The peril of the times displayed. Or The danger of mens taking up with…

4. You will be guilty of making the times perilous. Our Text tells us that this is one, and a principal cause of their being so God is a God of Judgment, and he will bear witness against this wickedness, as well as any other; and the more ⟨p. 154⟩there are of such persons, the more do such a people lie exposed. When Gods Judgments come upon the Land, there are none that have more reason to look upon themselves as the procurers of them, than such as you are. When you look upon all the evils that overtake a sinful people, you ought to acknowledge that it is for your sakes that the land mourns: You are very forward to charge Drunkards, Whoremasters, Swearers, and Mockers at Religion, for being the troublers of Israel, but know and be assured, that you have as deep an hand in the provocation as any of them; and God hath threatened that he will punish the uncircumcised in heart, as well as the uncircumcised in flesh, Jer. 9.25, 26.

4. You will be guilty of making the times perilous. Our Text tells us that this is one, and a principal cause of their being so God is a God of Judgment, and he will bear witness against this wickedness, as well as any other; and the more ⟨p. 154⟩there are of such persons, the more do such a people ly exposed. When Gods Judgments come upon the Land, there are none that have more reason to look upon themselves as the procurers of them, than such as you are. When you look upon all the evils that overtake a sinful people, you ought to acknowledge that it is for your sakes that the land mourns: You are very forward to charge Drunkards, Whoremasters, Swearers, and Mockers at Religion, for being the troublers of Israel, but know and be assured, that you have as deep an hand in the provocation as any of them; and God hath threatned that he will punish the uncircumcised in heart, as well as the uncircumcised in flesh, Jer. 9.25, 26.