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

3. All the tormenting Passions will then be let loose at once upon the guilty Creature. And if there be no single Passion so weak, but heightened, will break the Spirit, and render Life so miserable, that a Man will take Sanctuary in the Grave to escape; how miserable is the Condition when the most fierce and united Passions war against the Soul? This is signified by the never-dying Worm that gnaws on the tenderest parts, and of quickest sense. Shame, Sorrow, Despair, Fury, Hatred and Revenge are some of that brood of Vipers that torment the Damned.

3. All the tormenting Passions will then be let loose at once upon the guilty Creature. And if there be no single Passion so weak, but heightned, will break the Spirit, and render Life so miserable, that a Man will take Sanctuary in the Grave to escape; how miserable is the Condition when the most fierce and united Passions war against the Soul? This is signified by the never-dying Worm that gnaws on the tenderest parts, and of quickest sense. Shame, Sorrow, Despair, Fury, Hatred and Revenge are some of that brood of Vipers that torment the Damned.

1. Shame is a Passion of which human Nature is very sensible, and this in the highest degree of Confusion shall seize on the Wicked.¹ For all the just causes of Shame shall then meet. The inward source of it is the consciousness of Guilt, or Turpitude and Folly in the Actions; and all these are the inseparable ⟨p. 506⟩Adjuncts of Sin.² The guilty Soul by a piercing reflection upon its Crimes, has a secret shame of its Degeneracy and Unworthiness. The Passion is increased, when a discovery is made of vile practices that defile and debase a Man, expose to Contempt and Infamy, before Persons of high Quality and eminent Virtue, whom we admire and reverence, and whose esteem we value. To be surprised in an unworthy Action by such a Person, disorders the Blood, and transfuses a Colour into the Face, to cover it with a Veil of Blushing. And the more numerous the Spectators are, the more the Disgrace is aggravated. And if Derision be joined with the Ignominy, it causes extreme Displeasure. O the universal Confusion, the over-pouring amazement that will seize on Sinners in the great Day of Discovery, when all the Works of Darkness, all their base Sensualities shall be revealed before God, Angels and Saints! When all the Covers of Shame shall be taken off, the Excuses and Denials, to extenuate or conceal their Sins, shall vanish, and their Breasts be transparent to the Eyes of all! How will they be ashamed of their foul and permanent Deformity in