Q ®ftiro 3o1 i äl,a laLaZi rtif. neuer fuftered for them: and where but in HclI?and what torments but of Hell: Thirdly, he that iudgeth his people with equity, and the world wish true iudgennent, Pfd. 98 9. Mould goe againtl his owne rules ofdoing that which is equals and iut+, ifhce fhouldnot reward euery one according to his worke, and proceede to iudgernent without refped ofperlons, A. i o. 3 4.1 But it is blafpherny in an high de. greeonce to thinke,that howfoeuer wickcdnefTe among men be in the placeofiudgement, Ecclef. 3.16, the Iudge ofall the world will not d,.aleiuflly. An admonition togreat ones to Íeruc theLord in feare, Pfd. 2.I t. and not to beare themfelues vpon their great wealth aboue that which is mectc : for how Toone & fear - fully may they bee brought dowse in a moment ? and what will all their glory and riches helpe thetn,when their pompemuff defcend with them to thepitteofcorruption? And how can they redeeme their poore foules, andwhat ranforne will they giue to God for them , when a whole world will not bee taken for the redemption of one foulee This Rich man in hell, and infinite thoufands in hell as rich as he while they lined, can fay as much now. And what differencebetweene thepoore vngodly,and the vn- godly rich in hell (though great on earth)) feting their chambers offire and burning pitch in the inf_rnall Lake, are like, faue that their torments may bee(and it islike)are greater ?for lookehowmuch theygloryed in themfelues, andhued in delights, fo much all they haue torments and forrow, Apec.18.7. Now had it not beene better for fuch (while they lip ued here) tohaue lined vnder the nurtureof theword, & tohaue come humbly and duly to it,and with as great re- ucrence and loue as the poor&foule:But They hated hire that rebas(edín the te, Amos 5.1o, and therfore with too late, with this Rich man in Hell, that theyhad not been fuch
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