TheDifcciierie oftypocrí re. 24-9 feare worldly aud bodilypuniflanents,more thenweedoe hardneffeof heart, and fpirituallpunilhments. True it is , ahard heart is aneuill verypleating , fo is the ÑiIing hito a Iwosne ; but, as this brings death, fo theother brings hell at the laft. Therefore when weheare this fearefull laying, namely, that if the Lord úi11 feekefor fruir,and findenone,he will hove vs dowse let vs learne to tremble at it, and feare this finne,euen this finseofbarrennef .:,which is theonely way to Pubic& vs thereunto. The fecond part oldie Lordsproceeding again([vofruitfull trees, is, carting into fire, which is to bee performed at the laft iudgement, and is the moll cer. . taise and vndoubtfull fequell ofthe hewingdowne by theminiftery of the Gof- pril. Tholewhom theMiniftery oldieword hewethdowse now, the iufliceof 7 k God at the laft day (hall fend them [oche fire. Let men imagine as they lift, and fayof the preachingofthe worfit(at it is but a blaft, and the threatning there- ofare but winde; yet to their eternal¡ woe, they (hall one day finde itotherwife; the festenteof the wordgoethbefore , the fire of lodgement (hall Curdy follow after. Dort thou line vnder theminifteryof the word, where it istoldethe againe Tñc Yc. & againe, and prooncd to thy confeience out ofthe wordofGod ; that continu_ ing in thy fanne, thy ignorance, thy contemptof Gods worfhip,thy profaning hisSsbboth; thybluipheming his name, thy filrhineffe, thy txctlLs, thy pride, thy covetoufnefie, thyexa&ion, thy falfhood, thy vneharitableneffe; thou cant[ neuerbe lased : be not deceived, doe notbleJ a thy felfewithout a carte, laying g l rar,29,9. today foule, culls, it (hall no be fo, forthou lisait Curtlyfinde it, when it (hall bee too late toauoideit; thou ihalc ( lt (cele it tobe true, whenasall ni vaine,ehou lisait cuescurie thyfelfe that waft fo backeward to beleeue it. Now forthe Iudgement it felfe, it ishere calledfire,as it ¡soften in Scripture, with threats offome addition; asvnquenchable fire,fite&brim(tone,&c.tearmes vied be the fpiritof God, toexpreffe thevnfpeakeable torment of it, which is not to bee comprehended, much leffe tobe indured. The torments of fireand The S.daïai brim(}one euen to Refit and blood, arc úrange and terrible : thereforefuch fpee- ches are vied, to conuey toour vnderftanding, and whichwee beforewere not ableto conceiue. The Scripture(the more to uffe&vs) is large in defcribing this torment; as namely, firú, the extremity ofit: fecondly, thecontinuance ofit. The extremity ofit is made knowne two wayes, oneby thevniuerfall torment which (hall be in every part : fecondly, by theconfiderationof thehappines loft, which eues in their fight, thole whomthey hauedefpifed in theworld,fhall bee partakers of. All this (hall be without anyintermifsion, without fo much asa drop ofwater to coole it; but the violence ofit fhall makethem continually tic, blafpheme God, for which they (hull becontinually tortured. Nowto this the Scripture addes the endletneffe ofthe torment, is is a fire that neuer goethout, a worm that neuer dieth. If there were butas many yamstobteendured , as there begraffe pits onearch, or flames in heaven, yet there wereTome hope; but theend thereofcannot be imagined,and theword muer is exceeding fearefull Letthis teach vsto imbrace the Gofpell, and toyeeldObedience to it, and to 2..byr thew the finiteof it. If firecome, whywill we be as fiubble ? ifthis fierie argu- ment will not cagevstofeare, nothingwill caufe vs. Letvsfeare thefe things, before hand,and we[hall efcape them ; let vs negle&them, andwe fha11fall into them; noman is fo deepe in hell, ashe which leali thought oftheft things. And if the(Peakinghereofbe vnpleafant, what thinke we, (hallit be to feefe rt?Well, thoughwe were not told,or I fbouldhold my peace, the firebottles flit!? andif we negle&toheartof it,by experience we fhai! Eerie it
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