A25250:257
Ultima, = the last things in reference to the first and middle things
Ultima, = the last things in reference to the first and middle things: or certain meditations on life, death, judgement, hell, right purgatory, and heaven: delivered by Isaac Ambrose, minister of the Gospel at Preston in Amoundernes in Lancashire.
London: printed for J.A., 1650
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
The Judge we have set in his Throne, and before we appear, let us practice our repentance, that we answer the better.
Use. 1 Think but (O sinner) what shall be thy reward, when thou shalt meet this Judge; The adultery for a while may flatter beauty, the Swearer grace his words with oaths, the Drunkard ⟨p. 102⟩kiss his cups, and drink his bodies-health, till he bring his soul to ruin: but remember for all these things God will bring thee to judgment. 1Cold comfort in the end: the Adulterer shall satisfy his lust, when he lies on a bed of fire, all hugged and embraced with those flames; the swearer shall have enough of wounds and blood, when Devils torture his body, and rack his soul in hell, the Drunkard shall have plenty of his Cups, when scalding lead shall be poured down his throat, and his breath draw flames of fire in stead of air: as is thy sin, so is the nature of thy punishment, the just Judge shall give just measure, and the balance of his wrath poise in a just proportion.
Ʋse. 1 Think but (O sinner) what shall be thy reward, when thou shalt meet this Iudge; The adultery for a while may flatter beauty, the Swearer grace his words with oathes, the Drunkard ⟨p. 102⟩kiss his cups, and drink his bodies-health, till he bring his soul to ruine: but remember for all these things God will bring thee to judgment. 1Cold comfort in the end: the Adulterer shall fatisfie his lust, when he lies on a bed of fire, all hugged and embraced with those flames; the swearer shall have enough of wounds and blood, when Devils torture his body, and rack his soul in hell, the Drunkard shall have plenty of his Cups, when scalding lead shall be poured down his throat, and his breath draw flames of fire in stead of air: as is thy sin, so is the nature of thy punishment, the just Iudge shall give just measure, and the ballance of his wrath poize in a just porportion.