St~t If),;' · .., ._e 1 v. diate1y he gone; fnr it is im~oilible t.hat any creat,;;cl ~hing can be to us more or better, t.httn v. hat God makes it to be. All the rivu]et:s of comfort we drink oF. - within er without ourfelves, co:1:c from Gcd as their fpring· he::td; t-he courfe of which towa:-·d us be:ng flopt, of necdiiry they n:nll all dry up. So tlut when f?o ~.! goes, <~11 that is .good and comtort'tble r,oes·,~~rh him : all eafe and quiet 0 '- ., of body er min(~, Tl(f. ix . 12. tV} atjo to them <UJletJ I de· f:nl f r o-:z t/:e;:z. When th (: wicked ar_e totally arld fin::tlly . d f. h' " . ' c 1: l . I icparatc rom n_n, a11 tn a t 1s com18rta ) e m t 1em, or about the~n. re~ur:1.s to i1:.s fountain, as .th.e ,)jght goes a .. way with the fun ~nd darknefs ih,:ceeds in the room th~reof. Thus, in the;r fep·antion from G od, all peace is re~ moved far ~way from them, and p<-,jn in body and an~ _guifb of foul fucceed to it: all j:~.y gDes, and unmixcJ for,.. rcw fttrles i.n t]lem; all qu: ... " ai.l.d rea (epar<lte from them., anJ they a-re filled v:it ,h il'Xror :wd rJgc' .; h0pe JLes a~ w:1y_, and Jtfp ~, ir fciu.: rh the-m; con:'lmCin (\peratinns of the S'pirit .which 110\V rd1:-ain them·, a·re ·withc' rawn f(w ever.. and fin comes to its nt -onnft · hei rr.~H. hnJ. thm; we hav~ a dif::nai view ~f the hor r ibJe fpi.·cu cle of fi n ::.nd mifery, whic]l a creature proves . v. he-n to tally Je parcned fr'hrn, God, an.d·Jeft to itleif; and one may iee this i~: paration to be the ver,y hel.l of hdL Being- feparated from God., they are deprived of all good. The gooJ t hi~1gs, ".vhich they Jitt t.h.~irJ· ~art upon ..in this world, arc beyonJ the. !r rc,tch there...The covet– ous man cannot e11joy his wealth there, _nor the ambitious man his hono.urs, nor the fenfual man his pleafnres, no .net a d~op of 'U.!tt!cr to eo~/ liJ tongue; Luke xvi. 2-<!• 26. No meat nor .drink th<:re to .flrcngtben tHe faint; no flcep to refreili the weary; and no mnG-ck, nor pleafant com– -:>any to cr.mfort and ehe~r up the iorrowfu.l. And as for thefe good things tl}.ey .dd{)ifed in t.he world, they {ball never ::nore he?.r ofthem, nor fee the1n. Noc1'Fers of Ch ri tl: there, no pardons, no peace; no well:> of i~!v<ltion in the pit of d :: H:n t-:t ion. I11 one word, they i!1~1ll be deprive.d of \-.·hatfoever might comfnt them, bei11g totally and final– ly fe p~nued from God tbe' fountain of ail goodncis. 3d!y 71 t"hn naturally dd!res to b~ happy, being withal coh[cious to hiwfi:if that he is not idf. fufficient; ' and · · ' · , th~rdore
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