Let it not be said that your sturdy Obstinacy in Sin out-goes the stout Stomach of the very Devils themselves, who believe and tremble, while you sin and tremble not. It is no less than an Omnipotent Enemy whom by Unforsaken Sin you incur the just Revenges of; and wi•• the sorry Potsherds of the Earth make light of His horrendous Indignation? It is the Exclamation of the Psalmist in Psal. 76.7. Who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry O Lord! O No more, No more Harden your selves against this GOD; It is impossible that you should prosper if you do. You have the Lord of Hosts against you; and while you have, all the Hosts of the Lord are up in Arms against you too. While you are thus under the Curse of God, every Creature of God hath been crying unto him against you, as that King unto the Prophet about the hood-winked Syrians, Shall I smite them, O Lord▪ shall I smite them? The Earth has cried, Lord, shall I swallow them up alive? as I did ⟨p. 58⟩Corah and his Company? The Sea has roared Lord, shall I run over the heads of 'em, as I did to Pharaoh, and his Followers? The Clouds have rumbled, Lord, shall we shower down fierce Lightnings upon them, as we did upon Sodom & Gomorrah? Thus are even all the Creatures of God only staying for that Word Fall on; and upon that Signal given, they would all join to Plague you, more than the Sun and Moon did Sisera of Old, when by producing the Inundations of Kishon they did in their courses fight against him. But there is that which is more tremendous yet: You must expect that if Repentance prevent it not, you will at length fall into the Hands of the everliving GOD Himself, whose Hands it is a fearful thing to fall into. And O how can you bear the Gripes of those Iron Arms, or the Immediate strokes where-with he will one day dispense his fiery Fury in those Ovens of Hell, the Souls of his Enemies; Can your hands be strong or can your heart endure, in the day that I shall deal with you, saith the Lord? The Hands of God! Alas those Ireful Hands do split the Everlasting Rocks, and make the very Pillars of Heaven Tremble. I Knew a very stout man, who in the Anguishes of Death thus expressed himself, I have been ⟨p. 59⟩said he) among drawn Swords and Armed Soldiers; I have stood before the mouths of roaring Canons, from whence the Bullets have flown about my ears, and yet I never knew what it wa• to be afraid;
Let it not be said that your sturdy Obstinacy in Sin out-goes the stout Stomach of the very Devils themselves, who believe and tremble, while you sin and tremble not. It is no less than an Omnipotent Enemy whom by Unforsaken Sin you incurr the just Revenges of; and wi•• the sorry Potsherds of the Earth make light of His horrendous Indignation? It is the Exclamation of the Psalmist in Psal. 76.7. Who may stand in thy sight when once thou art angry O Lord! O No more, No more Harden your selves against this GOD; It is impossible that you should prosper if you do. You have the Lord of Hosts against you; and while you have, all the Hosts of the Lord are up in Arms against you too. While you are thus under the Curse of God, every Creature of God hath been crying unto him against you, as that King unto the Prophet about the hood-wink'd Syrians, Shall I smite them, O Lord▪ shall I smite them? The Earth has cry'd, Lord, shall I swallow them up alive? as I did ⟨p. 58⟩Corah and his Company? The Sea has roard Lord, shall I run over the heads of 'em, as I did to Pharaoh, and his Followers? The Clouds have rumbled, Lord, shall we showre down fierce Lightenings upon them, as we did upon Sodom & Gomorrah? Thus are even all the Creatures of God only staying for that Word Fall on; and upon that Signal given, they would all joyn to Plague you, more than the Sun and Moon did Sisera of Old, when by producing the Inundations of Kishon they did in their courses fight against him. But there is that which is more tremendous yet: You must expect that if Repentance prevent it not, you will at length fall into the Hands of the everliving GOD Himself, whose Hands it is a fearful thing to fall into. And O how can you bear the Gripes of those Iron Arms, or the Immedeate stroaks where-with he will one day dispense his fiery Fury in those Ovens of Hell, the Souls of his Enemies; Can your hands be strong or can your heart endure, in the day that I shall deal with you, saith the Lord? The Hands of God! Alas those Ireful Hands do splitt the Everlasting Rocks, and make the very Pillars of Heaven Tremble. I Knew a very stout man, who in the Anguishes of Death thus express'd himself, I have been ⟨p. 59⟩said he) among drawn Swords and Armed Souldiers; I have stood before the mouths of ro•ring Canons, from whence the Bullets have flown about my ears, and yet I never knew what it wa• to be afraid;
