t76 Ofthepunilmesrts ofwheredome in the life to come, thefe fins oÇuncteanneffe,whichwill caufevs tobe eternal- lybanifhedout ofour heauenly country, which containeth in it fuch ioyes, that in refpea thereof the molt pleafant princelypalace on earth, is but an irkfome prifon and moil vncomfortable dungeon, & the greate(1 worldly ioies that canbe thought on, but like tedious griefes and bitter tor- , ments? Ifitbe fuch agrieuous punifhment tobe exiledout of our natiue foile into a forraine country, where perhaps wee !hall haue not much lef'fe ioyand comfort, nor much more caufe of griefe and forrow, and where we (hall fpend (when it is at the longefl) a momentary, and (when it is at be(t)awretched and miferable life, andafterwards haueas readyand (portapaffage into our heauenly country, where all ioy andhappineffeattend vs, as if wee íil1 remained at our natiue home : thenhowmuch more grieuous is it,to be bamfhed out of our new Ierufalem, where there is all com- fort without mixture of difcontent , and all ble(fedneffe without the leaf+ griefe or mifery, and that not for a mo- §.Sec .Z, mentany life,but for euer and euer ? Fornicators And et this is but the one halfeoftheir mifery which they (kall be cell And y bellfire. (hall then indure. For well were it with them, if theymight become like thebea(lswhich peri(h, and that hauing lead a brutifh life, they might alfo die a beaf+ly death, feelingnei- therweale nor woe after their departure ; but their conditi- on (hall be much more miferable ; for as they (hall lofe the comfort of Gods prefence,fo they (hall finde thehorror of thecurled feilowfhipwith the diuels and damned fpirits; as they (hall beedifpoffeffed and depriuedofthe ioies ofhea- uen, and of all that bleffednef'fe which is prepared for the Saints,whohauekept theirveffels in purity& holineffe; fo Thal they haue their portion in thehellifh torments,in vtter darkneffe prepared for the diuell and his angels. For among , many other wicked finners, whoremongers (hall haue their portion in the lake which burneth with fireand brimílone, which is the fecond death,as theholyGhofi telleth vs,Apo. Apoc,st.a. 21. 8. And therefore as one nayle driueth out another, fo fhould the remembrance of thefire of hell extinguifh the flames of lufls kindled in mens hearts ; & the confideration of
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