Let us with a very Trembling Fear, be Afraid of the Judgments that are pronounced against the Ungodly, in the Book of God. There are used in our Longest and Sweetest Psalm, no less than Twelve several words, to signify the Revelation which God had made of His Purpose, to Save men, by that Son of a Virgin, who was to break the Old Serpents Head: And one of those words, is, JUDGMENTS. This then is the Influence, which the Judgments of God, or the Discoveries which He has made of Himself in this Book of His, must have upon us: we should be able to say, as in Psal. 119.161. Lord, My Heart stands in Awe of thy Word. Are there any Precepts in this Book? we should Fear the Commandment: Fear, and Cry, Lord, I am afraid of breaking thy Holy Laws, that are so Holy and Just and Good! Are there any Promises in this Book? We should Fear, Lest we fall short of them. Are there any Threatenings in this Book? We should Fear, Lest they take hold of us. Before every thing in •he Book of God, we should have the same Disposition, that Josiah had, when the Book of Deuteronomy was Read unto him; [The Jews have a Tradition, that by the special Disposal of Divine Providence, the first place, which the Reader •itt upon, was Deut. 28.36.] That it may be said unto us, Thy Heart was Tender, and thou didst Humble thy self before God, when thou didst Hear ⟨p. 11⟩His Words. We should be Apprehensive of the Almighty God, speaking in every Line of this Book; and then, be Afraid, Lest all the Plagues written in this Book, overtake us, if we sin against such a God. It was the Character of our Lord Jesus Christ, in Isa. 66 2. He that is o• a poor and a contrite Spirit, and who Trembleth at my Word. When we see what Judgments, the Word of God has Threatened against the Children of Disobedience, we should even fall a Trembling at them. And especially they that are conscious to a course •f Disobedience against God, should be Afraid of these Judgments. When Belshazzar saw upon the Wall, an Hand-writing, which he could not Read, (because, perhaps, the Letters were so in•olded one among another, that except a man had the Key of the Cipher, the Sentence was not easy to be Uncyphared,) he was wonderfully Terrified at what he saw. Unbelievers may Read •hat Hand-writing in this Book, If any man Believe •ot the Son, the Wrath of God abideth on him: and •ill you not be Afraid of that Wrath?
Let us with a very Trembling Fear, be Afraid of the Judgments that are pronounced against the Ungodly, in the Book of God. There are used in our Longest and Sweetest Psalm, no less than Twelve several words, to signify the Revelation which God had made of His Purpose, to Save men, by that Son of a Virgin, who was to break the Old Serpents Head: And one of those words, is, JUDGMENTS. This then is the Influence, which the Judgments of God, or the Discoveries which He has made of Himself in this Book of His, must have upon us: we should be able to say, as in Psal. 119.161. Lord, My Heart stands in Awe of thy Word. Are there any Praecepts in this Book? we should Fear the Commandment: Fear, and Cry, Lord, I am afraid of breaking thy Holy Laws, that are so Holy and Just and Good! Are there any Promises in this Book? We should Fear, Lest we fall short of them. Are there any Threatnings in this Book? We should Fear, Lest they take hold of us. Before every thing in •he Book of God, we should have the same Disposition, that Josiah had, when the Book of Deuteronomy was Read unto him; [The Jews have a Tradition, that by the special Disposal of Divine Providence, the first place, which the Reader •itt upon, was Deut. 28.36.] That it may be said unto us, Thy Heart was Tender, and thou didst Humble thy self before God, when thou didst Hear ⟨p. 11⟩His Words. We should be Apprehensive of the Almighty God, speaking in every Line of this Book; and then, be Afraid, Lest all the Plagues written in this Book, overtake us, if we sin against such a God. It was the Character of our Lord Jesus Christ, in Isa. 66 2. He that is o• a poor and a contrite Spirit, and who Tremb•eth at my Word. When we see what Judgments, the Word of God has Threatened against the Children of Disobedience, we should even fall a Trembling at them. And especially they that are conscious to a course •f Disobedience against God, should be Afraid of these Judgments. When Belshazzar saw upon the Wall, an Hand-writing, which he could not Read, (because, perhaps, the Letters were so in•olded one among another, that except a man had the Key of the Cyphar, the Sentence was not easy to be Uncyphared,) he was wonderfully Terrified at what he saw. Unbelievers may Read •hat Hand-writing in this Book, If any man Believe ot the Son, the Wrath of God abideth on him: and ill you not be Afraid of that Wrath?
