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           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           before
           the
           PEERS
           ,
           IN
           THE
           Abby-Church
           at
           
             Weslminster
             :
             October
          
           10th
           .
           M.
           DC
           .
           LXVI
           .
        
         
           BY
           SETH
           Lord
           Bishop
           of
           EXON
           .
        
         
         
           LONDON
           :
           Printed
           by
           
             E.
             C.
          
           for
           
             James
             Collins
          
           ,
           and
           are
           to
           be
           sold
           at
           the
           Kings-head
           in
           Westminster-Hall
           ,
           1666.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           
           A
           SERMON
           
             Preached
             before
             the
          
           House
           of
           Peers
           AT
           
             WEST
             MINSTER
          
           .
        
         
           
             
               ECCLRS
               .
               xi
               .
               9.
               
            
             
               —
               But
               know
               that
               for
               all
               these
               things
               God
               will
               bring
               thee
               to
               Judgment
               .
            
             
               Rejoyce
               O
               young
               man
               ,
               —
               &c.
               
            
          
        
         
           THE
           great
           and
           general
           design
           of
           the
           Ministry
           and
           preaching
           of
           the
           Gospel
           is
           to
           bring
           men
           to
           Christianity
           ;
           not
           in
           the
           outward
           profession
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           true
           spirit
           and
           power
           thereof
           ;
           to
           the
           end
           they
           may
           be
           justified
           and
           sanctified
           ,
           and
           finally
           saved
           through
           Christ
           for
           ever
           .
        
         
           The
           particular
           design
           of
           this
           Days
           Observation
           is
           to
           humble
           our selves
           under
           the
           mighty
           hand
           of
           God
           ,
           in
           Consideration
           of
           his
           Judgments
           ,
           especially
           that
           late
           one
           in
           consuming
           with
           Fire
           the
           Ancient
           and
           noble
           Metropolis
           of
           this
           Nation
           ;
           and
           to
           endeavour
           to
           appease
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           gone
           out
           against
           us
           .
        
         
         
           
             To
             compass
             both
          
           these
           designs
           (
           whereof
           the
           later
           is
           subordinate
           to
           the
           former
           )
           I
           know
           no
           better
           expedient
           ,
           than
           to
           reason
           a
           while
           upon
           that
           important
           argument
           suggested
           in
           the
           Text.
           
        
         
           Who
           can
           think
           upon
           the
           Conflagration
           of
           our
           late
           Glorious
           City
           ;
           and
           not
           
             call
             to
             mind
          
           the
           great
           and
           terrible
           
             day
             of
             Judgment
          
           ?
        
         
           Who
           can
           think
           seriously
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           compelled
           to
           come
           in
           ,
           (
           driven
           to
           Christianity
           )
           that
           he
           may
           be
           saved
           from
           the
           wrath
           to
           come
           ?
        
         
           The
           great
           Instructor
           and
           Example
           of
           Christian
           Preachers
           (
           he
           who
           saith
           of
           himself
           ,
           that
           Christ
           sent
           him
           to
           preach
           ,
           and
           not
           to
           baptize
           )
           found
           no
           means
           so
           powerful
           to
           perswade
           men
           to
           Christianity
           ,
           as
           to
           reason
           upon
           this
           argument
           ;
           as
           first
           to
           lay
           before
           them
           the
           terror
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           then
           (
           whilst
           that
           was
           warm
           upon
           their
           hearts
           )
           to
           make
           them
           a
           tender
           of
           the
           Gospel
           .
           This
           is
           the
           great
           Advantage
           and
           use
           the
           Apostle
           makes
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           of
           the
           Text.
           
           
             We
             must
             all
             appear
             (
             
               saith
               he
            
             )
             before
             the
             Judgment-seat
             of
             Christ
             ,
             —
             Knowing
             therefore
             the
             terror
             of
             the
             Lord
             ,
             we
             perswade
             men
             .
          
        
         
           Upon
           
             these
             Considerations
          
           I
           shall
           hope
           for
           the
           pardon
           of
           this
           Noble
           Auditory
           ,
           if
           (
           without
           affectation
           of
           Science
           I
           shall
           ,
           in
           a
           practical
           and
           familiar
           way
           of
           reasoning
           endeavour
           to
           imitate
           our
           Apostle
           in
           this
           particular
           .
        
         
           If
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           it
           will
           be
           irksome
           and
           unpleasant
           to
           hear
           of
           the
           Judgment
           to
           come
           ,
           we
           shall
           do
           well
           to
           consider
           what
           it
           will
           be
           to
           undergo
           it
           ;
           we
           shall
           do
           well
           to
           reflect
           upon
           our
           Souls
           ,
           and
           search
           out
           the
           ground
           of
           this
           averseness
           ;
           Is
           it
           because
           we
           do
           
             not
             believe
          
           a
           Judgment
           to
           come
           ?
           or
           that
           
             we
             our selves
          
           shall
           be
           brought
           to
           Judgment
           ?
           Is
           it
           because
           we
           never
           consider
           
             Who
             it
             is
             before
             whom
             we
             must
             appear
             ?
          
           or
           
             what
             things
             will
             be
             charged
          
           on
           our
           own
           account
           ?
           Is
           it
           because
           we
           are
           
             so
             far
             gone
          
           in
           our
           arrears
           that
           it
           is
           to
           
             no
             purpose
          
           to
           call
           these
           things
           into
           our
           remembrance
           ?
           —
           What
           ever
           it
           be
           ,
           we
           may
           
             perhaps
             hear
          
           of
           that
           which
           may
           meet
           with
           and
           remove
           the
           prejudice
           and
           
           Imposture
           that
           is
           upon
           us
           .
           
             It
             is
          
           neither
           our
           Negligence
           nor
           Infidelity
           that
           will
           make
           void
           the
           
             Truth
             of
             God.
          
           Whether
           we
           will
           hear
           ,
           or
           Whether
           we
           will
           
             forbear
             ,
             the
             Words
          
           which
           I
           have
           read
           remain
           firm
           and
           unalterable
           ,
           and
           they
           clearly
           contain
           these
           Propositions
           :
        
         
           
             
               1.
               
               There
               
                 is
                 a
              
               Judgment
               to
               come
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               Thou
               shalt
               be
               brought
               to
               Judgment
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               God
               will
               bring
               thee
               to
               Judgment
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               God
               will
               bring
               thee
               to
               Judgment
               
                 for
                 these
                 things
              
               ,
               the
               ways
               of
               thy
               heart
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               5.
               
               God
               will
               bring
               thee
               to
               Judgment
               for
               All
               these
               things
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               All
               this
               is
               certain
               and
               evident
               ;
               for
               it
               is
               not
               think
               ,
               or
               believe
               :
               But
               —
               Know
               that
               for
               all
               these
               things
               God
               will
               bring
               thee
               to
               Judgment
               .
            
          
        
         
           I.
           First
           ,
           then
           
             There
             is
             a
             Judgement
             to
             come
             .
          
           This
           is
           no
           
           Politick
           invention
           found
           out
           to
           fright
           thee
           from
           thy
           pleasures
           ,
           this
           is
           no
           
             Engine
             of
             State
          
           devised
           to
           keep
           you
           in
           a
           subordination
           to
           your
           Brethren
           ;
           this
           is
           no
           
             vain
             Thunder
          
           or
           foolish
           fire
           ,
           to
           affright
           you
           into
           a
           
             blind
             obedience
          
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           the
           Tenor
           of
           the
           Scripture
           of
           the
           voyce
           of
           God
           ,
           
             King
             Agrippa
             believest
             thou
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             I
             know
             that
             thou
             believest
             ,
          
           (
           saith
           St.
           Paul
           )
           .
           Brethren
           do
           we
           believe
           the
           Scriptures
           ?
           I
           hope
           we
           do
           believe
           them
           ,
           this
           we
           do
           all
           profess
           to
           believe
           ,
           so
           often
           as
           we
           repeat
           our
           Creed
           ;
           and
           I
           hope
           the
           dissolution
           of
           our
           times
           
             has
             not
          
           yet
           shatter'd
           that
           foundation
           of
           our
           faith
           ,
           the
           ground
           work
           of
           our
           hopes
           ,
           even
           the
           Salvation
           of
           our
           
             souls
             .
             Surely
             there
             are
             rewards
             for
             men
             ;
             doubtless
             there
             is
             a
             God
             which
             judgeth
             the
             Earth
             .
          
           What
           though
           the
           foundations
           of
           the
           world
           be
           out
           of
           course
           ,
           the
           pillar
           of
           Faith
           remains
           unshaken
           ;
           the
           Rod
           of
           the
           ungodly
           shall
           
             not
             for
             ever
          
           rest
           upon
           the
           back
           of
           the
           righteous
           :
           I
           desire
           to
           make
           a
           little
           use
           of
           your
           faith
           for
           that
           which
           anon
           will
           be
           obtained
           from
           your
           reason
           .
           There
           
             is
             a
          
           Judgment
           to
           come
           ,
           it
           's
           as
           sure
           as
           death
           ,
           nay
           farr
           surer
           ;
           they
           shall
           be
           judged
           which
           
             shall
             not
          
           dye
           ,
           they
           have
           been
           judged
           which
           
             could
             not
          
           dye
           :
           the
           one
           at
           the
           end
           ,
           the
           other
           at
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           world
           .
        
         
         
           There
           is
           a
           Particular
           and
           a
           General
           Judgment
           ;
           the
           one
           at
           the
           dissolution
           of
           the
           lesser
           ,
           the
           other
           of
           the
           greater
           world
           ;
           the
           one
           at
           the
           hour
           of
           death
           ,
           the
           other
           at
           the
           day
           of
           Judgment
           .
           A
           Judgment
           I
           say
           ,
           a
           strict
           examination
           ,
           an
           exact
           account
           ,
           a
           severe
           sentence
           ;
           words
           which
           make
           no
           thundering
           noise
           ,
           or
           tragical
           sound
           ,
           and
           so
           they
           may
           pass
           our
           hardned
           hearts
           without
           any
           motion
           ;
           wherefore
           let
           us
           judge
           of
           the
           tenor
           and
           moment
           of
           them
           by
           their
           antecedent
           signs
           .
        
         
           Before
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           the
           evil
           days
           come
           :
           
             The
             other
          
           is
           called
           
             the
             evil
             day
             .
             Before
             one
             ,
             Solomon
          
           tells
           
             us
             ,
             that
          
           the
           Sun
           ,
           and
           the
           Moon
           ,
           and
           the
           Light
           ,
           and
           the
           Starrs
           shall
           be
           darkned
           .
           
             Before
             the
             other
          
           ,
           a
           greater
           than
           Solomon
           tells
           us
           that
           the
           Sun
           shall
           be
           turned
           into
           Darkness
           ,
           and
           the
           Moon
           into
           Bloud
           ,
           and
           the
           Starrs
           shall
           fall
           from
           Heaven
           .
           
             Before
             one
          
           ,
           the
           Keepers
           of
           the
           House
           shall
           tremble
           ,
           and
           the
           Strong
           men
           bow
           themselves
           ;
           
             Before
             the
             other
          
           ,
           the
           Mountains
           shall
           quake
           ,
           and
           the
           Powers
           of
           Heaven
           shall
           be
           shaken
           :
           
             Before
             one
          
           ,
           we
           shall
           rise
           at
           the
           voyce
           of
           the
           Bird
           ;
           
             Before
             the
             other
          
           ,
           at
           the
           sound
           of
           the
           Trumpet
           .
           
