Since then the Soul after Death will be in Being, it must be some where; for that which is no where, is nothing. but where shall it be? There are but ⟨p. 9⟩Two Places in the other World, where Souls shall be, Heaven, or Hell. Do you know in which? Or do not you think nor care in which your Soul shall live and lodge for ever? If in Hell, your Lodging will be so uneasy, that in it you cannot rest. A Bed of Flames, a Lodging in boiling Lead or Oil, or burning Brimstone, will cause you to cry out, I am uneasy, I am uneasy in my Lodging, I cannot rest upon this Bed, I cannot take one wink of Sleep! May I not change my Lodging? I am weary of being here. May I not go back again from whence I came? I thought my sick Bed was uneasy, but this is worse, inconceivably worse! beyond Expression more painful and uneasy! But if I may not go back to my old Lodgings, in that World from whence I came, Let me seek a cooler Lodging where I am; Let me rove from one side of Hell unto the other, if I might find some easy Corner, where I may a while be free from Pain and Torment. But alas! I cannot. Woe is me, I cannot! Every Nook is Hot, is Hot, is exceeding Hot. The Justice of God pursues me, wherever I go: My enraged Conscience doth accompany me, and tormenting Devils follow me; and the Fire burns me to what Place soever I hasten; and there is no Hope; O Desperate Case! there is no ⟨p. 10⟩Hope, either of Deliverance, or Mitigation of my Misery. Die I would, but cannot; cease to be I would, but must not. Cursed Caitiff that I am, in this Extremity I must lie and lodge to all Eternity.
Since then the Soul after Death will be in Being, it must be some where; for that which is no where, is nothing. but where shall it be? There are but ⟨p. 9⟩Two Places in the other World, where Souls shall be, Heaven, or Hell. Do you know in which? Or do not you think nor care in which your Soul shall live and lodge for ever? If in Hell, your Lodging will be so uneasy, that in it you cannot rest. A Bed of Flames, a Lodging in boiling Lead or Oyl, or burning Brimstone, will cause you to cry out, I am uneasy, I am uneasy in my Lodging, I cannot rest upon this Bed, I cannot take one wink of Sleep! May I not change my Lodging? I am weary of being here. May I not go back again from whence I came? I thought my sick Bed was uneasy, but this is worse, inconceivably worse! beyond Expression more painful and uneasy! But if I may not go back to my old Lodgings, in that World from whence I came, Let me seek a cooler Lodging where I am; Let me rove from one side of Hell unto the other, if I might find some easy Corner, where I may a while be free from Pain and Torment. But alas! I cannot. Wo is me, I cannot! Every Nook is Hot, is Hot, is exceeding Hot. The Justice of God pursues me, wherever I go: My enraged Conscience doth accompany me, and tormenting Devils follow me; and the Fire burns me to what Place soever I hasten; and there is no Hope; O Desperate Case! there is no ⟨p. 10⟩Hope, either of Deliverance, or Mitigation of my Misery. Die I would, but cannot; cease to be I would, but must not. Cursed Caitiff that I am, in this Extremity I must lie and lodge to all Eternity.
