Two discourses I. of the punishment of sin in hell, demonstrating the wrath of…

Besides what the Scriptures speak hereof:

1. Consult thine own Heart. Thou hast a busy Principle within thee, Conscience, that like a Spy sent in from an adverse Party into another's Quarters, observes and takes notice of all that passeth; not thy Actions or Speeches only, but what is done in thy Privy-Chamber, or Closet of thy Soul; and not only so, but thou mayest hear the noise of his Pen still a running, and punctually writing that which it observeth; and there is not a Motion, a Lust, a Desire, a Purpose, an End, a flying Thought, but it diligently doth set down, and can give thee the Sense thereof; and thou canst not stop the Course hereof. And what is the meaning of all this? but that thy Judgment is continually a preparing, thine Examination a taking all thy Life long. For, where there is a Register, a Clerk of the Assize thus busy at work, there is a Judg, whose Officer he is. Be wary therefore what thou dost, Man! Thou art surprised and undone, if thou heedest not; for ⟨p. 208⟩[…] ⟨p. 209⟩[…] ⟨p. 210⟩all this is in order unto Judgment. And as Letters written with Onion or Lemon Juice, appear not at the present, so may not the Impresses of these sad Lines against thee, yet bring but thy Soul to this Fire we have been speaking of, and every Character, Tittle, yea, Accent, or Aggravation of Sin, will be made visible and legible: And hence it is the Books are said to be opened, Rev. 20.

1. Consult thine own Heart. Thou hast a busy Principle within thee, Conscience, that like a Spy sent in from an adverse Party into anothers Quarters, observes and takes notice of all that passeth; not thy Actions or Speeches only, but what is done in thy Privy-Chamber, or Closet of thy Soul; and not only so, but thou mayest hear the noise of his Pen still a running, and punctually writing that which it observeth; and there is not a Motion, a Lust, a Desire, a Purpose, an End, a flying Thought, but it diligently doth set down, and can give thee the Sense thereof; and thou canst not stop the Course hereof. And what is the meaning of all this? but that thy Judgment is continually a preparing, thine Examination a taking all thy Life long. For, where there is a Register, a Clerk of the Assize thus busy at work, there is a Judg, whose Officer he is. Be wary therefore what thou dost, Man! Thou art surprized and undone, if thou heedest not; for