Finally, The dreadful Storm which we ⟨p. 65⟩have lately been advised of, Should cause us to make sure of an Interest in Christ, that so our Souls may be safe forever, from the Storms of Divine & Eternal Vengeance. Tis said, Isa. 32 2. A Man shall be an hiding place from the wind, & a covert from the Storm. What Man is that, but Jesus Christ, the Eternal Son of God, that Man who is God as well as Man. What Storm is it that he preserves from; bu• the Terrible Storm of the wrath & Vengeance of God? Who can stand before that Storm? No mere man nor creature can do i•. Who can stand before him when his Fu•y is poured out like Fire, & the Rocks are thrown down by him? Now the Lord Jesus Christ has made that Storm a Calm, & the waves to be still. Jonah was an Eminent Type of Christ in this respect, he wa• willing to be thrown into the Sea, that so• the storm might cease. Joh. 1.12. Take me & cast me into the Sea, so shall the Sea be Calm unto you. Thus the Lord Jesus Christ has b•en willing to be cast into the Sea of Divine wrath that would else certainly have destroyed all mankind. So that S•a •s C•a•m. And therefore our greatest concernment is to make sure that Christ is ours, & then we ne•d not fear any destroying storms, no nor any destroying Angel. When the Children of Israel had the Blood of the ⟨p. 66⟩Lamb sprinkled over the doors of their houses, the destroying Angel might not touch them. Therefore the Apostle Ju•e speaks of them that are preserved in Jesus Christ. How preserved in Christ? Even as the Children of Israel were preserved from the destroying Angel, when every house in Egypt felt his power, & the anger of God in it. If we are in Christ, why should we fear? We need not fear let the Times be never so dismal: let never such Storms arise in the world we need nor fear. As the Church said, We will not fear, tho' the Mountains be removed into the midst of the Sea, & the Waters roar. So, if we have an interest in Christ, although' as terrible a Storm should come on the whole Earth, as there was in Noah's Flood, we need not fear. Such as were in the Ark were safe when that storm came. If our Souls are Asked in the Lord Jesus Christ we are safe enough. God said to Noah, that he should enter into the Ark, & shut the door that so he might be hid & safe till the Calamity that was to destroy the whole world should be past & gone. So the Lord bids us do.
Finally, The dreadful Storm which we ⟨p. 65⟩have lately been advised of, Should cause us to make sure of an Interest in Christ, that so our Souls may be safe forever, from the Storms of Divine & Eternal Vengeance. Tis said, Isa. 32 2. A Man shall be an hiding place from the wind, & a covert from the Storm. What Man is that, but Iesus Christ, the Eternal Son of God, that Man who is God as well as Man. What Storm is it that he preserves from; bu• the Terrible Storm of the wrath & Vengeance of God? Who can stand before that Storm? No meer man nor creature can do i•. Who can stand before him when his Fu•y is poured out like Fire, & the Rocks are thrown down by him? Now the Lord Iesus Christ has made that Storm a Calm, & the waves to be still. Ionah was an Eminent Type of Christ in this respect, he wa• willing to be thrown into the Sea, that so• the storm might cease. Joh. 1.12. Take me & cast me into the Sea, so shall the Sea be Calm unto you. Thus the Lord Jesus Christ has b•en willing to be cast into the Sea of Divine wrath that would else certainly have destroyed all mankind. So that S•a •s C•a•m. And therefore our greatest concernment is to make sure that Christ is ours, & then we ne•d not fear any destroying storms, no nor any destroying Angel. When the Children of Israel had the Blood of the ⟨p. 66⟩Lamb sprinkled over the doors of their houses, the destroying Angel might not touch them. Therefore the Apostle Ju•e speaks of them that are preserved in Jesus Christ. How preserved in Christ? Even as the Children of Israel were preserved from the destroying Angel, when every house in Egypt felt his power, & the anger of God in it. If we are in Christ, why should we fear? We need not fear let the Times be never so dismal: let never such Storms arise in the world we need nor fear. As the Church said, We will not fear, tho' the Mountains be removed into the midst of the Sea, & the Waters roar. So, if we have an interest in Christ, altho' as terrible a Storm should come on the whole Earth, as there was in Noahs Flood, we need not fear. Such as were in the Ark were safe when that storm came. If our Souls are Aked in the Lord Jesus Christ we are safe enough. God said to Noah, that he should enter into the Ark, & shut the door that so he might be hid & safe till the Calamity that was to destroy the whole world should be past & gone. So the Lord bids us do.
