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

Quest. 4. My next Question that I shall propound to you, and desire your serious and speedy answer to, is this, Do you believe that you can find a better friend then God? can you mend your self any where else? is there in Heaven or Earth any that can do as much for you as God can? is there any one that can take you off when you come to be accused for High Treason against the King of Heaven, and to be arraigned before that just Judge? have you got that which will quit your cost in getting of it, and countervail the loss of a Soul? what is it that still hath an interest in your heart, that is thought to be an equal competitor with God for your dearest love? If it be indeed that which will shield you from the arrests of Death, and the wrath of the Almighty; if it be that which can shelter you from the storm of his displeasure; if it be that which will do you as much good as Heaven, and make you as happy as God can; why then I have little to say; make your best of it. But consider well what you do first, be sure that you be not mistaken, have not many thought as you think, and have found their mistake when it was too late?

Quest. 5. Do you think that this world will last always with you? do you not believe that ere long you must die, and your soul appear before God, and by him be sentenced to its everlasting state? where is all the glory of those great Monarchs which despised God, and oppressed his people? what is become of all their pomp? which ⟨p. 276⟩of them that flourished three thousand years ago stand alive now in glory? and are you better then they? shall the worms which have made a prey of them, spare you? is Death more favourable now a days, then he was before? is not the world still as it was, but vanity? is not all flesh still but grass, and the beauty of it as a flower that is cut down and withereth suddenly? Well then, this being granted, that nothing is more certain then Death, and that it is appointed for all men once to die; would you not then be glad of something that will stand you instead after death, a Friend in another world? why then do you not speedily get acquainted with him who alone can befriend you in that dreadful hour?