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pcr&uadcd we ftever shall be aUc to divcourse, until wc are able to discourse of the experience of the church; yea, and you tibill never foe able to hear, nor to nnder- tland the nnc, un'.il yua ar« able to hear and to tnder&tand the other. Tberefore, dear brethren^ bear, 1 entreat you, with these inquiries at ihe Di- vine oraclo; and be not iraiMtient. as the volatile excita])ler€h^ioua world: but aa men who desire to drmk deep and largely into tJic pdrpo«<; of tiod. 1 pray you tosi^arrh the word fcr roursclvxft. Stmiy the pnj]ihecy of lloi^i^a, and that xjcxisl oh«ptcraf Jeremiah from which our illuslrulHinE have been taken, and devoutly consider the mystery which bsth thifi day been disclosed to you of the caute of the Lord's rejection of tliese thbea, because they undervalued his royal predecessors of David's Hoc, la whose loins he then was ; consider this, I say, It^st you. mukiug light of his rural fbncuon, and al)w>Tbing the kingdorn in the Gemile ditpensation, should commit the same offeiKre* For, knew afisurcdly. he i^ as jt^lone of his honours to come from thij time forward, 8ft he waft then of bis honours to come from that time forward. Ik'.lieve mc, that this Uentilc ohtirch shall be cut off, as Israel was, for their r^ection of the promise of Christ (o come in his kingdom. I would iiave my own 6ock, I would save all who hear me, from the awful jiiditTcrcncc into which the church has fallen, to the advent of the Lord as Kiug. I would save my own soul. 1108 TlJk KIKCS OPTIU EAST. [I>Ur. VI. Uh. I would be zealous for the Abused prero^tivc of my King. Oh. 1 would be zcalousfor the honour of die promises of GotK I would arouse the church from Uk Ktu|>ef»ctioQ. I would shew her the fearful judgment of God in the time past upon his beloved people. I would shew her also his grace, his long-ftuffering-, in order that we may forsake OUT Papal adulteries with the kings of Lhc world, ftnd with the plehetaii* 4>r the world, and keep our affections for him that was to come. And I labour in hope, asAurcd that the Lord will ble^s tlic labour. Vca, I will serve the Lord, and the Lord will save my flock in the judgment. 1 will take pledgc&of him. 1 will preach, aa Noah did, his wrath to be poured out ; and as for Noah's sakta he slaved Noah's family^ so for the sake of the preacher's faithful teaiimony, lie may save the preacher's flock. He will, dear brethren, if ye reject not ; but, oh, and if ye reject, having been warned, having been entreated, then it will be more tolerable for others lim