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           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           King
           &
           Queen
           AT
           WHITE-HALL
           ,
           
             March
          
           23.
           1689
           
           /
           90.
           
           By
           the
           Right
           Reverend
           Father
           in
           God
           
             EDWARD
          
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           
             Worcester
             .
          
           Published
           by
           their
           Majesties
           Special
           Command
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           
             Printed
             for
          
           Henry
           Mortclocke
           
             at
             the
          
           Phoenix
           
             in
             St.
          
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           .
           1690.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             ECCLESIASTES
             xi
             .
             9.
             
          
           
             Rejoyce
             ,
             O
             young
             man
             ,
             in
             thy
             youth
             ,
             and
             let
             thy
             heart
             chear
             thee
             in
             the
             days
             of
             thy
             youth
             ,
             and
             walk
             in
             the
             ways
             of
             thy
             heart
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             thine
             eyes
             ;
             but
             know
             thou
             ,
             that
             for
             all
             these
             things
             God
             will
             bring
             thee
             into
             judgment
             .
          
        
         
           IF
           
             Solomon
          
           had
           said
           ,
           
             Rejoyce
             not
             ,
             O
             young
             man
             ,
             in
             thy
             Youth
             ,
             neither
             let
             thy
             heart
             chear
             thee
             in
             the
             days
             of
             thy
             Youth
             ;
             walk
             not
             in
             the
             way
             of
             thine
             heart
             ,
             nor
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             thine
             eyes
             ;
             for
             know
             thou
             ,
             that
             for
             all
             these
             things
             God
             will
             bring
             thee
             into
             Iudgment
             ,
          
           the
           Sense
           had
           been
           so
           easie
           and
           plain
           ,
           that
           there
           had
           been
           no
           Appearance
           of
           Difficulty
           in
           reconciling
           one
           part
           with
           the
           other
           :
           For
           the
           whole
           had
           been
           look'd
           upon
           but
           as
           a
           necessary
           and
           seasonable
           Admonition
           to
           such
           who
           by
           the
           Heats
           of
           Youth
           ,
           and
           Strength
           of
           Inclination
           ,
           and
           Allurements
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           are
           too
           apt
           to
           be
           transported
           with
           the
           Love
           of
           Sensual
           Pleasures
           .
           And
           this
           had
           been
           very
           becoming
           the
           Wise
           Man
           towards
           the
           conclusion
           of
           his
           Book
           ,
           wherein
           he
           had
           not
           onely
           before
           set
           forth
           the
           several
           Vanities
           of
           Humane
           
           Life
           ;
           but
           so
           soon
           after
           ,
           bids
           Men
           
             Remember
             their
             Creatour
             in
             the
             days
             of
             their
             Youth
             ,
          
           
           
             while
             the
             evil
             days
             come
             not
             ,
             nor
             the
             years
             draw
             nigh
             of
             which
             they
             shall
             say
             they
             have
             no
             pleasure
             in
             them
             .
             i.
             e.
          
           in
           the
           days
           wherein
           they
           are
           most
           apt
           to
           
             walk
             in
             the
             way
             of
             their
             hearts
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             their
             eyes
             .
          
           For
           he
           knew
           very
           well
           ,
           that
           nothing
           is
           so
           powerfull
           a
           Check
           and
           Restraint
           upon
           mens
           inclinations
           to
           Sin
           ,
           as
           the
           serious
           consideration
           of
           that
           God
           that
           gave
           them
           their
           Beings
           ,
           and
           will
           bring
           them
           to
           an
           Account
           for
           their
           Actions
           .
        
         
           But
           how
           then
           comes
           he
           in
           this
           Verse
           to
           seem
           rather
           to
           give
           a
           Permission
           to
           Young
           men
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Youth
           to
           indulge
           themselves
           in
           their
           mirth
           and
           vanity
           ?
           
             Rejoyce
             ,
             O
             young
             man
             ▪
             in
             thy
             Youth
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           Some
           think
           that
           the
           Wise
           Man
           onely
           Derides
           and
           Exposes
           them
           for
           their
           Folly
           in
           so
           doing
           ;
           but
           that
           seems
           not
           agreeable
           with
           the
           grave
           and
           serious
           advice
           which
           follows
           .
           And
           we
           find
           nothing
           like
           
             Irony
          
           or
           
             Sarcasm
          
           in
           any
           part
           of
           the
           foregoing
           Book
           ;
           for
           he
           begins
           it
           with
           a
           Tragical
           Exclamation
           against
           the
           vanities
           of
           humane
           life
           ;
           
           
             Vanity
             of
             vanities
             ,
             saith
             the
             Preacher
             ,
             vanity
             of
             vanities
             :
             all
             
             is
             vanity
             .
          
           And
           he
           pursues
           his
           Argument
           by
           a
           particular
           induction
           of
           the
           most
           tempting
           and
           pleasing
           vanities
           of
           Life
           ;
           and
           particularly
           all
           sorts
           of
           Sensual
           delights
           ;
           
           as
           
             Mirth
          
           and
           
             Iollity
          
           in
           the
           first
           place
           ,
           
           then
           
             Wine
          
           and
           
             Musick
             ,
          
           fine
           
             Palaces
             ,
          
           
           curious
           
             Vineyards
             ,
             Gardens
          
           and
           
             Pools
             ,
          
           a
           great
           Retinue
           ,
           and
           ,
           which
           was
           needfull
           to
           maintain
           all
           this
           ,
           
           
             Abundance
             of
             Silver
             and
             Gold.
          
           But
           what
           a
           melancholy
           reflection
           doth
           he
           make
           on
           all
           these
           Pleasures
           of
           Life
           ?
           
             Then
             I
             looked
             on
             all
             the
             works
             that
             my
             hands
             had
             wrought
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             on
             the
             labour
             that
             I
             had
             laboured
             to
             doe
             ;
             and
             behold
             all
             was
             vanity
             and
             vexation
             of
             spirit
             .
          
           What
           incouragement
           then
           could
           the
           Wise
           Man
           ,
           after
           so
           much
           experience
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           give
           to
           Young
           men
           here
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           to
           
             Rejoyce
             in
             the
             days
             of
             their
             Youth
             ,
             and
             to
             walk
             in
             the
             way
             of
             their
             hearts
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             their
             eyes
             ?
          
           i.
           e.
           to
           pursue
           
             Vanity
             ,
          
           and
           to
           lay
           the
           Foundation
           for
           greater
           
             vexation
             of
             Spirit
             ,
          
           when
           they
           come
           to
           reflect
           on
           their
           own
           Follies
           .
        
         
           What
           then
           is
           the
           meaning
           of
           these
           words
           ?
           For
           this
           ,
           we
           are
           to
           observe
           ,
           that
           the
           Preacher
           having
           declared
           his
           own
           main
           Scope
           and
           Design
           in
           the
           beginning
           and
           conclusion
           of
           his
           Book
           ,
           brings
           in
           sometimes
           the
           different
           
           senses
           which
           mankind
           are
           apt
           to
           have
           concerning
           the
           Happiness
           of
           Life
           .
           And
           that
           is
           the
           reason
           that
           we
           meet
           with
           such
           different
           Expressions
           concerning
           it
           .
        
         
           
             In
             one
             place
             it
             is
             said
             ,
             
             that
          
           there
           is
           no
           better
           thing
           under
           the
           Sun
           ,
           than
           to
           eat
           and
           drink
           and
           to
           be
           merry
           ;
           
             but
             in
             another
             ,
             he
             saith
             ,
          
           Sorrow
           is
           better
           than
           laughter
           ,
           
           and
           by
           the
           sadness
           of
           the
           countenance
           the
           heart
           is
           made
           better
           .
        
         
           
             In
             one
             place
             he
             saith
             ,
          
           
           All
           things
           come
           alike
           to
           all
           ,
           there
           is
           one
           event
           to
           the
           righteous
           and
           to
           the
           wicked
           :
           
           
             But
             in
             another
             ,
          
           That
           it
           shall
           be
           well
           with
           them
           that
           fear
           the
           Lord
           ,
           but
           it
           shall
           not
           be
           well
           with
           the
           wicked
           .
        
         
           How
           can
           such
           Passages
           as
           these
           be
           Reconciled
           ,
           if
           we
           look
           on
           them
           as
           expressing
           the
           sense
           of
           the
           same
           Person
           ?
           But
           if
           we
           allow
           them
           to
           be
           the
           different
           notions
           of
           two
           sorts
           of
           Men
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           they
           are
           easie
           to
           be
           understood
           ,
           although
           not
           to
           be
           reconciled
           .
           And
           the
           one
           sort
           is
           of
           those
           who
           place
           all
           Happiness
           in
           this
           Life
           ,
           without
           regard
           to
           Religion
           or
           Vertue
           ,
           or
           another
           World
           ;
           and
           the
           other
           of
           those
           ,
           who
           look
           on
           this
           Life
           onely
           as
           a
           Passage
           to
           Another
           ;
           and
           that
           all
           Persons
           ought
           to
           behave
           themselves
           here
           ,
           so
           as
           conduces
           most
           to
           their
           Happiness
           hereafter
           .
        
         
         
           And
           according
           to
           these
           different
           
             Schemes
             ,
          
           we
           have
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Text
           two
           very
           different
           sorts
           of
           Counsel
           and
           Advice
           to
           Young
           men
           .
        
