Did Men but believe the insupportable Wrath of God, those Horrors and Torments, that Fire and Sulphur, that Stench and Darkness, those burning Chains and those fiery Whips, the Woe and Anguish of the Damned in Hell, which are as far from being utterable as they are from being tolerable, did they as certainly believe these Things, as if they believe them not they shall certainly feel them, would they dare still to venture on to treasure up Wrath to themselves against the day of Wrath? Would they still dare, by wounding their Consciences, now enrage them to their own Wounding and Smart for ever hereafter? Would they dare to do it, did they believe these Things? Did they but believe that Conscience will be revenged seven fold on them for all the Wrongs and Violence that they have done it: This Worm, that they now carry in their ⟨p. 376⟩Breasts frozen and benumbed, shall be heated by the Fire of Hell, and fly upon them and sting their Souls with a burning and flaming Anguish: Did they believe this, would they not be careful to give no Offence to their Consciences? Would they not be as careful to avoid all Sin, that arms the Terrors of Hell against them, as they have Reason to think a damned Wretch in Hell, who hath had the Experience of these Things would do, if God would release him out of it, with a Promise that he shall for ever escape it, upon the same Terms that he hath promised us? Think with your selves, what effect the Sense and Feeling of those dreadful Things would have upon such a one, to make him rigorously conscientious, that in nothing he provoke so terrible a God, or offend and irritate a revenging Conscience, that will be sure to repay him home sevenfold into his own Bosom; why the same carefulness and circumspection would it work in all of us, did we as firmly and strongly believe those Things to be true, as God hath evidently and clearly revealed them to be true in his Word. It is true, these Things we all know, and we persuade ⟨p. 377⟩our selves that we do believe them. Do we not profess to believe that Jesus Christ shall judge both Quick and Dead, and that all shall receive Rewards according to their Works, those that have done Well shall receive the Reward of eternal Life, and those that have done Ill the Reward of eternal Death: These Things we may indeed profess to believe, and these Things we may frequently represent to our own Thoughts;
Did Men but believe the insupportable Wrath of God, those Horrors and Torments, that Fire and Sulphur, that Stench and Darkness, those burning Chains and those fiery Whips, the Woe and Anguish of the Damned in Hell, which are as far from being utterable as they are from being tollerable, did they as certainly believe these Things, as if they believe them not they shall certainly feel them, would they dare still to venture on to treasure up Wrath to themselves against the day of Wrath? Would they still dare, by wounding their Consciences, now enrage them to their own Wounding and Smart for ever hereafter? Would they dare to do it, did they believe these Things? Did they but believe that Conscience will be revenged seven fold on them for all the Wrongs and Violence that they have done it: This Worm, that they now carry in their ⟨p. 376⟩Breasts frozen and benum'd, shall be heated by the Fire of Hell, and fly upon them and sting their Souls with a burning and flaming Anguish: Did they believe this, would they not be careful to give no Offence to their Consciences? Would they not be as careful to avoid all Sin, that arms the Terrors of Hell against them, as they have Reason to think a damned Wretch in Hell, who hath had the Experience of these Things would do, if God would release him out of it, with a Promise that he shall for ever escape it, upon the same Terms that he hath promised us? Think with your selves, what effect the Sense and Feeling of those dreadful Things would have upon such a one, to make him rigorously conscientious, that in nothing he provoke so terrible a God, or offend and irritate a revenging Conscience, that will be sure to repay him home sevenfold into his own Bosom; why the same carefulness and circumspection would it work in all of us, did we as firmly and strongly believe those Things to be true, as God hath evidently and clearly revealed them to be true in his Word. It is true, these Things we all know, and we persuade ⟨p. 377⟩our selves that we do believe them. Do we not profess to believe that Jesus Christ shall judge both Quick and Dead, and that all shall receive Rewards according to their Works, those that have done Well shall receive the Reward of eternal Life, and those that have done Ill the Reward of eternal Death: These Things we may indeed profess to believe, and these Things we may frequently represent to our own Thoughts;
