A sermon of judgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Major and aldermen…A sermon of iudgement preached at Pauls before the Honourable Lord Maior and aldermen…

AND in the last place, to those of you that are not yet Ready, nor in a Condition wherein you may be safe at that day; my Question is, How are you resolved to prepare for Judgement for the time to come? Will you do no more than you have done hitherto? Or will you now set your selves with all your might, to make preparation for so great a day? me thinks you should be now past all demurs, delays, or further doubtings about such a business; and by the consideration of what I have said already, you should be fully Resolved to lose no more time, but presently to awake, and set upon ⟨p. 260⟩the work. Me thinks you should all say, We will do any thing that the Lord shall Direct us to do, rather than we will be unready for the final doom! O that there were but such hearts in you, that you were truly willing to follow the gracious Guidance of the Lord, and to use but those sweet and reasonable means which he hath prescribed you in his Word, that you may be ready for that day! Alas, it is no hard matter for me to tell you, or my self, what it is that we must do, if we will be happy; and it is no very hard matter to Do it, so far as we are truly willing; but the difficulty is, to be truly and throughly willing to this work. If I shall tell you what you must do for preparation, shall I not lose my labour? Will you resolve and promise in the strength of Grace, ⟨p. 261⟩that you will faithfully and speedily endeavour to practise it, whoever shall gainsay it? Upon hope of this I will set you down some brief Directions, which you must follow, if ever you will with comfort look the Lord Jesus in the face at the hour of Death, or in the Day of Judgement.