arynnasson* 266 !tje peo ODanoEamítp')5nok4 lafting Pleafures of his Glory. This is the end of faith and holinefs. But if thou harden thy heart, and refufeft mercy, (I) everlafting woe will be thy portion., and then there will be no remedy. And now Reader, I beg of thee, and I beg of God on aiy betided knees, that thefe1few words may fink into thy heart, and that thou wouldf} read them over and over again, and bethink thee as a man that muff fhortly die, whether any deferve thy Love and obedience more than God ? and thy thankful remem- brance more than Chrii, and thy care and diligence more than thy falvation ? Is there any felicity more defirable than Heaven ? or any mil ry-_more terrible than Hell ? or any thing fo regardable as that which is ,Everlaff'ing? Will a few dayes flejhly pleafures pay for the lofs of heaven and thy immortal foul ? or will thy fan and thyprofperity be fweet at death, and in the day of Judgement ? As thou art a man, and as ever thou believeft that there is a God, and a world to corne, and as thou carets for thy foul whether it be favedor damned, Ibefeech thee, I charge thee, think of thefe things; think of them once a day at leaft thin ,ofthem with thy moil fiber feriot2s thoughts o- Heaven is not a II/fay-game ! and Hell is not a flea- itiltg : Make not a jeaft of Salvation or Damnation I I know thou liveft in a difira :tedworld, where thou maift hear frame laughing at fuch things as thefe, and fcorning at a holy life, and faftning odious reproaches on thegodly, and merrily drinking and playing and prating away their rime ànd then faying, that they will truft God with their fouls, and hope tobe faved (i) Lupe 19 27. Prov. 29.1.& 1.25. with-
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