§. 7 The sixt signe, abuse of Gods Patience to impenitency. Rom. 2. 4.
The sixt signe of securitie, is when a Man taketh incouragement by
A guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties wherein it consisteth, the helpes inabling & the reasons parswading vnto it ye impediments hindering ye practise of it, and the best meanes to remoue them whereunto are added diuers prayers and a treatise of carnall securitie by Iohn Douname Batcheler in Diuinitie and minister of Gods Word.
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- A guide to godlynesse or a Treatise of a Christian life shewing the duties wherein it consisteth, the helpes inabling & the reasons parswading vnto it ye impediments hindering ye practise of it, and the best meanes to remoue them whereunto are added diuers prayers and a treatise of carnall securitie by Iohn Douname Batcheler in Diuinitie and minister of Gods Word.
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Gods patience and long suffering, and his owne impunitie for his for∣mer offences, of multiplying his transgressions, and of going on in sin without repentance. For the riches of Gods goodnesse, and patient for∣bearance, should (as the Apostle saith) leade vs to repentance, filling our hearts with sorrow, and our faces with shame, because we haue so long and so often offended a God so gracious and mercifull. And be∣sides, it is a notable incouragement to make vs hasten our repentance, seeing vpon it we are sure of pardon. For we shall surely find him gra∣cious in our returning, whom we haue found so gracious in our back∣sliding; he will vndoubtedly shew mercy, and pardon our sinnes vp∣on our repentance, who hath so long time patiently wayted, that he might take occasion vpon our true conuersion, to haue mercy vpon vs. But if we abuse and despise so great a mercy and vnspeakable good∣nesse, and take occasion of Gods patience and loue, the more to pro∣uoke him, and to goe on more carelesly in our sinfull courses, what doth this argue but an hard and secure heart, which cannot repent, but treasureth vp vnto it selfe wrath against the day of wrath, and reuela∣tion of the righteous Iudgement of God, who though now he be patient, yet shall at that day, render vnto euery man according to his deeds; rowsing him vp with greatest torment and smart, who hath liued in his sinnes with greatest securitie; and inflicting vpon him the sorest punishment, who hath most contemptuously abused his greatest patience.
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Rom. 2. 5, 6.
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Apoc. 18. 7.