             Before
             one
          
           ,
           the
           silver
           Cord
           shall
           be
           loosed
           ,
           and
           the
           golden
           Bowl
           broken
           ,
           and
           the
           Pitcher
           broken
           at
           the
           Fountain
           ,
           and
           the
           wheel
           broken
           at
           the
           Cistern
           ;
           
             Before
             the
             other
          
           ,
           the
           silver
           Zone
           of
           the
           ecliptick
           ,
           and
           the
           golden
           Globe
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           the
           Orbs
           ,
           and
           the
           Vortices
           shall
           be
           confounded
           ,
           (
           the
           wheel
           within
           a
           wheel
           )
           the
           Heavens
           shall
           be
           rivel'd
           as
           a
           scrowl
           of
           Parchment
           ,
           and
           the
           Earth
           and
           the
           Elements
           shall
           melt
           away
           with
           fervent
           heat
           .
           
             In
             the
             one
          
           ,
           the
           dust
           shall
           return
           to
           the
           earth
           as
           it
           was
           ,
           and
           the
           spirit
           to
           God
           that
           gave
           it
           ;
           
             at
             the
             other
          
           ,
           the
           dust
           shall
           return
           from
           the
           earth
           to
           be
           as
           it
           was
           ,
           and
           the
           spirit
           from
           God
           that
           gave
           it
           .
        
         
           Come
           now
           and
           let
           us
           reason
           together
           .
        
         
           Are
           all
           these
           the
           fore-runners
           and
           symptomes
           of
           approaching
           Judgment
           ;
           then
           why
           art
           thou
           so
           drowsie
           O
           my
           careless
           soul
           ,
           and
           why
           art
           thou
           so
           secure
           within
           me
           ?
           What
           strange
           Lethargy
           hath
           seised
           on
           thee
           .
           Awake
           thou
           
           that
           sleepest
           ,
           and
           Christ
           shall
           give
           thee
           light
           .
           The
           time
           of
           thy
           dissolution
           is
           a
           coming
           ,
           and
           
             after
             death
          
           ,
           the
           judgment
           .
           Retire
           therefore
           a
           while
           into
           thy
           self
           ,
           and
           commune
           with
           thy
           
             heart
             :
             Enter
          
           thou
           into
           thy
           Closet
           ,
           and
           shut
           thy
           Door
           upon
           thee
           :
           
             Let
             us
             examine
          
           our selves
           before
           we
           come
           to
           that
           strict
           Examen
           :
           Let
           us
           make
           a
           Judgment
           of
           our
           expectation
           before
           we
           come
           to
           
             Judgment
             .
             Do
             we
          
           believe
           a
           Judgment
           will
           come
           ?
           Then
           how
           are
           we
           provided
           against
           that
           Day
           ?
           Are
           our
           accounts
           ready
           ?
           Art
           thou
           able
           to
           stand
           in
           Judgment
           ?
           Shalt
           thou
           be
           clear
           when
           thou
           art
           judged
           ?
           When
           
             Paul
             reasoned
          
           before
           Felix
           concerning
           the
           Judgment
           to
           come
           ,
           
             Felix
             trembled
          
           ;
           and
           because
           it
           was
           an
           unpleasant
           argument
           ,
           he
           
             put
             him
             off
          
           to
           another
           time
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           no
           doubt
           but
           our
           treacherous
           hearts
           would
           gladly
           
             put
             off
          
           these
           Considerations
           ,
           and
           deferr
           them
           to
           a
           
             more
             convenient
             season
          
           .
           Nay
           !
           but
           there
           is
           
             no
             time
          
           so
           convenient
           as
           the
           present
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           wrought
           into
           some
           apprehension
           of
           Judgment
           :
           If
           we
           stay
           till
           our
           present
           thoughts
           are
           over
           ,
           we
           shall
           again
           be
           brought
           to
           lose
           the
           apprehension
           (
           to
           forget
           the
           import
           and
           moment
           )
           of
           the
           Judgment
           ;
           we
           shall
           come
           again
           to
           hear
           the
           Name
           thereof
           ,
           and
           to
           neglect
           it
           as
           an
           idle
           Noise
           ,
           and
           empty
           Sound
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           therefore
           not
           neglect
           this
           opportunity
           ;
           Let
           us
           search
           our selves
           to
           the
           bottom
           ;
           Let
           us
           make
           a
           discovery
           of
           our
           final
           Resolution
           ,
           and
           secret
           Reserves
           in
           reference
           to
           Judgment
           .
           We
           profess
           openly
           to
           believe
           that
           Christ
           shall
           come
           with
           Glory
           ,
           to
           judge
           both
           the
           Quick
           and
           Dead
           ;
           What
           are
           our
           inward
           thoughts
           in
           that
           particular
           ?
           and
           how
           are
           we
           provided
           against
           the
           Day
           of
           Judgment
           ?
        
         
           There
           is
           a
           Judgment
           to
           come
           ,
           that
           Judgment
           terrible
           ,
           the
           Examination
           strict
           ,
           the
           Condemnation
           insupportable
           ,
           and
           most
           of
           us
           utterly
           unprovided
           ;
           yet
           for
           all
           this
           ,
           it
           's
           possible
           it
           may
           be
           avoided
           .
           All
           these
           things
           are
           true
           in
           Judgments
           here
           below
           ,
           and
           we
           see
           the
           proof
           of
           them
           at
           every
           Assizes
           ;
           yet
           all
           Offenders
           are
           not
           brought
           to
           Judgment
           ,
           but
           many
           Thieves
           and
           Murderers
           escape
           it
           :
           It
           may
           be
           
           thus
           in
           the
           Judgement
           to
           come
           ;
           't
           is
           possible
           it
           may
           be
           avoidable
           .
        
         
           A
           miserable
           hope
           ,
           if
           this
           be
           all
           ;
           for
           
             Thou
             shalt
             be
             brought
             to
             Judgment
             :
          
           That
           's
           the
           second
           Proposition
           .
           
        
         
           And
           it
           contains
           the
           Universality
           or
           Particularity
           of
           the
           Judgment
           ,
           (
           which
           you
           please
           :
           )
           thou
           ,
           and
           every
           man
           ;
           
             singuli
             generum
             ,
             &
             genera
             singulorum
          
           ;
           all
           sorts
           of
           men
           ,
           and
           every
           man
           of
           every
           sort
           ,
           from
           Him
           that
           sitteth
           on
           the
           Throne
           ,
           to
           Her
           that
           grindeth
           in
           the
           Mill
           :
           For
           we
           
             must
             all
             appear
             before
             the
             Judgement
             seat
             of
             Christ.
             It
             is
             appointed
             for
             all
             men
             once
             to
             die
             ,
             and
             after
             death
             the
             judgment
             .
             Death
          
           shall
           deliver
           up
           our
           Souls
           to
           the
           first
           ,
           and
           Death
           shall
           deliver
           up
           our
           Bodies
           to
           the
           second
           Judgment
           .
           The
           Grave
           shall
           deliver
           up
           her
           spoils
           ,
           and
           the
           bodies
           of
           all
           men
           devoured
           of
           Beasts
           ,
           consumed
           of
           Fire
           ,
           swallowed
           by
           the
           Sea
           ,
           scattered
           to
           the
           
             four
             Winds
          
           in
           a
           moment
           ,
           in
           the
           twinckling
           of
           an
           eye
           ,
           shall
           be
           brought
           to
           Judgment
           .
        
         
           And
           here
           shall
           I
           bewaile
           the
           infirmity
           ,
           or
           inviegh
           against
           the
           negligence
           of
           us
           Men
           ,
           that
           suffer
           our selves
           to
           be
           hurried
           he
           adlong
           by
           the
           power
           of
           our
           imaginations
           against
           the
           striving
           of
           our
           consciences
           ;
           that
           suffer
           our
           Senses
           to
           carry
           away
           the
           crown
           from
           our
           Understanding
           ,
           and
           give
           over
           our selves
           to
           the
           impetuous
           stream
           of
           our
           passions
           :
           That
           when
           we
           have
           a
           full
           information
           ,
           a
           compleat
           judgment
           ,
           a
           clear
           dictate
           of
           conscience
           ,
           we
           will
           suffer
           all
           these
           to
           be
           overborn
           in
           us
           by
           the
           
             Idola
             Specûs
             ,
             tribûs
             ,
             &c.
          
           which
           are
           brought
           into
           our
           imaginations
           .
           That
           having
           clear
           and
           evident
           Principles
           ,
           we
           can
           yet
           doubt
           of
           their
           
             immediate
             consequences
          
           ;
           or
           whilst
           we
           profess
           an
           universal
           truth
           ,
           never
           descend
           to
           think
           of
           the
           particulars
           .
        
         
           We
           know
           there
           is
           a
           vast
           difference
           between
           the
           things
           present
           ,
           and
           those
           
             to
             come
          
           ;
           and
           yet
           we
           form
           our
           thoughts
           of
           those
           ,
           according
           to
           the
           analogy
           of
           these
           ,
           deluding
           our selves
           with
           idle
           and
           childish
           imaginations
           .
           God
           keeps
           silence
           ;
           we
           think
           he
           is
           such
           a
           one
           as
           we
           :
           Vengeanc
           is
           not
           presently
           executed
           ,
           we
           set
           our
           hearts
           to
           do
           wickedly
           .
           We
           
           profess
           that
           all
           men
           must
           die
           ,
           and
           come
           to
           judgement
           ;
           yet
           ve
           do
           not
           really
           believe
           that
           we
           our selves
           shall
           die
           ,
           and
           come
           to
           judgment
           :
           This
           is
           the
           fountain
           of
           our
           misery
           ,
           and
           the
           original
           of
           our
           spiritual
           miscarriages
           :
           the
           discovery
           of
           the
           causes
           and
           remedy
           whereof
           ,
           lies
           deep
           in
           the
           Philosophy
           concerning
           Humane
           Nature
           ;
           but
           the
           
             thing
             it self
          
           is
           of
           every
           days
           observation
           :
           we
           may
           recount
           it
           in
           these
           authentical
           
             examples
             .
             David
          
           knew
           full
           well
           what
           belong'd
           to
           Murder
           and
           Àdultery
           ,
           and
           what
           himself
           had
           done
           in
           the
           matter
           of
           Uriah
           ;
           yet
           he
           
             cried
             not
          
           out
           that
           he
           had
           sinned
           ,
           till
           Nathan
           had
           charged
           him
           ,
           
             Thou
             art
             the
             man.
          
           
        
         
           Abab
           undoubtedly
           had
           read
           the
           Law
           of
           Moses
           ,
           and
           knew
           the
           guilt
           of
           Marder
           and
           Oppression
           ;
           yet
           he
           goes
           on
           triumphantly
           ,
           he
           kills
           ,
           and
           also
           takes
           possession
           :
           but
           when
           
             Elijah
             charges
          
           him
           home
           ,
           
             In
             the
             field
             of
             Jezereel
             shall
             Dogs
             lick
             thy
             blood
             ,
             even
             thine
             ,
          
           then
           he
           cries
           out
           ,
           
             Hast
             thou
             found
             me
             ,
             O
             mine
             enemy
             ?
          
           (
           1
           King.
           21
           )
           and
           having
           applyed
           things
           to
           his
           particular
           ,
           he
           Rent
           his
           cloaths
           ,
           and
           put
           on
           sackcloth
           ,
           he
           fasted
           ,
           and
           lay
           in
           sackcloth
           ,
           and
           went
           softly
           .
        
         
           Once
           more
           !
           'T
           is
           likely
           Belshazzar
           had
           a
           general
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           an
           universal
           Maxime
           in
           his
           mind
           ,
           That
           it
           was
           unlawful
           to
           spoil
           the
           House
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           plunder
           those
           things
           which
           were
           dedicated
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           to
           debauch
           in
           the
           bowles
           of
           the
           Temple
           ,
           and
           probably
           he
           had
           seen
           the
           hand
           —
           writing
           of
           the
           
             book
             of
             God
          
           to
           that
           purpose
           :
           yet
           all
           this
           does
           not
           restrain
           him
           .
           But
           when
           the
           Fingers
           write
           upon
           the
           VVall
           ,
           
             Mene
             ,
             Mene
          
           ,
           &c.
           
             thou
             art
             weighed
          
           ,
           &c.
           then
           his
           countenance
           was
           changed
           ,
           and
           his
           thoughts
           troubled
           him
           ,
           the
           joynts
           of
           his
           loyns
           were
           loosed
           ,
           and
           his
           knees
           smore
           one
           against
           another
           .
           This
           then
           is
           the
           Office
           of
           this
           second
           Proposition
           ,
           it
           charges
           us
           home
           ,
           it
           lays
           down
           the
           Universal
           ,
           and
           it
           brings
           it
           down
           to
           the
           Particular
           .
        
