Ex. Reader, Believe and consider this misery of the Wicked, and be restless, till thou art secured against it. Ponder it well, to be among Devils, those stinging Serpents, roaring Lions, frightful Monsters, would make thy hair stand an end, and thy heart to ache; but to be amongst them in extremity of Torments, in fire, in fire kindled by the infinite wrath of God, and in universality of Torments, to have all kind of Judgments and Plagues inflicted on thee; I, and on every part of thy Body, and all the powers of thy Soul; and to suffer all this for ever, ever, ever. Canst thou bear the company of Lions, and Bears, and Wolves, and Adders, and Serpents, & the deformed Monsters here for ever? How then wilt thou bear the Company of Devils, hideous, monstrous, frightful Hell-hounds for ever? Thou canst not bear the pain of our fire for one day, no not for one quarter of an hour; how then wilt thou bear the pain of Hell ⟨p. 92⟩fire for ever? Ah who can dwell in everlasting burnings! who can endure abiding flames? The Patient in a violent fit of the Stone, or Colic, or Gout, supports himself with this Cordial, This will not last long. The Woman in labour, in the extremity of her pains, hath this to revive her, All this, through the kindness of God, will soon be over. The Primitive Christians comforted themselves under their dreadful Sufferings from their Persecutors, with this, Our light Afflictions are but for a moment. They are black Clouds, but will soon pass over, and vanish away. But, Reader, if once thou art turned into Hell, into those unconceivable intolerable flames, amongst those frightful Devils, thou canst have nothing to bear up thy Spirit, not the least hope of any cessation, or intermission, or remission of thy pains. Ah how will despair, like a dagger, stab thee to the heart! what a cutting corrosive will it be to think, I am here amongst horrid, hideous, hellish Devils, (who have been my Tempters, and are now my Tormentors,) banished the blissful presence of God and Jesus ⟨p. 93⟩Christ, suffering those torments, and pains, and misery, to which all the fires and racks on Earth are but as the razing of skin to Nebuchadnezzars fiery Furnace. Ah what Tongue can tell what this poor Body suffereth in every part of it!
Ex. Reader, Believe and consider this misery of the Wicked, and be restless, till thou art secured against it. Ponder it well, to be among Devils, those stinging Serpents, roaring Lions, frightful Monsters, would make thy hair stand an end, and thy heart to ake; but to be amongst them in extremity of Torments, in fire, in fire kindled by the infinite wrath of God, and in universality of Torments, to have all kind of Judgments and Plagues inflicted on thee; I, and on every part of thy Body, and all the powers of thy Soul; and to suffer all this for ever, ever, ever. Canst thou bear the company of Lions, and Bears, and Wolves, and Adders, and Serpents, & the deformed Monsters here for ever? How then wilt thou bear the Company of Devils, hideous, monstrous, frightful Hell-hounds for ever? Thou canst not bear the pain of our fire for one day, no not for one quarter of an hour; how then wilt thou bear the pain of Hell ⟨p. 92⟩fire for ever? Ah who can dwell in everlasting burnings! who can endure abiding flames? The Patient in a violent fit of the Stone, or Colick, or Gout, supports himself with this Cordial, This will not last long. The Woman in labour, in the extremity of her pains, hath this to revive her, All this, through the kindness of God, will soon be over. The Primitive Christians comforted themselves under their dreadful Sufferings from their Persecutors, with this, Our light Afflictions are but for a moment. They are black Clouds, but will soon pass over, and vanish away. But, Reader, if once thou art turn'd into Hell, into those unconceivable intollerable flames, amongst those frightful Devils, thou canst have nothing to bear up thy Spirit, not the least hope of any cessation, or intermission, or remission of thy pains. Ah how will dispair, like a dagger, stab thee to the heart! what a cutting corosive will it be to think, I am here amongst horrid, hideous, hellish Devils, (who have been my Tempters, and are now my Tormentors,) banished the blissful presence of God and Jesus ⟨p. 93⟩Christ, suffering those torments, and pains, and misery, to which all the fires and racks on Earth are but as the rasing of skin to Nebuchadnezzars fiery Furnace. Ah what Tongue can tell what this poor Body suffereth in every part of it!
