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Show ·u!l:Jy be attributed as a Rebuke from Heaven for ~heir deceit, in mocking God on that day witlt their Will-wodhips, drawing near him with their Lips when their Hearts are far away; like fome of Old who Cry'd, The Temple of the Lord, the Temple of the 'Lo~d, when their Hands .were fu)l of Blood, as 'us to be doubted theus yet Is lmrepcnted of and·unwaihed away; therefor-e tne· advice in Jfa. 1. 16, 1 7· would be good for them, .. yea, he hints fomewhat to the fame purpofe in ~i{aft- the Following words, 'And the many Difafrers t,.t!'i on . ' which happep. on the Lord's Day (as he calls t!)t "'it frill, as if every day was not the Lords) l!..otb'11 "among us, may be fo many Judgments upon llS, ~ap-. ' for our not Sanctifying the day unto the Lord: That is, for not keeping it more Religioufiy accor .. ding to the Apoftles faying, Rom. 14. 6. I Grant it may be. However as he fays, P·37· (29 it fuould be) c. I. 'But yet the Judgments of God fometimes. ' ' are fo Circumftanced, that he who Runs may " read them, and the marks he Gives. ~atms ~nf ]utrgat. lent~. P. 26. C. 2. 'Firft the finsofthe Sinner mufrbe ' Evident from the Scripture, of God, [as theirs ' is] before we may date to apply a Judgment of 'God unto him ;-andfecondly,ajudgment of God ' for Sin muft be cloa~hed with fome convincing ' Circum!buce and CharaCler upon it felf, Reafon· 'ably to fpeak its beingfo, before we may venture ' to call i c fo, there muft be Something in the time ' of it, or the place of it, er in its Refemblance to ' the Fault for which it comes, or in the Confef.. ' fion of the Perfon chaftifed, that lhall make the ' Confcience to fay, There are the plain Signatures· ' of a Judgment for fome Sin, in the ftroke now 'given by God. I fay, thefe Marks and Charac.ters being fo Legible, and we having fo many Con· curring Circnm!tances, with his own Confellon, that l ilia-11 fet down. fome of them in his own · words, . . < ~ss ) 4f W~rds, with Notes and Obfervations on them · ~~ . leave the whole to the judgment of the Ju~ ulClOUS. 1 But before I proceed, lfhall firlt fet down fome !-'rophefies a~d Warnings, befides what are noted Ill the Margm of the Book aforefaid to fhew how they have been fulfilled, which wer~ fore-fpoken of, ~y the Mouth .of all the Prophets. , Hrft, Fr: Howgzl-' Though you lift up your Popijh btqJ , Ho~ns Htgh, and pufh every way with them P· 44· agamfl: the Lamb and his Followers yet your Works, ; Hor~ lhal~ be broken. by him. who is ~heir King, P· 24 4· , by hi~ Horn of SalvatiOn, wluch is now lifted up far higher than the Horn of an Unicorn and ' you lhall be as Allies under their Feet.~Your ' Cup fhall be filled with rhe Wine of the \Vrath wP. 4 k 9 " -. ,c . of. G od , w ht' c h m.n. a 1~ be poured forth without 247or. 2~~s po.6 , mtxture, and that will be your portion to drink. -For Wo and Mifery lhall compafs your Taber~ : nacle,and the Dread of God isagainftyou.-well Popijh Inq. the fame meafure that you have meafured out to p. s 2. : others, even the fame lhall be mcafured to you. (Let~erH) -The Name of your General Court and the H t; A · · ' eart of ppomtments and Ordtnances therof will be " '"E ", C rowned. wi. t l I c ' .~.~. • P·'5· 1 n1amy and Reproach; from . Generat&on to Generation. 1 Edro. Burrough,-'There ios BO Vifion unto you p fi r. . ~' of p eace ~n d p ro·r ..p en· ty l•n your way, but you p.o rcnpt 39, 40, c. fhal~ f~ll wu:h .no finall weight of difhonour, and , Affhthon wluch !hall be your Portion.-His , People fhall. have Peace, when you lhall have Trouble; hts People fhall have Joy when you : ihall have Mourning; he Ihall app~ar to their Joy., but you fhall be alhamed: For your portion : lhall not be Ii}{e unto th~irs, but the Wrath of , the L~mb lhall torment you, even the Long ... ~ Suffenng of God, which. hath been great to• .. w:ards yott)fh~ll be turned Into a devouring Fire1 ~u ~ ~and |