Nece zty more certain that thou art now out of hell, than that thou fhalt fpeedily be in it, except thou repent, andbe-converted; there is but thisone door for thee to.~~c;.~pe by. Arife then, 0 ~ugg.ard, and ibake off thtne excufes: 1:-Iow long wtlt .'t hou flumber, aJ?d fold thine hands to fleep? Prov. 6. ro, 11. Wllt . · thou lie dO\\'n in the midft ofthe fea, or fleep on -. the top of the mall:? Prov. :z. 3. 34· There is no re– m·edy; but thou muft either turn, or burn. There is an unchangeable neceffity of the change of thy condition, except thou art reiolved to abide the worft of it, and try it out ·with the Aln1ighty. If thou lovefi thy life, 0 man, .. arife and come away.. :M:ethinks I fee the Lord Jefus laying the merciful hands of an holyviolence upcn thee; mcthinks he carries it like the Angels to Lot, Gen. r 9· 1 5', &'c. Then the AngelJ· ·bafte1?ed Lot, faying, Ari[e, lejt thoUt he con{umed, And while be lingred, the men laid bold · upon hk band, tbe ·Lord being mercifZ:tl unto him, and tbey brought him 'Without the-. city, and [aid, Efcape for thy life, flay not in all the plain, e[cape to the mo:mtain, left tbou be confumed. r Oh, howwilful will thy defl:ruetionbe, if thou fhouldft yet harden thy felf in thy finful ftate ! But none of ypu can fay, but youhave had fair warning. Yet n1ethtnks I cannot tell how to· leave you fo: It .is not enough to me to have delivered myown foul. \Vhat! Shall I go away without my errand? \Vill none of you ariie, and follow me? Have I been all this while fpeaking to the wind? Have I been charming the deaf Adder, or allaying the tumbling Oceanv1ithargurnents ,? Do I fpeak ro the ·trees or · rocks, or to men.?To the tombs-andn1onurnents of the dead, or to a living auditory ? If you be men, and not fenfelefs flocks, fiand Rill, and confider whither you are going: Ifyou hav~ the reafon and underfianding of n1en, dare not to run into the · flames
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