And in hell he lift up his eyes.] The second thing I told you, was this, That all the ungodly that live and die in their sins, so soon as ever they depart this life, do descend into Hell. This is also verified by the words in this Parable, where Christ saith, He died and was buried, and in hell he lift up his eyes. As the Tree falls, so it shall lie, ⟨p. 30⟩wh•••er it be to Heaven or Hell, Eccl. 11. 3. And as Christ said to the Thief on the Cross, This day shalt thou be with me in Paradise. Even so the Devil in the like manner may say unto thy Soul, Tomorrow shalt thou be with me in hell. See then what a miserable case he that dies in an unregenerate state is in; he departs from a long sickness to a longer hell; from the gripings of death to the everlasting torments of hell. And in hell he lift up his eyes. Ah Friends! if you were but your selves, you would have a care of your Souls; if you did but regard, you would see how mad they are that slight the salvation of their souls. O what will it profit thy soul to have pleasure in this life, and torments in hell, Mark 8. 36. Thou hadst better part with all thy sins and pleasures, and companions, or whatsoever thou delightest in, than to have Soul and Body to be cast into hell. O then, do not now neglect our Lord Jesus Christ, lest thou drop down to hell, Heb. 2. 3. Consider, would it not wound thee to thine heart, to come upon thy death-bed, and instead of having the comfort of a well-spent life, and the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ, together with the comforts of his glorious Spirit: to have, first, the sight of […] ill-spent life, thy sins flying in thy face, thy conscience uttering it self with Thunder-claps against thee, the thoughts of God terrifying of thee, death with his merciless paw seizing upon ⟨p. 31⟩thee, the devils standing ready to scramble for thy soul, and hell enlarging her self, and ready to swallow th•e up; and eternity of misery and torment attending upon thee, from which there will be no release. For mark, death doth not come alone to an unconverted soul, but with such company, as were thou but sensible of, it would make thee tremble. I pray consider that Scripture, Rev. 6. 8. And I looked, and beheld a pale horse, and his name that sate on him was Death, and hell followed with him. Mark, death doth not come alone to the ungodly; no, but hell goeth with him. O miserable Comforters!
And in hell he lift up his eyes.] The second thing I told you, was this, That all the ungodly that live and die in their sins, so soon as ever they depart this life, do descend into Hell. This is also verified by the words in this Parable, where Christ saith, He died and was buried, and in hell he lift up his eyes. As the Tree falls, so it shall lie, ⟨p. 30⟩wh•••er it be to Heaven or Hell, Eccl. 11. 3. And as Christ said to the Thief on the Cross, This day shalt thou be with me in Paradise. Even so the Devil in the like manner may say unto thy Soul, Tomorrow shalt thou be with me in hell. See then what a miserable case he that dies in an unregenerate state is in; he departs from a long sickness to a longer hell; from the gripings of death to the everlasting torments of hell. And in hell he lift up his eyes. Ah Friends! if you were but your selves, you would have a care of your Souls; if you did but regard, you would see how mad they are that slight the salvation of their souls. O what will it profit thy soul to have pleasure in this life, and torments in hell, Mark 8. 36. Thou hadst better part with all thy sins and pleasures, and companions, or whatsoever thou delightest in, than to have Soul and Body to be cast into hell. O then, do not now neglect our Lord Jesus Christ, lest thou drop down to hell, Heb. 2. 3. Consider, would it not wound thee to thine heart, to come upon thy death-bed, and instead of having the comfort of a well-spent life, and the merits of the Lord Jesus Christ, together with the comforts of his glorious Spirit: to have, first, the sight of 〈…〉 ill-spent life, thy sins flying in thy face, thy conscience uttering it self with Thunder-claps against thee, the thoughts of God terrifying of thee, death with his merciless paw seizing upon ⟨p. 31⟩thee, the devils standing ready to scramble for thy soul, and hell enlarging her self, and ready to swallow th•e up; and eternity of misery and torment attending upon thee, from which there will be no release. For mark, death doth not come alone to an unconverted soul, but with such company, as were thou but sensible of, it would make thee tremble. I pray consider that Scripture, Rev. 6. 8. And I looked, and beheld a pale horse, and his name that sate on him was Death, and hell followed with him. Mark, death doth not come alone to the ungodly; no, but hell goeth with him. O miserable Comforters!