         
           I.
           The
           first
           proceeds
           upon
           the
           Supposition
           that
           all
           the
           Happiness
           of
           Man
           lies
           in
           this
           Life
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Enjoyment
           of
           the
           Sensual
           Pleasures
           of
           it
           ;
           
             Rejoyce
             ,
             O
             young
             man
             ,
             in
             thy
             Youth
             ,
             and
             let
             thy
             heart
             chear
             thee
             in
             the
             days
             of
             thy
             Youth
             ;
             and
             walk
             in
             the
             way
             of
             thy
             heart
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             thy
             eyes
             .
          
           We
           have
           no
           other
           Rule
           here
           given
           but
           
             the
             sight
             of
             the
             eye
             ,
             and
             the
             way
             of
             the
             heart
             ;
          
           i.
           e.
           outward
           Appearance
           and
           inward
           Inclination
           ;
           and
           these
           are
           the
           beloved
           Rules
           of
           the
           most
           Sensual
           and
           Voluptuous
           persons
           ,
           and
           they
           judge
           of
           Happiness
           onely
           by
           the
           pursuit
           of
           them
           .
           Here
           is
           nothing
           mention'd
           of
           
             Reason
             or
             Conscience
             ,
          
           or
           a
           regard
           to
           Vertue
           in
           the
           Restraint
           of
           Natural
           Inclinations
           :
           Nay
           ,
           here
           is
           nothing
           of
           that
           Severity
           which
           
             Epicurus
          
           himself
           thought
           necessary
           towards
           the
           maintaining
           of
           a
           pleasant
           state
           of
           Life
           ;
           which
           he
           granted
           could
           never
           be
           done
           without
           some
           restraint
           of
           Mens
           Appetites
           and
           Inclinations
           to
           the
           Pleasures
           of
           Sense
           ;
           and
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           imagined
           ,
           
           that
           
             Solomon
          
           should
           give
           Young
           men
           greater
           Liberty
           than
           the
           corruptest
           Moralists
           did
           .
           Therefore
           I
           cannot
           look
           upon
           these
           words
           as
           a
           
             Permission
          
           for
           them
           to
           doe
           what
           is
           here
           expressed
           ;
           but
           as
           a
           full
           Description
           of
           that
           method
           of
           Living
           ,
           which
           the
           jolly
           and
           voluptuous
           Corrupters
           of
           Youth
           would
           instruct
           them
           in
           ,
           
             Rejoyce
             ,
             O
             young
             man
             ,
             in
             thy
             Youth
             ,
             and
             let
             thine
             heart
             chear
             thee
             ,
          
           &c.
           
        
         
           II.
           We
           have
           here
           the
           most
           Powerfull
           Check
           and
           Restraint
           laid
           upon
           all
           these
           Sensual
           Inclinations
           of
           Youth
           .
           
             But
             know
             thou
             that
             for
             all
             these
             things
             God
             will
             bring
             thee
             to
             Iudgment
             .
          
           Which
           Words
           are
           the
           Wise
           Man's
           
             Correction
          
           of
           the
           foregoing
           
             Liberty
             ,
          
           or
           the
           Curb
           which
           Reason
           and
           Religion
           give
           to
           the
           pursuit
           of
           Natural
           Inclinations
           ,
           wherein
           every
           Word
           hath
           its
           force
           ,
           and
           ought
           to
           make
           a
           deep
           impression
           upon
           us
           :
           For
           ,
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           
             Know
             thou
             :
          
           Thine
           is
           not
           then
           the
           same
           case
           with
           Creatures
           that
           have
           no
           understanding
           ;
           they
           are
           not
           capable
           of
           any
           Check
           from
           themselves
           ,
           having
           no
           Law
           of
           Reason
           or
           Conscience
           within
           them
           to
           controul
           or
           govern
           their
           Sensual
           Desires
           ;
           but
           God
           hath
           given
           thee
           not
           meerly
           a
           Brutal
           
           Appetite
           ,
           but
           a
           Rational
           Soul
           ,
           capable
           of
           understanding
           the
           differences
           of
           Good
           and
           Evil
           ,
           and
           the
           Reasons
           why
           some
           things
           which
           appear
           Pleasant
           are
           very
           disagreeing
           to
           the
           Principles
           of
           Humane
           Nature
           ;
           
             i.
             e.
          
           to
           that
           Order
           ,
           Decency
           ,
           Modesty
           ,
           and
           Regularity
           ,
           which
           the
           more
           elevated
           frame
           and
           capacity
           of
           Mankind
           do
           require
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           
             For
             all
             these
             things
             ;
          
           as
           light
           and
           vain
           as
           you
           esteem
           them
           ,
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           are
           over
           and
           forgotten
           by
           you
           ,
           as
           secretly
           and
           closely
           as
           they
           are
           committed
           ,
           as
           much
           as
           you
           endeavour
           to
           palliate
           and
           excuse
           them
           ,
           yet
           but
           
             for
             all
             these
             things
             God
             will
             certainly
             bring
             thee
             into
             Iudgment
             .
          
           Therefore
           you
           have
           all
           the
           reason
           in
           the
           world
           to
           consider
           what
           you
           doe
           ,
           
           since
           
             every
             thing
             will
             be
             brought
             to
             judgment
             ,
             whether
             it
             be
             good
             or
             evil
             ,
          
           as
           
             Solomon
          
           concludes
           this
           Book
           .
           Which
           shews
           the
           great
           Regard
           God
           hath
           to
           the
           Good
           or
           Evil
           of
           our
           Actions
           ;
           and
           if
           the
           great
           Judge
           of
           the
           World
           hath
           so
           ,
           certainly
           we
           ought
           to
           have
           it
           ,
           and
           never
           think
           our selves
           at
           liberty
           to
           doe
           what
           we
           please
           ,
           in
           gratifying
           our
           Lusts
           ,
           and
           pursuing
           our
           Natural
           Inclinations
           to
           Evil.
           
        
         
         
           (
           3.
           )
           
             God
             will
             doe
             it
             .
          
           If
           there
           were
           no
           
             God
          
           to
           call
           thee
           to
           an
           account
           ,
           yet
           there
           are
           some
           Actions
           of
           Vertue
           so
           agreeable
           to
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           some
           Vices
           so
           loathsome
           and
           deformed
           ,
           that
           there
           would
           be
           sufficient
           cause
           for
           them
           to
           love
           the
           one
           and
           to
           abhor
           the
           other
           .
           If
           we
           could
           suppose
           such
           a
           frame
           of
           things
           and
           such
           sorts
           of
           Beings
           as
           we
           now
           see
           ,
           and
           no
           God
           to
           make
           them
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           most
           Absurd
           and
           Unreasonable
           ,
           )
           yet
           we
           must
           suppose
           these
           Beings
           to
           have
           Natures
           and
           Properties
           distinct
           from
           each
           other
           ;
           so
           that
           we
           could
           not
           imagine
           Men
           to
           become
           Beasts
           ,
           and
           therefore
           they
           must
           not
           act
           like
           them
           ,
           but
           preserve
           that
           
             Decorum
          
           or
           Agreeableness
           in
           their
           Actions
           which
           is
           suitable
           to
           the
           peculiar
           Excellencies
           of
           Humane
           Nature
           .
           And
           there
           are
           some
           Sins
           so
           much
           below
           the
           Dignity
           thereof
           ,
           that
           no
           Circumstances
           ,
           no
           Suppositions
           ,
           can
           make
           them
           fitting
           for
           Mankind
           to
           commit
           them
           ;
           which
           shews
           that
           the
           Nature
           of
           Good
           and
           Evil
           is
           no
           Arbitrary
           thing
           ,
           but
           is
           founded
           in
           the
           very
           frame
           of
           our
           Beings
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Respects
           we
           owe
           to
           our selves
           and
           to
           one
           another
           .
           And
           since
           there
           is
           an
           Infinite
           and
           Supreme
           Being
           which
           hath
           Absolute
           Power
           and
           Command
           over
           us
           ,
           and
           
           gives
           us
           both
           our
           Beings
           and
           the
           Comforts
           of
           our
           Lives
           ,
           it
           is
           most
           Absurd
           to
           suppose
           it
           not
           to
           be
           a
           fault
           to
           hate
           his
           Goodness
           ,
           or
           to
           despise
           his
           Mercy
           ;
           or
           to
           slight
           his
           Power
           ,
           and
           to
           contemn
           his
           Authority
           :
           For
           in
           all
           these
           there
           is
           something
           repugnant
           to
           the
           common
           sense
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           and
           to
           all
           Principles
           of
           true
           Honour
           and
           Justice
           .
           And
           there
           are
           such
           common
           Principles
           of
           Morality
           arising
           from
           our
           necessary
           Relation
           to
           God
           and
           each
           other
           ,
           which
           are
           of
           so
           clear
           and
           convincing
           Evidence
           ,
           that
           every
           one
           that
           considers
           them
           will
           grant
           that
           Wicked
           Men
           may
           as
           well
           go
           about
           to
           dispute
           their
           Beings
           as
           their
           Sins
           ;
           and
           may
           as
           easily
           prove
           that
           they
           are
           not
           ,
           but
           onely
           appear
           to
           be
           ,
           as
           that
           no
           Actions
           are
           really
           Evil
           ,
           but
           only
           by
           false
           Glasses
           appear
           so
           to
           be
           .
           But
           however
           vain
           men
           may
           deceive
           themselves
           ,
           
             God
             will
             not
             be
             mocked
             ;
          
           for
           he
           not
           onely
           sees
           and
           knows
           all
           our
           Actions
           ,
           but
           he
           will
           bring
           us
           to
           an
           Account
           for
           them
           .
        
