A trumpet blown in Zion, or, An alarm in God's holy mountain containing an…A trumpet blown in Zion, or, An allarm in God's holy mountain containing an…

8. The Hypocritical Professor will be tormented with Shame also: I rested (he will say) upon a bare Name of being Religious, pleased my self with the Shell, with an empty Cabinet, without the Jewel, a Lamp of Profession, with a Form of Godliness, my Business was to keep up my Credit amongst Gods People, that they might take me to be one of them; yet my own Conscience often told me I was not sincere, I loved not the Life ⟨p. 61⟩and Power of Godliness, I did all to be seen of men, had base ends, I appeared abroad to be what I was not at home: O what Shame now torments my Soul! I had a darling Lust which I would not forego, my heart was never really changed—Thus I might go on to the rest, &c. O what Shame will seize upon the Sinner, when all his vain Excuses are laid open, and all his Extenuations of his Guilt are discovered, when his secret Deeds of Darkness are published (as it were) on the House-top, when his Breast shall be transparent to all Eyes, when his inward Thoughts, cursed Lusts, cruel Malice, Murders and Deceits, are made manifest, and all his beastly Sensualities shall be laid open before God, Angels and Saints, when the Veils and Covers of Shame shall be taken off, how will he be confounded for ever!

8. The Hypocritical Professor will be tormented with Shame also: I rested (he will say) upon a bare Name of being Religious, pleased my self with the Shell, with an empty Cabinet, without the Jewel, a Lamp of Profession, with a Form of Godliness, my Business was to keep up my Credit amongst Gods People, that they might take me to be one of them; yet my own Conscience often told me I was not sincere, I loved not the Life ⟨p. 61⟩and Power of Godliness, I did all to be seen of men, had base ends, I appeared abroad to be what I was not at home: O what Shame now torments my Soul! I had a darling Lust which I would not forego, my heart was never really changed—Thus I might go on to the rest, &c. O what Shame will seize upon the Sinner, when all his vain Excuses are laid open, and all his Extenuations of his Guilt are discovered, when his secret Deeds of Darkness are published (as it were) on the House-top, when his Breast shall be transparent to all Eyes, when his inward Thoughts, cursed Lusts, cruel Malice, Murthers and Deceits, are made manifest, and all his beastly Sensualities shall be laid open before God, Angels and Saints, when the Vails and Covers of Shame shall be taken off, how will he be confounded for ever!