31. For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
JUdgment must begin at the House of God; and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them, that obey not the Gospel of God? And if the Righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the Ungodly and Sinner appear! God is resolved to judge the World, and even the best shall have a taste of his Justice. The Afflicti∣ons, that befall the good in this World, are but the be∣ginnings of his indignation against Sin, and by the Blood of Christ they shall be saved from the wrath to come. But if these be the beginnings of God's anger, what will the progress of his Justice be, and where will it end? O blessed Saviour! How fearful will the end of all ungodly Sinners be! If I must be afflicted, O let me have my share of it in this World, that I may not sink under the burden of thine indignation hereafter.