         
           (
           4.
           )
           
             God
             will
             bring
             thee
             into
             Iudgment
             .
          
           It
           is
           a
           dreadfull
           consideration
           to
           a
           Sinner
           ,
           that
           God
           knows
           all
           his
           false
           steps
           ,
           all
           his
           secret
           Sins
           ,
           all
           his
           Falshood
           and
           Dissimulation
           with
           God
           and
           Men
           :
           And
           there
           is
           nothing
           which
           
           men
           of
           Art
           and
           Design
           hate
           more
           ,
           than
           to
           be
           discover'd
           and
           found
           out
           in
           all
           their
           double
           and
           deceitfull
           dealings
           ;
           but
           to
           have
           these
           not
           onely
           privately
           discover'd
           ,
           but
           exposed
           and
           laid
           open
           to
           the
           view
           of
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           not
           onely
           so
           ,
           but
           to
           have
           every
           Circumstance
           examin'd
           ,
           and
           every
           Action
           scanned
           ,
           and
           that
           by
           the
           great
           Judge
           of
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           whom
           nothing
           can
           escape
           ,
           nothing
           can
           deceive
           ,
           nothing
           can
           withstand
           ;
           whose
           Justice
           is
           inflexible
           ,
           whose
           Knowledge
           is
           incomprehensible
           ,
           whose
           Power
           is
           irresistible
           ,
           and
           whose
           Vengeance
           is
           insupportable
           :
           This
           we
           cannot
           but
           imagine
           must
           strike
           an
           awe
           and
           terrour
           into
           the
           Minds
           of
           Men
           ,
           when
           they
           are
           pursuing
           the
           Pleasures
           of
           Sin
           ,
           that
           
             for
             all
             these
             things
             God
             will
             bring
             them
             into
             judgment
             .
          
           But
           notwithstanding
           these
           and
           many
           other
           Expressions
           to
           the
           same
           purpose
           in
           Scripture
           ,
           wherein
           
             God
          
           hath
           declared
           that
           he
           will
           certainly
           
             Iudge
             the
             World
             in
             Righteousness
          
           at
           the
           Great
           Day
           ;
           
           that
           
             the
             Secrets
             of
             all
             hearts
             shall
             then
             be
             disclosed
             ;
          
           
           that
           
             we
             must
             all
             appear
             before
             the
             Iudgment-seat
             of
             Christ
             ;
          
           
           and
           that
           
             God
             will
             render
             to
             every
             man
             according
             to
             his
             Deeds
             :
          
           
           And
           notwithstanding
           it
           is
           a
           thing
           in
           it self
           very
           reasonable
           ,
           from
           the
           
           consideration
           of
           God's
           Justice
           and
           Providence
           ,
           and
           the
           Nature
           and
           Consequences
           of
           Good
           and
           Evil
           Actions
           ;
           yet
           the
           generality
           of
           Mankind
           go
           on
           as
           secure
           and
           careless
           as
           if
           there
           were
           no
           such
           thing
           ,
           or
           that
           they
           ought
           not
           to
           be
           concerned
           about
           it
           .
           Therefore
           I
           shall
           not
           spend
           time
           in
           the
           Proof
           of
           that
           which
           I
           take
           for
           granted
           you
           all
           believe
           ,
           and
           I
           am
           sure
           have
           Reason
           so
           to
           doe
           ;
           but
           I
           shall
           enquire
           into
           these
           things
           which
           are
           most
           Practical
           and
           therefore
           proper
           for
           our
           Consideration
           at
           this
           Time.
           
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           How
           a
           matter
           of
           so
           great
           Importance
           as
           
             a
             Iudgment
             to
             come
          
           makes
           so
           little
           Impression
           on
           the
           Minds
           of
           the
           generality
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           who
           profess
           to
           believe
           it
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           By
           what
           means
           the
           consideration
           of
           a
           Future
           Judgment
           may
           have
           a
           greater
           Influence
           on
           all
           our
           Minds
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           How
           a
           thing
           of
           so
           great
           Importance
           as
           
             God's
             bringing
             us
             into
             Iudgment
          
           comes
           to
           make
           so
           little
           Impression
           on
           the
           Minds
           of
           the
           generality
           of
           those
           who
           profess
           to
           believe
           it
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           so
           tender
           and
           sensible
           of
           small
           things
           with
           Respect
           to
           this
           World.
           
        
         
           For
           Resolving
           this
           ,
           we
           must
           consider
           ,
           that
           
           there
           is
           a
           great
           Difference
           between
           the
           Not
           Disbelieving
           Doctrinal
           Points
           of
           Faith
           ,
           and
           the
           Practical
           Improvement
           of
           them
           in
           our
           Minds
           ;
           without
           which
           ,
           they
           remain
           there
           but
           as
           general
           and
           confused
           Notions
           .
           Thus
           too
           many
           who
           abhor
           being
           thought
           Atheists
           ,
           live
           as
           if
           there
           were
           no
           God
           ;
           not
           ,
           that
           they
           deny
           or
           dispute
           his
           Being
           or
           Attributes
           ,
           but
           they
           have
           no
           Regard
           to
           them
           in
           the
           last
           Dictates
           of
           their
           Minds
           ,
           or
           in
           the
           Course
           of
           their
           Actions
           .
           To
           go
           about
           to
           prove
           such
           things
           to
           be
           true
           they
           look
           on
           as
           lost
           labour
           ,
           for
           they
           do
           not
           question
           them
           ;
           but
           there
           is
           another
           thing
           then
           which
           we
           are
           to
           give
           an
           Account
           of
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           how
           it
           comes
           to
           pass
           ,
           that
           so
           great
           and
           so
           weighty
           Doctrines
           ,
           being
           received
           and
           allowed
           to
           be
           true
           ,
           make
           so
           little
           Impression
           on
           the
           generality
           of
           Mankind
           ;
           especially
           this
           of
           the
           Day
           of
           Judgment
           ;
           of
           which
           these
           seem
           to
           be
           the
           main
           Reasons
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           Mens
           Impatience
           of
           Considering
           great
           and
           weighty
           things
           at
           a
           Distance
           ,
           which
           cannot
           affect
           and
           move
           our
           Senses
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           The
           bewitching
           and
           stupifying
           Nature
           of
           Present
           and
           Sensual
           Pleasures
           ;
           which
           draw
           off
           the
           Mind
           from
           greater
           things
           ,
           and
           
           weaken
           all
           the
           Impressions
           they
           make
           upon
           us
           .
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           A
           General
           Presumption
           upon
           God's
           Mercy
           towards
           Mankind
           on
           the
           Account
           of
           the
           Frailty
           of
           Humane
           Nature
           ,
           notwithstanding
           the
           severity
           of
           his
           Threatnings
           in
           Scripture
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           I
           begin
           with
           
             Mens
             Impatience
             of
             Considering
             .
          
        
         
           We
           flatter
           and
           please
           our selves
           with
           the
           thoughts
           that
           we
           are
           
             Intelligent
          
           and
           
             Considering
             Beings
             ,
          
           when
           ,
           it
           may
           be
           ,
           
             Considering
          
           (
           especially
           as
           to
           matters
           of
           greatest
           consequence
           )
           is
           one
           of
           the
           things
           which
           Mankind
           have
           the
           greatest
           Aversion
           to
           .
           For
           generally
           ,
           they
           love
           to
           go
           no
           farther
           than
           the
           Outsides
           and
           Appearances
           of
           things
           ,
           and
           have
           their
           Minds
           wholly
           possessed
           with
           false
           and
           flattering
           Imaginations
           ,
           having
           neither
           Truth
           nor
           Consistency
           in
           them
           .
           And
           those
           who
           account
           themselves
           of
           better
           Breeding
           than
           others
           ,
           are
           often
           more
           imposed
           upon
           than
           others
           in
           this
           way
           .
           The
           Pomp
           and
           Grandeur
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           the
           Gaity
           and
           Splendour
           of
           Living
           strikes
           their
           Fancies
           with
           such
           vehement
           Impressions
           ,
           that
           scarce
           any
           thing
           else
           gets
           into
           their
           Minds
           ,
           or
           sinks
           deep
           into
           them
           .
           There
           are
           many
           other
           things
           that
           seem
           to
           stand
           
           fair
           in
           their
           Opinion
           at
           some
           times
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           as
           they
           are
           thought
           Serviceable
           to
           Worldly
           Greatness
           and
           Honour
           .
        
