1'are IT.' A s11/nt er 1t Bnltt.•' :t ; :t the flriffeft Sa.int ! But I am 1'Jot Jure that thu u -ti"ue, And th.lt .there u any fuch difference after death, to ·ke expeCfed. .., .Anf-w. Alas poor wretch ! Ar~ thou at that pafs! Hall: thou .fo far Iofi the Knowledge of God, and of thy ftif, and of rhyend and lmjinefs here, and of the word andwork.! of God , as to turn worfe then [ew, or Turk.,, oi: Heathen, even to think thy felf a lleaft, that bath no life nor happinefs but this ? If this be thy cafe, I cannot now 'fiaod to deal with thee according to thy neceffity.o I am now de~llrng wirh them that confefs a Life hereafter ·: And becaufe we cannot in all our writings repeat over the fame things, I defire thee t·o perufe what I have already writte~ for fuch as thee. , in the Second Part of The Saints Reft, and m a Treatife called The -Nnreafonablene/s of Infidelity ; and at pre~ fent take only fome brief advertifrnents for thy conviction. . . I. And firft, whereas you fay you are not f ure of a Life hered -after, I demand of you, Whether yoa are Jure that there ~no fuch ·Jife ! I am [14re you are not. If you think..,you are, ( whtch none but a debauched man can think.,, tbat bathput out the eye ofN a– tHrill Light) let us hear your Pro&{,and you £hall foon be told the vanityof ir:. But ifyouare net Jure that there unefuch life, then I would know of yotl, Whether a Pojfihility of fuch Everllljiing thingJ defer'fJe not greater care etnd diligence then u -ufedby the Holyeft Saint on earth? You fay, You 11rc not Jure that there iJa , Heaven for Saints. But what if it prove trPJe, (as nothing more true) will you fit fiilf, and lofe it for you ~now not what ? or for want of a little care in feeking it ? You fay , Y(}u ~(now not whe– ther there be a Hell for ungodly men, or no : But what if it prove true (as certainly it will ) wliere are you then ? Will you ven– ture your fe!ves upon the Poffibility of fuch an Endlefs Lofs and Torment, which now you might on reafonable terms efcape ? You will confefs that a Poffibility of a Kingdom fhould be more regarded, th,en aCertAinty of apin or afeather : And a Poffibili– ty of forne Tormenting difeafe but for twenty ye<trs, fhonld more carefully be avoided then the Certain Hinging of a Nettle. · f<!!er. 2. You fay, Yo1Jarenotfurethlltthereisa!ifetrJCome! Blilt are you Jure to continue the life you have? Or is ir anygreAt matter tfiac you arecalled to lofe, for theohtlliningof that life that you are not [ure of ? You k..,now the contrary , or tll{ily may do. You ~ref ure that you have not long to be here. Nothing more_ S 2 · Jure
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