The Sincere Convert

1. Thy soul shall be banished from the face and blessed sweet presence of God and Christ, and thou shalt never see the face of God more. It is said, Acts 20. that they wept sore, because they should see Pauls face no more. Oh, thou shalt never see the face of God, Christ, Saints, and Angels more. O heavy doom to famish and pine away for ever without one bit of bread to comfort thee, one smile of God to refresh thee. Men that have their sores running upon them must be shut up from ⟨p. 90⟩the presence of men sound and whole. Oh, thy sins like plague-sores run on thee, therefore thou must be shut out like a dog from the presence of God, and all his people, 2. Thes. 1. 9.

1. Thy soule shall be banished from the face and blessed sweet presence of God and Christ, and thou shalt never see the face of God more. It is said, Acts 20. that they wept sore, because they should see Pauls face no more. Oh, thou shalt never see the face of God, Christ, Saints, and Angels more. O heavie doome to famish and pine away for ever without one bit of bread to comfort thee, one smile of God to refresh thee. Men that have their sores running upon them must be shut up from ⟨p. 90⟩the presence of men sound and whole. Oh, thy sinnes like plague-sores runne on thee, therefore thou must be shut out like a dogge from the presence of God, and all his people, 2. Thes. 1. 9.

2. God shall set himself like a consuming infinite fire against thee, and tread thee under his feet, who hast by sin trod him and his glory under foot all thy life. A man may devise exquisite torments for another, and great power, may make a little stick to lay on heavy strokes: but great power stirred up to strike from great fury and wrath, makes the stroke deadly. I tell thee, all the wisdom of God shall then be set against thee to devise torments for thee,