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MATTH. 25.41, 42. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the Devil and his Angels. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink.

MATTH. 25.41, 42. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the Devil and his Angels. For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink.

CHAP. I. The Preface and Introduction to the Text.

Though the Wise God is pleased now and then to keep a Petty-Sessions at this day, and to execute Vengeance on some Sinners, lest men should question his Providence, and but on some, lest they should question his Patience; Yet the ⟨p. 2⟩Great Assize, when Justice shall have a solemn, public and general Triumph, will be the last Day. This World is the Theatre whereon Mercy is acting its part every moment; if Justice peep out a little, as the Sun out of a Cloud, it is quickly recalled and hidden again, it will not appear in its full beauty, and glory, and brightness, till all Nations appear in the other World. Here all things come alike to all, there is one event to the Righteous and to the Wicked, to the Clean and to the Unclean, to him that sweareth, and to him that feareth an Oath, Eccles. 9.2. The Sun of Prosperity shineth, and the Showers of Adversity fall on both promiscuously. If there be any difference for the better, it is commonly on the worser side,