The Third Part.
Hell a bottomless Pit.
1
And Hell also is called a Pit,
Prepared for those that die
The Second Death, a term most fit
To show their misery.
2
A Pit that's bottomless is this,
A Gulf of grief and woe,
⟨p. 312⟩A Dungeon which they cannot miss,
That will them quite undo.
3
Thus without stay they always sink,
Thus fainting till they fail;
Despair they up like water drink,
These Prisoners have no Bail.
4
Here meets them now that Worm that gnaws,
And plucks their Bowels out;
The pit too on them shuts her Jaws,
This dreadful is no doubt.
5
This ghastly Worm is guilt of sin,
Which on their Conscience feeds,
With Vipers Teeth both sharp and keen,
Whereat it sorely bleeds.
6
This Worm is fed by memory,
Which strictly brings to mind
All things done in their Body here,
As we in Scripture find.
7
Their Conscience is the Slaughter-shop,
There hangs the Axe and Knife;
'Tis there the Worm doth them torment,
With most egregious strife.
8
They sooner may drink up the Sea
Than shake off these their fears,
Or make another in one day
As big with brinish tears.
9
They sooner may the Stars account
Than loose their dismal bands,
Or tell the number of their Hairs,
Or number of the Sands
10
Of the Sea-shore, as see the end▪
Of their sad misery;
O Sinners fear and tremble all!
Think on Eternity.
The Third Part.
Hell a bottomless Pit.
1
And Hell also is call'd a Pit,
Prepar'd for those that die
The Second Death, a term most fit
To shew their misery.
2
A Pit that's bottomless is this,
A Gulph of grief and woe,
⟨p. 312⟩A Dungeon which they cannot miss,
That will them quite undo.
3
Thus without stay they always sink,
Thus fainting till they fail;
Despair they up like water drink,
These Prisoners have no Bail.
4
Here meets them now that Worm that gnaws,
And plucks their Bowels out;
The pit too on them shuts her Jaws,
This dreadful is no doubt.
5
This ghastly Worm is guilt of sin,
Which on their Conscience feeds,
With Vipers Teeth both sharp and keen,
Whereat it sorely bleeds.
6
This Worm is sed by memory,
Which strictly brings to mind
All things done in their Body here,
As we in Scripture find.
7
Their Conscience is the Slaughter-shop,
There hangs the Axe and Knife;
'Tis there the Worm doth them torment,
With most egregious strife.
8
They sooner may drink up the Sea
Than shake off these their fears,
Or make another in one day
As big with brinish tears.
9
They sooner may the Stars account
Than loose their dismal bands,
Or tell the number of their Hairs,
Or number of the Sands
10
Of the Sea-shore, as see the end▪
Of their sad misery;
O Sinners fear and tremble all!
Think on Eternity.
