Sixthly: Yea, Let me say further, if thou beest out of Christ thou are not only under the sentence of Condemnation, but for ought thou knowest, every moment thou mayest be plunged into the Gulf of the wrath of the infinite God, it is true, God hath spared thee along time, God hath continued thy Life in his Patience, perhaps, twenty, forty, fifty years; well, but how dost thou know, but that may fall out in one night, or day, or moment, that never fell out in all thy life, though thou hast been spared a long time, yet thou knowest not but before morning, thou mayest be among the damned in Hell, and is this a condition to rest in? For a man and Woman to be in such a condition, as when he comes to examine, how doth things stand between God and my Soul? How stand I to God? What reference have I to God? Or what reference hath God to me? How do I know but I may be swallowed up in the Gulf of the eternal wrath of the infinite God, and there lie under it for ever? What do I know to the contrary? And if this prove to be my portion, it had been better ten thousand times I had never been borne, and is this a condition to rest in? Certainly if God hath revealed any truth in his word, these are the truths of God. The condition of one out of Christ is like one that hath suffered Shipwreck, and perhaps he gets one of the Boards that are broken off from the ship, and is floating up and down the Sea upon it, and yet in such danger, that every wave coming, he is in danger to be drowned, do you think it is possible for any one to sleep there? Its true, You are not drowned yet, but you see your selves in danger by every wave that comes to be swallowed up, and to be sunk to the bottom. It may be it hath been the case of some of you, that have suffered Shipwreck, that you have been delivered in a boat, I believe when you have been there you could hardly sleep quietly, if you should nestle down in your boat, and ⟨p. 204⟩say, well, here I will take my rest, would not every one think you a mad man? Just thus, for all the world, it is with men in their natural estate, they take up their rest, whereas they know not but there will come presently some dreadful wave of the wrath of God, and swallow them up, and so they are undone for ever, certainly, there is no peace to the wicked, saith my God, if this be so.
Sixthly: Yea, Let me say further, if thou beest out of Christ thou are not only under the sentence of Condemnation, but for ought thou knowest, every moment thou mayest be plunged into the Gulf of the wrath of the infinite God, it is true, God hath spared thee along time, God hath continued thy Life in his Patience, perhaps, twenty, forty, fifty years; well, but how dost thou know, but that may fal out in one night, or day, or moment, that never fel out in al thy life, though thou hast been spared a long time, yet thou knowest not but before morning, thou maiest be among the damned in Hell, and is this a condition to rest in? For a man and Woman to be in such a condition, as when he comes to examine, how doth things stand between God and my Soul? How stand I to God? What reference have I to God? Or what reference hath God to me? How do I know but I may be swallowed up in the Gulf of the eternal wrath of the infinite God, and there lie under it for ever? What do I know to the contrary? And if this prove to be my portion, it had been better ten thousand times I had never been borne, and is this a condition to rest in? Certainly if God hath revealed any truth in his word, these are the truths of God. The condition of one out of Christ is like one that hath suffered Shipwrack, and perhaps he gets one of the Bords that are broken off from the ship, and is floating up and down the Sea upon it, and yet in such danger, that every wave coming, he is in danger to be drowned, do you think it is possible for any one to sleep there? Its true, You are not drowned yet, but you see your selves in danger by every wave that comes to be swallowed up, and to be sunk to the bottom. It may be it hath been the case of some of you, that have suffered Shipwrack, that you have been dilivered in a boate, I beleeve when you have been there you could hardly sleep quietly, if you should nestle down in your boate, and ⟨p. 204⟩say, wel, here I wil take my rest, would not every one think you a mad man? Just thus, for al the world, it is with men in their natural estate, they take up their rest, whereas they know not but there wil come presently some dreadful wave of the wrath of God, and swallow them up, and so they are undone for ever, certainly, there is no peace to the wicked, saith my God, if this be so.