         
           This
           ,
           after
           all
           the
           Instructions
           of
           Philosophers
           ,
           the
           Declamations
           of
           Heathen
           and
           Christian
           Orators
           ,
           and
           the
           far
           more
           Powerfull
           Arguments
           of
           the
           Wisest
           and
           Best
           of
           Men
           ,
           recorded
           in
           Holy
           Scripture
           ,
           is
           still
           the
           great
           
             Idol
          
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           which
           they
           serve
           and
           worship
           with
           the
           truest
           and
           warmest
           Devotion
           .
           All
           other
           things
           ,
           how
           great
           and
           weighty
           soever
           in
           themselves
           ,
           yet
           are
           really
           look'd
           on
           by
           them
           as
           a
           sort
           of
           Metaphysical
           Abstracted
           Notions
           of
           things
           Invisible
           and
           Immaterial
           ,
           quite
           out
           of
           the
           reach
           of
           their
           Imagination
           ,
           which
           may
           serve
           for
           the
           Amusement
           of
           some
           ,
           and
           the
           Affrightment
           of
           others
           ,
           and
           the
           Entertainment
           of
           Speculative
           Minds
           ;
           but
           ,
           how
           to
           raise
           themselves
           in
           the
           World
           ,
           to
           appear
           Great
           ,
           and
           have
           many
           Dependents
           ;
           to
           pursue
           and
           carry
           on
           their
           own
           Interests
           (
           though
           without
           regard
           to
           Justice
           and
           Honesty
           )
           these
           they
           account
           Great
           and
           Noble
           things
           ,
           and
           fit
           to
           employ
           their
           Minds
           upon
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           How
           much
           are
           such
           imposed
           upon
           by
           meer
           
             Shews
          
           and
           
             Appearances
          
           of
           things
           ,
           which
           are
           really
           what
           
           God
           made
           them
           ,
           but
           are
           not
           what
           we
           fansie
           them
           to
           be
           !
           There
           are
           ,
           no
           doubt
           ,
           real
           Conveniencies
           of
           Life
           in
           Riches
           ,
           and
           Honour
           ,
           and
           Ease
           ,
           and
           Plenty
           ,
           or
           else
           they
           could
           never
           be
           esteemed
           Blessings
           ,
           nor
           could
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           thank
           God
           for
           them
           ;
           but
           there
           is
           a
           great
           difference
           between
           the
           Fitness
           of
           things
           for
           our
           present
           
             use
             ,
          
           and
           for
           our
           
             happiness
             ;
             i.
             e.
          
           when
           we
           make
           them
           our
           End
           ,
           and
           do
           not
           employ
           them
           in
           order
           to
           a
           farther
           End.
           But
           it
           is
           good
           Advice
           of
           S.
           
             Paul
             ,
             Vsing
             the
             World
             as
             not
             abusing
             it
             ;
          
           
           
             for
             the
             Fashion
             of
             this
             World
             passeth
             away
             :
          
           it
           
             passes
          
           like
           a
           Ship
           under
           Sail
           ,
           while
           the
           generality
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           like
           Passengers
           ,
           lie
           asleep
           in
           it
           .
           Sometimes
           when
           Storms
           arise
           ,
           or
           Waves
           cross
           them
           ,
           they
           seem
           to
           be
           awake
           ,
           and
           to
           look
           about
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           think
           whither
           they
           are
           going
           ;
           but
           those
           thoughts
           being
           uneasie
           to
           them
           ,
           they
           lie
           down
           again
           ,
           and
           are
           carried
           they
           know
           not
           whither
           .
           But
           still
           it
           is
           but
           
             the
             Fashion
             of
             this
             World
             ;
          
           a
           meer
           Landskip
           ,
           wherein
           there
           is
           great
           Variety
           but
           little
           Satisfaction
           ,
           the
           Shew
           far
           out-doing
           the
           Substance
           .
           When
           the
           Devil
           shewed
           Christ
           
             the
             Kingdoms
             of
             the
             World
             ,
          
           
           
             and
             the
             Glory
             of
             them
             ,
          
           the
           highest
           Mountain
           could
           afford
           but
           
           a
           small
           Prospect
           of
           them
           ,
           but
           as
           some
           think
           he
           caused
           a
           Representation
           in
           the
           Air
           of
           the
           most
           tempting
           Splendour
           and
           Glories
           of
           them
           .
           And
           this
           was
           the
           truest
           Representation
           of
           them
           ,
           by
           glorious
           Appearances
           and
           bewitching
           Shews
           .
           But
           unless
           there
           be
           something
           in
           Humane
           Nature
           which
           makes
           it
           very
           apt
           to
           be
           deceived
           by
           such
           things
           ,
           it
           were
           strange
           the
           Devil
           should
           think
           to
           prevail
           on
           our
           Saviour
           by
           them
           .
           We
           pity
           those
           who
           travelling
           in
           the
           Night
           are
           deceived
           by
           
             false
             Fires
          
           and
           
             shining
             Meteors
             ,
          
           and
           follow
           them
           into
           Bogs
           and
           Precipices
           ;
           but
           the
           case
           of
           such
           is
           so
           much
           worse
           who
           are
           deluded
           by
           the
           Deceitfull
           Vanities
           of
           this
           World
           to
           their
           own
           Destruction
           .
        
         
           And
           can
           there
           be
           any
           greater
           Argument
           of
           the
           want
           of
           Consideration
           ,
           than
           for
           Persons
           to
           suffer
           themselves
           to
           be
           so
           easily
           and
           so
           fatally
           cheated
           ?
           It
           is
           a
           Wise
           Observation
           of
           
             Aristotle
             ,
          
           
           that
           
             True
             Knowledge
             and
             Wisedom
             lies
             most
             in
             settling
             and
             fixing
             the
             Mind
             .
          
           For
           it
           is
           not
           the
           subtlety
           and
           fineness
           of
           Thoughts
           ,
           not
           the
           quickness
           and
           sharpness
           of
           Apprehension
           ,
           not
           the
           close
           and
           mathematical
           Deductions
           of
           Reason
           which
           make
           a
           Wise
           Man
           ,
           but
           the
           having
           a
           calm
           and
           composed
           
           Temper
           of
           Mind
           ,
           the
           subduing
           our
           Passions
           ,
           and
           governing
           our
           Actions
           with
           respect
           to
           our
           Chief
           End.
           And
           in
           order
           to
           this
           ,
           
             Consideration
          
           is
           absolutely
           necessary
           ;
           without
           which
           that
           which
           is
           nearest
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           offers
           it self
           first
           to
           our
           Choice
           ,
           must
           prevail
           upon
           us
           .
           And
           here
           lies
           the
           main
           Difficulty
           to
           perswade
           Mankind
           to
           choose
           a
           far
           greater
           Happiness
           at
           a
           Distance
           and
           Invisible
           ,
           before
           a
           present
           Enjoyment
           of
           things
           we
           are
           constantly
           conversant
           with
           ,
           and
           have
           made
           an
           early
           Impression
           upon
           us
           .
           But
           still
           we
           say
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           nothing
           but
           
             Mens
             Impatience
             of
             Considering
             ,
          
           which
           makes
           them
           have
           so
           little
           Regard
           to
           another
           Life
           .
           For
           if
           they
           would
           but
           lay
           both
           Worlds
           in
           the
           Balance
           one
           against
           the
           other
           ,
           they
           would
           soon
           discover
           the
           wonderfull
           Folly
           of
           preferring
           that
           which
           this
           World
           accounts
           Happiness
           before
           that
           which
           is
           offered
           to
           our
           Choice
           in
           another
           .
           For
           let
           us
           make
           all
           the
           fair
           and
           reasonable
           Allowances
           that
           may
           be
           ,
           as
           to
           our
           Inclinations
           ,
           and
           Appetites
           ,
           and
           Circumstances
           in
           this
           World
           ;
           as
           to
           the
           Distance
           ,
           Obscurity
           ,
           Incomprehensibleness
           of
           the
           Joys
           of
           another
           World
           ;
           yet
           every
           considering
           man
           that
           regards
           true
           Happiness
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           chuse
           that
           which
           is
           to
           come
           .
           For
           ,
        
         
         
           (
           1.
           )
           Supposing
           the
           Happiness
           were
           Equal
           ,
           yet
           there
           is
           no
           proportion
           in
           the
           Continuance
           of
           them
           ;
           and
           a
           considering
           Man
           will
           be
           sure
           to
           choose
           a
           Happiness
           that
           can
           never
           have
           an
           End
           ,
           before
           one
           that
           may
           be
           irrecoverably
           lost
           in
           a
           moment
           ;
           and
           can
           certainly
           be
           enjoyed
           but
           for
           a
           little
           time
           ,
           if
           there
           were
           any
           certainty
           at
           all
           in
           the
           Enjoyment
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           The
           more
           any
           have
           considered
           ,
           the
           more
           they
           have
           repented
           placing
           too
           much
           of
           their
           Happiness
           here
           ,
           because
           Reason
           and
           Experience
           shews
           them
           the
           Folly
           of
           it
           .
           But
           the
           more
           they
           have
           considered
           ,
           the
           better
           satisfied
           the
           Minds
           of
           Good
           Men
           are
           in
           placing
           their
           Happiness
           above
           ;
           where
           alone
           that
           Good
           is
           to
           be
           found
           which
           can
           make
           us
           truly
           Happy
           ,
           and
           is
           to
           be
           enjoyed
           in
           that
           Fulness
           ,
           that
           Purity
           ,
           that
           Certainty
           which
           makes
           it
           fit
           for
           the
           wisest
           and
           most
           considering
           Men
           to
           prefer
           above
           a
           present
           Happiness
           ,
           if
           it
           were
           to
           be
           enjoyed
           on
           Earth
           .
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           He
           that
           looks
           after
           a
           Future
           Happiness
           doth
           not
           thereby
           lose
           any
           of
           the
           Real
           Conveniencies
           of
           Humane
           Life
           ;
           but
           he
           that
           places
           his
           Happiness
           here
           ,
           cannot
           find
           it
           in
           this
           World
           ,
           and
           is
           sure
           to
           be
           miserable
           in
           
           another
           :
           And
           this
           makes
           a
           very
           considerable
           Difference
           in
           the
           Choice
           .
           Indeed
           ,
           if
           God
           made
           it
           absolutely
           necessary
           in
           order
           to
           Future
           Happiness
           for
           us
           to
           forgoe
           all
           the
           Natural
           Pleasures
           and
           Innocent
           Delights
           of
           this
           Life
           ,
           the
           terms
           would
           be
           much
           harder
           ,
           and
           hardly
           possible
           to
           Humane
           Nature
           .
           For
           ,
           if
           all
           Pleasures
           of
           Sense
           must
           be
           renounced
           ,
           we
           must
           not
           see
           the
           pleasing
           varieties
           of
           Nature
           ,
           nor
           hear
           the
           melodious
           sound
           of
           Birds
           ,
           nor
           tast
           the
           Meat
           when
           we
           are
           hungry
           ,
           nor
           drink
           when
           we
           are
           thirsty
           ;
           for
           there
           is
           really
           greater
           Pleasure
           of
           Sense
           when
           Nature
           craves
           necessary
           Sustenance
           ,
           than
           what
           the
           most
           voluptuous
           
