6o hri frhisfecorid llchent; per, Vnclean, unclean, What ie man that he Jhouldhepure ? or the fonof maxi' that be fhoutdbejugwith God? The Angelsof heavenare impure inhis light, howmuch Iob. Is. more filthyman, that drinl¿eth iniquity as mater, Job ry. So in T'fal. ry.. z. when Val. 14.2. God lóoks down fromheaven upon the fans of men , to fieif there were any that would wnderffand and feekafter God ; Will he rind any that frames themfelves according to the ruleOfperfeftion that he requires? furely no; but this he finds, they are all corrupt, andabominable in their doings, there ie nonethat dotbgood ; no, notone : fo fnftilis man in his whole race : finful in his conception; he is conceived in fin, before' ever he fees light in this world, when he is covered with the rich hangings ofnatures wardrobe in his mothers womb. thenman tumbles infm, as theword in the original fignifieth. He isfinful in his birth, in hislife,in his thoughts,hiswords and aftions; and (hall he that is thus fpotted, and itained, and polluted, Hand before the. pure Judge ofheaven and earth without trembling ? Surely no ; The mighty, the Kings of the earth, the Captains, high, and law, of what conditionfoever ; as many as have not made their garments white in the blood of theflaughtered Lamb Chrift, they (hall tremble, and flie to hide themfelves ; and cry to the mountains to cover them, before the face of this gloriousJudge. We come now to the laft thing, and that is the end ofChrillis coming tojudge- 4 The endet ment. The end ofChriftscoming, youknow, is togive a reward. And this reward^ Chtillscorn !hall be both to the wicked, and tothegodly : for hefhallgive the rewardaccortk t"g' i ng to every mans work. Firff, I will fpeak of the reward of the wicked. And after conclude with the reward ofthe godly. The puniflt. The reward of the wicked fhall be endlefs woe, and perpetual mifery in hell: ment of the There was never any man that defcended into that fiery lake, and returned thence to wicked. tell us, what torments are provided for the wicked in Hell: but yet as by one drop, of theSea wagtr, youmay conceive of the faltnefs of the reft ; and as a man may ghefs at the ítature Of a Gyant,by the length of his foot; even fowe may havefomè conceitof thofe endlefsand eafelefs,and rcmedilc fs torments preparedforçhe wicked in hell, by a tajte of the miferies we have in this life. Great may the grief of a mans heart be, even in this life, as great as mortality is able to bear. Can.we read of the mourning of Jofeph, ofHannah, of7ob, ofJeremy, of ferufalem"and notbe moved ?' our heartsare hard. Can we read of the hideous torments invented by Tyrants, Caldronsofboyling oyl, ,roaftino upon fpits, tumbling down Mountains, in barrels of nails, rending of joynts with ' rorfes-; can we read.of there rnercilefs Torments, and not be moved ? our heartsarharder than a milltone. Alas,beloved, there are nothing but fhadows, but counterfeit to thofe torments that are prepared for thewicked in Hell. For though the bowels ofhell labour toempty the bowels ofjudgement, yet flit bath an immealurableportion for her.ildren now living ; pay, for thofe thatare unborn, a patrimony of blacknefs,of brtm(tone,of the wratle ofGod, ofwailing, and gnafhingof teeth. Certainly, death (hall take them away, but they (hall never die; they (hall confume for ever,and'yet {hall not be confumed, they fhall be in fire unquenchable, and yet feeno light. Youmay read of thewine ofgiddinefs, Pfal.'6o. 3. of a ftrange kindof worm, ¡fe, ult. of fire and brimEtoner ezek 38. zz. of the wine..prefs of Gods wrath, Rev. 14. so. All their , and if worfe than their can be, are prepared as fomany torments for thewicked workers of iniquity. Their cup is thedeadlieft that ever was drunk, even of Gods wrath, wherewith they (hall be filledfor ever ; their worm is that that continuallygnaws upon the'confcience : they (hail be tormented in fire and brimstone, before the Lamb and his Angels ; Not fuchas that of Sodom and Gomorrah ; for then there were hope that they mightbe converted at the laft into heaps-of Allies, or pools of Pitch; but fuchfire and brimftone,that as abottomlefsMine gives them neither'refb night nor day, thefmoak of itafeending forever; and is appointedfor a time, and times, till time (hall beno more. Their torment in fuch ameafure, as neither eye bathfeen, nor ear beard, nor'heart ofman bath conceived. But, beloved, all this is but general ; if the time would fuffer, we could (hew the torments ofthe damned' in particular'; as, Firlt, Pfal. 6o. 3. Ifa. ult. Ezek. ; 8. 2a. Rev. 14. le.
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