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

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?

Quest. 6. What do you think will become of you, if after all this you go on in your old ways? what will become of you do you think if you should die without the knowledge of God? what hopes hath you of life in peace, if you bid defiance to the Lord of life, and contemn the Prince of peace? how shall you escape if you neglect so great salvation? what do you think that those which did once as you do now, slight Christ, and never look after Reconciliation with God, are now a doing in another world? what would you do in this case? should one come to you either out of Heaven, or out of Hell, how wonderfully do you think you should be affected with the Narration which they would give you of the affairs of the invisible world? why then will you not now be affected with what we say? for assure your selves, whatever you may think, our testimony is as true, and hath a better foundation of credit, then if one should tell you he ⟨p. 277⟩came from the dead, and speak to you of these things.