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First, they look upon the angry countenance of God, and apprehend his ireful indignation, & that is so immeasurably Reas. 1 fearful and terrible, as neither man nor Angel can possibly sustain it. Fall on us mountains (say the mighty men, in the Revelation,) hide us, ô Rocks, (say the Kings and Chieftains,)¹ ⟨p. 19⟩from the presence of him that sitteth on the Throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb. For the great day of his wrath is come, and who can stand?

First, they looke vpon the angrie countenance of God, and apprehend his irefull indignation, & that is so immeasurablie Reas. 1 fearefull and terrible, as neither man nor Angell can possiblie sustaine it. Fall on vs mountaines (say the mightie men, in the Reuelation,) hide vs, ô Rockes, (say the Kings and Chiefetaines,)¹ ⟨p. 19⟩from the presence of him that sitteth on the Throne, and from the wrath of the Lambe. For the great day of his wrath is come, and who can stand?

1. 1Apoc. 6. 16. 17

Secondly, the guilt of sin is a most grievous ulcer for §2their hearts to feel, and an hideous object for their eyes to see, and yet it is always before them, and continually within them. No debt, though of millions, and to the cruellest creditor in all the world, is so dangerous, as deadly sin: no writ is so inevitable as the curses of Gods holy Law: and no arrest is so uncomfortable and irksome, as the biting accusations of the conscience.