We use to count him a friend that will forewarn ⟨image 3⟩his Neighbour of the danger, when he knoweth thereof, and doth also see, that the way his Neighbour is walking in, doth lead right thereto; especially when we think that our neighbour may be either ignorant, or careless of his way. Why Friend, it may be, nay twenty to one but thou hast been, ever since thou didst come into the World, with thy back towards Heaven, and thy face towards Hell; and thou, either through ignorance, or carelessness (which is as bad, if not worse) hast been running full hastily that way ever since. Why? I beseech thee put a little stop to thy earnest race, and take a view of what entertainment thou art like to have, if thou do indeed and in truth persist in this thy course. Thy way leads down to death, and thy steps take hold on hell, Prov. 5. 5. It may be the path indeed is pleasant to the flesh, but the end thereof will be bitter to thy Soul. Hark, dost thou not hear the bitter Cries of them that are but newly gone before? saying, Let him dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, that is so tormented in this flame: Luke 16. Dost thou not hear them ⟨image 3⟩say, Send one from the dead to prevent my father, my brother, and my fathers house from coming into this place of torment? Shall not then these mournful groans pierce thy flinty heart? Wilt thou stop thine ears, and shut thy eyes? and wilt thou not regard? Take warning, and stop thy journey before it be too late. Wilt thou be like the silly fly, that is not quiet, unless she be either entangled in the spiders web, or burned in the Candle? Wilt thou be like the Bird that hasteth to the snare of the Fowler? Wilt thou be like that simple one named in the 7. of Proverbs, That will be drawn to the slaughter by the cord of a silly lust? O sinner, sinner, there is better things than Hell to be had, and at a cheaper rate by the thousand part than that! (O there is no comparison) there is Heaven, there is God, there is Christ, there is Communion with an innumerable company of Saints and Angels: Hearth Message then that God doth send, that Christ doth send, that Saints do bring; nay, that the Dead do send unto thee; I pray thee therefore that thou wouldst send him to my fathers house, if one went ⟨image 4⟩to them from the dead, they would repent. How long ye simple ones, will you love simplicity?
We use to count him a friend that will forewarn ⟨image 3⟩his Neighbour of the danger, when he knoweth thereof, and doth also see, that the way his Neighbour is walking in, doth lead right thereto; especially when we think that our neighbour may be either ignorant, or careless of his way. Why Friend, it may be, nay twenty to one but thou hast been, ever since thou didst come into the World, with thy back towards Heaven, and thy face towards Hell; and thou, either through ignorance, or carelessness (which is as bad, if not worse) hast been running full hastily that way ever since. Why? I beseech thee put a little stop to thy earnest race, and take a view of what entertainment thou art like to have, if thou do indeed and in truth persist in this thy course. Thy way leads down to death, and thy steps take hold on hell, Prov. 5. 5. It may be the path indeed is pleasant to the flesh, but the end thereof will be bitter to thy Soul. Hark, dost thou not hear the bitter Cryes of them that are but newly gone before? saying, Let him dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, that is so tormented in this flame: Luke 16. Dost thou not hear them ⟨image 3⟩say, Send one from the dead to prevent my father, my brother, and my fathers house from coming into this place of torment? Shall not then these mournfull groans pierce thy flinty heart? Wilt thou stop thine ears, and shut thy eyes? and wilt thou not regard? Take warning, and stop thy journey before it be too late. Wilt thou be like the silly flie, that is not quiet, unless she be either intangled in the spiders web, or burned in the Candle? Wilt thou be like the Bird that hasteth to the snare of the Fowler? Wilt thou be like that simple one named in the 7. of Proverbs, That will be drawn to the slaughter by the cord of a silly lust? O sinner, sinner, there is better things than Hell to be had, and at a cheaper rate by the thousand part than that! (O there is no comparison) there is Heaven, there is God, there is Christ, there is Communion with an innumerable company of Saints and Angels: Hearthe Message then that God doth send, that Christ doth send, that Saints do bring; nay, that the Dead do send unto thee; I pray thee therefore that thou wouldst send him to my fathers house, if one went ⟨image 4⟩to them from the dead, they would repent. How long ye simple ones, will you love simplicity?
