Heaven upon earth, or, The best friend in the worst of times. Delivered in…

if good or evil, if peace or war, if life or death, If all this be as much as nothing, what then is something? If the frequent pleading of mercy, if the blood of Christ have any voice, if the expostulations of his Ambassadors may be heard, Why should you not then be persuaded? If all this will not move you, what can we say more? If we could show you Heaven, and the glories of another world, could we let you see the Face of Christ, could we any way in the world reach you hearts, and persuade you by any means to mind the things of Eternal peace, we would do it with all our hearts. If we were sure to get you with us, and to bring you acquainted with God, we could willingly come begging on our bare knees to you, and beseech you to be reconciled to God. We see that dismal day a coming, and are grieved to think, what a sad taking you will be in then; we know the case will then be altered with them, which will not be persuaded to be reconciled to God. O what a woeful condition will they be in, which have heard or read these Sermons, and yet for all that, would not mind the looking after acquaintance with God! How will such wish that they had never been born, or that they had their being in some of the dark savage corners of the world, where they might never have heard of the Doctrine of Reconciliation, being acquainted with God, and union with Christ, peace with their offended Maker, rather than having heard of these things to make light of them! O to hear of such a friend, and to have him for an enemy; to hear of Peace, and to choose ⟨p. 261⟩War; to hear of Heaven, and go to Hell, this is sad indeed. It would have been far better for such, that they had never known the ways of God, than after they have known them, to go in the ways of Folly. O that men and women had but such serious thoughts of these things as they will have ere long! O that they would but believe Heaven, and Hell, and Eternity to be such Realities as shortly they will! O that mens hearts were but affected with things, as they will be when their souls are just a going, or a little after they are in another world! But O the miserable condition of the world! O the lamentable state of Professors, that make no more of the favour of displeasure of God!

if good or evil, if peace or war, if life or death, If all this be as much as nothing, what then is something? If the frequent pleading of mercy, if the blood of Christ have any voice, if the expostulations of his Embassadors may be heard, Why should you not then be perswaded? If all this will not move you, what can we say more? If we could shew you Heaven, and the glories of another world, could we let you see the Face of Christ, could we any way in the world reach you hearts, and perswade you by any means to mind the things of Eternal peace, we would do it with all our hearts. If we were sure to get you with us, and to bring you acquainted with God, we could willingly come begging on our bare knees to you, and beseech you to be reconciled to God. We see that dismal day a coming, and are grieved to think, what a sad taking you will be in then; we know the case will then be altered with them, which will not be perswaded to be reconciled to God. O what a woful condition will they be in, which have heard or read these Sermons, and yet for all that, would not mind the looking after acquaintance with God! How will such wish that they had never been born, or that they had their being in some of the dark savage corners of the world, where they might never have heard of the Doctrine of Reconciliation, being acquainted with God, and union with Christ, peace with their offended Maker, rather than having heard of these things to make light of them! O to hear of such a friend, and to have him for an enemy; to hear of Peace, and to choose