I 04 The Miferies of the Vnconve;·ted. when the tetnptation com.es, lull: ge~s the bitt in his t:'louth, breaks all the cords of his vows and pro– n1ifes, anci carries him headlong to his own defiru.. ction. VI. Th~ furt'lace of eternal vengeance is heated ready [of thee, Ifa. 3o. 3_s. Hell and defl:ruetion open their mouths upon thee, they gar,e for thee, they groan for thee, Ifa. s. r 4· waiting as it were with agreedy eye, as thou flandeft upon the brink, when thou '\vilt drop in. If the wrath of a man be M tbe toar– ing of a lion, Prov. ? o. :2. more heavy than the fa r.d, Pt~o'v. 27. 3· wrat is the ~rrath of the infinite God? If the burning fun"!ace, heated in Nebuchadnezzar ··s ._ fiery rage , when he com;:nanJed it to be made yet feven times hotter,\~ ere fo fierce as toburnupeve:t · thofe tLatdrew near it to throw the three children in Dan. 3. r 9 :2.2. hov: hot is that burning oven of the Altni :~hty's fury? l;fal~ 4· r. Surely this is ieventy .tirne; feve1. rnore fierce. \Vl:at thinkef1 thou , 0 man, ofbeing a.faJ;got in hell to a11 eter.. 1iry? ·carz thine hea·r't endzr:e ;rH' Cttn t bineha.1ds be ftrong in tbe d y t7.u l jha.!l dutl witb tf;ee, (.1 ith cbe Lord of IHifs? Ezek. 2 2. r 4! Can!t thoudwell with evcriafting burnings? c·anft thou abide the .conflln1ing \fire t .(a. 33. 4· fh 1 t 1 . • • 1 11 l \Vher thcu lait oe as a g1ow1n ~ tron 1n 1e1. ) anc thy whole body a:·1d foul fhall be as perfectly pof– feffed byGod:s burningvengea:n(e;as the fiery fpark– ling iron when heated in the fierce!l forge? Tr:ou Cai;·i1 not ' bear God~s. \\~_1-":ip, how then wile thou C .~dure his fcorpions;? ;)fhcu art even crufhed, and ready to wi!l1 thy felf-Cle;ad, u:-1der theweig :1t of his finger; how then wil~ thou be2r the \Veight of h.is I Joins? The,~~~oR: pat1et1t roan that ever was, d1d curfe the da¥/.'t.hat ever he ·was born, :fob 3. r • and – even wifh deathto come and end his rnifery, 'fob 7. r r, r G. whe.n:God did but let out one little drop of J.js \Vrath: How then w·ilt thou endure, when God iliall ·'·
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