A word or two more let me say, 1. Remember that you are in continual danger of ruin, as long as you remain unconverted. It is a dangerous thing for any man to defer his Conversion one day, or but one hour. I have sometimes put you in mind of an Expression of Mr. Bolton's, who said, He would not be in the condition of an unconverted man one hour, though he might have all the World for it, lest haply death should come upon him in that hour, and so Repentance be too late. Oh methinks, I would not be in my Natural, unconverted estate again one moment, though I might have ten thousand Worlds for it, lest Death ⟨p. 64⟩should seize upon me in a moment, and so my immortal Soul be lost. Think sadly of it, you that know not what the new Birth meaneth: if Death should find thee in thy present condition, it had been better for thee never to have been born; better for you never to have been born, than not to be new born; yea, it had been better for thee to have been a Dog, or a Toad, or a Serpent, or the vilest Creature in the World, than to die in a natural, unconverted estate: for these doleful Creatures when they die, see an end of their misery; but when thou diest, thy misery begins; when once thy immortal Soul is out of thy Body, thy endless and easeless woes will come upon thee, without any hope of remedy. 2. One word more I must needs say unto you; and therefore be it known unto you, that if any of you will venture on still in your trespasses, so as to die in your sins, your blood shall be upon your own heads. I Remember what the Lord said to his Prophet, Ezek. 3. 17, 18, 19. Son of man, I have made thee a Watchman unto the house of Israel, therefore hear the word at my mouth, ⟨p. 65⟩and give them warning from me: When I say unto the wicked thou shalt surely die, and thou givest him not warning nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way to save his life, the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thine hand: yet if thou warn the wicked and he turn not from his wickedness nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul. Now then let me deliver my Soul this day; Behold I do here in the Name of the Lord solemnly and earnestly warn every sinner amongst you, that you make haste to turn unto God in Jesus Christ;
A word or two more let me say, 1. Remember that you are in continual danger of ruin, as long as you remain unconverted. It is a dangerous thing for any man to defer his Conversion one day, or but one hour. I have sometimes put you in mind of an Expression of Mr. Bolton's, who said, He would not be in the condition of an unconverted man one hour, though he might have all the World for it, lest haply death should come upon him in that hour, and so Repentance be too late. Oh methinks, I would not be in my Natural, unconverted estate again one moment, though I might have ten thousand Worlds for it, lest Death ⟨p. 64⟩should seize upon me in a moment, and so my immortal Soul be lost. Think sadly of it, you that know not what the new Birth meaneth: if Death should find thee in thy present condition, it had been better for thee never to have been born; better for you never to have been born, than not to be new born; yea, it had been better for thee to have been a Dog, or a Toad, or a Serpent, or the vilest Creature in the World, than to dy in a natural, unconverted estate: for these doleful Creatures when they die, see an end of their misery; but when thou diest, thy misery begins; when once thy immortal Soul is out of thy Body, thy endless and easeless woes will come upon thee, without any hope of remedy. 2. One word more I must needs say unto you; and therefore be it known unto you, that if any of you will venture on still in your trespasses, so as to dy in your sins, your blood shall be upon your own heads. I Remember what the Lord said to his Prophet, Ezek. 3. 17, 18, 19. Son of man, I have made thee a Watchman unto the house of Israel, therefore hear the word at my mouth, ⟨p. 65⟩and give them warning from me: When I say unto the wicked thou shalt surely die, and thou givest him not warning nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way to save his life, the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I require at thine hand: yet if thou warn the wicked and he turn not from his wickedness nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity, but thou hast delivered thy soul. Now then let me deliver my Soul this day; Behold I do here in the Name of the Lord solemnly and earnestly warn every sinner amongst you, that you make haste to turn unto God in Jesus Christ;
