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Faithful warnings to prevent fearful judgments. Uttered in a brief discourse, occasioned, by a…
Faithful warnings to prevent fearful judgments. Uttered in a brief discourse, occasioned, by a tragical spectacle, in a number of miserables under a sentence of death for piracy. At Boston in N.E. Jun. 22. 1704. : [Five lines of quotations]
Boston, : Printed & sold by Timothy Green, at the north end of the town., 1704
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Lastly, Hell follows. There is an Eternal Evil which Pursues the Sinner. An Everlasting Banishment from God▪ the Chief Good, must needs be very Evil. When Sinners are fallen into a Damnation and Banishment, from the the Gracious Presence of God, it must be said, Ezek. 7. 5. An Evil, an only Evil, Behold, it is come. But this formidable Evil is Pursuing of you, O Unwary and Fool-hardy Sinners. Men do now say unto the Almighty, Depart from us, we desire not the Knowledge of thy ways: Therefore this Evil does Pursue the Sinners; That the Lord Jesus Christ will say unto them, Depart from me, I know ye not, ye workers of Iniquity. Men do now Refuse to come unto the Lord Jesus Christ, for His Blessing; This Evil does Pursue the Sinners, The Lord Jesus Christ will pronounce this Doom upon them, Depart ye Cursed. Men are now as hot as Fire, in Thirsting and in Driving after the Pleasures […] Sin; This Evil does Pursue the Sinners; They shall be cast into an Intolerable Fire and there Cry out▪ I am Tormented in this Flame! Men do ⟨p. 17⟩now Despise the pleasant Lord, and Kick against Heaven, and all the Glories, and the Offers of it; This Evil does Pursue the Sinners; They shall be cast into an Hell, where the Smoke of their Torment shall ascend for ever & ever. Men do now hearken to the Devil, and Prefer & Obey his Commands, doing the works of Darkness; This Evil does Pursue the Sinners; They shall be Imprisoned in Utter Darkness, with the Devil and his Angels. Oh! Matchless Evil! To lie under Eternal Impressions and Vexations, from the wrath of an Infinite God! Sinner, How canst thou bear the Thought of such an Evil! Secure Sinners will ask, How can the Minister prove, That there is in another World an Evil Pursuing of them? Prove it! Ah, Sinners, you your selves afford a Proof of it. You see, That Sinners often Oppress and Harass Innocent men, with Tortures that cannot be Painted out. Sinners have Racked, and Booted the Servants of God, and Burned them alive, and Broke them on the Wheel, & Bastinadoed them to Death. Now, if there be a Just God, which the very Devils