The vial poured out upon the sea. A remarkable relation of certain pirates brought…

M. The poor men, whom you murdered, You hurried out of the world; You allowed them no space to Repent. They begged at least for a little Time if you would not be dissuaded from Killing them;—that you would not immediately bring on them the Death, which with a prodigious Anguish, they told you, they were unprepared for. A Gracious GOD has not so hurried you out of the world, but given you some Time, to prepare for your ⟨p. 7⟩Death. And verily, you must not think now to brave it out so sottishly and hardily, as I am told, some of you have made some Essay to do. You have now to do with an Infinite and an Almighty GOD. You must not think to Mock at the Thunder of an Omnipotent GOD, or laugh at a Damnation which now slumbers not. A most Holy GOD, whom you have provoked by horrid Crimes, and Offences that cannot be numbered, has evidently begun to Execute his Vengeance upon you. You yet see but the beginnings of Sorrows, if you don't seasonably seek a Deliverance from the wrath to come. Something within you, tells you, That the great GOD is Angry with you; And, who knows the power of His Anger! You are going to appear before a Glorious GOD, with whom there is a Terrible Majesty. You are within a very few Days, to be thrown into those Hands, which if you die in Ill Terms with Heaven, you will find it a fearful thing to fall into. Now, tis only in the Way of REPENTANCE, and in the Flight of a Repenting Soul, to a REDEEMER, that you can be saved from the inconceivably Miseries in the Future State and World which you are now presently to pass into. In these awful Circumstances, you are willing to be advised!

M. The poor men, whom you murdered, You hurried out of the world; You allow'd them no space to Repent. They begg'd at least for a little Time if you would not be disswaded from Killing them;—that you would not immediately bring on them the Death, which with a prodigious Anguish, they told you, they were unprepared for. A Gracious GOD has not so hurried you out of the world, but given you some Time, to prepare for your ⟨p. 7⟩Death. And verily, you must not think now to brave it out so sottishly and hardily, as I am told, some of you have made some Essay to do. You have now to do with an Infinite and an Almighty GOD. You must not think to Mock at the Thunder of an Omnipotent GOD, or laugh at a Damnation which now slumbers not. A most Holy GOD, whom you have provoked by horrid Crimes, and Offences that cannot be numbred, has evidently begun to Execute his Vengeance upon you. You yett see but the beginnings of Sorrows, if you don't seasonably seek a Deliverance from the wrath to come. Something within you, tells you, That the great GOD is Angry with you; And, who knows the power of His Anger! You are going to appear before a Glorious GOD, with whom there is a Terrible Majesty. You are within a very few Days, to be thrown into those Hands, which if you dy in Ill Terms with Heaven, you will find it a fearful thing to fall into. Now, tis only in the Way of REPENTANCE, and in the Flight of a Repenting Soul, to a REDEEMER, that you can be saved from the inconceivably Miseries in the Future State and World which you are now presently to pass into. In these awful Circumstances, you are willing to be advised!