The works of George Swinnock, M.A

If Judas was so ashamed when he saw Thamar's signet and staff, the remembrances of his sin? how will they be confounded, when all their revellings and roarings, their chambering and wantonness, their cursing and swearing, and all their sins shall be opened before all the world? If Herod was so affrighted when he supposed that John was risen from the dead, that the Baptists ghost by walking in his conscience robbed him of all comfort; what affrightment will possess them, to see the Saints whom they have nicknamed, disgraced, imprisoned, and it may be murdered, risen from the dead, owned and honoured by the Judge, and the chief Favourites in the Heavenly Court? If Saul was so troubled when he did hear Christ call to him out of Heaven, that he fell to the ground; what trouble, what tribulation will possess them, whom he shall curse with a bitter curse, and call to Devils to seize on, and associate with, and prey upon for ever and ever? The Saint shall find mercy, the sweetest mercy in that day of judgement; but the Sinner shall have judgement, the sorest, the most cutting, killing judgement, without the least drop of mercy. If the day when God gave the Law was so dreadful, full of thunderings and lightnings and fearful noises, that the people cried out, Let not God speak to us, lest we die, and Moses himself did exceedingly quake and fear; and if the day were so dreadful, when the Son of Gods infinite love bare the curse of the Law, that the rocks were rent, the earth trembled, the Sun was darkened; how ⟨p. 779⟩dreadful will that day be, when God shall make inquisition into, and deal with the vessels of wrath for the breath of the Law? Who can abide that day of his coming? Who shall stand when he appeareth? Well may it be called the great and terrible day of the Lord Jesus; Well might the wise man, when he had seemingly laid the reins on the young mans back, and given him leave to run on in the way of his own heart and eyes, pull him in with this Curb; Remember that for all these things God will bring thee to judgement.

If Iudas was so ashamed when he saw Thamars signet and staff, the remembrances of his sin? how will they be confounded, when all their revellings and roarings, their chambering and wantonness, their cursing and swearing, and all their sins shall be opened before all the world? If Herod was so afrighted when he supposed that John was risen from the dead, that the Baptists ghost by walking in his conscience robbed him of all comfort; what afrightment will possess them, to see the Saints whom they have nicknamed, disgraced, imprisoned, and it may be murdered, risen from the dead, owned and honoured by the Judge, and the chief Favourites in the Heavenly Court? If Saul was so troubled when he did hear Christ call to him out of Heaven, that he fell to the ground; what trouble, what tribulation will possess them, whom he shall curse with a bitter curse, and call to Devils to seize on, and associate with, and prey upon for ever and ever? The Saint shall find mercy, the sweetest mercy in that day of judgement; but the Sinner shall have judgement, the sorest, the most cutting, killing judgement, without the least drop of mercy. If the day when God gave the Law was so dreadful, full of thundrings and lightnings and fearful noises, that the people cryed out, Let not God speak to us, lest we die, and Moses himself did exceedingly quake and fear; and if the day were so dreadful, when the Son of Gods infinite love bare the curse of the Law, that the rocks were rent, the earth trembled, the Sun was darkned; how