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SERM.
XIV.]
HERE
AND
HEREAFTER.-
245
of grace;,
there
on
a
throne
of justice
:
now
in
a state
of trial;
there
for
a final
sentence. He
comes now
to
hear
the
general language
of God'
to men
;
there
to
hear
his
own
particular
j-
udgtnent
from
the
same
God
;
now
the
sinner
stands
in
the
church,
in
a
general assembly;
and
he
stands
within the
reach
of
a
general promise:
He
that
believes
shall
be
saved;
he
that
confesses,
and for-
sakes
his sin
shall
find
mercy: But
then,
the book
of
all
the
promises
is
for ever shut, and
iris
,declared
by
the
Judge,
that not
one
of
them
belongs,to
him
:
He
bath
refused all the
offers
of
grace, and
the day
of
grace
is
gone
for
ever.
Now he stands, and hears the general
threatening
of
the
word.:
The
soul
that
sinneth
shall
die;
the
wages
of
sin
is
death;
he
that
believeth
not
shall
be
damned
;
he
that
soweth
to the
flesh,
shall
of
the
flesh
reap corrup-
tion:
Yet
he may..escape all
these
threatenings:
But
in
the great
and last day
he
hears
his own
nave,
as.it
were,
read together
with
each
of
these
threatenings,
and
united
to
them
all
:
"
Thou
art'the
impenitent
sinner,
and
thou
must
die
for
ever;
thou hast not
believed
in
Christ:
and
thou
art
the person
who shall
be
for ever
damned."
Now
he
appears
before God,
and though;he
is,
as
to
his
state,
at
a distance
from him,
yet
he may be
con-
verted and
brought
near;
he hears
these blessed words,
.Mat.
xi.
28.
Come, all
ye
that
are
weary and heavy
laden,
and
I
will give you
rest;
Is.
xlv. 22.
Look unto
me, ye
that are
at,the
ends
of
the
earth, and
in
imme-
diate danger
of
hell,
and
be
ye
saved.
But there
the
only word
is,
'Depart
from
me, ye
cursed,
into everlast-
ing fire; for
I
bave
net
one word
of
promise,
of
encou-
ragement, or
of
comfort for you.
Because he
appears
now in a
state
of
trial,
it
is
with
some hope
of
obtaining pardon
;
but
there
he
stands
only waiting for
the.sentence
of
death, and
therefore
with
everlasting despair
:
He appears there
guilty
in
open
light,
and
his
condemnation
is
certain and unchange-
able.
Believe this, sinner, now
in
this
life
;
the ,wrath
of
God
lies
heavy
upon
you; John
iii.
36.
but
this
wrath
may
be
removed
;
the condemnation
that
is
now
upon
you from
the
law,
may
be
reversed:
the gospel
is
ready
to
take it
off,
if
you receive this gospel
:
But
there,
be
it 3