5 g os the Excellency of the Soul. have_nbthing to fupport it, when the burden of the wrath of the infinite God shall bee thus upon it; (as alfo) there (hall bee no mixture of any good to bring relief or eafe, nor any intermiilìon of time; it mutt not bee one moment of time out of this condition of mifery, but mull bee in it continually to all eternity. Further, In this Both its mifery confift, becaufe God will keep alt the faculties of the loft foul in their utmoft a&ivity, whereas now it is not fo with us ; for if mifery and pain bee upon us here , after a while our a6tivity and fenfiblenefs of it is partly gone : But the Lord will make fuch fouls as are eternally loll, as perfe&ly fenfible of this its mifery everymoment, as ever it was the very firft mo- ment that it went into that mifery, Then Laftly , In regard of the irrecoverablenefs of the lofinefs of the foul when it is once loll. The fout, when it is departed from the body, and once loft, then all the power of God can never help nor reco- ver it; but then the ftream of Gods wrath lhall carry . it with that mighty force, as that it íhall not bee able . to all eternity to have the le al} wings of its felf towards its deli- verance for ever. Secondly , There (hall bee no .Mediatour between God and the loft foul, none to mediate for it Now, had not wee a Mediatour between God and us, wee were all certainly loft; but now for-the foul that is once loll eternally, Jefus Chrifl will never tender up any wcìrk of mediation for fuch a foul ; that is certainly gone and loll irrecoverably. And then further , the gates of mercy will beefor ever Phut againit fui h a foul: Now for the further opening and felting forth the dread - fulnefs of the lofs of the foul, there are divers aggravations wherein the mifery of it loth further appear. The firft aggravation is this, If the foul bee thus. loll, then the boil is, and will be loll alto : It will brie g the body into the very fame loft condition of mifery that it is in its felf, fo far as it is capable of mifery ; . and that upon thefe two grounds, Fit*,
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