God's terrible voice in the city

7. Persecutors turn from your evil ways: Forbear persecuting the people of God, who desire your good, and are the best safeguard and defence by their prayers and faith of the places where they live, from miseries and destruction; is it good for you to hew at the bough on which you stand, over such a deep, into which if you should fall, it will be impossible for you to recover your selves again? is it good for you to pull at the Pillars of the house, which if you pluck down, will bring the house upon you, and bury you in its ruins? is it good to put your selves under the burdensome stone which will grind you to powder? suppose whilst you are breathing forth threatenings against any of Christs Disciples, and are in the heat of your rage and furious persecution of them, you should hear such a voice as Paul did from Heaven, Sinners, sinners, why persecute you me, would it not cool, and stop you? you may hear this voice, if you will open your ear unto the word; It is Christ you persecute in his Disciples; it is Christ you wound through their sides, you would do the same to him as the Jews did, were he alive amongst you, and you had the same power as sometimes was put into their hands against the Lord of life. I will not charge London with, and therefore need not warn them generally against the sin of persecution of Gods people, ⟨p. 241⟩because they have been a shelter to them when the times have frowned most upon them; but are there none have need of this warning? are there no Judas's amongst them, none of Pauls spirit before his Conversion?

7. Persecutors turn from your evil waies: Forbear persecuting the people of God, who desire your good, and are the best safeguard and defence by their prayers and faith of the places where they live, from miseries and destruction; is it good for you to hew at the bough on which you stand, over such a deep, into which if you should fall, it will be impossible for you to recover your selves again? is it good for you to pull at the Pillars of the house, which if you pluck down, will bring the house upon you, and bury you in its ruines? is it good to put your selves under the burdensome stone which will grinde you to powder? suppose whilest you are breathing forth threatnings against any of Christs Disciples, and are in the heat of your rage and furious persecution of them, you should hear such a voice as Paul did from Heaven, Sinners, sinners, why persecute you me, would it not cool, and stop you? you may hear this voice, if you will open your ear unto the word; It is Christ you persecute in his Disciples; it is Christ you wound thorow their sides, you would do the same to him as the Jews did, were he alive amongst you, and you had the same power as sometimes was put into their hands against the Lord of life. I will not charge London with, and therefore need not warn them generally against the sin of persecution of Gods people,