The Sincere Convert

Tenthly,¹ because men consider not of Gods wrath daily, nor the horrible nature of sin; men chew not these pills: hence they never come to be affected nor awakened.

Tenthly,¹ because men consider not of Gods wrath daily, nor the horrible nature of sinne; men chew not these pills: hence they never come to be affected nor awakened.

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Awaken therefore all you secure creatures;¹ feel your misery, that so you may get out of it. Dost thou know thine estate is naught, and that thy condemnation will be fearful, if ever thou dost perish; and is thine heart secretly secure, so damnably dead, so desperately hard, that thou hast no heart to come out of it: what• no sigh, no tears? canst thou carry all thy sins upon thy back, like Sampson the gates of the City, and make a light matter of them? Dost thou see hell fire before thee, and yet wilt venture? art thou worse than a beast which we cannot bear nor drive into the fire, if there be any way to escape: oh get thine heart to lament & mourn under thy miseries, who knows then but the Lord may pity thee? But oh hard heart! thou canst mourn for losses and crosses, burning of goods and houses, yet though God be lost, and his image burnt down, and all is gone, thou canst not mourn. If thine heart were truly affected, the pillow would be washed with thy tears, and the ⟨p. 225⟩wife in thy bosom would be witness to thine heart-breakings in mid-night for those sins which have grieved the spirit of God many a time, thou couldest not sleep quietly, nor comfortably without assurance. If you were sick to death, Physicians should hear how you do; and if you were humbled, we should have you in the bitterness of your spirits cry out, What shall we do? but know it, thou must mourn here or in hell. If God broke Davids bones for his adultery, and the Angels backs for their pride; the Lord, if ever he saves thee, will break thine heart too.