         
           Thou
           shalt
           be
           brought
           to
           Judgment
           .
           
             Thy
             Judgment
             is
             unavoidable
          
           .
        
         
           O
           but
           then
           thy
           Evasion
           is
           crossed
           ,
           O
           my
           stupid
           Soul
           !
           Thou
           art
           spoiled
           of
           thy
           frivolous
           ground
           of
           hope
           :
           Thou
           
           shalt
           surely
           be
           cited
           ,
           and
           thou
           must
           appear
           ,
           if
           thou
           refuse
           to
           come
           thou
           shalt
           be
           brought
           to
           Judgment
           .
           Return
           then
           again
           into
           thy self
           ,
           and
           take
           a
           review
           of
           thy
           condition
           ;
           what
           will
           the
           issue
           be
           of
           that
           Judgment
           to
           which
           thou
           must
           be
           brought
           ?
           What
           hopes
           are
           now
           remaining
           that
           thou
           shalt
           not
           be
           condemned
           ?
           when
           the
           Officers
           have
           haled
           thee
           before
           the
           Judge
           ,
           that
           thou
           be
           not
           delivered
           to
           the
           Executioners
           .
        
         
           If
           thou
           art
           called
           to
           Examination
           ,
           Canst
           thou
           elude
           thy
           Judge
           by
           thy
           wily
           answers
           ?
           or
           Canst
           thou
           baffle
           or
           suborn
           the
           witnesses
           ?
           Canst
           thou
           work
           off
           thy
           Jury
           not
           to
           find
           the
           Verdict
           ?
           or
           bribe
           the
           Judge
           to
           favour
           thee
           in
           thy
           Doom
           ?
           Canst
           thou
           withdraw
           him
           from
           the
           Rigour
           of
           Justice
           by
           the
           
             mediation
             of
             thy
             friends
          
           ,
           or
           melt
           him
           into
           compassion
           by
           the
           loudness
           of
           thy
           cries
           ,
           the
           sadness
           of
           thy
           lamentation
           ?
           Canst
           thou
           procure
           a
           Reversion
           or
           Reprieve
           of
           thy
           sentence
           ,
           or
           appeal
           from
           thy
           Judge
           unto
           another
           ?
           Canst
           thou
           make
           an
           escape
           from
           thine
           Executioner
           ?
           Or
           lastly
           ,
           Canst
           thou
           stoutly
           endure
           the
           sentence
           of
           condemnation
           ?
           These
           are
           the
           hopes
           of
           men
           here
           brought
           to
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           why
           may
           not
           some
           of
           them
           be
           mine
           ?
           No
           ,
           thou
           knowest
           O
           treacherous
           heart
           all
           these
           to
           be
           fond
           impossibilities
           ,
           dreams
           ,
           and
           suggestions
           of
           a
           childish
           faney
           ;
           If
           
             once
             this
          
           day
           be
           over
           ,
           and
           that
           time
           come
           ,
           thy
           hopes
           are
           barely
           these
           ;
           that
           Omniscience
           and
           Wisdom
           it self
           may
           be
           deluded
           by
           stupidity
           ,
           that
           Omnipotence
           and
           Power
           it self
           may
           be
           evaded
           by
           poor
           contemptible
           infirmity
           ,
           that
           Severity
           and
           Justice
           it self
           may
           be
           perverted
           by
           iniquity
           ;
           all
           this
           is
           evident
           by
           that
           which
           follows
           :
           
             For
             we
             must
             all
             appear
             before
             the
             Judgment-seat
             of
             Christ.
             God
             will
             bring
             thee
             to
             Judgment
             .
          
           
        
         
           And
           here
           we
           are
           concerned
           to
           raise
           our
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           employ
           the
           utmost
           of
           our
           attention
           ,
           lest
           by
           the
           prejudice
           which
           our
           Idleness
           hath
           brought
           upon
           us
           ,
           we
           treasure
           up
           wrath
           to
           our selves
           against
           that
           day
           of
           Judgment
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           we
           
             dayly
             he
             ar
          
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           receive
           the
           names
           of
           his
           
           Attributes
           into
           our
           ears
           ,
           but
           we
           pass
           over
           his
           Name
           as
           if
           he
           were
           like
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           never
           bestow
           so
           much
           labour
           as
           to
           attain
           to
           a
           
             considerable
             notion
          
           of
           those
           names
           .
           O
           that
           the
           God
           of
           Heaven
           would
           afford
           us
           here
           some
           Glimpse
           of
           himself
           ;
           That
           he
           would
           
             illustrate
             us
          
           with
           some
           beam
           of
           his
           Majesty
           ;
           That
           he
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           visit
           every
           unprovided
           soul
           ,
           and
           insinuate
           into
           it
           a
           full
           and
           clear
           apprehension
           of
           this
           
             Proposition
             —
             God
             will
          
           ,
           &c.
           —
        
         
           But
           how
           shall
           we
           endure
           to
           see
           his
           
             face
             ?
             No
             man
             can
             see
             my
             face
             and
             live
             ,
          
           (
           Exod.
           33
           )
           if
           the
           
             Israelites
             durst
          
           not
           hear
           him
           proclaim
           the
           Law
           ,
           how
           shall
           we
           endure
           to
           hear
           him
           denounce
           the
           Judgment
           ?
           If
           the
           Angels
           veil
           their
           faces
           ,
           not
           able
           to
           behold
           his
           Excellency
           ,
           how
           shall
           we
           be
           affected
           with
           his
           terrors
           ?
           If
           the
           Cherubins
           are
           oppressed
           with
           the
           sight
           of
           his
           glory
           ,
           what
           shall
           we
           be
           with
           the
           sense
           of
           his
           fury
           ?
           If
           we
           find
           our selves
           confounded
           and
           swallowed
           up
           into
           
             inextricable
             Labyrinths
          
           ,
           when
           we
           set
           our selves
           to
           consider
           of
           his
           immanent
           Attributes
           ,
           of
           his
           
             eternal
             duration
          
           ,
           his
           
             unbounded
             Essence
          
           ,
           his
           
             unconfined
             Presence
          
           :
           With
           what
           disposition
           can
           we
           entertain
           the
           terror
           of
           his
           Judgment
           ,
           the
           search
           of
           his
           Omniscience
           ,
           the
           stroke
           of
           his
           Omnipotence
           ?
           If
           the
           best
           and
           choicest
           of
           the
           Saints
           of
           God
           ,
           have
           been
           afraid
           and
           trembled
           at
           the
           thoughts
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           if
           they
           have
           been
           surprized
           with
           horror
           and
           confusion
           at
           the
           
             meer
             imagination
          
           of
           that
           Dreadful
           voyce
           ,
           
             Arise
             and
             come
             to
             Judgment
          
           ,
           What
           shall
           the
           worst
           and
           most
           obdurate
           sinners
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           be
           stript
           of
           this
           cloud
           of
           flesh
           and
           error
           ,
           and
           cited
           before
           the
           
             great
             tribunal
          
           ,
           there
           to
           render
           an
           account
           of
           our
           
             Creation
             ,
             Preservation
          
           ,
           and
           Redemption
           ?
        
         
           What
           fear
           ,
           what
           horror
           ,
           what
           agony
           will
           possess
           thee
           
             O
             sinful
             soul
          
           ,
           when
           thou
           shalt
           be
           brought
           into
           a
           
             perfect
             apprehension
          
           of
           thy
           Judge
           ,
           and
           of
           thy self
           ,
           and
           he
           shall
           be
           gin
           to
           order
           out
           before
           thee
           the
           things
           which
           he
           hath
           done
           ;
           when
           the
           
             whole
             Trinity
          
           shall
           begin
           to
           unfold
           its
           common
           work
           ,
           and
           that
           sacred
           Person
           blessed
           for
           ever
           ,
           upon
           
           whose
           shoulders
           the
           Judgment
           is
           laid
           ,
           shall
           unfold
           to
           thee
           his
           peculiar
           ,
           and
           thou
           must
           render
           a
           severe
           account
           of
           thy
           returns
           ?
        
         
           When
           the
           mystery
           of
           thy
           Creation
           shall
           be
           unveiled
           to
           thee
           :
           When
           thou
           shalt
           apprehend
           throughly
           ,
           what
           it
           is
           to
           have
           been
           fetcht
           out
           of
           the
           dark
           and
           
             barren
             shade
          
           of
           an
           eternal
           privation
           to
           be
           put
           in
           a
           capacity
           of
           glory
           .
           VVhen
           he
           shall
           recount
           to
           thee
           the
           proceedings
           of
           his
           
             handy
             work
          
           ,
           the
           method
           of
           thy
           making
           ,
           the
           several
           articles
           and
           gradations
           of
           his
           Providence
           in
           the
           formation
           and
           information
           of
           thee
           .
           How
           at
           first
           he
           poured
           thee
           out
           like
           milk
           ,
           and
           crudled
           thee
           like
           cheese
           ;
           How
           he
           spun
           out
           thine
           arteries
           and
           veins
           ,
           and
           whilst
           thou
           wert
           yet
           in
           thy
           bloud
           ,
           he
           said
           unto
           thee
           ,
           live
           :
           How
           he
           guarded
           thee
           with
           muscles
           ,
           and
           strengthned
           thee
           with
           sinews
           ,
           and
           propt
           thee
           with
           bones
           ,
           and
           covered
           thee
           with
           skin
           ,
           furnished
           thee
           with
           organs
           ,
           endowed
           them
           with
           senses
           ,
           invested
           thee
           with
           reason
           ,
           crowned
           thee
           with
           freedom
           ,
           enlightned
           thee
           with
           principles
           of
           Science
           and
           Conscience
           ,
           bounded
           thee
           by
           his
           
             Precepts
             ,
             encouraged
          
           thee
           by
           his
           Promises
           ,
           restrained
           thee
           by
           his
           threatnings
           .
           When
           he
           shall
           run-over
           the
           benefits
           of
           thy
           dayly
           preservation
           ,
           and
           rigorously
           examine
           what
           thou
           hast
           done
           for
           him
           .
        
         
           When
           God
           the
           Son
           shall
           display
           to
           thee
           what
           he
           hath
           done
           and
           suffered
           for
           thee
           ,
           and
           shall
           set
           before
           thine
           eyes
           the
           great
           mystery
           of
           thy
           Redemption
           ;
           When
           he
           shall
           bring
           thee
           to
           apprehend
           the
           price
           that
           he
           has
           paid
           ,
           that
           ransom
           which
           thou
           hast
           not
           regarded
           .
           When
           it
           will
           
             not
             be
          
           in
           thy
           power
           to
           pa●
           over
           these
           considerations
           as
           now
           thou
           dost
           ;
           but
           they
           shall
           be
           forced
           into
           the
           
             essential
             center
          
           of
           thy
           Soul
           ;
           When
           thou
           shalt
           have
           a
           
             clear
             sight
          
           of
           the
           abasement
           of
           a
           
             God
             incarnate
          
           :
           When
           thou
           shalt
           know
           how
           to
           be
           moved
           at
           the
           sight
           of
           a
           despised
           and
           an
           
             abused
             Godhead
          
           .
        
