The saints everlasting rest

HAVING thus showed you how great their loss is, who are shut out of rest, and how it will be aggravated by those additional losses which will accompany it. I should next here show you the greatness of those positive sufferings, which will accompany this loss. But I will not meddle with the quality of those sufferings, but only show their greatness in some few discoveries, lest the careless sinner, while he hears of no other punishment but ••at of loss, should think he can bear that well enough▪ That there are, besides the loss of happiness, a•••••, sensible torments for the damned, is a matter beyond all doubt, and that they will be exceeding great, may appear by these arguments following.

HAVING thus shewed you how great their loss is, who are shut out of rest, and how it will be aggravated by those additional losses which will accompany it. I should next here shew you the greatness of those positive sufferings, which will accompany this loss. But I will not meddle with the quality of those sufferings, but only shew their greatness in some few discoveries, lest the careless sinner, while he hears of no other punishment but ••at of loss, should think he can bear that well enough▪ That there are, besides the loss of happiness, a•••••, sensible torments for the damned, is a matter beyond all doubt, and that they will be exceeding great, may appear by these arguments following.

1. From the principal author of them, which is GOD himself: as it was no less than GOD whom the sinners had offended, so it is no less than GOD that will punish them for their offences. He hath prepared those torments for his enemies. His continued anger will still be devouring them. His breath of indignation will kindle the flames. His wrath will be an intolerable burden to their souls. If it were but a creature that they had to do with, they might better