53° Chap. I. OF HELL· C RA f. I. T7,e ope1ting of the Text. ne punif/,ment of unreformed Sinners [hall be Extream and Etemal. The Torments in Hell exceed the heal1iefl Judgmmts infiifled here. They are repre(ented in Scripture, fo M to inflruE! and terrify Sinnm• The Soul }hall be the chief Moumer in Hill. The Apprehmjion {hall be enlarged to all af fliEiing OhjeEls. TT!t .noughts /hall be fixt upon what is Tormentmg. All the fonne~amg Pafjions wrll be let Iooft upon the Gutlty $oul. Shame, Sorrow, IJ\age, Defpazr, at once Je•;rs on the Damned. M ARK IX. 48. Where their Worm diet/, not, and the Fire il not qumched. THE Words are the repetition of a powerful Motive, by our nleffe<f Saviour to deter Men from indulging Temptations to Sin, . how grateful or ufeful r0: ~~v~;/;0 P'~0 ~J :JJ,:fa;/,,"f;;.:/1:-;u:.u' ~1fr~/o':~fJ~~~:J~;:b;h~r~ i:. finuates it felt, and inflames our Inclinations, whether it bribes us with Profit, or allures by Pleafure, muli be immediately <ut off, and for ever feparated from us. Thi& Coun- ~e~ e~cl:n~:?:/hi~rcl~~ ~~~ ~:~uJ,i~ ~~~vclh~u~~e7ro~"~~~~~~~ l~~at:~l%~tJ,~ will not confent to. Our Saviour therefore urges fuch Arguments as may move the Under (\anding and Affe8:ions, may !hike Senfe and Confcience : For it is better to enter into L ife mAimed, t ban havmg trvo H4.nds to goi»to HeU, where tiJe F1re never Jhall be quenched. Hopeand Pear are the moli aRive Pallions: The Hope of Heaven is motive enough to mduce a true Believer to defprfe and reJe8: all the Advantages and Pleafures of Sin that are but for a Seafon : and the Pear of an Ever!a(\ing Hell, is lirong enough to controul u.t corpus re· the vicious Appetites. Reafon determines, that when a Gangreen that is deadl y and ~:;~~{~:;E ~~~a~~~~~fth~sh~~,~~~~~o~~:~~~?I~e[~dr~c~ff~~ i~rc :~ ~~~~i~h~h~~~fi~~~r!~ a nimo~ quic- ing and favourite Sin, to. prefcrve the Soul from EternalJ?eath r 'T~s obfervable, our Sa· ;~~~~~::~e Wo~:J ~e~e~~t~~~, t~:~etfem;:;e ~I~~~~e!Z!'d :a~e ;~1~~ of ~~;i~t: ~~~~r;h':':~:fs: hz~ corpore that are of the moft render and quick fenfe, Fire that caufes rfe moll vehement pain, arc m•Ju> h~~;;.. fea rful Rcprc fentations to typify the Torments of the Damned : And that the Worm is un?{~~gPr~~~~;i~d;~~h~~'(~~~~~~~p~~H:~!~ta~r:;~;:~~~i~~j"~~~~n:heir pleafanl or profi table Sins, !hall be exrream and eternal. In the handling of this Point, I will, I . Difcourfe of the Extremity of the Punifhment. 2 . Of the Eternity of it. I. Of the Extremity of it. Before the particular Defcription of the Pains of the Damned, I fhall obferve in general T bat the full Reprefentation of Hell is beyond all human Expreffion ; nay our mol! fe;rful Thoughts cannot equal the Horrour of it. Who knows the Power of thsne .Anger? fJal.
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