H. But then, My little children, of whom I travel in Birth again, until Christ be formed in you; I pray, let it be your endeavour to be those gracious Ones, which God may be an Heavenly Father unto. 'Tis impossible to express, how willing, how ready, the Lord is to be the Father of you all. He has already been a Father to many thousands of such as you; and there are doubtless more little Children in Heaven, even in the Fathers House, than there are persons of any other Age. How much may this encourage you; but in the mean time, consider, my dear Children, consider what your condition is. A Little Child once became a very holy Child, and being asked the reason of it, he said, Why, I was t'other day in the burying-place, and there I saw a Grave shorter than any self. Truly, if you'll repair to the Graves among us, you'll see many an one of your own Dimensions […] […] ⟨p. 121⟩young as you are, you are old enough to Die; the Lambs-skin is in the Market as well as the Sheep's. But O consider what will then become of your never-dying Souls, if you have not before then made sure of an Interest in God as a Father for you. What a terrible thing will it be for you to be then clapped up in chains of Darkness among black Devils against the Judgment of the Great Day! When the Last Judgment comes upon the world, who shall then appear before the dreadful Tribunal of the Lord Jesus Christ? It is said in Rev. •0. 12. I saw the Dead, small and great stand before God; the smallest of you all must then have a Sentence of Weal or Woe passed upon you; a Sentence that will fix you in your state, for infinitely more than as many millions of Ages as the Ocean has drops of water in it.
H. But then, My little children, of whom I travel in Birth again, until Christ be formed in you; I pray, let it be your endeavour to be those gracious Ones, which God may be an Heavenly Father unto. 'Tis impossible to express, how willing, how ready, the Lord is to be the Father of you all. He has already been a Father to many thousands of such as you; and there are doubtless more little Children in Heaven, even in the Fathers House, than there are persons of any other Age. How much may this encourage you; but in the mean time, consider, my dear Children, consider what your condition is. A Little Child once became a very holy Child, and being asked the reason of it, he said, Why, I was t'other day in the burying-place, and there I saw a Grave shorter than any self. Truly, if you'll repair to the Graves among us, you'll see many an one of your own Dimensions 〈…〉 〈…〉 ⟨p. 121⟩young as you are, you are old enough to Dy; the Lambs-skin is in the Market as well as the Sheep's. But O consider what will then become of your never-dying Souls, if you have not before then made sure of an Interest in God as a Father for you. What a terrible thing will it be for you to be then clap'd up in chains of Darkness among black Devils against the Judgment of the Great Day! When the Last Judgment comes upon the world, who shall then appear before the dreadful Tribunal of the Lord Jesus Christ? It is said in Rev. •0. 12. I saw the Dead, small and great stand before God; the smallest of you all must then have a Sentence of Weal or Wo passed upon you; a Sentence that will fix you in your state, for infinitely more than as many millions of Ages as the Ocean has drops of water in it.
