That Sin will not always be sweet, at last it will be bitter. If the pleasures of sin would last for ever, the folly of sinners would not be so great as now it is. You must die shortly, and then the pleasure of sin will be turned into unutterable and Eternal Torments. I remember I have some where read concerning a Company of profane Persons that as they were drinking and making Merry, one of them had this Expression, We live a brave Life if we could but get some body to go to Hell for us when we die: True; if you can do so, be as mad and as merry as you please: But since you must die and then into the fire that never shall be quenched; if madness were not in your hearts, you would hate ⟨p. 105⟩sin more then ever you loved it. But […] will sin be at last? As sure as the Lord Lives and as thou hast an Immortal Soul within thee, it will be bitter at the last. Sin is a root that beareth gall and wormwood, D•ut. 29. 18. As Abner said to Joab about the devouring Sword, 2 Sam. 2. 26. So I say to thee concerning sin that devourer of Immortal Souls, knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? What will that sin of Drunkenness be at last: The wise man tells you when he says, Look not thou on the wine when it is red when it giveth 'it's colour in the cup, when it moveth it self aright at the last it biteth like a Serpent and stings like an Adder, Prov. 23.31, 32. There are some Serpents which when a man is first bitten with them, the poison causeth such a tickling as that he cannot forbear laughter, but when it is come into his blood and bowels, the torment is intolerable: Such a poison is sin, At the […] will bite like a Serpent. What will the Cursed […] bottle that ha's destroyed so many Bodies and Souls in New-England, be at last? That strong drink which ha's made thee Drunk will at last prove the poison of Dragons, and the Cruel […] of Asps, which killeth without mercy and without remedy, Deut. 32. 33. ⟨p. 106⟩What will unrighteous gain? What will Riches gotten by Piracy and Murder be at last? You Young men, that have a mind to turn Pirates in hopes of getting Gold, hear what God speaketh to you from His word, Job 20. 15, 16. He ha's swallowed down Riches, and he shall vomit them up again: God shall cast them out of his belly, he shall suck the poison of Asps, the Vipers tongue shall slay him, his meat in his bowels is the gall of Asps within him.
That Sin will not alwayes be sweet, at last it will be bitter. If the pleasures of sin would last for ever, the folly of sinners would not be so great as now it is. You must dy shortly, and then the pleasure of sin will be turned into unutterable and Eternal Torments. I remember I have some where read concerning a Company of profane Persons that as they were drinking and making Merry, one of them had this Expression, We live a brave Life if we could but get some body to go to Hell for us when we dy: True; if you can do so, be as mad and as merry as you please: But since you must dy and then into the fire that never shall be quenched; if madness were not in your hearts, you would hate ⟨p. 105⟩sin more then ever you loved it. But 〈…〉 will sin be at last? As sure as the Lord Lives and as thou hast an Immortal Soul within thee, it will be bitter at the last. Sin is a root that beareth gall and wormwood, D•ut. 29. 18. As Abner said to Joab about the devouring Sword, 2 Sam. 2. 26. So I say to thee concerning sin that devourer of Immortal Souls, knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? What will that sin of Drunkenness be at last: The wise man tells you when he sayes, Look not thou on the wine when it is red when it giveth 'it's colour in the cup, when it moveth it self aright at the last it biteth like a Serpent and stings like an Adder, Prov. 23.31, 32. There are some Serpents which when a man is first bitten with them, the poyson causeth such a tickling as that he cannot forbear laughter, but when it is come into his blood and bowels, the torment is intolerable: Such a poyson is sin, At the 〈…〉 will bite like a Serpent. What will the Cursed 〈…〉 bottle that ha's destroyed so many Bodies and Souls in New-England, be at last? That strong drink which ha's made thee Drunk will at last prove the poyson of Dragons, and the Cruel 〈…〉 of Aspes, which killeth without mercy and without remedy, Deut. 32. 33. ⟨p. 106⟩What will unrighteous gain? What will Riches gotten by Pyracy and Murder be at last? You Young men, that have a mind to turn Pyrates in hopes of getting Gold, hear what God speaketh to you from His word,
