals, survey all the monuments of time, see if ever God spared an Unbeliever: Hence in the wilderness the Apostle saith they were destroyed for Unbelief: Many were their sins in the Wilderness, Murmurings, Lustings, Idolatry but the main reason of their punishment was, they believed not; look to their final excision and cutting off, why was it? [Greek or Hebrew] for unbelief were they broken off, Rom. 11. 20. not so much for crucifying the Lord of life; the Gospel was tendered to them after Christ was slain; 'twas for not believing or refusing the Gospel: If you will know what company there is in hell, that Catalogue will inform you, Fearful, and Unbelievers, &c. Rev. 21. 8. if you look to temporal Judgements, that Nobleman was trodden to death for distrusting Gods power 2 Kings 8. 2. and could only see the plenty, but not taste of it: Nay 'tis such a sin as God hath not spared in his own children: Moses and Aaron could not enter into the land of promise, because of their unbelief; Numb. 20 12. So Luke •. Zechary was struck dumb for not believing what God had revealed. Christ did never chide his Disciples so much for any thing as for their unbelief, Luke 24. 25. O ye fools, and slow of heart to believe: and Why doubt ye, O ye of little Faith? Matth. 8. 26. he chideth them before he chideth the wind, the storm first began in their own hearts.

2. 'Tis a sin against which God hath declared most of his displeasure. Search the Annals, surveigh all the monuments of time, see if ever God spared an Unbeliever: Hence in the wilderness the Apostle saith they were destroyed for Ʋnbelief: Many were their sins in the Wilderness, Murmurings, Lustings, Idolatry but the main reason of their punishment was, they believed not; look to their final excision and cutting off, why was it? 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 for unbelief were they broken off,