The sovereign and final happiness of man with the effectual means to obtain itThe soveraign and final happiness of man with the effectual means to obtain it

Those black Sinners that here never change colour for their Filthiness,¹ that hardened by custom in Sin, are impenetrable to Shame, as the brute Beasts that are absolutely destitute of reason, nay that have not only overcome all tenderness, but glory in their Shame, shall glow at the manifestation of their sordid Lusts, their vile Servilities, and be covered with Confusion, and the sense of it shall be revived in their Minds for ever.

Those black Sinners that here never change colour for their Filthiness,¹ that hardned by custom in Sin, are impenetrable to Shame, as the brute Beasts that are absolutely destitute of reason, nay that have not only overcome all tenderness, but glory in their Shame, shall glow at the manifestation of their sordid Lusts, their vile Servilities, and be covered with Confusion, and the sence of it shall be revived in their Minds for ever.

1. 1Jer. 14. 12.

2. To open Shame is joined the greatest inward Sorrow. This Passion when violent penetrates the Soul in all its Faculties, and fastens it to the afflicting Object. When it dwells in the Bosom, it gives an easy entrance to what ever cherishes and increases it, ⟨p. 250⟩and rejects what might assuage and lessen the sense of the Evil. The most pleasant things do not excite desire or joy, but exasperate Grief. Like those Animals that convert the best nourishment into their own Poison; so deep Sorrow receives mournful impressions from all things, and turns the sweetest Comforts of Life into Wormwood and Gall. The causes of Sorrow are either the loss of some valued Good, or the sense of some present Evil. And the Sorrow is more violent, as the Cause is great in it self, and in the apprehension and tenderness of the Sufferers. Now both these Causes with all the heavy Circumstances that can multiply and aggravate Sorrow, meet in Hell the Centre of Misery.