The child's portion

1. They are Apostatizing or declining times, by reason of which there is (doubtless) much of provocation offered to the holy Majesty of Heaven: I need not to seek out witnesses for this, Habemus confitentes reos; yea, and God himself hath also testified to it in his many awful and amazing providences: It is a thing too manifest, that the power of Godliness is now under great decays, and many sins begin to look abroad, and dare to hold up their heads: And from hence we may safely conclude that it is a day of rebuke.

1. They are Apostatizing or declining times, by reason of which there is (doubtless) much of provocation offered to the holy Majesty of Heaven: I need not to seek out witnesses for this, Habemus confitentes reos; yea, and God himself hath also testified to it in his many awful and amazing providences: It is a thing too manifest, that the power of Godliness is now under great decayes, and many sins begin to look abroad, and dare to hold up their heads: And from hence we may safely conclude that it is a day of rebuke.

2. The faithful servants of God, who have been called to declare his mind in the most public, and general Assemblies, have predicted and forewarned us of Judgement coming, except by repentance we prevent it: This hath been a point in which there hath been su•• an universal concurrence, that we have abundant reason to conclude that there hath been much of the presence of God with them in it. They have ⟨p. 158⟩from one time to another solemnly warned us of, and called upon us to prepare for these calamities.

2. The faithful servants of God, who have been called to declare his mind in the most publike, and general Assemblies, have predicted and forewarned us of Judgement coming, except by repentance we prevent it: This hath been a point in which there hath been su•• an universal concurrence, that we have abundant reason to conclude that there hath been much of the presence of God with them in it. They have