The beatitudes

Use 1 1. See here the misery of a wicked man, who hath all his hope in this life;¹ he makes the wedge of gold his hope, he casts his Anchor downwards; he can have no hope of Christs appearing; he fears Christs appearing, he doth not hope for it; he is like a Prisoner that fears the Judges coming to the Bench. Christs appearing will be a dismal appearing to him; when Christ shall appear, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? 1 Pet. 4.18. a wicked man is like a Mariner at Sea that hath no Anchor; like a man in a storm that hath no shelter; where is his hope when he shall come to die? It is with a sinner as it was with the old world when the flood came; the waters did arise higher and higher by degrees. First the waters came to the Valleys, but they encouraged themselves in the Hills; then the waters came to the Mountains; I, but there might be some Trees upon the Hills, and they would climb up to them; then the waters prevailed and rose to the top of the Trees, now they had nothing to trust to; all hopes of being saved were gone. So it is with a sinner, if one comfort be taken away, he hath another left; if a Relation be gone, he hath ⟨p. 582⟩an estate left; if one Crutch be broken, yet he hath another to lean upon; I but sickness comes, and he sees he must die, and appear before his Judge, now he hath no hope, he dies despairing, he must lie for ever in the boiling furnace of Gods wrath^*.

Use 1 1. See here the misery of a wicked man, who hath all his hope in this life;¹ he makes the wedge of gold his hope, he casts his Anchor downwards; he can have no hope of Christs appearing; he fears Christs appearing, he doth not hope for it; he is like a Prisoner that fears the Judges coming to the Bench. Christs appearing will be a dismal appearing to him; when Christ shall appear, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear? 1 Pet. 4.18. a wicked man is like a Mariner at Sea that hath no Anchor; like a man in a storm that hath no shelter; where is his hope when he shall come to die? It is with a sinner as it was with the old world when the flood came; the waters did arise higher and higher by degrees. First the waters came to the Valleys, but they encouraged themseves in the Hills; then the waters came to the Mountains; I, but there might be some Trees upon the Hills, and they would climb up to them; then the waters prevailed and rose to the top of the Trees, now they had nothing to trust to; all hopes of being saved were gone. So it is with a sinner, if one comfort be taken away, he hath another left; if a Relation be gone, he hath