And I Behold, Who, Behold, What, is the Mortal […] of the World! The most of men do now Die in Youth; More Die before Twenty, than after Sixty: ⟨image ?⟩Yea, tis now to no more than Seton Years that a Life is by the Reckoning of the Law Abbreviated. But what is it that so drags us along to an Untimely Death? Truly, Tis Wickedness, and especially, tis Uncleanness; That is the Knife which cuts the Throats of Millions in every Generation. It was demanded, in Joh 21. 17. How is the Candle, of the Wicked put out? Our Lives are not permitted, of themselves to go out, but they are put out by Hasty Anticipations of Mortality. Whence is this? Tis our Wickedness that is the Extinguisher. Ah! SIN; He that sees it, may say upon it, and unto it, Have I found thee, O mine Enemy! SIN tis, that I do in the Name of the Great God, Indict this Day, for the Murdering of the World. It was That which at first Robbed us of the Immortality, whereof our God made us Capable; and it is That which Continually further Weakens, and Shortens, and Forfeits our Lives. Every Sin is Mortal; there is none Venial. Wherefore, If any of you are going to meddle with any Wickedness, and especially with Uncleanness, I am to call upon you, Man, There is Death in▪ the […]! I• thou Lovest thy Life; O do not that Abominable ⟨p. 55⟩thing, which is hated by the Soul of the Lord! By Sinning against God, it is that men, do Run upon the Thick Bosses of His Buckler: Yea, but those Thick Bosses will be the Death of all that R•n upon them. And there are some Degrees of Sinning, which the Magistrates, the Vice-gerents of God, must also in his Name, inflict a Death upon. There are Particularly, some sorts of Turpitude, wherein if men Offend, the Officers of God in the World, are to Rid and Cleanse the World of these Offenders. Job said, If my Heart have been deceived by a Woman, this is an heinous Crime, yea, it is an Iniquity to be Punished by the Judges. And the Crime sometimes may become so unnaturally heinous, that nothing less than Death, should be the Punishment from the Judges for that Iniquity. But on the other hand, It is a Maxim of Wisdom, in Prov. 19. 23. The Fear of the Lord, tendeth to Life; and in Prov. 19. 26. The Fear of the Lord, prolongeth Days. No Elixir Like to that! Religion, 'twill Establish those Good Terms between God and Us, that we shall not complain, Lord, we are Consumed by thine Anger!
And I Behold, Who, Behold, What, is the Mortal 〈…〉 of the World! The most of men do now Dy in Youth; More Dy before Twenty, than after Sixty: ⟨image ?⟩Yea, tis now to no more than Se•on Years that a Life is by the Reckoning of the Law Abbreviated. But what is it that so drags us along to an Untimely Death? Truly, Tis Wickedness, and especially, tis Uncleanness; That is the Knife which cutts the Throats of Millions in every Generation. It was demanded, in Joh 21. 17. How is the Candle, of the Wicked put out? Our Lives are not permitted, of themselves to go out, but they are put out by Hasty Anticipations of Mortality. Whence is this? Tis our Wickedness that is the Extinguisher. Ah! SIN; He that sees it, may say upon it, and unto it, Have I found thee, O mine Enemy! SIN tis, that I do in the Name of the Great God, Indict this Day, for the Murdering of the World. It was That which at first Robb'd us of the Immortality, whereof our God made us Capable; and it is That which Continually further Weakens, and Shortens, and Forfeits our Lives. Every Sin is Mortal; there is none Venial. Wherefore, If any of you are going to meddle with any Wickedness, and especially with Uncleanness, I am to call upon you, Man, There is Death in▪ the 〈…〉! I• thou Lovest thy Life; O do not that Abominable ⟨p. 55⟩thing, which is hated by the Soul of the Lord! By Sinning against God, it is that men, do Run upon the Thick Bosses of His Buckler: Yea, but those Thick Bosses will be the Death of all that R•n upon them. And there are some Degrees of Sinning, which the Magistrates, the Vice-gerents of God, must also in his Name, inflict a Death upon. There are Particularly, some sorts of Turpitude, wherein if men Offend, the Officers of God in the World, are to Rid and Cleanse the World of these Offendors. Job said, If my Heart have been deceived by a Woman, this is an heinous Crime, yea, it is an Iniquity to be Punished by the Judges. And the Crime sometimes may become so unnaturally heinous, that nothing less than Death, should be the Punishment from the Judges for that Iniquity. But on the other hand, It is a Maxim of Wisdom, in Prov. 19. 23. The Fear of the Lord, tendeth to Life; and in Prov. 19. 26. The Fear of the Lord, prolongeth Dayes. No Elixir Like to that! Religion, t'will Establish those Good Terms between God and Us, that we shall not complain, Lord, we are Consumed by thine Anger!
