A Body of Practical Divinity

3d. Br. See here an Hand-writing upon the Wall; here is that which may check a Sinners Mirth. He is now brisk and frolic, he chants to the sound of the Viol, and invents Instruments of Music. Amos 6.5. He drinks stolen Waters, and saith they are sweet. Oh! but let him remember that the Wrath and Curse of God hang over him, which will shortly (without Repentance) be executed on him. Dionysius thought, as he sat at Table, he saw a naked Sword hang over his Head. The Sword of God's Justice hangs over a Sinner; and when the slender Thread of Life is cut asunder, the Sword falls upon him. Rejoice, O young Man, in thy Youth, and let thy Heart cheer thee in the Days of thy Youth, Eccles. 11.9. But know thou for all these things God will bring thee into Judgment. For a drop of Pleasure thou must drink a Sea of Wrath. Your Pleasure cannot be so sweet, as Wrath is bitter. The Delights of the Flesh cannot countervail the Horror of Conscience. Better want the Devils Honey, than be so stung with the Wrath of God. The Garden of Eden, (which signifies Pleasure) had a Flaming Sword placed at the East-end of it, Gen. 3.24. ⟨p. 397⟩The Garden of carnal and sinful Delight is surrounded with the Flaming Sword of God's Wrath.

3d. Br. See here an Hand-writing upon the Wall; here is that which may check a Sinners Mirth. He is now brisk and frolick, he chants to the sound of the Viol, and invents Instruments of Musick. Amos 6.5. He drinks stollen Waters, and saith they are sweet. Oh! but let him remember that the Wrath and Curse of God hang over him, which will shortly (without Repentance) be executed on him. Dionisius thought, as he sat at Table, he saw a naked Sword hang over his Head. The Sword of God's Justice hangs over a Sinner; and when the slender Thread of Life is cut asunder, the Sword falls upon him. Rejoyce, O young Man, in thy Youth, and let thy Heart cheer thee in the Days of thy Youth, Eccles. 11.9. But know thou for all these things God will bring thee into Iudgment. For a drop of Pleasure thou must drink a Sea of Wrath. Your Pleasure cannot be so sweet, as Wrath is bitter. The Delights of the Flesh cannot countervail the Horror of Conscience. Better want the Devils Honey, than be so stung with the Wrath of God. The Garden of Eden, (which signifies Pleasure) had a Flaming Sword placed at the East-end of it,