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And yet further consider, ere long things will turn, Gods people shall have pleasure, and the world shall have afflictions: Affliction did I say? nay, Misery with torment; time is at hand, when it shall be said to every wicked man, Son, remember in thy life time thou hadst pleasure, and my servants who walked faithfully with me had affliction, but now thou art ⟨p. 104⟩tormented, and they are comforted. Time is at hand when that Scripture shall be fulfilled, Isaiah 65. 13, 14. Behold, my servants shall eat, and ye shall be hungry; my servants shall drink, and ye shall be thirsty; ¹my servants shall rejoice, and ye shall be ashamed; my servants shall sing for joy of heart, and ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

And yet further consider, ere long things will turn, Gods people shall have pleasure, and the world shall have afflictions: Affliction did I say? nay, Misery with torment; time is at hand, when it shall be said to every wicked man, Son, remember in thy life time thou hadst pleasure, and my servants who walked faithfully with me had affliction, but now thou art ⟨p. 104⟩tormented, and they are comforted. Time is at hand when that Scripture shall be fulfilled, Esay 65. 13, 14. Behold, my servants shall eat, and ye shall be hungry; my servants shall drink, and ye shall be thirsty; ¹my servants shall rejoyce, and ye shall be ashamed; my servants shall sing for joy of heart, and ye shall cry for sorrow of heart, and shall howl for vexation of spirit.

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Thirdly, let not wicked men bless themselves in the enjoyment of their pleasures; you have no other then thousands have had before you, who are now in Hell. If that you have were of any great worth, you might be sure you should not have it; if you knew how the Lord brings about your destruction by your pleasures, you would have little cause to rejoice in them; Haman rejoiced, when Esther invited him rather then others to the banquet, but if he had known that in his banquet there was a snare laid for his life, his heart would have fallen, it would have been but a sad banquet to him: certainly there is a great deal of evil, and misery, and wrath, in being suffered to go on with delight and pleasure in a sinful way.