The saules effeiNalladb% to Chrift. 127 ofGod,many forrowes, many weaknefles, many troubles in their couríe, many boas in their eftate,thefe ftayeth up th ircomforts, and upon thefe grounds they-build their hopes ; I have had my hell in this life, and I hope tohave heaven in the world to come; I hope the worn is over, now 1 have beene troubled in this world, l hope I fLall becomforted in another world, and here is theground of your hopes : I befeech you con- fider what I anfwer, I fay this, all the grievances, troubleforrow,ficknefles,be they what they will be,unleffe thy heart be humbled by them,unleffe. thoubee brought unto the Lord JeftsChri1t by them, they are to ferre from being an argument of grace and falvation unto thee, that they are harbingers of thole everlafting torments you {hall endure in hell: Sodome and Gomorrah they burnt inbrimftone, and they {hall burne in hell ; a manwould have Paid theyhad their hell here, and therefore they fhouldnot have it here afcer;why? the textfaith they fufferedvengeance ofeternal! fire; why, brethren, I befeech you ob- ferve it,will any man reafonthus;fuch a manbath had the earneft ofthebargaine, and therefore he {hall not have thebargaine?will anyman faythus, hee that is attached, arraigned,condemned, fhall not be hange i ? nay rather he that hath the ear- neftthanhave the bargaine, he that now is accu- fcd,condemned {ball nowbehanged, fohere. Others beare their hopes and fuftaine their hearts upon the privileges that God beítoweth . upon them, and the meanes they have, and in R 2 regard
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