' .. 1o6 The Miferies of the-Vnronverted. 1 as if noth~ng ailed thee ? If thou putteft it off, and fayeft, thts dot~ not belong to thee ; look again over the foregotng chapter, and tell me the truth: Are none of thefe black marks found upon thee? Do not blind thine eyes, do not deceive thy felf; ' fee thy miferywhile thoumayeft: prevent it: Think what it is to be a vile ~aft-out~ a damned repro– bate, a veifel of_wrath, tnto whtch the Lord will be pouring out his tormenting fury, while he hath a being, Rom. 9· 22. · . · Divine wrath js a fierce, Deut. 3 2. 2 2. devourin~, I[a. 33. I 4· everlaft:ing, Matt~. 2 5'. 4 I~ unqwenchable fire, Mattb. 3· r 2. andthy foul and body muft be the fuel upon which it will be feeding for ever, unlers thou confider thy ~ays, and fpeedily turn to the · Lord by a found converfion. They that have been only fmged by this fire, and had no more 'but the finell thereofpaffingupon them; oh, what amazing fpettacles have they been ! Whofe heart would not }[email protected] melted, to have heard Sp i ra's out-cries ? To ·j~:ave feenCbaloner, that monument of jufiicef worn to skin and bones, blafpheming the God of heaven, curfing himfelf, and continuaHy_frying out, Otor· ture,torture,torture; 0 torture, tortitre,. as if the flames · of wrath had already took hold on"him? To nave heard Rogers cryingout" l ba7Je bad ali~tje p~e(Jjur e, · but now .I muft to bel/. for evermore ; \Vifh~pg but for this mitigation, that God \vould' but let him lie burning for ever behind ·the back of that· fire (on the earth) and bringing in this fad conclufion :till, .. at the endof whatever was fpoken to him to afford him fome hope, I nmft to hell, I muft to tpe furnace @f hell, for millions of millions of ages? Oh! -Ifthe fears ~ndJore-thoughts of the wrath to come be fo ter-~ iihle, fo intolerable, what is the feeling of it? Sinner, 'tis but in vain to flatter you, this would , ·be but to toll youintQ the unquetKhable fire; know 4 ·- • y (.')
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