The Mi[eries of· the Vnconverted. become a flave to fenfe., a fervant to fo bale an idol as thy belly ; for no higher felicity than to fill thee with the wind of man's appla.ufe, or heaping to.. gether a little refined earth, no more fuitable to thy fpiritual, immortal nature, than the dirt and .fiicks? Oh, why doft thou not bethink thee where thou fl1alt be for ~ver? Death is at hand, the 1udge 11 even at the door, Jam. 5'. 9· Yet a little while, and time fhaU be no longer, Rev. 10. ), 6. And wilt theu run the hazard of continuing in fuch a ftate, in which, if thou be overtaken, thou art irrecoverably miferable. · Come then ; Arife, and attend thy neareft con- . ·cernments. Tell me: Whither art thou going? What! Wilt thou live in. fuch a courfe, wherein every act is a ftep to perdition; and thou doft not know, but the next night thou mayeft make thy · bed in heH? Oh ! If thou haft a fpark of reafon, confider, and turn, and hearken to thy very friend, whowould therefore fhewthee thy pre!ent mifery, that thou mighte.ft in time make thine efcape, and be e:ernallyhappy. . Hear what the Lord faith: Fear ye not me, fdith tl'e LGrd ? Will ye n.ot tremble at my prefence ? Jer. 5'. 22. 0 finners! Do ye make light of the wratb to come? Matth. 3-· 7. J an1 iure there is a time coming, when youwill not makel;ghtofit. Why, the very de'Vils do believe and tremble, Jam. 2. .. 19. What! Yotl more hardned than they ! \Vill you run upon the edge.of the rock? Vlill you play at the .hole of tbe Afp? \Vill youput your hand upon the Ccckatrice's den? 'Vill you dance about the fire, till you are burnt;. or . dallywith devouriPg wrath)as if rou were at a point · of indifferency., v~+etb.er you did efcape it, or e.1dure it? 0 madnefs ~f folly! Solomon's mad man; that cafteth fire- bra~ds,. and arrows1 anddeath, and fai.th, Am I not in jeft? Prev. 26. 18.. · is nothing f 0 _ diflraC1ed /
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