The Godly Man's Picture

8. The ungodly while they live are exposed to the wrath of God, Joh. 3. 36. He that believeth not, the wrath of God abideth on him. He who wants Grace, is like one who wants a pardon, he is every hour in fear of Execution: How can a wicked man rejoice? Over his head the Sword of Gods Justice hangs, and under him hell fire burns.

8. The ungodly while they live are exposed to the wrath of God, Ioh. 3. 36. He that believeth not, the wrath of God abideth on him. He who wants Grace, is like one who wants a pardon, he is every hour in fear of Execution: How can a wicked man rejoyce? Over his head the Sword of Gods Justice hangs, and under him hell fire burns.

9. The ungodly at death must undergo Gods fury and indignation, Psal. 9. 17. The wicked shall be turned into hell. I have read of a Lodestone in Ethiopia, which hath two ^*corners, with one it draws the iron to it, with the other it puts the iron from it: So God hath two hands, of Mercy and Justice, with the one he will draw the godly to heaven, with the other he will thrust the sinner to hell: And O how dreadful is that place! It is called a fiery ^†lake, Rev. 20. 15. A lake, to denote the plenty of Torments in hell; a fiery lake, to show the fierceness of them: Fire is the most torturing Element. Strabo in his Geography mentions a Lake in ⟨p. 280⟩Galilee, of such a pestiferous nature, that it scaldeth off the skin of whatsoever is cast into it: But alas, that Lake is cool, compared with this fiery Lake, into which the damned are thrown. To demonstrate this fire terrible, there are two most pernicious qualities in it. 1. It is Sulphureous, it is mixed with brimstone,