Twenty sermons preached at Oxford before His Majesty, and elsewhere

Now being thus awaked, consider with thy self what thou hast to do, when the dreadful Trumpet of the Law hath awakened thee, consider thy state; if thou sleepest this night in thy sins, perhaps hell fire may be thy portion before the morning. It were better for thee therefore to awake, before the flames of hell fire awake thee. Consider likewise that thou must not be led by thy self, thou must renounce thine own will. Our Estates may be pleasing unto us, to enjoy in a dream our hearts lusts here on earth; but ⟨p. 66⟩consider, unless thou cross thy Will here, it shall be crossed hereafter: yea it shall be the main cross a man shall have in hell, (besides the eternal weight of Gods wrath) that he can will or desire nothing, but he shall be crossed in it: not the least thing he desires, but he shall have the contrary, world without end: Learn then what a woeful thing it is to be our own Lords, to follow our own Lusts and Pleasures, see what we shall gain by it: never shalt thou enjoy the least portion of thy will in the world to come;¹ if thou wouldst have but a drop of cold water, thou shalt be crossed in it. There's nothing thou desirest but thou shalt have the opposite to it.

Now being thus awaked, consider with thy self what thou hast to do, when the dreadful Trumpet of the Law hath awakened thee, consider thy state; if thou sleepest this night in thy sins, perhaps hell fire may be thy portion before the morning. It were better for thee therefore to awake, before the flames of hell fire awake thee. Consider likewise that thou must not be led by thy self, thou must renounce thine own will. Our Estates may be pleasing unto us, to enjoy in a dream our hearts lusts here on earth; but ⟨p. 66⟩consider, unless thou cross thy Will here, it shall be crossed hereafter: yea it shall be the main cross a man shall have in hell, (besides the eternal weight of Gods wrath) that he can will or desire nothing, but he shall be crossed in it: not the least thing he desires, but he shall have the contrary, world without end: Learn then what a woful thing it is to be our own Lords, to follow our own Lusts and Pleasures, see what we shall gain by it: never shalt thou enjoy the least portion of thy will in the world to come;