Joshua Redivivus, or Mr. Rutherford's Letters

And Jesus said for judgment came I into the world that they which see not might see, & they which see might be made blind. It is possible, my first meeting & yours be, when we shall both stand before the dreadful judge of the World, & in the name & authority of the Son of God, my great King & Master, I write by these presents, summons to these men, I arrest their souls & bodies to the day of our compearance; their eternal damnation stands subscribed, and sealed in heaven; by the hand-write of the great Judge of quick & dead, and I am ready to stand up, as a preaching witness against such to their face, that day, & to say, Amen to their condemnation, except they repent: The vengeance of the Gospel is heavier, nor the vengeance of the law, the Mediators malediction and vengeance, is twice vengeance, & that vengeance is the due portion of such men, & there I leave them, as bound men, ay & while they repent & amend: You were witnesses how the Lords day was spent, while I was among you: O sacrilegious robber of Gods day, what vvill thou answer the Almighty, when he seeketh so many Sabbaths back again, from thee? What vvill the Curser, Swearer, & Blasphemer do, when his tongue shall be roasted in that broad, and burning lake of fire & brimstone? And what will the drunkard do, when tongue, lights, & liver, bones, & all, shall boil & fry in a torturing fire for he shall be far from his barrels of strong drink then, & there is not a cold well of water for him in hell? What shall be the case of the wretch, the covetous man? the oppressor? the deceiver? the earth worm, who can never get his wombfull ⟨p. 8⟩of clay, when in the day of Christ, Gold and Silver must lie burnt in ashes, and he must compear and answer his judge, and quite his clay and naughty heaven? woe, woe, for ever more be, to the time-turning Atheist, that hath one God, and one religion for summer, and another God, and another religion, for winter, and the day of fanning; when Christ fanneth all that is in his barn floor, who hath a conscience for every fair and market, and the soul of him runneth upon these oiled wheels, Time, Custom, the world and Command of men:

And Iesus said for judgment came I into the world that they which see not might see, & they which see might be made blind. It is possible, my first meeting & yours be, when vve shall both stand before the dreadfull judge of the World, & in the name & authoritie of the Son of God, my great King & Master, I write by these presents, summonds to these men, I arrest their souls & bodies to the day of our compearance; their eternall damnation stands subscribed, and sealed in heaven; by the hand-write of the great Judge of quick & dead, and I am ready to stand up, as a preaching witnesse against such to their face, that day, & to say, Amen to their condemnation, except they repent: The vengeance of the Gospel is heavier, nor the vengeance of the law, the Mediators malediction and vengeance, is tvvice vengance, & that vengeance is the due portion of such men, & there I leave them, as bound men, ay & while they repent & amend: You vvere vvitnesses hovv the Lords day vvas spent, vvhile I vvas among you: O sacrilegious robber of Gods day, vvhat vvill thou ansvver the Almightie, vvhen he seeketh so many Sabbaths back again, from thee? What vvill the Curser, Svvearer, & Blasphemer doe, vvhen his tongue shall be rosted in that broad, and burning lake of fire & brimstone? And what will the drunkard doe, when tongue, lights, & liver, bones, & all, shall boile & frye in a torturing fire for he shall be far from his barrels of strong drinke then, & there is not a cold well of vvater for him in hell? What shall be the case of the wretch, the covetous man? the opperssor? the deceaver? the earth worme, who can never get his vvombfull