/ A for this,though terrible to Nature, yet is common to us,wich you.You mufl di<: wh.r lee weelfe? And what differs our end from yours, but in hafie and violence? And who knows whether in that?It may be a ficknetfe as fbarpe,as fudden,fbal! ferch us hence : it may be the fame death.,or a worfe,fora bettercaufe: Orifnor fo, there is much moremrfery in lingring: He dieseafily,rbat diesfobne: but theotheris the urmoflvcngeance that God bath referved for his enemies: This is amatter oflong feare,and !hart paine. A few pangs let the fou!e our ofprifon: bur the torment of that other is everlafling ; after ten thoufand yeers fcorching in that llame, thepaine is never the neerer to his ending.No rime gives it hopeofabating;yea,time bath nothing ro doe with this eternity. You that !ball feele the paineofoneminutesdying, thinke what paine it is to.be dyingfor ever and ey~r. This, although. jJobeattended with afbarpe paine, yet !s fuch as fome firong fpmts have endured wrthout !hewof B yeeldance.I have heardofan IrifbTrairor,thatwhen he lay pining upon the whee!e with his bonesbroke,alked hisfriend ifhe changed his countenance at all;carineletTe for the painc,than the fbewoffeare. Few men havedied ofgreater paines, than others have fuflained and live. Bur that other overwhelmes both body and foule, and leaves no roome for any comfort in the poffibiliry ofmitigation. Here, men are execurioners,ordifeafes; therefiends. Thofe Devils tbat were ready to tempt thegrace- !effeunto finne,are as ready tofOllow the damned with tortures.Wharfoeverbecome ofyour carcafe, Cave your foule from rhe flames; and fo m•nage this!hart time you have to live, that you may dieburonce. This is noryour firi} Gnne;yea,God har.h nowpuni!hed your former finnes with this : a fearefull puni!hmer.r in it felfe, ifit defcrved no more: you.rconfcience (which nO\~ begins ro tell truth) cannot but C affure you, thar there is no finne more worrhy ofhell, than murder; ye•,more proper to it. turn over thofe holy leaves (which you have toomuch negletted, and now fmarr for negleCting ) you !hall finde murderers among thofe that are !but our from the prefence ofGod: you !hallfinde thePrinceofrhatdarknefle, in the highell: .flile ofhis mifchiefe, termed amm-Oayer. Al., I how fearefull acafe is this, that you have herein refembled him,fur whomTopheth waspreparedofold;and imitating him in his attion,have endangered your felfro partakeofhis torment! Oh, that you could bur fee what you have done, what you have deferved; that your heart could bleed enough within you, for the blood your hands have (bed: That as you have followed Satan our common enemy in finning, fo you could defie him in\'epenting: That your rearscould difappoint his hopes of your damnation- What a happy unhappineffe !ballthis be to your fad friends, that your better part yet liver I!? That from an ignominiousplace your foule is received to glory? Nothing can elfttt this but your D repentance ; and rbat can doe it. F eare nor to look into that horror, which!hould attend your finne: and be now asfevere to your felfe, as you. have bemecruell ro another. Think not ro extenuateyour offence with the vaine titles ol' mmhood : what praife is this,that you werea valiantmurderer? Strikeyourown brtfi(as Mofos did his Rocke)and bring dolvn riversoftears tdwa(h away your blood·!hed. Doe not fo much fcare your judgement, asabhorre your finne 1 · yea,your felfforir. And with fhong cries lift up your guilty hands to that @od whom ycuoff,·nded, and f.1y, Deliver m.e {ro111 hlood-guiltineffe 0 l.ord.Let me tell you:As without repentance rhere is no hope; fo with ir, there is no condemnation. True penitence is flrong,and can grapple with the greatefi finne, yeawith all the powers ofhell. What ifyour hands beredwith blood? Behold, thebloodofyour Saviour !hallwa(h away yours: I fyou can bathe your felfe in that, your Scarier foule lhall be as white as fnow. Thiscourfe alone !hallmake yourcroffe theway to the Paradicc ofGod. This plaiflercan he.le E all the fares ofthe fou1e, ifnever fodefperate : Onely, takeheed that your hearrbe deep enou~h pierced, ere you lay it on; elfe, under afeeming !kin ofdifiimuhrion, your foule !ballfeller to death. Yet joy uswith your true farrow, whom y<>u have grieved withyour offence ;andatonce comfort your ftienols,and Cave your foule. I i To ------:-- --·----~---
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