             Epicurean
          
           enjoys
           in
           all
           his
           Contrivances
           ,
           first
           to
           raise
           his
           Appetite
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           please
           it
           :
           For
           what
           is
           most
           natural
           and
           necessary
           is
           the
           most
           Delightfull
           ;
           every
           thing
           of
           
             Force
          
           must
           have
           something
           
             Vneasie
          
           in
           it
           .
           But
           God
           hath
           not
           dealt
           thus
           hardly
           with
           Mankind
           ;
           He
           allows
           us
           all
           the
           reasonable
           Desires
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           hath
           onely
           forbid
           us
           what
           is
           unreasonable
           and
           unnecessary
           .
           And
           upon
           the
           forbearance
           of
           what
           is
           so
           ,
           joyned
           with
           our
           entire
           dependence
           upon
           himself
           for
           it
           ,
           
           (
           which
           the
           Scripture
           calls
           
             Faith
             working
             by
             Love
             ,
          
           )
           he
           hath
           made
           the
           Gracious
           Offer
           of
           
           Eternal
           Happiness
           .
           It
           is
           true
           ,
           in
           Extraordinary
           Cases
           of
           Persecution
           he
           requires
           more
           ,
           but
           then
           he
           proposes
           Extraordinary
           Rewards
           to
           make
           abundant
           Recompence
           for
           them
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           common
           and
           ordinary
           Case
           of
           Mankind
           ,
           he
           requires
           no
           more
           than
           our
           avoiding
           those
           Excesses
           in
           Pleasing
           our
           Appetites
           which
           Nature
           and
           Reason
           condemn
           .
           And
           those
           who
           consider
           ,
           cannot
           but
           see
           how
           unreasonable
           it
           is
           to
           place
           their
           Happiness
           in
           forbidden
           Pleasures
           ;
           and
           to
           think
           that
           nothing
           can
           make
           them
           happy
           ,
           but
           what
           God
           hath
           declared
           shall
           make
           them
           miserable
           .
           It
           is
           a
           strange
           Crossness
           in
           our
           Desires
           ,
           if
           nothing
           can
           please
           them
           but
           what
           displeases
           God.
           It
           were
           no
           hard
           task
           to
           shew
           ,
           that
           God
           forbids
           nothing
           but
           what
           is
           really
           repugnant
           to
           our
           Well-being
           here
           ;
           and
           how
           then
           can
           any
           such
           thing
           as
           Happiness
           be
           hoped
           for
           in
           such
           things
           ?
           And
           when
           a
           man
           ventures
           being
           Miserable
           for
           ever
           ,
           for
           what
           can
           never
           make
           him
           Happy
           here
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           his
           full
           Liberty
           to
           pursue
           his
           Desires
           ;
           he
           shews
           how
           far
           he
           is
           from
           acting
           like
           a
           wise
           ,
           rational
           ,
           considering
           Being
           .
           So
           that
           Impatience
           of
           Considering
           is
           one
           great
           Reason
           why
           the
           thoughts
           of
           a
           Judgment
           to
           come
           make
           so
           little
           Impression
           on
           Mens
           Minds
           .
        
         
         
           (
           2.
           )
           The
           Second
           Reason
           is
           
             the
             Bewitching
             and
             Stupifying
             Nature
             of
             Sensual
             Pleasures
             .
          
           The
           
             Epicurean
          
           Philosophers
           ,
           who
           managed
           the
           
             Theory
          
           of
           Pleasure
           with
           the
           greatest
           Art
           ,
           so
           as
           it
           might
           look
           like
           a
           proper
           happiness
           for
           Mankind
           ,
           found
           Two
           things
           absolutely
           necessary
           in
           order
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           The
           Retrenching
           all
           inordinate
           Desires
           ,
           
             viz.
          
           such
           as
           had
           more
           Pain
           following
           them
           ,
           than
           there
           was
           Pleasure
           in
           the
           Enjoyment
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           The
           Removing
           the
           Fears
           of
           another
           World
           out
           of
           Mens
           Minds
           .
           For
           as
           long
           as
           these
           sunk
           into
           their
           Minds
           ,
           they
           must
           rob
           them
           of
           that
           inward
           Tranquillity
           ,
           without
           which
           it
           were
           a
           vain
           thing
           so
           much
           as
           to
           talk
           of
           Happiness
           .
           But
           it
           was
           impossible
           ,
           upon
           their
           Grounds
           ,
           to
           doe
           either
           of
           these
           .
           For
           ,
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           It
           is
           unreasonable
           to
           suppose
           that
           the
           Happiness
           of
           our
           present
           Life
           should
           consist
           in
           the
           Enjoyment
           of
           Pleasure
           ,
           and
           yet
           the
           Pleasure
           of
           Opinion
           to
           be
           taken
           away
           ,
           since
           the
           
             Pleasure
          
           of
           
             Opinion
          
           is
           the
           far
           greatest
           part
           of
           the
           
             Pleasure
          
           of
           Life
           ;
           and
           that
           which
           is
           as
           much
           valued
           and
           esteemed
           by
           all
           those
           who
           place
           their
           Happiness
           in
           Pleasure
           .
           If
           it
           were
           all
           to
           be
           reduced
           to
           that
           which
           lies
           in
           satisfying
           
           the
           necessary
           Desires
           of
           Nature
           ,
           then
           such
           as
           have
           just
           enough
           for
           that
           ,
           are
           far
           more
           happy
           than
           the
           Rich
           and
           Voluptuous
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           less
           Pains
           and
           Care.
           But
           if
           any
           allowance
           be
           made
           to
           the
           
             Pleasure
          
           of
           
             Fancy
          
           and
           
             Opinion
             ,
          
           then
           no
           stop
           can
           be
           given
           to
           inordinate
           Desires
           .
           For
           ,
           who
           can
           set
           bounds
           to
           Fancy
           ,
           or
           lay
           a
           reasonable
           Restraint
           upon
           Desires
           ,
           if
           the
           Differences
           of
           Good
           and
           Evil
           be
           taken
           away
           ?
           As
           they
           must
           be
           ,
           if
           meer
           Pleasure
           and
           Pain
           be
           to
           be
           regarded
           in
           our
           Actions
           .
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           As
           to
           the
           other
           ,
           the
           Methods
           they
           used
           to
           remove
           all
           Fears
           of
           another
           World
           were
           weak
           and
           trifling
           ,
           and
           they
           had
           no
           Advantage
           in
           Point
           of
           
             Argument
             ,
          
           but
           what
           the
           Ignorance
           and
           Folly
           of
           the
           Idolatrous
           part
           of
           Mankind
           at
           that
           time
           gave
           them
           .
           But
           there
           is
           a
           far
           greater
           advantage
           in
           point
           of
           
             Interest
             ,
          
           which
           makes
           men
           of
           Sensual
           Lives
           very
           willing
           to
           be
           rid
           of
           the
           Fears
           of
           another
           Life
           .
           And
           a
           willing
           mind
           goes
           a
           great
           way
           in
           believing
           or
           not
           believing
           .
           Those
           who
           place
           their
           Happiness
           in
           eating
           and
           drinking
           well
           (
           as
           they
           call
           it
           )
           and
           other
           Sensual
           Delights
           ,
           which
           can
           never
           be
           enjoyed
           when
           htis
           Life
           is
           ended
           ,
           have
           but
           a
           melancholy
           
