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Secondly, as Gods children have a mark set on their foreheads, so there is a mark set on you, but it is a woeful one, for though I judge you not, yet I am persuaded the devil hath set his black mark, with a brand from hell one some of you: yea a man may gather from your very faces almost, what some of you are, but the day of judgement will fully discover you all. But in the mean time, know this whosoever you are that are under your natural condition, you are under Gods ⟨p. 16⟩curse, as it is, If any shall hear the words of ¹this curse, and bless himself in his heart saying, I shall have peace though I walk in the imagination of my heart, &c Then the Lord will not spare him, but the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses of this book shall be upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven, &c. Also, I will heap up mischief upon you, and I will send mine arrows upon you. Oh what a heavy thing is ²this, I pray you consider it sadly; not to have right to Gods promises, is the condition of a man that is cursed, and miserable in his life, at his death, and after his death, You rich gentlemen and gentlewomen, give me leave to speak to you, I pray you consider thus much, if you have not right to Gods promises, the curse of God is stamped upon every cross and penny, and upon every thing you have, See but this place, I have cursed your blessings, saith the Lord, as if he ³should have said, though I have given you plenty of corn, and money, and other things, yet they are to you but as curses, and is not this a very sad thing: give me leave to deal plainly, it is as if a man had but two pence in all the world, and he should go and buy a halter with it, to hang ⟨p. 17⟩himself, yea further, all that thou hast in this condition, is but as if thou shouldest twist a cord together to hang thy soul in hell. And to you of the poorer sort, that have not a right to the promise, you are in a miserable condition, for you are both miserable here and hereafter also. Israel hath not returned to him that smote them, neither do they seek unto the Lord, therefore