I know not how to dismiss this Lovely Theme. —And yet I will now add no more than this upon it. There cannot be Greater Sinners on Earth, than some were, who are now in Heaven, and Stand there, not only without Guilt, but also without Fault, before the Throne of God. Sinner, Be thy Sins never so horrible, never so horribly Enormous; there are some now in Heaven, that once were Guilty of the very same Sins. A Bloody Robber had this from our Saviour, Thou shalt be with me in Paradise. And she that was Rahab the Harlot is there too! There are some in Paradise, who were once, The Chief of Sinners. Paul was caught up thither; Paul is now gone to stay there; And yet this Paul could say, I was a Blasphemer, and a Persecutor, and the Chief of Sinners. Oh! could we overhear the Fraises, that are the Melody of the Heavenly World! One who died among us, after fifty years rolled away in Wickedness, out of which he was Effectually Recovered a few Weeks before he dyed; when his Friends thought him gone, & in a manner Dead, he Revived so far, as to Surprise them, with these Expressions; O my Friends, Heaven rings all over at this! They Wonder at this; A Great and an Old Sinner coming to Heaven! O the Riches of Grace! O Glorify ⟨p. 62⟩Free-Grace for ever more! And so he died quite away. Were Heaven Open to us, we should overhear Strange Acclamations! One that had been a very Oven of Unchastity, Crying out; Oh! Praises to that Saviour, that has rescued me from the Fiery Furnace, and Purified me, Sanctified me, brought me to the Inheritance of the Saints in Light! Another that had been many a Time, as Drunk as a Beast, Crying out; Oh! Praises to that Saviour, that has fetched me from among the Brutes, and first infused the Holy Principles of Angels into me, and now placed me with His Angels, with the Princes of His People! Another that had Sworn many a Profane Oath, and Spoke many a Lying Word, Crying out; Oh! Praises to that Saviour, who has kept out of Hell, a Tongue that had been Set on Fire of Hell; that will employ one, who once belched out the Language of Friends, to Sing Hallelujahs with His Holy Ones! Many, many more such strange Sights there are to be seen in Heaven. Say, O Encouraged Sinner, say, Why 'may not I make One of them!
I know not how to dismiss this Lovely Theme. —And yet I will now add no more than this upon it. There cannot be Greater Sinners on Earth, than some were, who are now in Heaven, and Stand there, not only without Guilt, but also without Fault, before the Throme of God. Sinner, Be thy Sins never so horrible, never so horribly Enormous; there are some now in Heaven, that once were Guilty of the very same Sins. A Bloody Robber had this from our Saviour, Thou shalt be with me in Paradise. And she that was Rahab the Harlot is there too! There are some in Paradise, who were once, The Chief of Sinners. Paul was caught up thither; Paul is now gone to stay there; And yet this Paul could say, I was a Blasphemer, and a Persecutor, and the Chief of Sinners. Oh! could we overhear the Fraises, that are the Melody of the Heavenly World! One who dy'd among us, after fifty years rolled away in Wickedness, out of which he was Effectually Recovered a few Weeks before he dyed; when his Friends thought him gone, & in a manner Dead, he Revived so far, as to Surprise them, with these Expressions; O my Friends, Heaven rings all over at this! They Wonder at this; A Great and an Old Sinner coming to Heaven! O the Riches of Grace! O Glorify ⟨p. 62⟩Free-Grace for ever more! And so he dy'd quite away. Were Heaven Open to us, we should overhear Strange Acclamations! One that had been a very Oven of Unchastity, Crying out; Oh! Praises to that Saviour, that has rescued me from the Fiery Furnace, and Purified me, Sanctified me, brought me to the Inheritance of the Saints in Light! Another that had been many a Time, as Drunk as a Beast, Crying out; Oh! Praises to that Saviour, that has fetch'd me from among the Bruits, and first infused the Holy Principles of Angels into me, and now placed me with His Angels, with the Princes of His People! Another that had Sworn many a Profane Oath, and Spoke many a Lying Word, Crying out; Oh! Praises to that Saviour, who has kept out of Hell, a Tongue that had been Set on Fire of Hell; that will imploy one, who once belch'd out the Language of Friends, to Sing Hallelujahs with His Holy Ones! Many, many more such strange Sights there are to be seen in Heaven. Say, O Encouraged Sinner, say, Why 'may not I make One of them!
