Ouranos kai tartaros= heaven and hell epitomized. The true Christian characterized. As also an…

Well Reader, have I yet, or rather the Lord by me, persuaded thee to set about this great business (upon which thy eternal felicity dependeth) timely, that is presently, & throughly, that is withal thy strength, as the main chief and only work thou hast to do? Art thou resolved to do thine utmost endeavour, and through the strength ⟨p. 223⟩of Christ faithfully to follow the directions which I shall commend to thee from the Lord, in order to thy recovery out of that bottomless misery, into which thou hast plunged thy self? Is there not abundant reason in what thou hast read? Are they the words of a sinful dying man, or of the jealous everliving God? Is it I only that call upon thee, to mind this spiritual life, or do not the daily and nightly mercies which thou (unworthy wretch) enjoyest? do not the dreadful judgements which others feel, and thou hast too much cause to fear? do not thy sweet babes, thy dear children, cry often and aloud in thine ears, O that there were an heart in our Father, in our Mother, to fear the Lord, and keep all his Commandments always, that it might go well with them and with their children for ever? Deut. 5.29. Nay, doth not the Almighty God, who observeth all thy wickedness, in whose hands thou art every hour, who can with a word speak thee into that place of woe, where the worth of grace and holiness is better known, and where the weight of sin and ungodliness is more felt? In hope that thou wilt not be such an enemy to the God that made thee, ⟨p. 224⟩that thou wilt not do that despite to the Spirit that moveth thee, that thou wilt not be such a wilful murderer of thy precious soul as to neglect them, I shall set them down; the Lord set them home to thy heart.

Well Reader, have I yet, or rather the Lord by me, perswaded thee to set about this great business (upon which thy eternal felicity dependeth) timely, that is presently, & throughly, that is withal thy strength, as the main chief and onely work thou hast to do? Art thou resolved to do thine utmost endeavor, and through the strength ⟨p. 223⟩of Christ faithfully to follow the directions which I shall commend to thee from the Lord, in order to thy recovery out of that bottomlesse misery, into which thou hast plunged thy self? Is there not abundant reason in what thou hast read? Are they the words of a sinfu dying man, or of the jealous everliving God? Is it I only that call upon thee, to mind this spiritual life, or do not the daily and nightly mercies which thou (unworthy wretch) injoyest? do not the dreadful judgements which others feel, and thou hast too much cause to fear? do not thy sweet babes, thy dear children, cry often and aloud in thine ears, O thar there were an heart in our Father, in our Mother, to fear the Lord, and keep all his Commandements alwayes, that it might go well with them and with their children for ever?