           Prospect
           into
           another
           World
           ;
           for
           they
           are
           shut
           out
           from
           the
           very
           possibility
           of
           being
           happy
           in
           their
           own
           Sense
           ,
           (
           unless
           they
           would
           believe
           the
           Eastern
           Impostour
           ;
           )
           but
           when
           they
           once
           come
           to
           apprehend
           that
           there
           is
           no
           Pleasure
           to
           make
           them
           happy
           but
           what
           is
           seated
           in
           the
           Body
           ,
           they
           are
           apt
           to
           conclude
           that
           when
           that
           dies
           ,
           there
           is
           an
           end
           of
           all
           ,
           for
           their
           Imaginations
           can
           reach
           no
           farther
           .
           And
           the
           true
           Reason
           is
           ,
           they
           have
           laid
           Reason
           and
           Conscience
           asleep
           so
           long
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           very
           hard
           to
           awaken
           them
           ;
           their
           Notions
           of
           good
           and
           Evil
           are
           like
           the
           confused
           Apprehensions
           of
           Men
           half
           awake
           ;
           they
           see
           enough
           to
           perplex
           but
           not
           enough
           to
           satisfie
           them
           .
           And
           when
           their
           Fears
           grow
           upon
           them
           ,
           they
           have
           not
           the
           Heart
           and
           Courage
           to
           Examine
           them
           ,
           whether
           they
           be
           Reasonable
           or
           not
           ;
           but
           rather
           choose
           to
           return
           to
           their
           former
           
             Opiates
             ,
          
           than
           undergo
           the
           trouble
           of
           an
           Effectual
           Cure
           by
           a
           hearty
           Repentance
           and
           
             coming
             to
             themselves
             ,
          
           
           as
           the
           Prodigal
           Son
           in
           the
           Parable
           did
           ,
           when
           his
           Hardship
           had
           brought
           him
           to
           Consideration
           .
           We
           do
           not
           know
           what
           had
           become
           of
           him
           ,
           if
           he
           had
           been
           wise
           and
           frugal
           in
           his
           Pleasures
           ;
           if
           he
           had
           taken
           care
           of
           a
           good
           stock
           and
           a
           
           plentifull
           Subsistence
           ;
           but
           he
           first
           came
           to
           be
           pinched
           with
           want
           ,
           before
           he
           was
           awakened
           to
           Repent
           .
           But
           we
           have
           in
           Scripture
           a
           more
           remarkable
           Instance
           of
           the
           Stupifying
           Nature
           of
           Sensual
           Pleasures
           ;
           and
           that
           was
           in
           
             David
          
           after
           his
           Sins
           of
           Adultery
           and
           Murther
           .
           It
           is
           a
           Wonder
           ,
           how
           a
           Man
           of
           such
           a
           tender
           Conscience
           in
           other
           things
           ,
           should
           continue
           so
           long
           under
           the
           Guilt
           of
           these
           Enormities
           ,
           without
           being
           awakened
           to
           Repentance
           :
           Did
           he
           not
           know
           these
           to
           be
           great
           Sins
           ?
           And
           did
           not
           his
           Conscience
           charge
           him
           with
           the
           Guilt
           of
           them
           ?
           How
           came
           he
           then
           to
           need
           a
           Prophet
           to
           be
           sent
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           to
           deal
           so
           plainly
           with
           him
           ,
           as
           to
           tell
           him
           
             Thou
             art
             the
             Man
             ?
          
           
           But
           this
           is
           a
           plain
           Evidence
           ,
           how
           much
           the
           Pleasures
           of
           Sin
           are
           apt
           to
           stupifie
           Mens
           Consciences
           so
           far
           ,
           that
           unless
           God
           by
           his
           Grace
           be
           pleased
           to
           awaken
           them
           thoroughly
           ,
           they
           never
           come
           to
           a
           sincere
           and
           hearty
           Repentance
           .
           
             David
          
           saw
           nothing
           more
           as
           to
           the
           Guilt
           of
           his
           Sins
           ,
           when
           he
           penn'd
           his
           
             51st
             Psalm
             ,
          
           than
           his
           own
           Reason
           and
           Natural
           Conscience
           might
           inform
           him
           before
           ;
           but
           he
           had
           quite
           another
           Sense
           of
           his
           Sins
           then
           ;
           his
           
             Heart
             was
             broken
          
           and
           his
           Soul
           
             wounded
          
           under
           
           the
           Apprehension
           of
           God's
           Displeasure
           ;
           and
           this
           makes
           him
           pray
           so
           earnestly
           and
           so
           importunately
           to
           God
           for
           the
           Pardon
           of
           his
           Sins
           .
           And
           if
           it
           were
           thus
           in
           the
           case
           of
           a
           Man
           otherwise
           
             after
             God's
             own
             heart
             ,
             i.e.
          
           afraid
           of
           offending
           him
           ,
           and
           carefull
           to
           please
           him
           ;
           what
           may
           we
           imagine
           it
           to
           be
           in
           those
           who
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Youth
           
             walk
             in
             the
             way
             of
             their
             hearts
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             their
             eyes
             :
             i.
             e.
          
           allowing
           themselves
           in
           all
           Sensual
           Inclinations
           ,
           and
           pursuing
           Carnal
           Delights
           so
           far
           till
           they
           have
           lost
           all
           Sense
           of
           God
           and
           another
           World
           ;
           and
           such
           as
           these
           ,
           nothing
           but
           the
           Powerfull
           Influences
           of
           Divine
           Grace
           can
           awaken
           and
           recover
           .
        
         
           (
           3.
           )
           The
           Third
           Reason
           is
           ,
           
             A
             General
             Presumption
             upon
             God's
             Mercy
             .
          
           The
           first
           thing
           which
           Sinners
           ,
           in
           the
           Heat
           of
           their
           Youth
           ,
           and
           Pursuit
           of
           their
           Lusts
           ,
           aim
           at
           ,
           is
           to
           think
           as
           little
           as
           may
           be
           of
           what
           they
           are
           doing
           ,
           or
           what
           will
           be
           the
           Consequence
           of
           their
           Actions
           .
           For
           every
           thought
           of
           themselves
           is
           very
           uneasie
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           every
           thought
           of
           God
           is
           much
           more
           so
           ;
           therefore
           they
           drive
           away
           all
           such
           thoughts
           by
           one
           means
           or
           other
           ,
           by
           Sleep
           ,
           Diversion
           ,
           Company
           ,
           and
           such
           Publick
           Entertainments
           ,
           as
           
           rather
           heighten
           and
           inflame
           their
           Vices
           than
           correct
           them
           .
        
         
           If
           all
           this
           will
           not
           doe
           ,
           but
           there
           will
           be
           some
           Melancholy
           Hours
           ,
           wherein
           Conscience
           begins
           to
           rouse
           it self
           ,
           and
           to
           awaken
           the
           Sinner
           to
           some
           Sense
           of
           his
           Folly
           ;
           then
           he
           is
           ready
           to
           hearken
           with
           Pleasure
           to
           any
           Raileries
           against
           
             Religion
             and
             Morality
             ;
          
           and
           admires
           the
           Wit
           of
           any
           one
           who
           dares
           say
           a
           bold
           and
           sharp
           thing
           against
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           all
           Ages
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           best
           Men
           in
           them
           .
           And
           one
           or
           two
           such
           Sayings
           ,
           without
           Proof
           ,
           are
           cried
           up
           as
           far
           beyond
           the
           best
           Rules
           of
           Morality
           ,
           or
           the
           Evidence
           of
           natural
           and
           revealed
           Religion
           .
           Any
           Sceptical
           Disputes
           are
           sufficient
           Demonstrations
           to
           them
           ;
           and
           the
           most
           unreasonable
           Cavils
           against
           Religion
           are
           embraced
           ,
           because
           against
           the
           thing
           they
           hate
           ;
           and
           even
           a
           Jest
           against
           the
           Day
           of
           Judgment
           shall
           signifie
           more
           with
           them
           ,
           than
           the
           strongest
           Arguments
           in
           the
           World
           to
           prove
           it
           .
           The
           true
           Reason
           is
           ,
           they
           love
           their
           Vices
           ,
           and
           hate
           every
           thing
           which
           makes
           them
           uneasie
           to
           them
           ;
           and
           nothing
           doth
           more
           so
           ,
           than
           the
           thoughts
           of
           a
           Judgment
           to
           come
           .
        
         
         
           But
           suppose
           after
           all
           ,
           the
           terrible
           and
           frequent
           Expressions
           of
           Scripture
           concerning
           the
           Day
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           joyned
           with
           the
           Reasonableness
           of
           the
           thing
           ,
           do
           make
           such
           Impression
           on
           their
           Minds
           that
           they
           cannot
           wholly
           shake
           off
           the
           Fears
           and
           Apprehensions
           of
           it
           ,
           then
           their
           last
           endeavour
           is
           to
           mitigate
           and
           lessen
           them
           ,
           from
           a
           
             General
             Presumption
             of
             God's
             Mercifull
             Nature
             ;
          
           and
           therefore
           they
           are
           willing
           to
           suppose
           ,
           that
           however
           God
           ,
           to
           keep
           the
           World
           in
           awe
           ,
           hath
           threatned
           them
           with
           the
           dreadfull
           Severities
           of
           the
           Great
           Day
           ,
           yet
           as
           a
           tender
           Father
           who
           threatens
           his
           Disobedient
           Son
           ,
           in
           order
           to
           reclaim
           him
           ,
           with
           no
           less
           than
           Disinheriting
           him
           for
           ever
           ;
           yet
           when
           it
           comes
           to
           Execution
           he
           may
           Relent
           ,
           not
           from
           his
           Sons
           Deserts
           ,
           but
           his
           own
           Compassion
           ;
           so
           they
           hope
           ,
           or
           believe
           ,
           (
           or
           are
           willing
           to
           doe
           so
           )
           that
           God
           at
           the
           Great
           Day
           will
           not
           proceed
           according
           to
           the
           rigour
           which
           he
           hath
           threatned
           to
           use
           .
           And
           to
           comfort
           themselves
           in
           these
           hopes
           they
           find
           out
           all
           possible
           Extenuations
           of
           their
           Sins
           :
           