         
           When
           he
           shall
           charge
           thee
           with
           the
           blewness
           of
           those
           stripes
           ,
           and
           the
           ghastliness
           of
           those
           wounds
           which
           thou
           
           hast
           made
           :
           When
           he
           shall
           rehearse
           to
           thee
           the
           miseries
           of
           his
           life
           ,
           and
           the
           circumstances
           of
           his
           death
           :
           When
           he
           shall
           recount
           to
           thee
           the
           woundings
           of
           the
           taunts
           and
           reproaches
           ,
           the
           smart
           of
           the
           whips
           ,
           the
           terror
           of
           the
           agony
           ,
           which
           made
           him
           sweat
           great
           drops
           of
           bloud
           ,
           the
           pricks
           of
           the
           thorns
           ,
           the
           piercing
           of
           the
           nails
           ,
           the
           launcing
           of
           the
           spear
           ,
           and
           the
           ineffable
           horror
           of
           the
           dereliction
           ,
           when
           he
           cryed
           out
           in
           the
           bitterness
           of
           his
           soul
           ,
           
             My
             God
             ,
             my
             God
             ,
             why
             hast
             thou
             forsaken
             me
             ?
          
           And
           when
           he
           shall
           fiercely
           call
           upon
           thee
           ,
           to
           answer
           for
           the
           wounds
           that
           thou
           hast
           made
           ,
           to
           render
           him
           his
           bloud
           that
           thou
           hast
           spilt
           ,
           to
           account
           to
           him
           for
           that
           life
           which
           thou
           hast
           made
           ,
           to
           shew
           him
           the
           fruit
           of
           all
           his
           pains
           and
           sufferings
           ,
           to
           present
           him
           thy
           returns
           for
           all
           these
           benefits
           and
           favours
           ;
           then
           tell
           me
           what
           thou
           wilt
           answer
           O
           stupid
           soul
           ?
           How
           art
           thou
           provided
           to
           reply
           ?
        
         
           Wilt
           thou
           deny
           that
           he
           has
           done
           these
           things
           for
           thee
           ?
           or
           canst
           thou
           shew
           as
           much
           for
           him
           ?
           Hast
           thou
           returned
           him
           that
           being
           which
           he
           hath
           given
           thee
           ,
           and
           so
           been
           even
           with
           him
           in
           a
           form
           of
           words
           ,
           though
           that
           come
           infinitely
           
             short
             indeed
          
           ?
           Hast
           thou
           sacrificed
           thy self
           for
           his
           benefit
           ,
           or
           abased
           thy
           selffor
           his
           commodity
           ?
           What
           wilt
           thou
           plead
           when
           thou
           art
           called
           ?
           The
           
             time
             is
             coming
          
           ,
           thy
           
             Judgment
             hastning
          
           ,
           thine
           account
           is
           unavoidable
           ,
           thy
           
             Judge
             inexorable
          
           .
        
         
           Alas
           what
           could
           I
           have
           done
           for
           him
           ?
           what
           profit
           could
           I
           have
           brought
           him
           ?
           if
           I
           should
           have
           pined
           away
           in
           the
           exercise
           of
           Devotion
           ,
           and
           been
           
             eaten
             up
          
           with
           zeal
           ?
           If
           I
           should
           have
           spent
           my
           substance
           in
           Burnt-Offerings
           ,
           or
           Calves
           of
           a
           
             year
             old
          
           ?
           If
           I
           should
           have
           presented
           him
           with
           thousands
           of
           Rams
           ,
           or
           
             ten
             thousand
             Rivers
             of
             Oil
          
           ,
           To
           
             what
             purpose
          
           then
           should
           I
           endeavour
           that
           ,
           which
           I
           could
           not
           have
           performed
           ?
           Why
           should
           I
           trouble
           my self
           with
           
             vain
             attempts
          
           ,
           and
           spend
           my
           strength
           about
           that
           ,
           which
           I
           never
           could
           accomplish
           ,
           neither
           if
           I
           be
           righteous
           is
           he
           the
           better
           ;
           nor
           if
           I
           be
           wicked
           is
           he
           the
           worse
           :
           our
           
             goodness
             extends
          
           
           not
           to
           
             him
             ;
             if
             thou
             sinnest
          
           ,
           what
           
             dost
             thou
             against
             him
          
           ?
           if
           
             thou
             be
             righteous
          
           ,
           what
           
             receiveth
             he
             at
             thine
             hand
          
           ?
           Is
           this
           then
           the
           evasion
           ?
           I
           need
           not
           stand
           to
           unfold
           the
           disingenuity
           ,
           the
           stupor
           and
           madness
           of
           this
           evasion
           .
           However
           though
           
             these
             things
          
           shall
           be
           urged
           upon
           us
           ,
           they
           are
           
             not
             all
          
           ,
           these
           offer
           themselves
           in
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           person
           of
           the
           Judge
           ,
           but
           are
           
             not
             all
          
           the
           matter
           of
           thy
           Judgment
           .
           For
        
         
           
             Thou
             shall
             be
             brought
             to
             Judgment
          
           for
           these
           things
           ;
           
           there
           is
           the
           matter
           ofthy
           Judgment
           .
        
         
           For
           all
           these
           things
           ;
           there
           is
           the
           extent
           .
           Because
           this
           
           latter
           adds
           only
           a
           Modallity
           to
           the
           former
           ,
           and
           I
           desire
           not
           to
           be
           over
           tedious
           ,
           we
           will
           put
           these
           two
           together
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           we
           are
           descended
           from
           those
           
             lesse
             familiar
          
           Considerations
           ,
           to
           which
           we
           were
           forced
           to
           strein
           our
           understandings
           in
           the
           contemplation
           of
           our
           Judge
           ,
           into
           the
           compass
           of
           our
           
             own
             sphere
          
           ,
           to
           the
           survey
           of
           our
           own
           operations
           ;
           we
           are
           come
           from
           the
           
             incomprehensible
             ways
          
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           the
           ways
           of
           our
           
             own
             hearts
             .
             Walk
             in
             the
             ways
             of
             thy
             heart
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           
             but
             know
          
           &c.
           
           In
           the
           judgment
           of
           
             this
             life
          
           men
           are
           tryed
           by
           the
           works
           of
           their
           hands
           ,
           or
           the
           words
           of
           their
           mouths
           ;
           for
           theft
           or
           murder
           ,
           for
           slander
           or
           Treason
           men
           may
           be
           brought
           to
           Judgment
           ,
           but
           thought
           is
           free
           ,
           he
           has
           
             lived
             well
          
           that
           has
           carried
           his
           
             crimes
             close
          
           ,
           the
           crafty
           Polititian
           and
           the
           concealed
           Hipocrite
           escape
           :
           There
           the
           case
           is
           quite
           contrary
           ,
           the
           Judgment
           takes
           in
           primarily
           the
           waies
           of
           the
           heart
           ,
           and
           the
           words
           and
           actions
           as
           they
           proceed
           
             from
             them
          
           .
           Wherefore
           let
           us
           withdraw
           a
           space
           into
           our selves
           ,
           and
           endeavour
           to
           mete
           out
           the
           extent
           of
           that
           Proposition
           .
           For
           all
           the
           wayes
           of
           the
           hearts
           of
           men
           God
           
             will
             bring
             them
             to
             Judgment
          
           .
        
         
           How
           would
           it
           trouble
           us
           to
           recount
           and
           bring
           to
           memory
           every
           thought
           but
           of
           
             one
             only
             day
          
           ?
           and
           how
           many
           disorders
           and
           irregularities
           should
           we
           find
           in
           such
           a
           reflection
           ?
           How
           do
           our
           
             thoughts
             flote
          
           upon
           our
           brains
           ,
           and
           we
           know
           neither
           whence
           they
           come
           ,
           nor
           what
           becomes
           of
           them
           ?
           
           when
           they
           are
           broken
           in
           upon
           our
           minds
           we
           
             cannot
             hold
          
           them
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           are
           gone
           from
           us
           (
           as
           it
           was
           with
           Nebuchadnezzar's
           dream
           )
           it
           is
           not
           in
           our
           power
           to
           recover
           them
           .
           How
           many
           roving
           fancies
           present
           themselves
           unto
           us
           in
           a
           moment
           ;
           and
           how
           many
           sudden
           and
           
             imperfect
             Complacencies
          
           and
           distasts
           are
           raised
           by
           them
           ?
           Leave
           but
           thy self
           unbound
           ,
           unfixed
           (
           by
           hearing
           ,
           or
           reading
           ,
           or
           business
           ,
           &c.
           )
           for
           an
           hour
           ,
           and
           then
           
             tell
             me
          
           what
           suppositions
           and
           consequences
           ,
           and
           resolutions
           thou
           hast
           made
           ?
           And
           how
           thou
           hast
           felt
           thy self
           to
           strein
           upon
           the
           borders
           of
           Lust
           or
           Envy
           ,
           of
           Pride
           or
           Anger
           ,
           of
           Discontent
           or
           
             Melancholy
             .
             O
          
           that
           you
           would
           but
           reflect
           a
           little
           upon
           your
           souls
           ,
           and
           consider
           
             how
             many
             wandering
          
           thoughts
           have
           broken
           in
           upon
           your
           minds
           since
           I
           began
           to
           speak
           of
           this
           important
           Subject
           .
           You
           might
           save
           me
           the
           labour
           of
           further
           speaking
           ,
           and
           raise
           your selves
           to
           that
           which
           I
           endeavour
           :
           I
           fear
           you
           might
           find
           among
           your
           
             sacred
             thoughts
          
           ,
           a
           mixture
           of
           others
           very
           unsuitable
           ;
           your
           envious
           ,
           your
           amibitious
           ,
           your
           covetous
           ,
           your
           
             idle
             thoughts
             .
             All
             these
          
           are
           the
           matter
           of
           our
           future
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           however
           they
           slightly
           pass
           us
           here
           ,
           they
           are
           noted
           in
           the
           Book
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           when
           that
           Book
           shall
           be
           opened
           ,
           they
           will
           be
           charged
           on
           our
           account
           .
           
             Thou
             tellest
             my
             wanderings
          
           ,
           (
           saith
           the
           Psalmist
           )
           
             Are
             not
             these
             things
             noted
             in
             thy
             Book
             ?
          
           I
           have
           already
           said
           enough
           to
           take
           up
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           remainer
           of
           our
           time
           :
           But
           our
           hearts
           being
           too
           heavy
           ,
           and
           our
           ears
           too
           dull
           of
           hearing
           to
           be
           moved
           with
           generals
           ,
           I
           must
           crave
           leave
           that
           I
           may
           be
           permitted
           to
           run
           over
           the
           heads
           of
           some
           particulars
           .
        
         
           Thou
           must
           give
           an
           account
           of
           
             all
             things
          
           committed
           to
           thee
           ,
           Inward
           ,
           or
           
             Outward
             ,
             Natural
          
           or
           Spiritual
           ,
           thy
           senses
           and
           thy
           understanding
           ,
           thine
           Outward
           and
           thine
           Inward
           faculties
           .
        
         
           If
           thou
           hast
           been
           at
           a
           constant
           covenant
           with
           thine
           eyes
           ,
           and
           hast
           never
           suffered
           them
           to
           rove
           in
           loose
           disorders
           :
           If
           thou
           hast
           bowed
           thine
           ears
           to
           discipline
           ,
           and
           never
           let
           
           them
           open
           to
           
             vain
             entertainments
          
           :
           If
           thy
           tast
           hath
           been
           moderated
           by
           the
           necessities
           of
           nature
           ,
           and
           the
           lawes
           of
           temperance
           ,
           and
           never
           let
           loose
           according
           to
           the
           lust
           of
           Riot
           :
           If
           thy
           hands
           have
           been
           wholly
           imployed
           in
           the
           works
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           never
           been
           instruments
           to
           the
           machinations
           of
           the
           Devil
           :
           If
           thy
           speech
           have
           never
           uttered
           any
           idle
           words
           ,
           but
           ever
           administred
           grace
           to
           the
           hearers
           :
           If
           thy
           feet
           have
           only
           traced
           the
           wayes
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           never
           stood
           in
           the
           way
           of
           sinners
           .
        
