' Head II. Alarm.to the Unregencraf!. 129 fatisraCl:ioFJ, whatever he poifdfeth ; fince Ged is not His God: All his days he 'ea teth in darknefs: in every condi~ tion, there is fecret difi'atisfaetion haunts h is heart~ like .a gho(l : the fo,ul wants fori1~~hing, tho' perhaps' it know· eth not 'wha.t it is , : and fo it ,will always, till the foul re– turn to God, the [Quntaip of fapsfaClion. ( 2.) T hou cz. n!~ ' do nqthing to purpofe for thyfelf; for Gpd is, gvne, hi.t foul is del>arted from thee , J er. vi~ 8. like a leg out of joi1:t hangi.ng by, whereof a m~n bath r..o ufe, as tqe word th~re ufed cloth bear. Lofing God, .:thou haft l(>ft rhe founta in of good; and fo, all grace, .all goo<;l,oefs, all the ' faving in:– flqences of his Spirit. \Vhat canf1: th,ou do th ~ n? \Vbat .fru~t canft thou bring forth, more t h a~ a branch cut off Horn the ll:ock ? John xv. 5. Thou anhe.c ome ttnprojita h/e, Rom. iii. I 2. as a filthy rotten thin g fit only for the dung– )1ill. (3.) Death ~as come up into t hy win d O\~ S, y e<;l, an9 ,has fetd.ed on thy face ; for Gqd in whofefav~ur "is lift? Pf4J,. ·xxx. 5. is gone from thee , ~.nd fo the foul of thy fol:!t ,' ~s depar.ted . Wha.t a lothfome lump is t_he b_ody when the foul is goat! ? f'ar more lothfome is thy foul in th is cafe. Thou a,rt dead while tJ10u .Iivefi. Do not deny it ; feeing thyfpeech is lai~, tbir;Ie exes clofed, aJ!d all fpi ri\l'l al motion in thee ceafeth . Thy tr.ue frie nds, who fe~ th y cafe, do 1~- · JJ i.e nt, becaufe th r..u art p-one into the land of G!ence. (4,.} 'T' bou haft not a ftea.dy f riend a,m~ng ~11. the creat\]res Qf God; for' now that thou haft loft t he ~Ldtcr' s favour, all– the family is fct agaioft thee. Co.nfcience is thine ~pemy : the word nev,er tpq.k:; good of thee : God's people lathe th e,e , fo fa:r as they fee ':Vhat thou art, Pfa!. xv-. 4. Th.e heafls andflo(Zes ifthefield a re banded together agai ofr th t:... .robv. 23. Hcf. ,ii. r8. T hy meat, d ri nk, and clothe.~ , g1ud.ge to be f~rvicc~ble to the wretc h that h~s loft God, an ,l . abufeth them to his d,dhopo ur. The earth gro~neth unde.r thee ; yea, the whole cru;tion groa11eth , and travaiieth in pain t(Jgether, becaufe of th ee, and [qch as thou art, Rom. vii.i. 22. Heaven w-ill hiive nothing· to do with thee ; fo;r th'ere Jha./1 in no <Wife enter in'fo it any thing that deild~, , Rev. xx:i , 27. Only he!l f rrmt betzeat h is movedfor tlJce, to meet t hee dt thj co?'(zing , I fa , xiv. 9· L aflly , l_'hy hell is be– gun already. \!\.'hat makes hell, butexdul)oo',from the pre– f~oc.e. of God ? Dep{l{t (ro-m ?:~J~, Je c~rfid• . Now ye ar!! gene
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