Lastly; Consider, In the Fear of God, Consider, What will be the End of This? Oh! That you were so wise as to Consider the Latter End! It is the Thunder, that follows upon the Lightning, which has all this while Entertained us; Not knowing that the Goodness of God leads thee to Repentance; It follows; After thy Hardness & Impenitent Heart, thou treasurest up unto thy self Wrath against the day of Wrath. It ⟨p. 28⟩has been said of old, Lae•a Pa•ientia Vertitur in Furo•em: [And why not, Laesa Bonitas] Abused Patience will become Exalted Fury. Will Abused Goodness End any better? It was a dreadful word: Josh. 24.20. If ye forsake the Lord, the Lord will turn, and w•ll do you Hurt, & Consume you, after that He hath done you Good. That, That will be the End, of Ungodliness under the Goodness of God: Man, Thou shalt not sin always upon Free-cost. We are told, Let Favour be shown to the Wicked, he will not learn Righteousness: But we are also told, The Fire belonging to the Enemies of God shall devour them. Sirs, By going on in Sin under the Goodness of God, you take a course to be deprived of all those Good Things which the Goodness of God is doing for you: Oh! You horribly Forfeit them all! It was said, Hos. • 8, 9. She did not know, that I gave her Corn, and Wine, Therefore will I take away my Corn and Wine. Thus, when the Enjoyments that are granted us by the Goodness of God, will not oblige us to forbear sinning against the God, who gives us All things richly to enjoy, He comes to say, I'll take away these my misplaced Favours! But Oh! What Calamities, Oh! What Confusions, will ensue upon such ⟨p. 29⟩a Confiscation? Yea, Instead of those things, which the Goodness of God has done for Ungodly men, the Vengeance of God has terrible things to do on them throughout Eternal Ages. The Impenitent Sinner, under and against the Goodness of God, is that Unprofitable Servant, of whom we find that Order given, Mat. 25 30. Cast the Unprofitable Servant into outer Darkness; there shall be Weeping and gnashing of Teeth. Unhappy man, If thou fall into that Condemnation, thy Fate will be that of the Rich man in the Parable, to whom in the place of Torment, it was said, Remember, that in thy Life-t•me thou didst Receive thy Good Things; but •ow thou art Tormented.
Lastly; Consider, In the Fear of God, Consider, What will be the End of This? Oh! That you were so wise as to Consider the Latter End! It is the Thunder, that follows upon the Lightning, which has all this while Entertained us; Not knowing that the Goodness of God leads thee to Repentance; It follows; After thy Hardness & Impenitent Heart, thou treasurest up unto thy self Wrath against the day of Wrath. It ⟨p. 28⟩has been said of old, Lae•a Pa•ientia Vertitur in Furo•em: [And why not, Laesa Bonitas] Abused Patience will become Exalted Fury. Will Abused Goodness End any better? It was a dreadful word: Josh. 24.20. If ye forsake the Lord, the Lord will turn, and w•ll do you Hurt, & Consume you, af•er that He hath done you Good. That, That will be the End, of Ungodliness under the Goodness of God: Man, Thou shalt not sin always upon Free-cost. We are told, Let Favour be shown to the Wicked, he will not learn Righteousness: But we are also told, The Fire belonging to the Enemies of God shall devour them. Sirs, By going on in Sin under the Goodness of God, you take a course to be deprived of all those Good Things which the Goodness of God is doing for you: Oh! You horribly Forfeit them all! It was said, Hos. • 8, 9. She did not know, that I gave her Corn, and Wine, Therefore will I take away my Corn and Wine. Thus, when the Enjoyments that are granted us by the Goodness of God, will not oblige us to forbear sinning against the God, who gives us All things richly to enjoy, He comes to say, I'll take away these my misplaced Favours! But Oh! What Calamities, Oh! What Confusions, will ensue upon such ⟨p. 29⟩a Confiscation? Yea, Instead of those things, which the Goodness of God has done for Ungodly men, the Vengeance of God has terrible things to do on them throughout Eternal Ages. The Impenitent Sinner, under and against the Goodness of God, is that Ʋnprofitable Servant, of whom we find that Order given, Mat. 25 30. Cast the Ʋnprofitable Se•vant into outer Darkness; there shall be Weeping and gnashing of Teeth. Unhappy man, If thou fall into that Condemnation, thy Fate will be that of the Rich man in the Parable, to whom in the place of Torment, it was said, Remember, that in thy Life-tme thou didst Receive thy Good Things; but ow thou art Tormented.
