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CHAP. VIII. 3. Use of Reproof and Terror for the awakening of the Wicked and Ungodly, out of their carnal security▪

CHAP. VIII. 3. Use of Reproof and Terrour for the awakening of the Wicked and Ungodly, out of their carnal security▪

How long will ye sleep O ye Sinners? How long will ye slumber in such imminent danger, ye Graceless and Christless persons? what sleep under the light? what sleep upon the brinks of the burning Lake? and will nothing rouse you, and awaken you out of this sleep? are you resolved it shall prove the sleep of death? shall it insensibly and effectually usher you to Hell before you are aware? have you been called already so long, so loud, so frequently, so fervently, and yet do you deafen your ear? have you been told so often of your guilt and danger, and yet harden your •art? yet will you hold fast your sins, resolving not to let them go what ever they cost you? have your hearts been like so many brazen walls, beating back all the Arrows of reproof, and threatenings which have been shot at you? or are they like Clay and Mud, which groweth the more hard and obdurate under the Sun and Light of the Gospel which hath shined upon you? have no Heavenly dews and showers of the Word yet melted and softened you, no Fire and Hammer new-moulded and framed you? have you been threatened with Death, and Wrath, and Misery for ever, and yet not startled, yet stupid and senseless?

HOw long will ye sleep O ye Sinners? How long will ye slumber in such imminent danger, ye Graceless and Christless persons? what sleep under the light? what sleep upon the brinks of the burning Lake? and will nothing rouze you, and awaken you out of this sleep? are you resolved it shall prove the sleep of death? shall it insensibly and effectually usher you to Hell before you are aware? have you been called already so long, so loud, so frequently, so fervently, and yet do you deafen your ear? have you been told so often of your guilt and danger, and yet harden your art? yet will you hold fast your sins, resolving not to let them go what ever they cost you? have your hearts been like so many brazen walls, beating back all the Arrows of reproof, and threatnings which have been shot at you? or are they like Cley and Mud, which groweth the more hard and obdurate under the Sun and Light of the Gospel which hath shined upon you? have no Heavenly dews and showers of the Word yet melted and softned you, no Fire and Hammer new-moulded and framed you? have you been threatned with Death, and Wrath, and Misery for ever, and yet not startled, yet stupid and senseless?