         
           What
           hath
           been
           the
           exercise
           of
           thine
           inward
           faculties
           ,
           thine
           Apprehensions
           and
           thine
           Appetite
           ?
           If
           thy
           fancy
           hath
           ever
           been
           imployed
           in
           administring
           help
           to
           thine
           understanding
           ,
           and
           never
           afforded
           incentives
           to
           thy
           
             vile
             affections
          
           :
           If
           thy
           memory
           have
           been
           taken
           up
           with
           the
           things
           which
           God
           hath
           done
           ,
           and
           Christ
           hath
           suffered
           for
           thee
           ,
           and
           hath
           afforded
           no
           place
           to
           Ribaldry
           and
           vanity
           :
           How
           thou
           hast
           ordered
           thine
           Anger
           and
           Concupiscence
           :
           What
           have
           been
           the
           
             object
             ,
             measure
          
           ,
           and
           end
           ,
           and
           
             circumstances
             ,
             love
             ,
             hatred
             ,
             desire
             ,
             aversion
             ,
             delight
             ,
             sadness
             ,
             hope
             ,
             despair
             ,
             fear
             ,
             boldness
             ,
             anger
             ,
             envie
             ,
             jealousie
             ,
          
           and
           compassion
           .
        
         
           How
           thou
           hast
           managed
           thine
           understanding
           ,
           and
           improved
           thy
           contemplative
           and
           
             active
             principles
          
           .
           If
           thou
           hast
           advanced
           in
           the
           discovery
           of
           eternal
           verities
           ,
           or
           herded
           with
           the
           beasts
           that
           perish
           :
           If
           thou
           hast
           cherish'd
           the
           principles
           of
           thy
           Synteresis
           ,
           and
           the
           dictates
           and
           reflections
           of
           thy
           conscience
           ,
           and
           never
           rebelled
           against
           them
           :
           How
           thou
           hast
           determined
           the
           freedom
           of
           
             thy
             Will
          
           ,
           in
           thy
           volition
           and
           intention
           ,
           thine
           election
           and
           
             consent
             ,
             fruition
          
           and
           use
           ,
           when
           Good
           and
           Evill
           ,
           Life
           and
           Death
           have
           been
           set
           before
           thee
           .
        
         
           How
           thou
           hast
           behaved
           thy self
           in
           Spirituals
           ,
           in
           gifts
           and
           graces
           .
           If
           thou
           hast
           accepted
           that
           which
           hath
           been
           offered
           and
           improved
           ,
           what
           thou
           hast
           accepted
           ,
           or
           hid
           it
           in
           a
           Napkin
           .
           In
           outward
           things
           ,
           how
           thou
           hast
           acquired
           ,
           and
           how
           thou
           hast
           managed
           thine
           Estate
           :
           How
           thou
           hast
           
           behaved
           thy self
           in
           thy
           
             Relations
             publick
          
           and
           private
           ,
           in
           thy
           charge
           ,
           and
           in
           thy
           duty
           .
           —
           But
           the
           time
           would
           fail
           me
           to
           reckon
           up
           a
           considerable
           part
           of
           the
           exercises
           and
           objects
           of
           the
           wayes
           of
           the
           hearts
           of
           Men
           :
           And
           now
           
             all
             these
          
           and
           
             many
             more
          
           ,
           are
           but
           the
           
             simple
             elements
          
           ,
           and
           
             common
             heads
          
           ,
           of
           our
           account
           .
        
         
           Consider
           then
           ,
           O
           Negligent
           and
           
             incogitant
             soul
          
           !
           if
           thou
           couldst
           reckon
           up
           the
           wayes
           of
           thy
           heart
           ,
           in
           any
           one
           of
           these
           kinds
           ;
           if
           thou
           couldst
           call
           to
           mind
           but
           every
           
             idle
             word
          
           whereof
           thou
           must
           give
           an
           account
           ,
           or
           thy
           motions
           upon
           every
           thing
           that
           thou
           hast
           heard
           ,
           and
           remember
           in
           any
           one
           of
           these
           elements
           ,
           what
           thou
           hast
           done
           or
           else
           omitted
           .
           Then
           tell
           me
           how
           wouldst
           thou
           find
           thy self
           possessed
           ,
           and
           how
           wouldst
           thou
           be
           disposed
           to
           Judgment
           ?
           Wouldst
           thou
           deem
           it
           needless
           or
           idle
           to
           call
           it
           betimes
           to
           thy
           remembrance
           ?
           Wouldst
           thou
           drive
           off
           thy
           thoughts
           of
           it
           to
           the
           time
           of
           sickness
           ,
           to
           the
           hour
           of
           death
           ,
           and
           
             rudely
             throw
          
           thy self
           upon
           it
           ?
           —
           But
           then
           try
           ,
           and
           examine
           
             all
             these
          
           together
           ,
           contemplate
           a
           little
           upon
           the
           mixtures
           and
           combinations
           of
           them
           ;
           these
           will
           afford
           us
           many
           
             millions
             of
             millions
          
           of
           wayes
           (
           farr
           exceeding
           the
           varieties
           of
           the
           corporeal
           nature
           ,
           which
           proceed
           from
           the
           mixture
           of
           fewer
           elements
           )
           so
           many
           as
           will
           utterly
           confound
           our
           thoughts
           to
           number
           .
           Who
           can
           reckon
           up
           the
           wayes
           of
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           children
           of
           Men
           ?
           Who
           can
           understand
           his
           errors
           ?
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           that
           he
           that
           hath
           the
           World
           to
           uphold
           ,
           the
           Planets
           and
           Stars
           to
           guide
           ,
           the
           course
           of
           nature
           to
           maintain
           ,
           should
           keep
           a
           Register
           of
           our
           impertinencies
           ,
           and
           bring
           to
           Judgment
           
             all
             the
             wayes
          
           of
           Men
           ;
           (
           the
           traces
           of
           a
           Ship
           in
           the
           Sea
           ,
           of
           a
           Serpent
           upon
           a
           Rock
           )
           Who
           hath
           believed
           our
           report
           ?
           we
           are
           apt
           to
           think
           it
           cannot
           be
           .
           Surely
           he
           sees
           not
           these
           things
           :
           Tush
           he
           cares
           not
           for
           them
           .
           This
           is
           indeed
           the
           
             last
             resort
          
           of
           the
           treacherous
           hearts
           of
           men
           ,
           the
           
             grand
             imposture
          
           which
           resolves
           into
           a
           species
           of
           Atheism
           and
           Infidelity
           .
           O
           but
           then
           ,
           if
           I
           shall
           use
           the
           language
           of
           the
           Scriptures
           ,
           I
           must
           call
           thee
           fool
           
           and
           beast
           ,
           to
           doubt
           of
           that
           which
           is
           plain
           and
           evident
           ,
           to
           disbelieve
           that
           which
           may
           be
           known
           .
           This
           Article
           concerning
           the
           Judgment
           to
           come
           ,
           is
           not
           a
           problem
           of
           Philosophy
           to
           be
           disputed
           this
           way
           and
           that
           way
           with
           equal
           probability
           ;
           neither
           is
           it
           only
           an
           Article
           of
           faith
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           a
           principle
           of
           natural
           Theology
           ,
           the
           Scripture
           speaks
           of
           it
           under
           terms
           of
           greater
           evidence
           .
           St.
           
             Paul
             reasoned
          
           with
           Felix
           ,
           he
           disputed
           with
           the
           Philosophers
           concerning
           it
           ,
           he
           speaks
           of
           the
           terror
           of
           Judgment
           under
           terms
           of
           certainty
           ,
           and
           of
           a
           kind
           of
           
             Demonstrative
             evidence
             .
             Knowing
             the
             terror
             of
             the
             Law
             ,
          
           &c.
           and
           here
           in
           the
           Text
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           said
           ,
           Think
           ,
           or
           
             believe
             .
             But
             know
             that
             for
             all
             these
             things
             God
             will
             bring
             thee
             to
             Judgment
             .
          
        
         
           He
           is
           a
           fool
           that
           hath
           said
           in
           his
           heart
           there
           is
           
             no
             God
          
           ,
           
           and
           he
           that
           thinks
           he
           hath
           
             no
             understanding
          
           may
           well
           be
           compared
           to
           the
           beasts
           that
           perish
           :
           and
           so
           sure
           as
           there
           is
           a
           God
           ,
           and
           that
           man
           hath
           an
           understanding
           soul
           ,
           
             so
             surely
          
           it
           may
           be
           
             known
             ,
             That
             for
             all
             these
             things
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           For
           if
           there
           be
           a
           God
           he
           must
           be
           infinitely
           just
           ;
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           he
           must
           render
           to
           every
           one
           according
           to
           
             their
             actions
             ;
             and
             if
             not
             here
             ,
             then
             hereafter
             ;
             and
             if
             so
             ,
             he
             must
             bring
             them
             to
             Judgment
             .
          
           But
           he
           doth
           it
           not
           here
           :
           The
           wayes
           of
           Providence
           seem
           to
           be
           promiscuous
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           wicked
           man
           to
           whom
           it
           happens
           according
           to
           the
           way
           of
           the
           righteous
           ,
           and
           a
           righteous
           man
           to
           whom
           it
           happens
           according
           to
           the
           way
           of
           the
           wicked
           .
           Dives
           receives
           pleasure
           ,
           Lazarus
           pain
           ;
           therefore
           so
           sure
           as
           there
           is
           a
           God
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           a
           Judgment
           .
        
         
           Again
           ,
           If
           man
           have
           an
           understanding
           soul
           ,
           he
           must
           have
           freedom
           in
           his
           actions
           ,
           and
           if
           so
           ,
           he
           deserves
           either
           good
           or
           evil
           ;
           and
           if
           there
           be
           deserts
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           rewards
           ;
           and
           if
           there
           be
           rewards
           ,
           there
           must
           be
           a
           Judgment
           .
           So
           then
           ,
           so
           sure
           as
           thou
           art
           an
           understanding
           creature
           ,
           so
           sure
           there
           is
           a
           Judgment
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           Once
           more
           ,
           Reward
           is
           answerable
           to
           desert
           ;
           and
           desert
           is
           only
           in
           what
           is
           free
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           free
           in
           man
           is
           the
           ways
           of
           his
           heart
           :
           wherefore
           they
           are
           to
           be
           brought
           to
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           if
           any
           ,
           then
           all
           :
           for
           no
           reason
           can
           be
           fancied
           ,
           why
           some
           should
           
           be
           brought
           to
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           others
           not
           .
           Wherefore
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           sure
           that
           
             God
             is
             in
             Heaven
          
           ,
           and
           that
           
             Man
             hath
          
           an
           understanding
           soul
           ,
           then
           it
           is
           also
           sure
           that
           for
           all
           these
           things
           God
           will
           bring
           thee
           to
           Judgment
           ,
           that
           
             God
             shall
             bring
             to
             judgment
             every
             secret
             thing
             .
          
