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

It is threatened, as a very Unhappy Condition, Deut. XXVIII. 66. Thy Life shall hang in doubt before thee, and thou shalt fear day and night, & thou shalt have no Assurance of thy Life. And yet in this very Unhappy Condition, what Multitudes are Languishing! Alas, 'Tis but here & there as it were One of a City, Two of a Tribe, that is not Languishing in it. Yea, The Li•e which hangs in doubt before the Children of men, and whereof they have no Assurance, is not merely that Life in this World, which a man would give all that he has, ⟨p. 2⟩to have it Assured. But the thing which they are in the Dark about, is, Whether that Favour of GOD in another World, which is Better than Life, shall not be denied unto them; And whether they shall not after Death pass into those Torments in another World, whereof the most Intolerable Things here are but a Metaphor. They are Walking on, but in such a woeful Darkness that they know not whither they are going. They do indeed know, That the Grave is a place, whither they are going. But it is only their Bodies that are going thither. Their Souls which are the Immortal part of them; Do they know whither these are going? Every one may say, I know, that GOD will bring me to Death. But where are they; how few, how few are they, that Know, what the Glorious GOD will do with them after Death? Yea, They Know, that when their Dust returns to the Earth as it was, their Spirits will Return to GOD who is the Father of Spirits. But know they how the Glorious GOD will then dispose of their Spirits, and what Receptacles whether Good or Bad, He will order for them? On all accounts Hidden Receptacles! I make an awful Appeal unto my dear Neighbours in this Great Assembly, for whom, O Lord, Thou seest my Agony; My Friends I Appeal to you; If the Angel of Death were this day to ⟨p. 3⟩Execute his Instructions upon you, do you know what your Future State would be, whether a Blessed State or a Wretched State? If it should be your Portion like Ananias & Sapphira, to fall down Dead in the Assembly, do you know, that you shall not have a portion with Ananias and Sapphira after Death, assigned unto you? The Days of the Dead are called, The Days of Darkness. But alas, while we yet Enjoy the Light of the Living, we are generally still in Darkness, and much in the Dark about that GRAND POINT what our Many Days will be, whether Good or Bad after we are Dead.