Human nature in its fourfold state ... In several practical discourses

But the s• harvest follows in that misery which they shall for ever lie under in hell; that wrath, which, by virtue of the curse, shall come upon them to the uttermost: the which is the curse fully executed. This black cloud opens upon them, and the terrible thunder-bolt strikes them, by that dreadful voice from the throne, Depart from me, ye cursed, &c. Which will give the whole wicked world a dismal view of what is in the bosom of the curse. It is, ⟨p. 323⟩(1.) A voice of extreme indignation and wrath, a furious rebuke from the Lion of the tribe of Judah. His looks will be most terrible to them: his eyes will cast flames of fire on them: and his […] will pierce their hearts, like envenomed arrows. When he will thus speak them out of his presence for ever, and by his word […] them away from before the throne: They will see how keenly wrath b••• in his heart against them for their sins. (2.) It is a voice of extreme disdain and contempt from the Lord. Time was, when they were pitied, besought to pity themselves, and to be the Lord's; but they despised him, they would none of him: but ••w shall they be buried out of his sight, under everlasting contempt. (3.) It is a voice of extreme hatred. Hereby the Lord shuts them out of his bowels of love and mercy. Depart, ye cursed: q. d. I cannot endure to look at you; there is not one purpose of good to you in mine heart; nor shall ye ever hear one word mere of hope from me. Lastly, It is a voice of eternal rejection from the Lord. He commands them to be gone, and so casts them off for ever. Thus the doors of heaven are shut against them; the gul• is fixed between them and it, and they are driven to the pit•. Now should they cry with all possible earnestness, Lord, Lord, open to us! they will hear nothing but depart, depart, ye cursed. Thus shall the damned be shut up under the curse.

But the s• harvest follows in that misery which they shall for ever ly under in hell; that wrath, which, by virtue of the curse, shall come upon them to the uttermost: the which is the curse fully executed. This black cloud opens upon them, and the terrible thunder-bolt strikes them, by that dreadful voice from the throne, Depart from me, ye cursed, &c. Which will give the whole wicked world a dismal view of what is in the bosom of the curse. It is,