        
         
           And
           now
           how
           sure
           and
           evident
           are
           these
           things
           ?
           
             more
             sure
          
           and
           
             more
             plain
          
           ,
           if
           we
           will
           attend
           ,
           than
           any
           other
           truths
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           for
           there
           is
           not
           any
           known
           truth
           which
           doth
           not
           evict
           the
           truth
           of
           these
           things
           .
           We
           know
           a
           truth
           ,
           because
           we
           plainly
           and
           
             evidently
             understand
          
           the
           composition
           or
           division
           of
           the
           notions
           in
           a
           Proposition
           ,
           or
           the
           Deduction
           of
           a
           Proposition
           from
           some
           others
           ;
           therefore
           if
           we
           know
           any
           truth
           ,
           we
           presuppose
           that
           we
           have
           souls
           which
           understand
           the
           notions
           of
           things
           ,
           and
           
             if
             souls
          
           which
           understand
           these
           notions
           ,
           then
           to
           be
           
             sure
             they
             are
          
           not
           bodies
           ,
           (
           no
           combination
           os
           fire
           and
           air
           ,
           and
           earth
           ,
           and
           water
           ,
           no
           disposition
           of
           insensible
           atomes
           can
           cause
           the
           subject
           to
           apprehend
           and
           judge
           ,
           to
           reason
           and
           discourse
           )
           and
           if
           they
           be
           
             no
             bodies
          
           ,
           then
           they
           are
           not
           subject
           to
           
             corruption
             :
             It
             is
             evident
          
           therefore
           ,
           that
           our
           souls
           are
           understanding
           and
           also
           
             immortal
             ,
             deserving
          
           and
           capable
           of
           future
           Judgment
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           evident
           it
           is
           also
           that
           there
           is
           a
           soveraign
           Power
           ,
           a
           God
           that
           governs
           and
           will
           judge
           the
           Earth
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           not
           a
           Rhetorical
           undertaking
           ,
           but
           a
           just
           and
           measured
           truth
           ;
           there
           is
           not
           any
           thing
           in
           the
           world
           from
           whence
           
             these
             two
          
           may
           not
           be
           plainly
           and
           evidently
           evicted
           ,
           viz.
           a
           Godhead
           from
           the
           Creature
           ,
           and
           thine
           own
           Immortality
           from
           the
           discovery
           of
           a
           Godhead
           .
           The
           world
           which
           thou
           
             seest
             ,
             had
          
           it
           a
           beginning
           ,
           or
           
             had
             it
             not
          
           ?
           if
           it
           had
           a
           beginning
           ,
           he
           is
           thy
           God
           that
           made
           it
           ;
           if
           it
           had
           no
           beginning
           ,
           then
           there
           are
           past
           as
           many
           myriads
           of
           years
           as
           minutes
           of
           time
           ,
           which
           is
           infinitely
           more
           absurd
           to
           grant
           ,
           than
           tosay
           ,
           thou
           hast
           as
           many
           hands
           as
           fingers
           ,
           as
           many
           wholes
           as
           parts
           .
        
         
           If
           then
           at
           any
           time
           we
           find
           our selves
           to
           doubt
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           it
           is
           not
           because
           we
           are
           the
           
             beaux
             esprits
          
           ,
           or
           
             forts
             sprits
          
           ;
           our
           doubting
           proceeds
           from
           dulness
           ,
           and
           the
           want
           
           of
           that
           
             strong
             reason
          
           to
           which
           we
           do
           pretend
           ,
           the
           things
           are
           certain
           in
           themselves
           and
           evident
           .
           
             He
             is
             not
             farr
             from
             any
             one
             of
             us
             in
             whom
             we
             live
             ,
             and
             move
             ,
             and
             have
             our
             being
             ;
          
           
             and
             the
             Light
             of
             Nature
             discovered
             our
             Immortality
             not
             only
             to
          
           Philosophers
           ,
           but
           even
           
             to
             the
          
           Heathen
           Poets
           ,
           to
           him
           that
           sung
           
             to
             us
             ,
             that
          
           ,
           We
           are
           also
           his
           off-spring
           .
        
         
           So
           that
           now
           thy
           pretences
           are
           all
           taken
           off
           ,
           and
           every
           imposture
           of
           the
           heart
           discovered
           .
        
         
           Return
           then
           once
           again
           into
           thy
           bosome
           ,
           and
           take
           account
           
           of
           thy
           apprehensions
           ;
           The
           day
           of
           the
           Lord
           is
           coming
           and
           stealing
           upon
           thee
           as
           a
           theif
           in
           the
           night
           ,
           the
           day
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           the
           great
           and
           
             terrible
             day
          
           .
           A
           day
           of
           anguish
           and
           of
           gloominess
           ,
           a
           day
           of
           a
           whirlwind
           and
           a
           tempest
           ,
           a
           day
           of
           anguish
           and
           tribulation
           :
           Where
           wilt
           thou
           hide
           thy self
           ?
           O
           that
           's
           impossible
           ,
           Whether
           shall
           we
           
             goe
             then
          
           from
           his
           presence
           :
           shall
           we
           call
           to
           the
           Mountains
           to
           fall
           upon
           us
           ?
           How
           wilt
           thou
           appear
           ?
           O
           that
           's
           intollerable
           ;
           for
           our
           God
           is
           a
           consuming
           fire
           .
           What
           wilt
           thou
           do
           when
           the
           day
           of
           Judgment
           comes
           ,
           and
           this
           may
           be
           the
           hour
           ,
           this
           minute
           thou
           mayst
           be
           smitten
           and
           hurried
           hence
           to
           
             Judgment
             ?
             Thousands
          
           have
           fallen
           besides
           us
           ,
           and
           Ten
           Thousands
           at
           our
           right
           hand
           ,
           and
           why
           may
           not
           we
           be
           next
           .
        
         
           The
           time
           of
           our
           particular
           Judgment
           cannot
           be
           farr
           away
           ,
           and
           why
           may
           we
           not
           
             reasonably
             apprehend
          
           the
           approach
           of
           the
           General
           Judgment
           ,
           either
           of
           this
           World
           ,
           or
           at
           leastwise
           of
           this
           sinful
           Nation
           ?
        
         
           Our
           Lord
           Christ
           indeed
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           of
           the
           day
           and
           hour
           of
           the
           final
           Judgment
           ,
           
             Knoweth
             no
             man.
          
           Yet
           he
           hath
           given
           us
           the
           signs
           of
           his
           coming
           :
           The
           Apostles
           have
           left
           us
           Characters
           of
           the
           last
           days
           ,
           the
           Prophets
           have
           declared
           the
           manner
           and
           apparatus
           of
           the
           coming
           of
           the
           Lord
           to
           Judgment
           .
        
         
           We
           read
           that
           when
           the
           Disciples
           admired
           the
           stones
           and
           the
           building
           of
           Herod's
           Temple
           at
           
             Jerusalem
             ;
             Christ
          
           told
           them
           ,
           That
           the
           day
           was
           coming
           when
           there
           should
           not
           be
           left
           
             one
             stone
          
           upon
           another
           :
           upon
           this
           the
           Disciples
           ask
           him
           (
           privately
           )
           three
           Questions
           .
           1.
           
           When
           shall
           these
           
           things
           be
           ?
           2.
           
           What
           shall
           be
           the
           sign
           of
           thy
           second
           coming
           ?
           And
           3.
           of
           the
           end
           of
           World
           ?
        
         
           As
           for
           the
           precise
           moment
           of
           these
           things
           ,
           he
           denies
           to
           tell
           it
           them
           ;
           (
           Nay
           ,
           he
           professes
           ,
           that
           as
           he
           was
           the
           Son
           of
           Man
           he
           did
           not
           know
           it
           .
           )
           But
           for
           the
           other
           two
           he
           cendescends
           to
           their
           curiosity
           ,
           he
           tells
           them
           the
           signs
           of
           his
           coming
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           end
           of
           the
           World
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           shall
           be
           such
           as
           these
           ;
        
         
           
             You
             shall
             hear
          
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           (
           Matth.
           24.
           )
           
             of
             Warrs
             and
             rumours
             of
             Warrs
             ,
             Nation
             rising
             against
             Nation
             ,
             and
             Kingdom
             against
             Kingdom
             .
          
           There
           shall
           be
           Traytors
           and
           
             false
             Prophets
          
           ,
           Saying
           ,
           
             Lo
             !
             here
             is
             Christ
          
           ,
           Behold
           !
           (
           a
           new
           Messias
           )
           in
           the
           
             Wilderness
             :
             Lo
             !
             there
             is
             Christ
             ,
          
           Behold
           !
           he
           is
           (
           
             at
             a
             Conventicle
          
           )
           in
           the
           
             secret
             Chambers
          
           :
           He
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           iniquity
           shall
           abound
           ,
           and
           the
           love
           of
           many
           shall
           wax
           cold
           ,
           that
           he
           shall
           
             hardly
             find
             faith
          
           on
           the
           earth
           as
           it
           was
           in
           the
           days
           of
           Noe
           ,
           they
           ate
           ,
           they
           drank
           ,
           till
           the
           floud
           came
           and
           swept
           them
           all
           away
           ;
           so
           shall
           the
           coming
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           Man
           be
           .
        
         
           He
           tells
           us
           (
           Luke
           21.
           )
           there
           shall
           be
           Famines
           and
           
             Earthquakes
             ,
             Pestilence
          
           ,
           and
           
             fearful
             sights
             ,
             great
             signs
          
           from
           Heaven
           ;
           in
           the
           Earth
           distress
           of
           Nations
           ,
           great
           perplexities
           ,
           the
           Sea
           and
           Waves
           roaring
           ;
           
             Mens
             hearts
             failing
             them
          
           for
           fear
           ,
           
             looking
             after
          
           those
           things
           that
           are
           coming
           upon
           the
           Earth
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           the
           
             last
             days
          
           ,
           St.
           Paul
           tells
           us
           ,
           that
           there
           shall
           be
           perilous
           times
           ;
           that
           on
           
             one
             hand
          
           there
           shall
           be
           a
           sort
           of
           men
           ,
           that
           shall
           be
           lovers
           of
           themselves
           ,
           
             Covetous
             ,
             Proud
             ,
             Boasters
             ,
             Ranters
             ,
          
           and
           Blasphemers
           .
        
         
           On
           the
           
             other
             hand
          
           there
           shall
           be
           a
           Race
           of
           
             heady
             ,
             high
          
           minded
           Traytors
           ,
           having
           a
           
             form
             of
             godliness
             ,
             creeping
          
           into
           houses
           ,
           leading
           captive
           silly
           women
           .
           They
           shall
           
             despise
             Dominion
          
           ,
           and
           
             speak
             evil
          
           of
           Dignities
           ,
           They
           shall
           be
           Separatists
           from
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           false
           pretenders
           to
           the
           Spirit
           .
           
             Th●se
             
               saith
               St.
            
             Jude
             ,
             are
             they
             that
             separate
             themselves
             ,
             sensual
             ,
             having
             not
             the
             Spirit
             .
          
        
         
           St.
           Peter
           
             tells
             us
             ,
             that
             in
             the
          
           last
           times
           
             there
             should
             be
             a
          
           loose
           ,
           prophane
           ,
           a
           bold
           Atheistical
           Gigantick
           
             race
             of
          
           scoffers
           ,
           
           
             walking
             after
             their
             own
             lusts
             ,
             saying
             ,
          
           Where
           
             is
             this
             God
             of
          
           Judgment
           ?
           
             let
             him
             make
          
           speed
           and
           hasten
           his
           work
           ,
           
             that
             we
             may
          
           see
           it
           .
           Where
           is
           the
           promise
           of
           his
           coming
           ?
           since
           the
           fathers
           fell
           asleep
           all
           things
           continue
           as
           they
           were
           before
           .
        
         
           
             And
             for
             the
          
           manner
           and
           Apparatus
           
             of
             his
             coming
          
           ,
           Our
           God
           shall
           come
           (
           
             saith
             the
             Psalmist
          
           )
           and
           shall
           not
           keep
           silence
           ,
           there
           shall
           go
           before
           him
           a
           devouring
           fire
           ,
           and
           a
           mighty
           Tempest
           shall
           be
           stirred
           up
           round
           about
           him
           .
        
