3 63 e PopMano famíïp 113oatt. evermot : Owhat a change is it fuddenly to pats from ,fur Company, our dwellings, our bufinefs, our plea- füres, and , from all this world, and to fee a world whichwe never faw before, and toenter prefently upon the Joyes or forrows whichmuff never,, never, end or change ! Owhat a ftone is Í a hardened heart ? What afenfelefs thing is an ungodly man ? that can either forget fuch a day and fuch a change as this , or can think ofitwithout awakened refolutions, prefently and with their utmoft diligence to prepare ? If they believe not Gods word and the life to come, why do they not come anddebate the cafe withus, and hear what we can fay, till they are refolved, upon the belt enquiry, whether it be indeed or not ? Du they think that we can give them no better proofofit, than what their unftudyed brains lay hold on ? Or nobetter than the Devil giveth them againft it ? But if they do believe it, O what felf condemning wretches are they? What ! believe fuch a`change as fore and near, and not prepare for it ? Be- lieve that they mull be in Heaven or Hell for ! and yet live as if they cared not whichof them it be ? S. I còn_fefs it is an evident truth andduty which you urge, and an undeniable madnefs in men to forget fo great, andPure, andnear achange : For death is a thing pall all difpute : It is no Controverfie whether we muff die. And a man that loveth himfelf fhould think then whither he mufigo next. P. If we tell men in Preaching of things which they never knew before, they underftandus not, and inftead ofLearning they cavil and queftion whether they are true.: And when we tell them of fuch things as they know already, and all the world knoweth, they defpife ir,- and fay, Who knoweth not this ? But by this you may fee, th.a we have need to Preach of nothingmore, than
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