It's a word of TERROR and astonishment to such who 1adventure to continue in their sinful distempers, because they never found so much as a touch of any […] in their souls for any of those distempers, they have continued in. know such must assuredly, that sin is of the same poysonful nature as ever, and the word as true, and God as just as ever; and therefore their sins they have continued in have all this while made way for overbearing perplexities, which they will certainly bring upon your souls; the less you have felt therefore the more you may expect, and without doubt you shall find and receive. There is wrath to come; tribulation and wrath and anguish will be and must be upon the 2soul of every man that sins; if you had none as yet, there is the more behind; when those noisome abominations that have so long nestled in thy bosom, and there lies as it were in ambush, will march in upon thee like armed men, and sink your […] in everlasting discouragements; cozen not therefore your selves with the present content you seem to find in your corruptions that you can trample upon Christ his ordinances and ⟨p. 331⟩Servants, go away with it, without any trouble or control. See these poor creatures and consider their condition what it was and now is, they stuck not to profess open rebellion against our Saviour, Away with him, crucify him, and they carried all before them, with a high hand and so continued, from the Passover to Pentecost many weeks together, the poison of their sins that pleased their spirits so much in the practice of them now begins to work trembling and astonishing confusion unto their souls the pleasure of sin is but for a season, and when that is gone look for the like gall and wormwood. As it is in the body while the impostume and gross humours are gathering, the party finds no matter of grief, until at last when it comes to a full growth and breaks suddenly, and proves present death that cannot be prevented, and then all the filth and impostumate matter issues out of the ears and mouth and each man can see it, when no man can help it. It is so with a cankered Conscience and a corrupt heart who hath hugged and harboured his distempers with pleasure and content & so continued. Until the Lord break open the […] and then those hideous abominations let in the dreadful terrors of the Almighty, which overwhelm the soul of a sinner with unsupportable horrors;
It's a word of TERROR and astonishment to such who 1adventure to continue in their sinful distempers, because they never found so much as a touch of any 〈…〉 in their souls for any of those distempers, they have continued in. know such must assuredly, that sin is of the same poysonful nature as ever, and the word as true, and God as just as ever; and therefore their sins they have continued in have al this while made way for overbearing perplexities, which they wil certainly bring upon your souls; the less you have felt therefore the more you may expect, and without doubt you shal find and receive. There is wrath to come; tribulation and wrath and anguish wil be and must be upon the 2soul of every man that sins; if you had none as yet, there is the more behind; when those noysom abominations that have so long nestled in thy bosom, and there lyes as it were in ambush, wil march in upon thee like armed men, and sink your 〈…〉 in everlasting discouragements; cozen not therefore your selves with the present content you seem to find in your corruptions that you can trample upon Christ his ordinances and ⟨p. 331⟩Servants, go away with it, without any trouble or controul. See these poor creatures and consider their condition what it was and now is, they stuck not to profess open rebellion against our Savior, Away with him, crucify him, and they carried al before them, with a high hand and so continued, from the Passover to Pentecost many weeks together, the poyson of their sins that pleased their spirits so much in the practice of them now beginns to work trembling and astonishing confusion unto their souls the pleasure of sin is but for a season, and when that is gone look for the like gall and wormewood. As it is in the body while the impostume and gross humors are gathering, the party finds no matter of grief, until at last when it comes to a ful growth and breaks suddenly, and proves present death that cannot be prevented, and then al the filth and impostumate matter issues out of the ears and mouth and each man can see it, when no man can help it. It is so with a canckered Conscience and a côrrupt heart who hath hugged and harbored his distempers with pleasure and content & so continued. Until the Lord break open the 〈…〉 and then those hideous abominations let in the dreadful terrors of the Almighty, which overwhelm the soul of a sinner with unsupportable horrors;
- 1Use 3.
- 21 Thes. 1. last. Rom. 2. 9.
