ſaken their husbands for their Apoſtacy. Thy judgements (O Lord) are very deep. Pſam, 36.
5. But what ſhall we do with thoſe that they had ſeduced, whom the fear of this burning Babylonian furnace, had forced to fall down, and worſhip this Antichriſtian Idol? We muſt do as Paul did, who was much in ſorrow, and was grieved at the heart for the Brethren, who carried themſelves ſo, as to become forſakers of God; and we may hope, that Gods mercy will not be wanting to his Elect, in bringing them into the wayes of repentance. But becauſe God is a juſt Judge, and hath aſſigned a portion to the fearfull and liars in a lake of fire and brimſtone. [Rev. 21. 8.] Now what will become of thoſe hypocrites, who deny that with their mouths, that which they believe in their hearts; but fearfull, and lies in the ſight of God. God hath denounced the cup of his eternall wrath to all thoſe who have taken the mark of the Beaſt, either upon their fore-head or on their hands, that is, have joyned themſelves to the Beaſt, either by their profeſſion, or by their works, Rev. 14 9. It is moſt certain, that theſe are in a more dangerous ſtate than many will beleeve, Since it is ſcarce poſſible, that thoſe who have been once enlightened, and taſted of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Ghoſt, and have ſavoured of the good word of God, and the power of the world to come, if they fall away, to be restored to repentance: Heb.
