II. What will become of those Miserables, who are in a Night, but never penitently, say Where is God my Maker? Indeed, ⟨p. 135⟩the very Beginning of Religion is in seriously saying, who is my Maker, and what is the Duty that I owe to my Maker? And Serious, Real, Hearty Godliness, runs much upon that stroke; The Great GOD is my Maker; Tis infinitely Reasonable that I should acknowledge my Relation to Him, and my Dependence on Him, and make it my whole Business to Glorify Him. Tis God that thus Endowed me with the Faculties of Reason, and formed my Spirit within me; 'tis infinitely Reasonable, that with my Spirit within me. I should Seek Him early. Tis God that has curiously and wondrously made my Body. 'Tis infinitely Reasonable, that no Member of my Body should ever be Employed in Rebellion against Him. Tis thou, O Lord, that art the God of my Life; and there is all the reason in the world, that my Life should be absolutely at thy Dispose, and that I should live to thy Glory, as long as I live in the world. Have such Thoughts as these no power upon thee, O man, unworthy the name of a man? How canst thou stand under the Tremendous Thunder claps of that word, Psal 9 17. The Wicked shall be turned into Hell, and all the Nations that forget God! But alas, This, This is the wretchedness, ⟨p. 136⟩of all you Unregenerates. All Unregenerates, even all they that Live Strangers to God and Christ, have a woeful and a doleful Nights upon them. They Walk in Darkness, and they are Governed by the Powers of Darkness; and 1 Thes 5. 5. They are of the Night, and of the Darkness. And if a Night of Affliction come upon these Unregenerates, they continue still in their Estrangement from God and Christ; It can't be said by them, Lord, with my Soul I have desired thee in the Night; It may be said of them, 2 Chron. 28. 22. In the Time of their Distress, they Sin yet more against the Lord! But now, What Songs can these desolate Sinners have? Truly, We can hear nothing but Sighs from them, in their Affliction, or the poor, mean, vain Language of Creatures darkened with a wonderful Stupidity. Alas, 'Tis not Expected of them, that they should Sing; but the Word of God says unto them, Jam. 5. 1. Weep and Howl for your Miseries that are to come upon you Miserable Souls; The Night to Death is not far from you:
II. What will become of those Miserables, who are in a Night, but never penitently, say Where is God my Maker? Indeed, ⟨p. 135⟩the very Beginning of Religion is in seriously saying, who is my Maker, and what is the Duty that I owe to my Maker? And Serious, Real, Hearty Godliness, runs much upon that stroke; The Great GOD is my Maker; Tis infinitely Reasonable that I should acknowledge my Relation to Him, and my Dependance on Him, and make it my whole Business to Glorify Him. Tis God that thus Endowed me with the Faculties of Reason, and formed my Spirit within me; 'tis infinitely Reasonable, that with my Spirit within me. I should Seek Him early. Tis God that has curiously and wondrously made my Body. 'Tis infinitely Reasonable, that no Member of my Body should ever be Employ'd in Rebellion against Him. Tis thou, O Lord, that art the God of my Life; and there is all the reason in the world, that my Life should be absolutely at thy Dispose, and that I should live to thy Glory, as long as I live in the world. Have such Thoughts as these no power upon thee, O man, unworthy the name of a man? How canst thou stand under the Tremendous Thunder claps of that word, Psal 9 17. The Wicked shall be turned into Hell, and all the Nations that forget God! But alas, This, This is the wretchedness, ⟨p. 136⟩of all you Unregenerates. All Unregenerates, even all they that Live Strangers to God and Christ, have a woful and a doleful Nights upon them. They Walk in Darkness, and they are Governed by the Powers of Darkness; and 1 Thes 5. 5. They are of the Night, and of the Darkness. And if a Night of Affliction come upon these Unregenerates, they continue still in their Estrangement from God and Christ; It can't be said by them, Lord, with my Soul I have desired thee in the Night; It may be said of them, 2 Chron. 28. 22. In the Time of their Distress, they Sin yet more against the Lord! But now, What Songs can these desolate Sinners have? Truly, We can hear nothing but Sighs from them, in their Affliction, or the poor, mean, vain Language of Creatures darkened with a wonderful Stupidity. Alas, 'Tis not Expected of them, that they should Sing; but the Word of God says unto them, Jam. 5. 1. Weep and Howl for your Miseries that are to come upon you Miserable Souls; The Night to Death is not far from you:
