Four learned and godly treatises viz. The carnal hypocrite. The churches deliverances. The deceitfulness…Foure learned and godly treatises viz. The carnall hypocrite. The churches deliverances. The deceitfulnesse…

You must labour to have a spirit of compassion, and to mourn inwardly, and be grieved throughly for the sins that are in them, and for the manifest miseries they pluck upon themselves, this was the behaviour of our Saviour Christ, Oh Jerusalem, &c. If ever you have had any relish of mercy and compassion from the Lord Jesus, O then pity those that want this pity; when you see a company of drunkards staggering and a company of blasphemers stabbing the Almighty, and drowning their souls in the pit of destruction for ever, if you have any mercy, any bowels of compassion within you, let your eyes drop down tears in secret and mourn and lament for the misery and desolation of such poor creatures, ⟨p. 71⟩happily enemies to God, happily enemies to thee, but what of that? we our selves were once haters and hated of God, and ran the broad way to Hell and everlasting destruction, therefore show pity and compassion to such poor souls, Jer. 13.17. Oh pity them poor creatures, they know not what they do, if you howl and mourn in secret inwardly for the confusion that is like to fall upon their poor souls, and think with your selves, what must all those cursed drunkards and wretched Adulterers, and wicked blasphemers live here sinfully, and perish everlastingly, and go down to hell and grave, there in everlasting torments never to be comforted, never to be refreshed? if you have any bowels of compassion, you cannot but mourn for them

You must labour to have a spirit of campassion, and to mourne inwardly, and be grieved throughly for the sinnes that are in them, and for the manifest miseries they plucke upon themselves, this was the behaviour of our Saviour Christ, Oh Ierusalem, &c. If ever you have had any rellish of mercy and compassion from the Lord Iesus, O then pitty those that want this pitty; when you see a company of drunkards staggering and a company of blasphemers stabbing the Almighty, and drowning their soules in the pit of destruction for ever, if you have any mercy, any bowells of compassion within you, let your eyes drop downe teares in secret and mourne and lament for the misery and desolation of such poore creatures, ⟨p. 71⟩happily enemies to God, happily enemies to thee, but what of that? wee our selves were once haters and hated of God, and ran the broad way to Hell and everlasting destruction, therefore shew pitty and compassion to such poore soules,