Chap.J. Of HELL. An~. if~~~~:~ ~~r;~efi:~~~p;a~ fi:i~~~~~'~ ~~!ci~ C!~~~~~~,0~~iJ J b~~~kt!~~c~~il~~~ ' ~~~cJ t1~1~~ clcr Life fo miferable, that a Man will takeSanEl:uary in the Gravctoefcape; how mifera.- ble isrhe Condition, when the rno~rcc and uniLcd Paffions waragainl1 the Soul? Tl1is is fignified by the nroer-d;ing Worm tha'- gnaws on t he tendere lt parrs, and of quickeft fcnfe. Shame~ SorrO\v, Defpair, Fury,-..Hatred and Revenge, are fame of that Brood of Vipers that torment the Damned. . . 53 3 r. Shame is a Paffion of whrch Human Nature. is ver y fenfiblc, and thjs in the highelt degree of Confufion D1all feize on the Wicked. For all the juft caufes ,of Shame !hall 0 ' 0 • "· ' · · then moot. The inward fource of it is the confcioufncl'i of Guilt, of Turpitude and Folly in the Aaions ; and all thefe are the infeparab1~junas of Sir. . The guilty T'd" fud'"'. to~\~~lr,~ricifs~ci~ii~:~:'M~~ ¥s~~~r~:s~:i~;~~~1~5d~c~~~~~ i~~d01 airs vRec~~~£tfc~~ ~~a~ ;~~coy~~~. cuidefile and debafr a Man, expofe to Contempt and Infamy, before Perfons of high QE.ality and eminent Vdrtuc, w horn we admire and reverence, and whofe cfleem we value. To be fm·prized in an unworthy Aaion by fuch a Perfon, diforders the Blood, and tranf. fufes a Colour into the Face, to cover it with a Veil of Blufhing. And the more numerous the Spetlators are, the more the Difgr~ce is aggravated. And if Dcr ifion be. joined with the Ignominy, it caufesextream Difpleafure. 0 the univerfa.l Confufion, the over- , powring Amazement that Wlll fc1ze on Smners m the great Day of D1fcovery, when all the Works of Darknefs, all their bafe Senfuahties DJa ll be revealed before God, Angels and Saints! When all the Covers of Shame !hall bt rak,en off, the Excufes and Denials to extenuate or conceal their Sins, Qlall vanifb,. and their Breafts be tranfpa~ent to rh~ E )les of all ! How will they be alhamed of therr foul and permament Deformrty in the ~~~~~'~ef~~~ t~~t~~h~~~dj~~1,;1e'~~~:,~~'?~~'~ft~Wf:;~;obaep~~~fo~1n~~J1~~n-ft~~~ in all their Guilt before that fubh!De an9 -fevere Tnbunal ? How Will they endure the upbraidmgs for all the Sins whrch theyA1ave fo wickedly committed, and the dcrifion for the Pumn1ment they fo defervedly-fuffer? The hol)' Judg will laugh at their Calamzty, and motk .vhen tlmr fear tomes. The 1?-•ghteo//s al{o JbaU fee, and fball laugh at them; Lo thefe are the Men that made not God their Portion, but perifhing Vanities, that preferr'd fweer ~~;~h~~f~~~;c,~~;~;v~~~t~~ c1~~~~v~~ef:~:~~r[~[~f~~7 ~f'"{~~r~c~~n~~~:~~~htrae~~ Treafures, fo they were eafily perfwaded for the TriAes of Time to exchange Eternal Happinefs. Wh11her will tbry tau[e therr Shame to go? Jer. I4· 12. Tbofe black Sinners that here never change colour for their Fllthmefs, that hardned by cu!tom mSm, are impenetrable to Shame, as the brute beaAs that are abfolutely deftitute of reafon; nay, that have not only overcome all tendernefs, butglorJ m thm Shame, fhall glow at the mani- ~f,~~~Fe ~~ ~~%aW~~~e~fv~d i~h:~e~il~i~J;'}~~~v!r~d be covered with Confufion, and 2. To open Sha~e is j?ined the greateft imi.rard ~arrow. Tl~i s .Pa ffion~ when violent, penetrates the Soul m all Its Faculues, and fa !tens 1t to the affi1amg Objea. When it d\~e!ls in the Bofom, it gives an eafy entrance to whatever cheriilies and C!Jcrcafes it, and reJel:ts what might a!fwage and le!fenthe fenfe of the Evil. The mofi pleafant things do not excite Defire or Joy, butexafperate Grief. Like thofe Animals that convert the belt nourif11mem into their own Poilon; fo deep Sorrow receives mournful in't.preffions from all things, and turns the fweeteft Comforts of Life into Wormwood and Gall. The caufes of Sorrow are either the lofs of fame valued Good, or the fcn{C of fomc prefeni Evil. And the Sorrow is more violent, as the Caufe is great in it ft.:l f, and in the appre. henfion and tendernefs of the Sufferers. Now both thefc Cnufes, wi i11all the heavy Circumftances that can multiply and aggravate Sorrow, meet in Hell the Centre of 1\1 ife. ry. The lofs is inconceivably greai. IfCtin, when banifhed from the Society of the Saints, where God waspublickly worlhip'd, and by fpiritua! Revelations and viflble Apparitior.s gracioufly made himfelf known, cry'd out in anguiOJ of Sou l, Mj punifbmem is greate; ~han I c•n hear; from thy F.ue fhall I be hid, and I /ball he a Fugiti'Vt upon the Earth: how mtolerable will the final feparation from his glorious and joyful Prefencc be? In the clear b~d~~~~~f~o~hn&s~:~~~r%~~~~;~J~a~fsta~fo~~f:l~~ r~~~;~~r~~~~~~e u.;;~nF;~~ti;~ ~:: fultmg from it, is as emirc and eternal, as God is Great and True, . who has fd often pro~ m.is'd it in ;;c~ipture. Now the Damned are. for e~er eXcluded horn the reviving Prefence ol God. TlSofren feen how tendetly and Impat<ently the hU(Ilane Spirit refenis the lofs of a dear RelatiOn. ']atob for the fuppofed Deatli of ffdfipb; was fo overcomo wit~ G;ief, · tliat
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