\ ' !284 The l.VickeJ dy·ing, drJvm awt;y State rV. an(! the .;hildren cry, and the man himielf ufe his utmofi: ef.. forts to ret.:tin the fpirit, his foul is reqllired of him; yield he mufi ;- and go where he !hall never more fee light. SECONDLY, Let us confider, whence they are driven; and whither. When the wicked die, ( 1.) They are driven out of this wortd. where they finned; into theother wo'rldj/ where they mull: be judged, and 'receive their particular fen· tences, _, Heb. ix. 27. It iJ appointed unto men once- to die• ,ln.-t t7Jtsr thi1 the judgment. They !hall no more J;"eturn to ttieir beloved earth. Tho' their hearts are wedded to their ~arthly enjoymeots, they mufi leave thein; they can carry nothing hence. Hqw forrowful mufi their departure be, when . they have nothing in view, fo good as th~t which they leave: behind them! ( 2.) They are driven out of the fociety of: the faints on earth, into the fociety of 'the damn.ed in hell, Luke xvi. '22. The rich man aljo died and rwaJ buried, v •. 23. A12d in hell be lift up hh eyeJ. Wh~t a ,f11Ultitude o'f the devil's Q'Oats do now t ~ ke pla~e a~ong Chrifl's fheep !· but at death they fhall be 'led.forth <witb the worlurJ of iui– fUity, Pfal. cxxv. s: There is ,a mixed multitude in thit< JWorld, but no mixture_in the other; each party is 'therelfet' by thcmfelves. Tho' hypocrites grow here as tears among tbe wheat, death will root them up ; aod · they fhalf' lie– bound in bundl~· s for th~ fire. ( 3 ) They are driven out of: time into eternity. \Vhile time la-fis with them, tfiere is– hope; but whep time goes, all hope goes with it~ Precious time is now lavifhly fpeot : it lies {o heavy, ·upon the hand&> ' ef manyt _that they think. themfel..ves Gbliged to take feverd _ ways t~ drive away ti1111~ Hut beware of being at a lofs-, what tordo in life: impr'ove time for eternity, whilfi you hav-e, it ; for ere long death wiU,drive it from yoo; and you•frorrr;; it, fo as ye · ilia!(ne Yet meet again. (".~. ) · They are dr.ivest' o-ut· of their fpa.cious pretences tG pie'ty. Death (hips theO'J>: ()/ the fplendid robes o£· a-- fa.ir profeffion, with w.hich. fome. of them are adorned; and turns them off the fiage; . in the r-ags of a wicked heart and life. The word hyp·ocrite pro• perly 6gnifres a fiage-pla¥er, who appears ~Q be .whu indeed· he is not. This world is~ the llage on ~hieh ·thefe children of 'the devil pe1fonate the chiltl-ren of God. Their fhew of· religion is .the ·player's coa.t, under which one mull look, . ~o- will iPd&e pf thenr.ar!ght. Now death turns them~ out . / ' ' 0~ / 'I--
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