comfortable walking with God. dileffe horrour , and fobecome the forlorne and wofull Ob. je6ts, upon which lhall be exercifed and executed the un- quenchable wrathofGod, and&reefltorments in hell, with extremitieand everlaftingnefle; nay, and in this point, more unhappy than the very Devils : for fence their Apoffacy,there was no meanes or pof lbilitie uouchfafedunto themofreco- very, and returne to thofe everlafling Manfior<s of glory : But the 'bones and daughters of Adam, fence their fall, have had the very Sonne of God himfelfe, with the deare and unvaluable cryof his owne hearts blond , to mediate unto, and föllicite the Father of all compaflions and mercy, for ref itution iota favour and plantation intothe Angels roome, And therefore as this thought, Oh what unhappy and accur- fed creatures were we, who being crowned with the match- leffe tranfcendencie of all felicities and glory,, would not hold our Elation andhave #hined ffíll l I fay, as this thought will endlefly haunt the damnedangels withunconceiveable biting and anguifh; fo, not onely an anfwerable felfe-fret- ting torture from this conceit; Alas, that wee kept not Para- dife I will rent and teare thewoefull heart of the wicked in hell ; but alfo a further fling of that .never dying Worme, not incident to the Apoliate angels, will extremely enrage them with refileffe gnawings ofconfcience and gnafhing of teeth , when out of the horrour of their hideous woefull yellings, they 'hall cry out againfi themfelves ; What wret- ches ? What beafis ? W%at maddedDevils were wee 1 Who when the glorious Bioud-of Chrift Iefus -was fo, mercifully . tendred untous in the Miniff.ery of the Word, all our life long, wee turned our backes againfl filch bleffed andbleeding imbracements ; and cruelly cut the throates of our owne poore foules, by impenitent continuance in.finne : fo loafing for a few bitter-fweete pleafures in this vale ofteares, for an inch oftime, fulnefle of joy at Gods right hand, through all eternitie. 2. Time is precious. If all this great maffie body of the whole earth, whertupon we tread, were turned into a lumpe n£gold, it were not able to purchafe one minute of time. And, 159
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