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166 DoSk of the State ofTVrath^tate II.
neth agamji. me, wrongeth bis own Soul: AU they
that hate me low Death. Ezek. xviii. 31. JVhy will
ye dye ? ■ The Laws of Men go as far as they can t
again ft the Self-murtherer, denying his Body a Bu¬
rial-place amongft others, and conftfcating his
G «)ds : What Wonder is it the Law of God is
f ieverf againft Soul-miirtherers ? Ls it ftrange,
ttiat they who will needs depart .fr<- m God now, ccft
what it will, be forced to depart from him at laft,
into everiajhng Fire? But, what is yet more cri¬
minal, thou arc guilty of t\\t Murder of the Son of
God ■ lor the Lord will reckon thee amongft thole
that p’erced hinvfizv. i. 7. Thou haft.him,
as well asi'tne ’Jews did; and by thy rejecting him,
th u hzityufiified their Deed. They indeed did not
acknowledge him to be the Son of God, but thou
deft, What they did againft him, was in his State
of Hnmilidtion - but thou haft afted againft him, in
his State Exalt at ten. Thefe Things will aggra¬
vate thy Condemnation. What Wonder then, it
the Voice ot the Lamh change to the Roaring of
the Lion, againft the ftraifor and Murtherer ?
ObjeA: Fk\t fome will-fay, Is there not a waft
Difproportion betwixt our Sin, and that IVrath you
talk off? I anfwer, No; God punilheth no
more than the Sinner deferves. To rectify your
Miftake, in this Matter, confider (1.) The vaft
Rewards God has annexed to Obedience. His
Word: is no more.full ot fiery Wrath againft Sin,
than it is of gracious Rewards to the Obedience it
requires.' It Heaven be in the Promifesy ft is alto¬
gether equal that Hell be in’ the fhreatnings. If
Death; were not in the Ballance with fife, eternal
Mifery with eternal Happinefs, where were the Pro¬
portion ? Moreover Sin deferves the Mifery, but