         
           Behold
           !
           the
           Lord
           will
           come
           with
           fire
           ,
           (
           
             saith
             the
             Prophet
          
           )
           and
           with
           his
           Chariots
           like
           a
           Whirlwind
           ,
           to
           render
           
           his
           anger
           with
           fury
           ,
           and
           his
           rebukes
           with
           flames
           of
           fire
           .
           The
           streams
           of
           Zion
           
             shall
             be
             turned
             into
          
           Pitch
           ,
           
             and
             the
          
           dust
           
             thereof
             into
          
           Brimstone
           ;
           the
           Earth
           
             thereof
             shall
             be
          
           burning
           Pitch
           ,
           the
           smoke
           
             thereof
             shall
          
           ascend
           day
           and
           night
           ,
           
             and
             shall
          
           not
           be
           quenched
           ,
           [
           compare
           Revel
           .
           
             6.
             with
          
           Esai
           .
           34.
           ]
        
         
           The
           Kings
           of
           the
           Earth
           shall
           tremble
           ,
           the
           Captains
           and
           the
           mighty
           shall
           be
           horribly
           afraid
           ,
           the
           
             great
             men
          
           and
           the
           
             rich
             men
          
           shall
           hide
           themselves
           ,
           all
           the
           bond-men
           and
           all
           the
           freemen
           shall
           fly
           to
           the
           Rocks
           of
           the
           Mountains
           .
           And
           soon
           after
           all
           this
           ,
           
             The
             Heavens
             shall
             be
             rivel'd
             as
             a
             s●r●wl
             ,
             the
             Earth
             and
             the
             Elements
             shall
             melt
             away
          
           ;
           for
           God
           shall
           arise
           to
           judge
           terribly
           the
           Earth
           .
        
         
           Have
           not
           
             all
             these
          
           things
           come
           upon
           us
           ,
           the
           men
           of
           this
           Generation
           ?
           Is
           it
           weakness
           ,
           is
           it
           a
           vain
           and
           
             superstitious
             scrupulosity
          
           to
           call
           these
           things
           to
           our
           remembrance
           ?
           Have
           we
           no
           reason
           at
           all
           to
           apprehend
           the
           approach
           of
           a
           General
           Judgment
           ,
           either
           upon
           the
           World
           ,
           or
           upon
           our
           sinful
           Nation
           ?
        
         
           Do
           we
           not
           now
           envy
           those
           despised
           souls
           which
           have
           made
           their
           
             accounts
             ready
          
           ?
           We
           thought
           it
           madness
           to
           see
           them
           pine
           away
           with
           poenitential
           exercises
           ,
           and
           macerate
           themselves
           with
           mourning
           .
           We
           thought
           it
           folly
           which
           they
           called
           Conscience
           ,
           for
           which
           they
           denyed
           themselves
           the
           pleasures
           and
           enjoyments
           of
           the
           World.
           
           We
           fools
           counted
           their
           
             life
             madness
          
           ,
           and
           their
           
             latter
             end
          
           to
           be
           
             without
             horror
          
           .
           But
           the
           time
           is
           coming
           when
           they
           shall
           be
           comforted
           ,
           and
           we
           shall
           be
           tormented
           .
           Because
           he
           hath
           called
           and
           we
           have
           
             refused
             ,
             he
          
           hath
           stretched
           out
           his
           hand
           ,
           and
           we
           have
           
             not
             regarded
          
           ,
           He
           will
           laugh
           at
           our
           calamity
           ,
           and
           mock
           when
           our
           
             fear
             cometh
          
           .
           When
           our
           destruction
           cometh
           as
           a
           Whirlwind
           ,
           when
           distress
           and
           anguish
           comes
           upon
           us
           .
        
         
           May
           we
           not
           therefore
           
             give
             up
          
           our selves
           to
           the
           torments
           of
           our
           hearts
           ,
           and
           surrender
           up
           our
           souls
           unto
           Despair
           ?
           so
           Israel
           said
           there
           is
           
             no
             hope
          
           ,
           we
           will
           follow
           every
           one
           the
           devices
           of
           his
           heart
           :
           after
           20
           ,
           30
           or
           40
           years
           continuance
           in
           our
           courses
           ,
           '
           tisin
           vain
           to
           think
           of
           turning
           from
           them
           .
           Our
           arrears
           are
           so
           farr
           gone
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           
             no
             hope
          
           to
           discharge
           them
           ;
           and
           why
           should
           we
           trouble
           our selves
           with
           the
           thoughts
           of
           our
           Account
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           that
           which
           must
           come
           ,
           let
           it
           come
           ,
           and
           what
           is
           a
           
             few
             days
          
           respite
           to
           
             Eternity
             ?
             Let
             us
             eat
             and
             drink
             ,
             for
             to
             morrow
             we
             shall
             dye
             .
          
           Let
           us
           
             go
             forth
          
           as
           at
           
             other
             times
          
           ,
           and
           shake
           our selves
           and
           scatter
           these
           troublesom
           apprehensions
           of
           future
           Judgment
           .
           What
           if
           we
           should
           drink
           a
           little
           to
           drive
           away
           Melancholy
           ?
        
         
           Yes
           !
           and
           fall
           perhaps
           ,
           and
           spew
           ,
           and
           rise
           no
           more
           .
        
         
           Nay
           ,
           but
           I
           beseech
           you
           ,
           stay
           a
           little
           ,
           and
           consider
           ,
           consider
           at
           least
           in
           this
           your
           day
           the
           things
           which
           belong
           to
           your
           peace
           :
           It
           is
           a
           fearful
           thing
           to
           fall
           into
           the
           hands
           of
           the
           
             living
             God
             ;
             Who
          
           among
           us
           can
           dwell
           with
           a
           
             devouring
             fire
             ?
             Who
          
           among
           us
           can
           dwell
           with
           
             everlasting
             burnings
          
           ?
        
         
           Such
           careless
           and
           
             desperate
             resolutions
          
           are
           the
           advantages
           which
           the
           Devil
           aims
           at
           ,
           that
           he
           may
           sear
           our
           Consciences
           ,
           and
           seal
           us
           up
           in
           a
           final
           obduration
           .
           But
           there
           is
           
             another
             kind
             of
             advantage
          
           ,
           which
           God
           and
           our
           Lord
           Christ
           and
           the
           Holy
           Spirit
           ,
           and
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           the
           Ministers
           aim
           at
           ,
           
             That
             advantage
          
           which
           I
           told
           you
           of
           in
           the
           beginning
           of
           my
           Discourse
           .
           That
           
             knowing
             the
             terror
             of
             the
             Lord
             they
             may
             perswade
             men
             .
          
        
         
         
           And
           now
           what
           is
           it
           that
           they
           would
           perswade
           us
           ?
           that
           we
           will
           be
           contented
           to
           part
           with
           the
           
             tormenting
             fears
          
           of
           Judgment
           ,
           that
           we
           will
           
             condescend
             not
          
           to
           be
           miserable
           to
           all
           Eternity
           :
           That
           we
           will
           accept
           of
           deliverance
           from
           the
           wrath
           to
           come
           ,
           that
           we
           will
           
             not
             neglect
             so
             great
             salvation
          
           ,
           nor
           trample
           on
           the
           bloud
           of
           the
           everlasting
           Covenant
           .
        
         
           Behold
           !
           God
           
             calls
             upon
             us
          
           ,
           Turn
           you
           ,
           turn
           you
           at
           my
           reproof
           ,
           why
           will
           you
           dye
           O
           House
           of
           Israel
           :
           As
           I
           live
           saith
           the
           Lord
           ,
           I
           desire
           not
           the
           death
           of
           sinners
           .
           
             Our
             Lord
          
           Christ
           
             calls
             upon
             us
          
           ,
           
             Come
             unto
             me
             all
             ye
             that
             are
             weary
             and
             heavy
             laden
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             ease
             you
             .
          
           
             In
             the
             last
             day
             of
             the
          
           Feast
           of
           Tabernacles
           ,
           he
           stood
           and
           cryed
           ,
           Saying
           ,
           If
           any
           man
           thirst
           let
           him
           come
           unto
           me
           and
           drink
           .
           The
           Spirit
           says
           come
           ,
           and
           who
           ever
           will
           ,
           let
           him
           come
           ,
           and
           take
           of
           the
           water
           of
           life
           freely
           .
           The
           Gospel
           assures
           us
           ,
           That
           God
           so
           loved
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           he
           gave
           his
           only
           begotten
           Son
           ,
           that
           whosoever
           believeth
           on
           him
           should
           not
           perish
           but
           have
           everlasting
           life
           .
        
         
           Behold
           !
           I
           set
           before
           you
           this
           day
           life
           and
           
             death
             ,
             blessing
          
           and
           cursing
           ,
           and
           as
           an
           unworthy
           Ambassadour
           in
           
             Christs
             stead
          
           I
           pray
           you
           be
           reconciled
           to
           God
           ,
           take
           his
           yoke
           upon
           you
           ,
           his
           yoke
           is
           easie
           ,
           and
           his
           
             burden
             light
          
           ;
           embrace
           now
           the
           tender
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           only
           repent
           and
           believe
           in
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           ,
           accept
           him
           for
           your
           Saviour
           and
           your
           Lord.
           Your
           Prophet
           to
           instruct
           you
           ,
           your
           King
           to
           govern
           you
           ,
           your
           Priest
           to
           save
           you
           ,
           and
           you
           shall
           be
           saved
           .
           Saved
           from
           the
           fears
           and
           horrors
           of
           a
           Guilty
           
             Conscience
             condemned
          
           by
           its
           own
           witness
           .
           Saved
           from
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           and
           of
           the
           Lamb.
           You
           shall
           meet
           the
           Lord
           with
           Confidence
           .
           We
           shall
           be
           able
           to
           stand
           with
           boldness
           in
           the
           Judgment
           ,
           to
           lift
           up
           our
           heads
           with
           joy
           ,
           because
           our
           redemption
           draweth
           near
           .
        
         
           This
           is
           the
           way
           to
           save
           our
           own
           souls
           from
           perishing
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           General
           design
           of
           all
           our
           Preaching
           .
           And
           this
           is
           the
           way
           to
           appease
           the
           wrath
           which
           is
           gone
           out
           
           against
           us
           ;
           and
           to
           preserve
           our
           Nation
           from
           destruction
           ,
           which
           is
           the
           particular
           and
           more
           immediate
           end
           of
           our
           
             present
             Humiliation
          
           ,
           whereof
           I
           am
           yet
           to
           speak
           .
        
         
           THe
           hand
           indeed
           of
           the
           Lord
           hath
           been
           heavy
           upon
           us
           ,
           
           his
           wrath
           hath
           been
           kindled
           ,
           it
           hath
           waxed
           hot
           against
           the
           Sheep
           of
           his
           pasture
           ,
           and
           he
           hath
           plagued
           our
           Nation
           very
           sore
           ,
           His
           Judgments
           have
           been
           multiplyed
           ,
           his
           strokes
           have
           been
           redoubled
           ;
           and
           for
           all
           this
           his
           anger
           is
           
             not
             turned
             away
          
           ,
           but
           his
           hand
           is
           stretched
           out
           still
           .
        
         
           Warrs
           and
           Pestilences
           ,
           and
           those
           other
           fore-runners
           of
           
             Christ's
             coming
          
           to
           Judgment
           have
           been
           seen
           and
           felt
           amongst
           us
           ,
           and
           now
           when
           these
           have
           not
           been
           able
           to
           prevail
           ,
        
         
           To
           awaken
           a
           drowsie
           people
           ,
           to
           rowse
           up
           a
           Lethargic
           Nation
           ;
           to
           ferment
           a
           people
           setled
           upon
           their
           Lees.
           God
           has
           made
           anew
           thing
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           us
           ,
           he
           hath
           wrought
           a
           work
           in
           
             our
             days
          
           ,
           which
           makes
           the
           ears
           of
           all
           that
           hear
           it
           to
           tingle
           .
           A
           work
           not
           to
           be
           parallel'd
           perhaps
           in
           all
           the
           circumstances
           since
           the
           Creation
           of
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           
             
               How
               hath
            
             the
             Lord
             covered
             the
             Daughter
             of
             our
             Zion
             with
             a
             cloud
             in
             his
             anger
             ,
             and
             hath
             
               cast
               down
            
             from
             Heaven
             to
             Earth
             the
             
               beauty
               of
               Israel
            
             ,
             and
             remembred
             not
             his
             footstool
             in
             the
             Day
             of
             his
             Anger
             ;
             he
             hath
             swallowed
             up
             the
             habitations
             of
             his
             people
             ,
             he
             hath
             taken
             away
             his
             Tabernacles
             ,
             and
             destroyed
             his
             
               places
               of
               Assemblies
            
             ,
             the
             Ramparts
             and
             the
             
               Walls
               lament
            
             and
             languish
             ,
             her
             Gates
             are
             sunk
             to
             the
             ground
             ,
             her
             Barrs
             are
             destroyed
             .
          
