and protected : In one Case, preserved from the Violence of the Wicked ; in the other, from the Contagion of their Punishment, In a Word, Offences against Men must be corrected and discouraged by present Punishment, or else this world will be a Scene of great Woe and Misery to the best Men : Violence will prevail, and the Meek, far from inheriting the Earth, will be rooted out of it. Offences against God, though of a deeper Dye, yet have not in them the fame Call for immediate Vengeance : For God fuffers not from the Wickedness of Men; the Ends of Justice are best served by the Delay, and his Goodness is at present displayed in hịs Forbearance; and his Honour will soon be vindicated in a more public Theatre than that of this present World, in the Sight of all the Dead, as well as of all the Living. MATTHEW xxvi. 41. Watch and pray, that ye enter not into Temp tation : The Spirit indeed is willing, but the Flesh is weak. 1$9FCRROR the better understanding of you upon what Occasion they were spoken, and KOST in what Circumstances our Saviour was, when he made this Exhortation to his Disciples. The Time of his Crucifixion was now near at hand, and he had foretold his Disciples that they should all be offended because of him; upon which St. Peter made a very forward Profession of Constancy, as did likewise all the Disciples. But it does not appear that they clearly understood our Saviour, * DISCOURSE IX. 000000000000 0000000 MATTHEW xxvi. 41. Watch and pray, that ye enter not into Temp tation : The Spirit indeed is willing, but the Flesh is weak. POR the better understanding of these Words, I must desire F you to reflect a little upon what Oc-' casion they were spoken, and KOSKI in what Circumstances our Saviour was, when he made this Exhortation to his Disciples. The Time of his Crucifixion was now near at hand, and he had foretold his Disciples that they should all be offended because of him; upon which St. Peter made a very forward Profession of Constancy, as did likewise all the Disciples. But it does not appear that they clearly understood our Saviour, |
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