The four last things viz. death, judgment, heaven, hell, practically considered and applied in…

For when enraged Conscience bites to the quick, the guilty Person filled with Estuations and Terrors, ardently thirsts ⟨p. 112⟩for Pardon, yet fearfully forsakes his own Mercies. Whatever is propounded to encourage Faith in the Divine Promises, he turns to justify his Infidelity. Represent to him the infinite Mercies of God, the unvaluable Merits of Christ sufficient to redeem the lost World, it increases his Despair, because he has perversely abused those Mercies, and neglected those Merits. The most precious Promises of the Gospel are killing Terrors to him: as the sweet Title of Friend, wherewith our Saviour received Judas when he came to betray him, was the most stinging Reproach of his perfidious Villainy. Thus it appears how dangerous it is to delay Repentance and Reconciliation with God till Sickness and a Death-bed, when the remembrance or forgetfulness of Sin, the sense or security of Conscience may be equally destructive.

For when inraged Conscience bites to the quick, the guilty Person fill'd with Estuations and Terrors, ardently thirsts ⟨p. 112⟩for Pardon, yet fearfully forsakes his own Mercies. Whatever is propounded to encourage Faith in the Divine Promises, he turns to justify his Infidelity. Represent to him the infinite Mercies of God, the unvaluable Merits of Christ sufficient to redeem the lost World, it increases his Despair, because he has perversly abused those Mercies, and neglected those Merits. The most precious Promises of the Gospel are killing Terrors to him: as the sweet Title of Friend, wherewith our Saviour receiv'd Judas when he came to betray him, was the most stinging Reproach of his perfidious Villany. Thus it appears how dangerous it is to delay Repentance and Reconciliation with God till Sickness and a Death-bed, when the remembrance or forgetfulness of Sin, the sense or security of Conscience may be equally destructive.

The Sum of what has been amplified in this Part is this: A vain hope of living long, and being reconciled to God when Men please, is the fatal Foundation of their Sins and Misery. They apply the Word of God against the Mind of God, and securely provoke him, as if they could take Heaven by