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

It is both unacceptable and unprofitable for thee to approach God, either in himself, or in thy self. I dare not meddle with an absolute God, saith Luther. ¹God in himself is a consuming fire but in his Son a loving father. Do thou therefore, now thou knowest thy self and sin; labour to know Jesus Christ, and him crucified, 1 Cor. ⟨p. 176⟩2.2. And count all things dung and dross, for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus thy Lord, Phil. 3.8. Read, and pray, and weep, and pant, and thirst, that thou mayest be found in him; not having thy own righteousness, which is according to the law; but that which is through the faith of him, the righteousness which is of God by faith, Phil. 3.9. Take a view of him in the Gospel, where he is crucified before thine eyes, and behold him displayed in both his natures and all his offices, and therein his suitableness unto, and sufficiency for all the wants and necessities of thy dying soul. Doest thou see a cloud of judgments gathering apace, and ready to pour down on thy head, run to him for shelter; he is both a shadow from the heat, and a shelter from the storm. Is thy conscience wounded with thy sins? hasten to the wounds of thy Saviour; by his stripes thou mayest be healed, Isa. 53. Do the murdering pieces of the Laws curses threaten to destroy thee? fly like the distressed Dove to the clefts of the rock of ages, the bored hands and feet, the pierced side of the blessed Redeemer, there thy soul may be sure of safety. He is the only Ark wherein thou mayest be saved, when ⟨p. 177⟩the whole world that lieth in wickedness, shall be drowned, shall be damned. He is the little Zoar whither thou mayst retire, and thy soul shall live, when fire and brimstone, yea hell^*