The blessedness of the death of these that die in the Lord and more…The blessednesse of the death of these that die in the Lord and more…

As for the second branch of the Doctrine, to wit, that these who die out of Christ in their sins, die in exceeding great misery, It is also very clear, for as the happiness of them that die in Christ is unexpressiblie great, so the misery and unhappiness of them that die not in him is also inexpressible, for they are excluded and shut out from God and from all good, and have his wrath, his furious indignation, and his most sever Justice pursuing them for ever and ever; we shall only consider it briefly in these two generals; 1. They are put out and secluded from the greatest happiness that can be Imagined, and that in all the degrees of it. 2. They are concluded and put under the greatest misery that can be conceived, and that in all the degrees of it. 1. I say they are shut out from the greatest happiness, and that is, from the fellowship of God who is the chief good, from conversing with the Lamb, glorious Angels and Saints, they shall not have one Saint in all their Company, there is not nor shall be the least evidence of the love of God among all the thousands in Hell, not one drop of cold water to cool the tongue of any of them who are tormented in these flames, they have Judgment without the least mixture of mercy, Jam. 1. 13. and that for ever without intermission; they shall never have the least glimmering of light nor the least slaking or mitigation of their pain, they shall have no rest night nor day; and which aggreageth all even to the very height and extremity, they have no outgate nor hope of it, but lye in utter desperation under that felt eternal torment; it would be some lightening to the damned in Hell if their torment were to continue but for some thousands of years, yea or but for some ⟨p. 40⟩millions of thousands of years, as poor Spira said, that it would have been a comfort to him if Hell had been but for twenty thousand years; but it is for ever. And 2. If we look to the other part of it, they are in this hopeless condition under the greatest misery drinking for ever of the Wine of the wrath of God without mixture in the cup of his indignation, which shall be both their meat and their drink; and their company shall be the Devil and his Angels; O! that we were serious in speaking and hearing and thinking of these things;

As for the second branch of the Doctrine, to witt, that these who die out of Christ in their sinnes, die in exceeding great miserie, It is also very clear, for as the happinesse of them that die in Christ is unexpressiblie great, so the miserie and unhappinesse of them that die not in him is also inexpressible, for they are excluded and shut out from God and from all good, and have his wrath, his furious indignation, and his most sever Justice persueing them for ever and ever; we shall onlie consider it brieflie in these two generals; 1. They are put out and secluded from the greatest happinesse that can be Imagined, and that in all the degrees of it. 2. They are concluded and put under the greatest miserie that can be conceaved, and that in all the degrees of it. 1. I say they are shutt out from the greatest happinesse, and that is, from the fellowship of God who is the chief good, from converseing with the Lamb, glorious Angels and Saints, they shall not have one Saint in all their Companie, there is not nor shall be the least evidence of the love of God among all the thousands in Hell, not one drop of cold water to coole the tongue of any of them who are tormented in these fiames, they have Iudgment without the least mixture of mercy,