The blessedness of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /The blessednesse of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /

Consider, what art thou? what shalt thou for ever be? what image or likeness shalt thou ⟨p. 296⟩bear; alas! poor wretch thou art now a Fiend! conformed to thy hellish partners; thou bearest their accursed likeness. Death is now finished in thee, and as thou sowedst to the flesh, thou reapest corruption. Thou art become a loathsome Carcass; the Worms that never die, abound in thy putrefied, filthy soul. Thou hast an Hell in thee. Thy venomous lusts are now mature, are in their full grown state. If a world of iniquity, a fullness of deadly poison, tempered by Hell fire, is here sometimes, to be found in a little member, ¹what will there then be in all thy parts and powers;

Consider, what art thou? what shalt thou for ever be? what image or likeness shalt thou ⟨p. 296⟩bear; alas! poor wretch thou art now a Fiend! conformed to thy hellish partners; thou bearest their accursed likenesse. Death is now finished in thee, and as thou sowedst to the flesh, thou reapest corruption. Thou art become a loathsome Carcass; the Worms that never die, abound in thy putrified, filthy soul. Thou hast an Hell in thee. Thy venomous lusts are now mature, are in their full grown state. If a world of iniquity, a fulness of deadly poyson, tempered by Hell fire, is here sometimes, to be found in a little member, ¹what will there then be in all thy parts and powers;

1. 1Jam. 3. 6.

3. Consider, how blessed a satisfaction dost thou lose? how pleasant, and delightful a rest, arising both from the sight of so much glory, and so peaceful a temper, and constitution of Spirit? Here thou mightest have enjoyed an eternal undisturbed rest.