The truly blessed man, or, The way to be happy here, and forever being…

7. And this may possibly be when it is too late. […] may be not before your Soul stealeth into another World, and drops into the hands of Devil• There are some such Wretches, who die like Lamb ⟨p. 173⟩but in a moment this rending Lyon falls upon them. It may be on a death bed, when you have spent a life in sin, and lived secure, and now time and opportunity is past, and God will not give you Repentance; but open your eyes to see what you have been doing, and then let you see whether you are going, and the pit into which you are entering, and what a terror will this be?

7. And this may possibly be when it is too late. 〈…〉 may be not before your Soul stealeth into another World, and drops into the hands of Devil• There are some such Wretches, who dy like Lamb ⟨p. 173⟩but in a moment this rending Lyon falls upon them. It may be on a death bed, when you have spent a life in sin, and lived secure, and now time and opportunity is past, and God will not give you Repentance; but open your eyes to see what you have been doing, and then let you see whether you are going, and the pit into which you are entring, and what a terrour will this be?

8. And if God doth give you Repentance at length, this will woefully embitter it. If you are his Children, you shall repent and be forgiven, because your state of Justification is secured: but you shall be brought to it by Repentance; and what deep wounds will these reflections give to your Souls? Be then warned and persuaded to beware of indulging your selves in this course; and if you have done so already, Do so no more, but bitterly bewail it before God, and make hast to get the Sin of it forgiven: and be sure to put it into your self judging, when you aggravate your sins in your humble acknowledgements.