             If
             we
             ,
             say
             they
             ,
             had
             been
             created
             purely
             intellectual
             Beings
             ,
             free
             from
             this
             load
             of
             Flesh
             ,
             and
             the
             Inclinations
             which
             are
             natural
             to
             it
             ,
             then
             it
             had
             been
             more
             reasonable
             to
             have
             called
             us
             to
             a
             strict
             Account
             for
             every
             
             Action
             of
             our
             Lives
             ;
             for
             then
             every
             Inclination
             to
             Evil
             must
             have
             come
             from
             our
             Minds
             ;
             but
             now
             our
             Bodies
             corrupt
             and
             draw
             them
             aside
             ;
             and
             the
             Inclinations
             to
             Evil
             grow
             faster
             than
             our
             Reason
             ,
             which
             should
             check
             and
             restrain
             them
             .
             And
             when
             those
             Inclinations
             are
             strongest
             ,
             Men
             have
             not
             that
             Judgment
             which
             is
             necessary
             to
             the
             Government
             of
             unruly
             Passions
             .
             So
             that
             the
             very
             frame
             of
             humane
             Nature
             seems
             to
             plead
             for
             Sins
             committed
             in
             the
             Heat
             and
             Violence
             of
             Youth
             .
             Besides
             ,
             such
             is
             the
             Strictness
             and
             Purity
             of
             the
             Law
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             so
             great
             the
             Weakness
             and
             Disability
             ,
             the
             Ignorance
             and
             Inadvertency
             of
             Mankind
             ,
             that
             if
             God
             will
             make
             no
             Allowance
             for
             humane
             Frailty
             ,
             who
             can
             stand
             before
             his
             Tribunal
             ?
             And
             ,
             if
             any
             Allowance
             be
             made
             for
             Sins
             of
             Infirmity
             ,
             there
             are
             so
             many
             Abatements
             to
             be
             made
             for
             Sins
             committed
             through
             sudden
             Passion
             ,
             through
             Mistake
             ,
             through
             the
             unavoidable
             Impotency
             of
             humane
             Nature
             in
             this
             degenerate
             Condition
             ,
             that
             the
             Severity
             of
             that
             Day
             is
             not
             much
             to
             be
             feared
             .
          
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           utmost
           of
           the
           Sinners
           Plea
           against
           the
           Severity
           of
           the
           Day
           of
           Judgment
           ;
           
           But
           ,
           to
           shew
           how
           faulty
           it
           is
           ,
           I
           shall
           offer
           these
           Considerations
           ;
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           God
           will
           certainly
           
             Iudge
             the
             World
             in
             Righteousness
             ;
          
           
           and
           therefore
           none
           shall
           have
           Cause
           to
           complain
           of
           the
           Harshness
           or
           Severity
           of
           his
           Proceedings
           .
           For
           ,
           this
           
             Righteousness
          
           is
           not
           the
           Rigour
           of
           Justice
           ,
           but
           that
           Equity
           which
           hath
           a
           Regard
           to
           the
           Circumstances
           of
           Actions
           ,
           and
           the
           Abatement
           and
           Extenuation
           of
           Faults
           which
           arise
           from
           them
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           None
           shall
           suffer
           at
           that
           Day
           ,
           but
           for
           their
           wilfull
           Impenitency
           ,
           and
           obstinate
           Continuance
           in
           Sin.
           For
           ,
           this
           is
           not
           onely
           agreeable
           to
           the
           Mercifull
           Nature
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           forgive
           Repenting
           Sinners
           ;
           but
           it
           is
           one
           of
           the
           great
           Designs
           of
           the
           Gospel
           to
           assure
           Mankind
           of
           it
           by
           the
           highest
           Testimonies
           ,
           even
           by
           the
           Death
           and
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           all
           the
           Miracles
           wrought
           in
           Confirmation
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           Truth
           of
           his
           Doctrine
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           There
           are
           several
           Degrees
           of
           Wilfulness
           and
           Obstinacy
           ,
           and
           Mens
           Judgment
           shall
           be
           according
           to
           them
           .
           Some
           Mens
           Capacities
           ,
           Opportunities
           and
           Helps
           have
           very
           much
           exceeded
           others
           ;
           some
           have
           broken
           through
           stronger
           Convictions
           and
           more
           powerfull
           Assistences
           of
           Grace
           than
           others
           ;
           some
           have
           
           had
           more
           early
           Instructions
           ,
           more
           frequent
           Warnings
           ,
           more
           obliging
           Favours
           from
           Heaven
           than
           others
           .
           And
           as
           it
           is
           reasonable
           that
           Persons
           suffer
           for
           their
           Obstinate
           Continuance
           in
           Sin
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           should
           suffer
           according
           to
           the
           Degrees
           and
           Circumstances
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           (
           4.
           )
           It
           is
           not
           unjust
           Severity
           in
           God
           ,
           to
           deprive
           Men
           of
           that
           Happiness
           which
           they
           have
           wilfully
           refused
           ;
           and
           to
           condemn
           them
           to
           that
           Misery
           which
           their
           Sins
           have
           deserved
           .
           Hath
           not
           God
           made
           the
           most
           condescending
           Offer
           of
           Mercy
           and
           Salvation
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           possible
           for
           Creatures
           to
           expect
           from
           him
           ,
           after
           so
           many
           and
           great
           Provocations
           ?
           Could
           Heaven
           stoop
           lower
           than
           it
           hath
           done
           to
           vile
           and
           ungratefull
           Sinners
           ?
           When
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           came
           down
           from
           Heaven
           on
           purpose
           to
           reconcile
           God
           and
           Man
           together
           ;
           When
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           warns
           and
           excites
           their
           minds
           to
           the
           Consideration
           of
           their
           Eternal
           Welfare
           ;
           When
           
             the
             Messengers
             of
             this
             Reconciliation
             are
             to
             woo
             and
             intreat
             and
             beseech
             Sinners
             in
             Christ's
             stead
             ,
             as
             though
             God
             did
             beseech
             them
             by
             them
             ,
             that
             they
             would
             be
             reconciled
             to
             God
             ;
          
           When
           the
           
             Patience
             and
             Goodness
             and
             Long-suffering
             of
             God
          
           is
           exercised
           so
           much
           on
           purpose
           
             to
             lead
             
             them
             to
             Repentance
             ;
          
           When
           God
           instead
           of
           perfect
           Obedience
           ,
           is
           willing
           to
           pardon
           and
           pass
           by
           so
           many
           Offences
           ,
           if
           they
           truly
           Repent
           of
           them
           ,
           and
           to
           receive
           them
           still
           into
           his
           Favour
           and
           Mercy
           ;
           When
           after
           all
           this
           men
           do
           rather
           prefer
           the
           present
           Pleasures
           of
           Sin
           ,
           before
           all
           that
           happiness
           which
           God
           so
           freely
           offers
           ,
           is
           it
           any
           Injustice
           in
           him
           to
           suffer
           them
           for
           ever
           to
           be
           deprived
           of
           that
           which
           they
           so
           wilfully
           ,
           so
           ungratefully
           ,
           so
           obstinately
           refused
           ?
           And
           supposing
           the
           Souls
           of
           Men
           to
           subsist
           in
           another
           World
           free
           from
           all
           those
           Clouds
           of
           Errour
           and
           Mistake
           ,
           and
           the
           false
           Notions
           they
           are
           deceived
           by
           here
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           all
           the
           Diversions
           and
           Pleasures
           of
           this
           Life
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           to
           be
           imagined
           ,
           but
           they
           must
           for-ever
           suffer
           an
           intolerable
           Anguish
           within
           (
           called
           ,
           
           
             A
             Worm
             that
             never
             dyes
             ,
             and
             a
             Fire
             that
             never
             goes
             out
             ,
          
           )
           from
           the
           Reflexions
           upon
           their
           own
           Folly.
           What
           Vengeance
           beyond
           this
           God
           may
           inflict
           ,
           we
           now
           know
           not
           ,
           (
           may
           none
           of
           us
           ever
           know
           it
           !
           )
           but
           we
           are
           sure
           it
           will
           never
           exceed
           the
           proportion
           and
           desert
           of
           their
           Sins
           .
           Which
           is
           sufficient
           to
           clear
           the
           Justice
           of
           God
           in
           his
           Proceedings
           with
           Mankind
           in
           the
           Day
           of
           Judgment
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           It
           remains
           now
           onely
           to
           shew
           by
           what
           means
           God's
           bringing
           us
           to
           Judgment
           may
           
           make
           a
           deeper
           Impression
           upon
           our
           Minds
           ;
           By
           considering
           th●se
           two
           things
           ;
        
         
           1.
           
