that Ihag nor all and thdt (coda sal their con, sky, mold and ma} to min s lightship it solitudes, igh to stand em from his es to hen deaf tothü and anguish their Judge, lefence from I this utli of afety, when pings of ido The Folio venting do. of it, odes ock, to seer s glory passed foretold, A Is. aaaii. f odd; hot They and nonal titer from a! coon the ban oI hload, ?d slily appelln humorous de d now gig; would he i°d note 4101 h and narma pin) b0151° rtal life aal o' ih dOr deins f hGt lestrored DISCOURSE VI: 135 ever, atnhdeir whole natures buried in desolation and death, if they might but avoid theeternal agonies atnodrments that are prepared for them. Now they long fcoarverns agnrdaves to hide them for ever from tjhuestice of God, whose authority they have despised, and from thwerath oaf Saviour, whose mercy they have impiously renounced. " Look forward, O my sotuol, thaiws ful and dreadful hour ; survey this tremendous scene of confusion, when sinners shall run counter taoll their former principles and wishes, and pass aquite different judgment upon their sinful delights from what they were wont to do in the days otfhis life of vanity. Learn, O any sotoul, judge otfhings more agreeably to the appearances of that day : Never canst thsoeut the flattering pleasures osfense, anthde joys of sin, in a truer and jitster, view, thianthne liogfht thgilsorious atnredmendous judg- ment." III. "How great anddreadful must the distress of crea- tures be, when they cannot bear to see the face oGf od, their Creator ?" How terrible must be the circumstance othf e sons of men, when they cannot endure to see the face otShfoen of God, but would fain hitdhemselves from thseight under rocks and mountains ? How wretched mtuhsetir state bwe,ho avoid the face of the blessed Gwhooidtrhror, which the holy angels ever beholdwith most intense delight, and which the saints rejoice in as thiegirhest happiness ? It is their heaven tosee God, and behold tghleofry his Son Jesus ; Mat. v. S. John xvii. 24. But this is tvherlyl osfinners i that dismal hour, awndill fill their souls with such inexpressible anguish, that tchaelyl to the rocks and mountains, to htihdem from the sight. Dread- ful adnedplorable is their case indeed, who cannot endure to see the countenance of Jesus the Son oGf od, Jesus the Saviour of men, the copy of the Father's glory, athinmedage of his beauty and love. They cannot bear tosee, tJheastus wisho the chiefest of tethnousands, and altogether lovely ; they fly from that bles- sceoduntenance, which is the ornament anthde jofy all the haonhlydacprpeyation : That blessed countenance isbecome the terror and confusion of impenitent agnudilty rebels. " Awsnhdatll I diof I should bfeound among this cri- minal number in tghraetat day ? If I look atht e wisdom and the righteousness of God, these will reflect the keenest rays of horror and anguish upon msoyfourl, it is that wisdom and that righteousness that have joined to prepare the salvation which I hraevjected, atnhderefore, now that wise arnidghteous God seeth it proper and necessary to punish me with everlasting so - rows. If i look at thpeower oGf od it is a dreadful sight : Eternal and almighty power that can break through rocks and mountains tionflict vengeance upon tghueilty, ansdands en-
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