Book IV. WICKED MEN D E n f' 0 R S. ME T A P H 0 R. P A R A L L E L. is aaainft Man is compJred to an hnndred Pence, bur that which is agaidl: God to ten tho~fand Talents, And <vhen be had b'gun to redon, one was brought unto bim, which owed him ten thoufand Talents. And becaufe he had nothing to pay, his Lord commanded him to be fold, and his Wife, and Children, and all that he bad, mzd the Debt to be payed. '['he Servant therefore fell down, and worfhipped him, frying, Lord., refrain thine Anger, towards me, and I will pay thee all. '!'hen the Lord of that Servant had Compajjion, and loofed him, and forgave him the Debt. But the fame Servant went out, m1d fmmd one of his Fe!low-fervants which owed him an hundred Pmce, and};e laid bis Hands on him, and took him by the Throat, faying, Pay me what tbou owejl, &c. Matt. xviii. 24--28. VJJ. An ill Debtor, that is very VII. So Sinners who are nowriouOy Guilty befar in Debt, does not love to fee fore God, love not to meet with him, nor hear of nor meet his Creditor, he will go him : lf God comes near them by the reproofs of fome bye-wa)', or go much about, his Word, or by tl:e checks of Confcience, or by rarher rhan come near him, or meet the rebukes of the Rod, how are they ftankd? with him. As in the Cafe of Fdix, who ·when he found that God had met with him by Fad's Preaching, wbo r"jo11ed of Righteoufnefs, 'l'emperaffce, and Judgment to come, it is [,,id, he trembled: Alls xxiv. 25. Hm mark his Anfwer tO the Apofcle; was he pleafed with t~1at Doe– nine? Ala-s no, he could not bear ir: Therefore cr)'S out, Go tby !Fay for this Time, when I hac.Je a co1ivmient Seefon, I will call for thee. Vlli. A Debtor that is far in Vlll. s., gc11lry Sinners are afrJid of the SerDobt, is often-times afraid of an jcant, Death; if they perceive Death is approach- ' Arrell:, and much perplexed and ing, how trou.Glcd are they for fear of che Prifon uoub!eu· in his Mind; the thoughts of utter Darkneis ? provided their Confciences be of a Prilon being grievous to him. awake. See Sin a Debt. MET A PH 0 R. I. ADebror among Men, c:pon the non-pavment of his Dchts, is expofed but to extern-al Pumlh,nent, fuppofe it Owuld be th~ highdt PJnifhmem rhat we read ot in Scripture or Hli!ory; we read under the .Law thev w~re bound to fell their Childre~, yea, rhemfelvts to become Slaves or .Bvntl-men; it was a lOre PLinifh– mcnt to have Children fold for l'arents Debts, Exod. xxi. 7· and .xxii. 2. 2 Kmgs iv. r. 1 have read ·that .T/alcnti>:ian the Emperot, would have fuch put to Death that were not able to pay their Debts; but efpecialiy, that Law mention– .ed by Mr. Burges *, was the fe– verell: of all, that provided that he D I S P A R I T Y. I. 'BUT the ungodly and guilty Sinner is expofed to eternal Punilhment; fuch who ob– tain no forgivtneJS or pardon of Sin, through the Atonement of the Crols, or Satisfaction maoe by Jefus Chrifl, !hall be c.lil: into the Lake of Fire and Brimll:one; it is not Wife nor Children, Fa– ther or Brother can make a Compenfation, or keep them from the Place of l'unifhment; '!'hey }ball be tormented Day and Night; they foall drink of the Wrath of God, which is poured out without mix– ture, into I he Cup of his Indignation, and they foal! be tormmtcd with Fire and Brimftom in the Prefence of the holy Angels, and in the Prejence of the Lamb. And the Jmokc of their 'l'ormeltl ajce;Jdeth up for ewr ani! ever; they have no rejl Day nor Night, &c. Rev. xiv. 1 o '!'bey }hall be caft iltlo a Furnace of Fire, therefoal/ be wuping mzd gnajl:iug of'l'eeth, Matt. xiii. 50. .who was in Debt and c9uld not pay it, the Creditors might take him, and caufe him to be cut into as many Pieces as they_pleafed. ll. A Debtor among Men may 11. But it is impoOible for Sinners to efcape the .efcape an Arrell:, or fly from the 'i¥rath of God, who live and die in their Sins; .Hand ofJullice; or if he be taken, Death will come, there is no cfcaping the Hands Death will free him from all Miof this grim Serjeant; and when they are thrown feries, nay, if he dies in Prifon, his into Hell, that lhong anrl fearfu1 Prifon, they D~bt is paid. !hall by no means come out thence, till they have paid the utmoft Farthing. .• ,Bm-ges on J unification, ~P· I 3o. IN FE-
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