in Contribing an's eL nip íon. of thofe perfed Paffions that continually vex the Dam- Chap, 18. ned. And 'tis fet forth by Fire and Brimflone, that is moft fierce to fenfe, the ferious confiderationof which is enoughtocaufe terror & amazement in all thatare li- able to it. And if the foie apprehenfion be intolerable, howmuch more will the dwelling with devouring Fire, andeverlafling burning ? 'Tis called the blacknefs of darknefs, to lignifie the compleat horror of that ;late, The Fire hathonly force to burn, not to give any light to mitigate the obfcurity. Tis called thefecond Death, Rev. ao: c4. incomparifon of which that ofthe body is but the i'ha- Moitui vita,& morn fine fcnE dow ofDeath. Nothing of Life remains but thefenfe ofMifery, and t1iat will be as thong for ever as at the tuft entrance into it. This infinitely increafes the Tor- ment, that it (hall never end. The fuffering Soul knows it ;hall be Eternal, and as fuch it is felt and afflids.The Fire that devours fhall never fay 'tis enough, that fad Night fhall never have a Morning, that horrible Tempefl never any Calm. The Damned have no breathingof Reft in their extreme pains, no fhadow of Hope to re- freih them in their intolerable heat,but are under torment Rev. ao. a©. dayandnight, for ever and ever. Now what can be more powerful to reftrain Men from fin than the terrours of the Lord? if the defires of carnal and momentany pleafures are impetuous and urgent, what can be more effectualto give check to them, than the confideration that they are attended with a painful Eternity, that within a little while nothing will remainof the moft pleafant lufts but the Wormand the Fire Thus one ex- treme is cured by another. Or,ifthe fear ofMen who can infliél but outward evils, andDeath on the Body, at any time refifts theperformance of our Duty, what is more proper to lefren the impreífion, than to remember how dreadful a thing it is to fall into the revenging has ofthe living God, who lives for ever, and can pu- nifh.: 357
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