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But now give me leave to draw down this Doctrine to¹ all sorts of people, according to the words of my Text: But now God commandeth all men every where to repent. ⟨p. 21⟩First, All men; And then Every where, All men.

1. 1All sorts of men are to repent.

1. Repentance it is not only a garment for poor men to put ¹on, but God calls the rich men of the world to repent; God calls the great men of the world to repentance. Say unto the King and Queen, Humble your selves: And Oh that God would speak that word to the King and Queen this day; that the Lord would command them to repent; Great Manasseh he was a great sinner, and did greatly humble himself, 2 Chron. 33. 12. And the great King of Nineveh put on sackcloth, and humbled himself, he and his Nobles: David King of Israel made his very bed to swim with tears for his sins. Great men sin against a God that is greater then they: and Great men must appear before the Great God, at the Great Day of Judgement. There is a great day of judgement, a terrible day of Judgement, wherein the great men of the world, and the Kings of the earth, and the rich men, and the mighty men shall desire for the mountains to cover them, and to hide them from the wrath of the Lamb, Rev. 6. 15, 16, 17. Great men do more hurt by their sins then others, and therefore God will punish them more then others; and therefore they are to repent more then others: 'Potentes potentèr torquebuntur. The truth is, Hell is provided on purpose for great men; I mean, such as are greater in sin then in greatness; otherwise, Greatness is an ornament when it is joined with goodness; but for those that are wickedly great, and greatly wicked great men, Tophet is ordained of old; yea for the King it is provided,