. The Miftries of the Vnconverted. tor of Satan, AOI. 26. r 8. Dofl: thou Jive in the ordinary and wilful practice of any known ·fin? Know that thou art of the Devil, r 'fob. 3. 8. Doft thou live in ftrife or envy, or malice? Verily, he is thy father, Job. 8. 40, 4r. Olireadful cafe! However Satan may provide his flaves with divers pleafi1res, Tit. 3. 3. )'et it is but to toll them into e ~1dlefs perdition.. The ferpent cotnes with the app~e in his n1outh, oh but (with. Eve) thou feefl not the deadly Hing in his tail. He that is now thy tempter, will be one day thy tormentor. Oh that I couldbut give thee to fee how black a maffer thou ferveft . how filthy a drudgery thou doft, ho~ tnercileis a tyrant d.ou gratifieft ; <fl whofe p1eafure is, to f~t thee on work to n1ake thy perdition and damnation1ure, and to heat the furnace hotter andhotter, inwhich thou n1ui1 burn for n1ilhons uf millions of ttges. : IV. Tbe guilt of aU thy finJ lies like amcttittain upon tbe~. Poor foul! Thou feele ~t it not, but this is ~ th at which feals thy n1ifery upon th~e, \Vhiie un– converted~ none of thy fins are blotted out, Act. '3· r 9· they are all upon the icore againft thee: Re .. generation· and remiflion are nev.er feparated ; .the unfanthfied are unquefiionably unju 'hfied and unpardoned, r Cor. 6. 1 r. 1 Pet. r. 2. n :b. 9· r4· Be~ ·loved, 'tis a fearful thing to be in deb:, but above all in God's debt; for there is no arrc.:l i{) fon11idable as his., no prifon fo horrible as his.~.- ~ o:lkupon an en!ightned finner, vvho feels the.we:fght of his· own gnilt : Oh, r_ow frightful are. his looks, how fearful are his complaints ! His c01nfor.f~- are turo.ed in– to w~rrnwood 'I and hi~ n1oift~lf~~:jn.t'? rdro~ght and hts fleep depai·teth from hts ~~e3. He ts a· terrour tohimidt~ and-all that are aSbi1t.him,; and . is ready to envy the very {tones that ·· 1i~ · in the· frreet, becaufe they are fenfelefs, and feel not his rnifery ; and ·wiibeth he had been_a-dog,_de a toad, • E 3.: · .. , · or.
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