Remains of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…

Fifthly, You are the trumpets of his praise, when others are the instruments of unrighteousness. O what base use are the others put too, in their bonds of wickedness? to the worst of drudgery. They are the vessels of sin, and slaves of Satan, Rom. 6. 16. a miserable service! this is a miserable Master indeed! none have such miserable lives as those who have the work of sin to do• Why, would it not pity ones heart to see a company of poor Creatures labouring and toiling for their own ruin? to see them tugging and sweating hard at, it were to carry together faggots for their own burning. This is that the wicked are doing, they are but treasuring up the wrath of God against themselves at the last day, they are but carrying together faggots and fuel for their own burning.

Fifthly, You are the trumpets of his praise, when others are the instruments of unrighteousness. O what base use are the others put too, in their bonds of wickedness? to the worst of drudgery. They are the vessels of sin, and slaves of Satan, Rom. 6. 16. a miserable service! this is a miserable Master indeed! none have such miserable lives as those who have the work of sin to do• Why, would it not pity ones heart to see a company of poor Creatures laboring and toyling for their own ruine? to see them tugging and sweating hard at, it were to carry together faggots for their own burning. This is that the wicked are doing, they are but treasuring up the wrath of God against themselves at the last day, they are but carrying together faggots and fewel for their own burning.

They labour and sweat all their days to pile up faggots and fuel, pile upon pile, to fill Tophet for their own burning. But you are not of this use, you are to be the Trumpets of Gods praise. Oh blessed employment! your work is the work of Angels, whiles others are ⟨p. 160⟩