Twenty sermons preached at Oxford before His Majesty, and elsewhere

A man hath perhaps hope in this World, and as the Proverb is, were it not for hope the heart would burst; yet even this too shall be taken away from him, he shall have no hope left him of ever seeing Gods face again, or of ever having any more tastes of his favour: And so what hath been said of some, may be said of all his graces and endowments: He shall clean be stripped of all ere he be sent to Hell.

A man hath perhaps hope in this World, and as the Proverb is, were it not for hope the heart would burst; yet even this too shall be taken away from him, he shall have no hope left him of ever seeing Gods face again, or of ever having any more tasts of his favour: And so what hath been said of some, may be said of all his graces and endowments: He shall clean be stript of all ere he be sent to Hell.

I come now to speak of the place of torment it self, wherein the sinner is to be cast eternally, which is the second act. But think not that I am able to discover the thousandth part of it, no nor any man else: God grant that no soul here present ever come to find by experience what it is. What a woeful thing is it; that many men should take more pains to come to this place of torment, then would cost them to go to h•aven, that men should wilfully run themselves upon the pikes, not considering how painful it is, nor how sharp those pikes are: And this I shall endeavour to my power to set forth unto you. This Text declares unto us two things.

I come now to speak of the place of torment it self, wherein the sinner is to be cast eternally, which is the second act. But think not that I am able to discover the thousandth part of it, no nor any man else: God grant that no soul here present ever come to find by experience what it is. What a woful thing is it; that many men should take more pains to come to this place of torment, then would cost them to go to h•aven, that men should wilfully run themselves upon the pikes, not considering how painful it is, nor how sharp those pikes are: And this I shall endeavour to my power to set forth unto you. This Text declares unto us two things.