A discourse concerning earthquakes. Occasioned by the earthquakes which were in New-England, in the…

It may be the wounds which sin has giv•• to the Conscience, will be felt on a Death-bed; or if not, to be sure immediately after Death it will be •o. For the Soul of a sinner is no sooner out of his Body, but he has a sad remembrance of all the sins of his life pa•t. Therefore when •ives was Dead, and his ••ul in Hell, it was said to him, Remember that in thy life time thou hadst thy good things, Luk. 16. 25. He remembered it, and how he abused those good things in sinning against God, instead of serving and glorifying God, who had bountifully bestowed those good things on him. This dismal remembrance will never be worn out of the soul of the sinner. Cain remembers to this Day how he Murdered his Brother Abel, although' that sin was committed above five Thousand Years ago. The Sodomites remember how wicked they had been, although' they have been suffering the Vengeance of Eternal Fire these three Thousand Years and more. All the Fire of Hell can never fetch out the ⟨p. 52⟩Guilt of sin, nor the tormenting remembrance of it. Judas remembers how he betrayed his Master, although' that Treason was committed above sixteen Hundred Years ago. The Guilty remembrance of sin is written on the Table of the Heart with a Pen of Iron, and with the Point of a Diamond, Jer. 17. 1. These wounding Reflections of Conscience are the Work that dies not; and sin is the Corruption which breeds that Worm. A most painful and incurable Wound in the soul with this be to the sinner that shall dye in his sins. The Body which receives a wound from a poisoned Arrow, is in intollerabl• pain: But that's nothing to the pain and aug•i•h which the poysonful: Arrows of sin cause in the soul. It is therefore said, a wounded Spirit who can bear? Prov. 18. 14. Horror of Conscience in the Extremity of it, is Hell upon Earth. I knew one many years ago, in the City of Gloucester in England, who being in horror of Conscience for a great sin committed, Cried out, I am in Hell, I feel the Flames of Hell scorching my Soul. In a word, Sin is the mortal Poison of an immortal soul. It had poisoned the souls of all the men in the world to Death, if it had not been for