           That
           our
           not
           considering
           it
           will
           not
           make
           our
           condition
           b●tter
           ,
           but
           much
           worse
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           our
           Considering
           it
           is
           the
           best
           means
           to
           prevent
           the
           evil
           Consequences
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           (
           1.
           )
           Our
           not
           considering
           it
           will
           not
           make
           our
           Condition
           better
           .
           There
           were
           great
           Reason
           indeed
           
             to
             walk
             in
             the
             way
             of
             our
             hearts
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             sight
             of
             our
             eyes
             ,
          
           and
           never
           trouble
           our selves
           with
           what
           will
           happen
           at
           the
           great
           Day
           ,
           if
           the
           putting
           it
           out
           of
           our
           Heads
           would
           make
           our
           Accounts
           the
           easier
           when
           it
           comes
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           Whether
           we
           think
           of
           it
           or
           no
           ,
           the
           Account
           runs
           on
           ,
           and
           we
           must
           answer
           to
           every
           particular
           at
           last
           ;
           and
           how
           unprovided
           shall
           we
           be
           ,
           if
           we
           spend
           no
           time
           here
           in
           examining
           ,
           stating
           and
           clearing
           of
           them
           as
           far
           as
           we
           are
           able
           .
           It
           is
           a
           mighty
           Priviledge
           we
           have
           by
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           that
           God
           allows
           us
           to
           clear
           our
           Accounts
           with
           him
           in
           this
           World
           ;
           
           
             For
             ,
             if
             we
             would
             judge
             our selves
             we
             shall
             not
             be
             judged
             :
             i.e.
          
           If
           we
           call
           our selves
           to
           a
           strict
           Account
           for
           our
           Actions
           ;
           if
           we
           Repent
           heartily
           and
           sincerely
           of
           our
           Sins
           ;
           if
           we
           seek
           earnestly
           to
           God
           for
           Mercy
           ;
           if
           we
           have
           
             our
             Consciences
             cleansed
             by
             the
             Blood
             of
             Christ
          
           from
           the
           pollution
           of
           our
           Sins
           ,
           then
           we
           may
           
           with
           Joy
           and
           Peace
           in
           our
           Minds
           think
           of
           the
           Great
           Day
           of
           Recompence
           .
           But
           if
           we
           never
           enter
           into
           our Selves
           ,
           to
           search
           and
           examine
           our
           own
           Actions
           ,
           never
           look
           into
           the
           Habits
           of
           our
           own
           Minds
           ,
           nor
           charge
           our selves
           with
           the
           Guilt
           of
           the
           Sins
           we
           have
           committed
           ,
           how
           can
           we
           ever
           hope
           to
           escape
           the
           Scrutiny
           or
           avoid
           the
           Severity
           of
           that
           Day
           ?
           For
           our
           Account
           continually
           increases
           by
           our
           neglect
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           the
           burden
           of
           God's
           Wrath
           must
           be
           so
           much
           heavier
           when
           we
           have
           taken
           no
           care
           to
           lessen
           it
           ,
           but
           
             after
             our
             hardness
             and
             impenitent
             hearts
             have
             onely
             treasured
             up
             wrath
             against
             the
             day
             of
             wrath
             .
          
           
        
         
           (
           2.
           )
           Our
           considering
           that
           God
           will
           bring
           us
           to
           Judgment
           is
           the
           best
           means
           to
           prevent
           the
           evil
           Consequences
           of
           it
           .
           For
           ,
           although
           we
           cannot
           hope
           to
           plead
           Innocency
           ;
           yet
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           next
           in
           point
           of
           Wisdom
           )
           this
           is
           the
           most
           effectual
           Motive
           to
           bring
           us
           to
           Repentance
           :
           And
           that
           which
           makes
           us
           Repent
           makes
           us
           to
           grow
           Wise
           in
           time
           ,
           and
           to
           lay
           
             a
             good
             Foundation
             for
             Eternal
             Life
             .
          
           There
           are
           many
           Arguments
           to
           induce
           us
           to
           it
           in
           the
           Folly
           and
           Shame
           of
           our
           Sins
           ;
           the
           Wisdom
           of
           Reflection
           and
           Reformation
           ;
           the
           Instances
           of
           it
           and
           Exhortations
           to
           it
           recorded
           in
           Scripture
           ;
           but
           there
           is
           none
           more
           
           sensible
           and
           which
           touches
           Men
           more
           in
           point
           of
           Interest
           and
           Concernment
           than
           this
           of
           
             a
             Iudgment
             to
             come
             .
          
           
             Must
             I
             then
             ,
             saith
             a
             Penitent
             Sinner
             ,
             give
             a
             strict
             Account
             to
             God
             of
             all
             the
             evil
             Actions
             of
             my
             Life
             ,
             and
             suffer
             according
             to
             the
             Desert
             of
             them
             if
             I
             die
             in
             Impenitency
             ?
             How
             much
             doth
             it
             then
             concern
             me
             to
             Repent
             betimes
             ,
             to
             Repent
             in
             good
             earnest
             ,
             to
             Repent
             while
             there
             is
             hopes
             of
             Mercy
             !
             Away
             then
             all
             ye
             deceitfull
             Vanities
             of
             this
             wicked
             World
             ,
             ye
             have
             too
             long
             deceived
             and
             seduced
             me
             :
             what
             will
             all
             this
             vain
             shew
             ,
             this
             busie
             Seducer
             ,
             this
             impertinent
             Outside
             of
             the
             World
             signifie
             ,
             when
             I
             must
             be
             stript
             of
             all
             ,
             and
             stand
             guilty
             and
             accused
             by
             my
             own
             Conscience
             before
             the
             Judgment-Seat
             of
             Christ
             ?
             Oh!
             how
             wretched
             shall
             I
             be
             ,
             if
             my
             Conscience
             condemns
             me
             before
             the
             Sentence
             of
             the
             Judge
             !
             Therefore
             ,
             I
             am
             resolved
             to
             prevent
             the
             Judgment
             of
             that
             Day
             ;
             I
             will
             accuse
             ,
             judge
             ,
             and
             condemn
             my self
             ;
             nay
             ,
             I
             will
             proceed
             to
             Execution
             ,
             as
             to
             all
             the
             vitious
             Habits
             and
             corrupt
             Inclinations
             within
             me
             .
             And
             although
             I
             cannot
             wholly
             
               mortifie
            
             them
             ,
             yet
             I
             will
             
               crucifie
            
             them
             ;
             
               i.
               e.
            
             nail
             them
             to
             the
             Cross
             ,
             and
             allow
             them
             no
             longer
             Liberty
             ;
             
             and
             albeit
             they
             may
             struggle
             for
             a
             time
             ,
             yet
             I
             will
             never
             give
             way
             to
             their
             Dominion
             over
             me
             any
             more
             ;
             that
             so
             Death
             and
             Judgment
             may
             find
             me
             prepared
             ,
             if
             not
             with
             unspotted
             Innocency
             ,
             yet
             with
             hearty
             and
             sincere
             Repentance
             .
          
        
         
           To
           conclude
           all
           ;
           let
           the
           Consideration
           of
           this
           Day
           of
           
             Iudgment
             to
             come
          
           enter
           deep
           into
           our
           Minds
           ,
           and
           awaken
           us
           out
           of
           our
           Lethargy
           and
           Security
           .
           We
           are
           very
           apt
           to
           put
           off
           unpleasing
           things
           from
           time
           to
           time
           ,
           and
           to
           pass
           away
           our
           time
           here
           as
           easily
           as
           may
           be
           .
           But
           this
           is
           no
           part
           of
           Wisdom
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           extremely
           blame
           our selves
           for
           it
           one
           time
           or
           other
           .
           The
           best
           we
           can
           do
           now
           ,
           is
           to
           recover
           what
           is
           past
           by
           Repentance
           ,
           and
           to
           set
           our selves
           to
           the
           making
           up
           our
           Accounts
           with
           God
           in
           this
           World
           :
           For
           ,
           we
           are
           all
           walking
           on
           the
           brink
           of
           Eternity
           ,
           and
           know
           not
           how
           soon
           we
           may
           drop
           into
           it
           .
           But
           what
           Eternal
           Horrour
           and
           Confusion
           must
           follow
           us
           ,
           if
           we
           go
           on
           to
           slight
           the
           Opportunities
           he
           still
           affords
           us
           of
           making
           our
           Peace
           with
           him
           who
           is
           to
           be
           our
           Judge
           ?
           May
           God
           therefore
           of
           his
           Mercy
           awaken
           us
           all
           to
           a
           timely
           and
           serious
           Repentance
           ,
           and
           then
           
             our
             Iniquities
             shall
             not
             be
             our
             Ruine
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A61621-e110
           
             Ch.
             12.
             1.
             
          
           
             Ch.
             1.
             2.
             
          
           
             Ch.
             2.
             1.
             
          
           
             v.
             3.
             
          
           
             v.
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             7.
             
          
           
             v.
             8.
             
          
           
             v.
             11.
             
          
           
             Ch.
             8.
             15.
             
          
           
             Ch.
             7.
             3.
             
          
           
             Ch.
             9.
             2.
             
          
           
             Ch.
             8.
             12
             ,
             13.
             
          
           
             Ch.
             12.
             14.
             
          
           
             Act.
             7.
             31.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             2.
             16.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             10
             
          
           
             Rom.
             2.
             6.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             7.
             31.
             
          
           
             Matt.
             4.
             8.
             
          
           
             
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               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
               〈◊〉
            
             .
             
               Nat.
               Ausc.
            
             l.
             7.
             c.
             4.
             n.
             15.
             
          
           
             Gal.
             5.
             6.
             
          
           
             Luke
             15.
             17.
             
          
           
             2
             Sam.
             12.
             7.
             
          
           
             Acts
             17.
             31.
             
          
           
             Mark
             9.
             44.
             
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             11.
             31.
             
          
           
             Rom.
             2.
             5.