But sinner, thy loss of them will be a loss indeed; for these things are thy all, they are all thy God, and all thy Christ, and all thy happiness, and all thy heaven; they are all the fullness of joy, and all the rivers of pleasures, and all the weight of glory which thou shalt enjoy; They are all thy riches, all thine inheritance, all thy ⟨p. 71⟩consolation, all thy reward, all thy portion, and all thou shalt be worth for ever; look Luk. 16.24 They have received their consolation, (cold comfort indeed) ye have your reward, * Mat. 6.2.1 It is one of the saddest speeches in the Book of God, whose portion is in this life, Psal. 17.14. (ah poor portion.) Thou hast no other Paradise but thy garden, no other mansion but thy beautiful building, no other inheritance but thy Land, no other kindred but thy wife and children, no other honour but the stinking breath of thy flattering neighbours, no other God but thy gold, no other heaven but the earth: all thy estate is in dust, rubbish, and lumber; surely then it will be a loss with a witness, to lose all that in a moment, and that for ever, wherein all thy happiness consisteth. Will it not be a sad sight for thee to stand as it were upon the shore, and to see the vessel in which is embarked all thy treasures, all thy near and dear relations, all thy respect and esteem, all thy joy and delights sinking before thine eyes, and lost for ever? or to see that house, in which is thy Plate and Jewels, thy wife and children, and all that ever thou art to be worth, in a flame, and nothing possible to ⟨p. 72⟩be recovered, would not thine eyes affect thine heart with unspeakable horror? Now this O Reader will be thy case, if thou art unsanctified at death; when thou lyest upon thy death-bed, and art going out of the world, thou mayst take thy leave of thy friends, estate, honour and delights in such language as this, Farewell my dear wife, children, and all my friends, farewell for ever, I am going where lovers and friends will be put far from me, I must never never have any friend more, but shall remain friendless to all eternity. Farewell my house and Land, my silver and gold, farewell for ever; I shall from henceforth and for ever be a beggar, and though I beg but for one drop of water to cool my tongue, when this whole body shall be in unquenchable flames, I must everlastingly be denied.
But sinner, thy losse of them will be a losse indeed; for these things are thy all, they are all thy God, and all thy Christ, and all thy happinesse, and all thy heaven; they are all the fulnesse of joy, and all the rivers of pleasures, and all the weight of glory which thou shalt enjoy; They are all thy riches, all thine inheritance, all thy ⟨p. 71⟩consolation, all thy reward, all thy portion, and all thou shalt be worth for ever; look Luk. 16.24 They have received their consolation, (cold comfort indeed) ye have your reward, * Mat. 6.2.1 It is one of the saddest speeches in the Book of God, whose portion is in this life, Psal. 17.14. (ah poor portion.) Thou hast no other Paradise but thy garden, no other mansion but thy beautiful building, no other inheritance but thy Land, no other kindred but thy wife and children, no other honour but the stinking breath of thy flattering neighbours, no other God but thy gold, no other heaven but the earth: all thy estate is in dust, rubbish, and lumber; surely then it will be a losse with a witnesse, to lose all that in a moment, and that for ever, wherein all thy happinesse consisteth. Will it not be a sad sight for thee to stand as it were upon the shoare, and to see the vessel in which is imbarqu'd all thy treasures, all thy near and dear relations, all thy respect and esteem, all thy joy and delights sinking before thine eyes, and lost for ever? or to see that house, in which is thy Plate and Jewels, thy wife and children, and all that ever thou art to be worth, in a flame, and nothing possible to ⟨p. 72⟩be recovered, would not thine eyes affect thine heart with unspeakable horrour? Now this O Reader will be thy case, if thou art unsanctified at death; when thou lyest upon thy death-bed, and art going out of the world, thou mayst take thy leave of thy friends, estate, honour and delights in such language as this, Farewel my dear wife, children, and all my friends, farewel for ever, I am going where lovers and friends will be put farre from me, I must never never have any friend more, but shall remain friendlesse to all eternity. Farewel my house and Land, my silver and gold, farewel for ever; I shall from henceforth and for ever be a beggar, and though I beg but for one drop of water to coole my tongue, when this whole body shall be in unquenchable flames, I must everlastingly be denied.
- 1[Greek or Hebrew] they receive it as their full pay, whence [Greek or Hebrew] an acquittance.〈non-Latin alphabet〉 they receive it as their full pay, whence 〈non-Latin alphabet〉 an acquittance.
