The Sincere Convert

5. Then shall God surrender up thy §5forsaken soul into the hands of Devils, who being thy Jailers must keep thee till the great day of account; so that as thy friends are scrambling for thy goods, and worms for thy body, so Devils shall scramble for thy soul. For as soon as ever a wicked man is dead, he is either in heaven or in hell. Not in heaven, for no unclean thing comes there: if in hell, then among Devils, there shall be thine eternal lodging, 1 Pet. 3. 19. and hence thy forlorn soul shall lie mourning for the time past now too late, amazed at the eternity of sorrow that is to come, waiting for that fearful hour when the last trump shall blow, and then body and soul meet to bear that ⟨p. 80⟩wrath, that fire that shall never go out: Oh therefore suspect and fear the worst of thy self now, thou hast seldom or never or very little troubled thine head about this matter, whether Christ will save thee or not, thou hast such strong hopes and confidences already that he will; know, that it is possible, thou mayest be deceived; and if so, when thou shalt know thy doom after death, thou canst not get an hour more to make thy peace in with God, although thou shouldest weep tears of blood. If either the muffler of ignorance shall be before thine eyes, like an handkerchief about the face of one condemned, or if thou art pinioned with any lust, or if thou makest thine own pardon, proclaimest (because thou art sorry a little for thy sins, and resolvest never to do the like again) peace to thy soul, thou art one that after death shalt appear before the Lord to judgement; thou that art thus condemned now, dying so, shalt come to thy fearful execution after death.

5. Then shall God surrender up thy §5forsaken soule into the hands of Devils, who being thy Iaylors must keep thee till the great day of account; so that as thy friends are scrambling for thy goods, and wormes for thy body, so Devils shall scramble for thy soule. For as soone as ever a wicked man is dead, he is either in heaven or in hell. Not in heaven, for no uncleane thing comes there: if in hell, then among Devills, there shall bee thine eternall lodging,