Stimulator. Or, The case of a soul walking in darkness awfully & suitably considered.…

Christian, Steer thy course by the Holy Scriptures, which are Able to make thee wise unto Salvation, & let thine Eyes be continually unto thy SAVIOUR; Then mayest thou certainly Know whither thou art going. Now, Know for certain, Thou art Going in the Way of Life. ⟨p. 8⟩Know for certain, Thou art Going to the Inheritance of the Saints in Light. Go on▪ and go Singing the Songs of thy Holy Pilgrimage; Go on, and let me bear thee Company.

II. But this is not the Darkness, which my Neighbours are in much Danger of. You have all the Demonstrations which a Reasonable Mind can ask for, That you are not under the Dark Delusions of a False Religion. You are delivered from that Unhappy condition, by a JESUS in His BIBLE Evidently set forth before your Eyes. Tis another Darkness which makes an Unhappy condition for us, who have the True Religion illuminating of us. Tis the Darkness, of our own Uncertainty about our own Condition, in that Future State unto which all of us are hastening; The Darkness wherein we walk, Not knowing whither we are going: Our Not knowing whether our Future State will be in the Glorious Rest which our SAVIOUR will give to those that come unto Him, or whether our Future State will be in the Fiery Furnace which the Things that offend, and they which do Iniquity, shall be cast into. Our present State is a State of Probation. And according to our Behaviour, in the Time of our Trial here, we shall when this Time is come, and it quickly comes unto an End, we shall be Judged unto a Future State which will be either a State of inexpressible Bliss or a State of unutterable ⟨p. 9⟩We, that will never have an End. Now This is the Unhappy condition of the most among us: We so poorly Behave our selves, in the Time of our Trial, that we know not what State we are going into; Whether it will be a Blissful State, or whether it will be a Woeful State, wherein we are even to all Eternity, to have our Lodging assigned unto us. We are not in the Dark about the Event of Godliness or of Wickedness, in the Future State. We Know very well, That the Godly are going to a State, wherein they shall find Fullness of Joy & Pleasures forevermore. We Know very well, That the Wicked are going to a State, wherein they shall find a Strange Punishment reserved for the workers of Iniquity. But the Darkness wherein we are Walking, is, that we know not our own share in the matter; For the most part, we know not, whether it be the portion of the Godly, or whether it be the portion of the Wicked, that we are going unto. Tis no wonder, that a pagan Emperor, when he felt himself a dying, should cry out, [Animula—quae nunc abibis in Loca!] O my poor Soul, Whither, whither, art thou now a going.