        
         
           Who
           can
           express
           the
           terror
           of
           this
           fatal
           Judgment
           ,
           the
           unexpected
           eruption
           ,
           the
           sudden
           increase
           ,
           the
           irresistible
           force
           ,
           the
           remorsless
           rage
           ,
           the
           insatiable
           voracity
           of
           this
           fiery
           Judgment
           ?
           the
           
             present
             sufferings
          
           ,
           the
           
             lasting
             miseries
          
           of
           private
           persons
           are
           inexpressible
           ;
           the
           publique
           damage
           ,
           the
           
             dangerous
             consequences
          
           (
           it
           may
           be
           )
           unconceivable
           .
        
         
         
           What
           thing
           shall
           I
           liken
           to
           thee
           O
           Daughter
           of
           my
           People
           ?
           Whereunto
           shall
           I
           compare
           the
           day
           of
           thy
           Visitation
           ?
           To
           the
           destruction
           of
           Jerusalem
           ?
           to
           the
           great
           and
           terrible
           day
           of
           Judgment
           ?
        
         
           O
           the
           terrors
           and
           affrightments
           ,
           the
           shreikes
           and
           lamenations
           ,
           the
           agonies
           ,
           the
           confusions
           of
           that
           Day
           .
           They
           that
           were
           on
           the
           
             house
             top
          
           ,
           durst
           
             not
             stay
          
           to
           take
           any
           thing
           out
           of
           their
           houses
           ;
           nor
           he
           that
           was
           in
           the
           field
           return
           back
           to
           take
           his
           Cloathes
           ;
           they
           that
           were
           in
           the
           City
           betook
           themselves
           to
           the
           Fields
           and
           Mountains
           ,
           where
           they
           beheld
           their
           flaming
           habitations
           ,
           where
           they
           trembled
           to
           behold
           the
           abomination
           of
           desolation
           raging
           in
           the
           holy
           places
           .
        
         
           How
           were
           the
           
             wise
             men
          
           amazed
           ,
           and
           the
           strong
           men
           terrified
           ?
           despair
           seised
           them
           ,
           counsel
           and
           strength
           fled
           away
           from
           them
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           help
           in
           them
           ,
           they
           presently
           gave
           all
           for
           lost
           ;
           they
           stood
           affrighted
           at
           a
           distance
           gazing
           at
           the
           dreadful
           spectacle
           :
           in
           vain
           they
           thought
           it
           to
           contend
           ,
           it
           looked
           so
           like
           the
           coming
           of
           the
           
             Son
             of
             Man.
          
           
        
         
           The
           breath
           of
           the
           Lord
           kindled
           the
           fire
           ,
           he
           rode
           upon
           Cherub
           ,
           he
           came
           flying
           upon
           the
           wings
           of
           the
           wind
           .
           He
           made
           the
           winds
           his
           Messengers
           ,
           and
           the
           flames
           of
           fire
           his
           Ministers
           :
           He
           brought
           the
           Winds
           out
           of
           his
           Treasure
           ,
           and
           (
           to
           point
           the
           flame
           directly
           upon
           the
           bulk
           and
           body
           of
           the
           City
           )
           through
           his
           power
           he
           brought
           in
           the
           South-East
           wind
           :
           as
           a
           theif
           in
           the
           night
           ,
           as
           pains
           upon
           a
           woman
           in
           travel
           ,
           as
           the
           lightning
           that
           cometh
           from
           the
           East
           and
           passeth
           to
           the
           West
           ;
           so
           came
           this
           flaming
           Judgment
           ;
           and
           so
           shall
           the
           coming
           of
           the
           Son
           of
           Man
           be
           .
           I
           cannot
           endure
           to
           dilate
           upon
           this
           Argument
           ;
           Sorrow
           and
           anguish
           are
           in
           the
           consideration
           of
           it
           :
           
             Animus
             meminisse
             horret
             luctuque
             refugit
             .
             Great
          
           is
           the
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           reason
           for
           us
           to
           fear
           that
           it
           may
           be
           portending
           and
           symtomatical
           .
        
         
         
           YEt
           who
           can
           tell
           ,
           but
           God
           may
           have
           mercy
           upon
           us
           ,
           but
           he
           may
           yet
           save
           us
           from
           destruction
           ?
           though
           our
           breach
           be
           great
           as
           the
           Sea
           ,
           yet
           is
           not
           in
           it self
           irreparable
           ;
           though
           our
           wounds
           be
           deep
           and
           gaping
           ,
           they
           are
           not
           desperate
           or
           
             uncurable
             ;
             hitherto
          
           we
           may
           say
           with
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           We
           are
           
             chastned
             ,
             but
             not
             killed
             ;
             afflicted
             ,
             but
             not
             in
             despair
             .
          
        
         
           The
           signs
           and
           symptoms
           of
           an
           approaching
           final
           Judgment
           are
           not
           so
           decretory
           and
           peremptory
           that
           we
           should
           despair
           .
           God's
           signal
           Judgments
           have
           hitherto
           been
           accompanyed
           with
           signs
           of
           mercies
           ,
           and
           this
           is
           
             a
             plain
             case
          
           ,
           that
           he
           is
           
             not
             fond
          
           of
           our
           destructions
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           had
           rather
           that
           we
           should
           live
           :
           He
           doth
           not
           afflict
           willingly
           ,
           nor
           grieve
           the
           children
           of
           men
           .
           He
           stands
           pausing
           and
           hoesitating
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           once
           before
           ,
           
             O
             Ephraim
             ,
             how
             shall
             I
             give
             thee
             up
             ,
             O
             Ephraim
             ?
          
           O
           England
           ,
           How
           shall
           I
           give
           thee
           up
           ,
           O
           England
           ?
        
         
           What
           mean
           else
           those
           Alternations
           and
           those
           mixtures
           ,
           and
           combinations
           of
           wonderful
           Judgments
           ,
           and
           of
           wonderful
           deliverancies
           and
           mercies
           which
           our
           ears
           have
           heard
           and
           our
           eyes
           have
           seen
           ?
        
         
           We
           have
           heard
           with
           our
           ears
           ,
           and
           our
           Fathers
           have
           told
           us
           what
           wonderful
           deliverances
           he
           wrought
           in
           their
           time
           of
           old
           .
        
         
           We
           have
           seen
           vicissitudes
           great
           and
           
             prodigious
             ,
             mixtures
          
           and
           combinations
           ,
           marvellous
           in
           our
           eyes
           ,
           
             horrible
             destructions
          
           and
           
             wonderful
             restitutions
          
           ,
           succeeding
           one
           another
           ,
           
             raging
             Plagues
          
           at
           home
           ,
           and
           
             signal
             Victories
             abroad
          
           .
        
         
           God
           hath
           filled
           us
           with
           bitterness
           ,
           and
           covered
           us
           with
           ashes
           :
           But
           it
           is
           his
           mercy
           that
           we
           are
           
             not
             consumed
          
           ,
           because
           his
           compassions
           fail
           not
           .
           If
           the
           arm
           of
           his
           Justice
           and
           Severity
           hath
           been
           made
           bare
           ,
           that
           it
           might
           be
           seen
           of
           all
           the
           people
           ,
           He
           hath
           not
           left
           his
           mercy
           without
           witness
           .
           If
           his
           Judgment
           hath
           been
           great
           and
           terrible
           ,
           in
           that
           which
           is
           consumed
           ,
           his
           mercy
           is
           wonderful
           and
           miraculous
           in
           that
           
           which
           is
           preserved
           .
           Plainly
           !
           except
           the
           Lord
           had
           left
           us
           a
           Remnant
           ,
           (
           and
           visibly
           interposed
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           )
           we
           should
           not
           have
           had
           this
           place
           wherein
           to
           humble
           our
           solves
           before
           him
           .
           We
           should
           have
           been
           as
           Sodem
           ,
           and
           we
           should
           have
           been
           like
           unto
           Gomorrah
           .
        
         
           It
           was
           he
           that
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           Judgment
           remembred
           mercy
           ;
           when
           the
           flaming
           vengeance
           was
           in
           its
           height
           ,
           when
           in
           the
           opinion
           of
           all
           men
           it
           had
           arrived
           at
           the
           state
           of
           irresistibility
           ,
           and
           when
           every
           mans
           heart
           failed
           him
           ,
           when
           the
           hopes
           of
           all
           men
           were
           sunk
           into
           despair
           ;
           
             He
             checked
          
           the
           
             domineering
             vengeance
          
           ,
           he
           put
           up
           the
           flaming
           Sword
           ,
           he
           controul'd
           the
           streaming
           waves
           of
           sire
           ,
           and
           said
           
             thus
             farr
          
           shall
           ye
           come
           and
           
             no
             further
          
           .
        
         
           In
           a
           wonderful
           manner
           he
           preserved
           the
           Goods
           and
           Persons
           of
           the
           poor
           Inhabitants
           of
           the
           City
           .
        
         
           He
           restreined
           the
           rage
           of
           our
           enemies
           ,
           that
           cryed
           concerning
           our
           Jerusalem
           ,
           Down
           with
           it
           ,
           Down
           with
           it
           ,
           Aha!
           so
           would
           we
           have
           it
           .
        
         
           He
           suffered
           not
           a
           foreign
           Enemy
           to
           land
           ,
           nor
           our
           domestick
           loes
           to
           make
           a
           head
           in
           our
           confusions
           .
        
         
           He
           was
           a
           wall
           of
           fire
           about
           the
           persons
           of
           our
           
             Gracious
             Soveraign
          
           and
           his
           
             Royal
             Highness
          
           ,
           and
           of
           those
           valiant
           
             Noble
             Persons
          
           which
           adventured
           ,
           boldly
           and
           strenuously
           ,
           and
           indefatigably
           laboured
           the
           publique
           preservation
           .
        
         
           He
           hath
           given
           
             signal
             Preservations
          
           and
           Victories
           to
           our
           
             Fleets
             abroad
          
           ,
           he
           hath
           restored
           our
           High-born
           and
           Noble-Generals
           ,
           and
           our
           Fleet
           in
           health
           and
           safety
           .
        
         
           He
           hath
           given
           us
           plenty
           of
           all
           things
           necessary
           for
           the
           life
           of
           man.
           
        
         
           In
           one
           
             great
             word
          
           ,
           to
           sum
           up
           an
           aggregation
           of
           great
           and
           various
           mercies
           ,
           he
           hath
           upheld
           our
           Religion
           and
           our
           Government
           in
           peace
           ;
           and
           for
           an
           earnest
           of
           his
           
             further
             preservation
          
           he
           hath
           given
           us
           
             this
             seasonable
          
           opportunity
           with
           health
           and
           safety
           in
           
             this
             place
          
           to
           attend
           the
           Publique
           Service
           ,
           to
           advise
           and
           assist
           in
           this
           arduous
           Juncture
           of
           affairs
           .
        
         
           Arduous
           and
           difficult
           indeed
           it
           is
           ,
           to
           
             restore
             our
             City
          
           
           and
           
             defend
             our
             Country
          
           ,
           to
           restore
           the
           Houses
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           Publique
           Buildings
           ,
           to
           re-edifie
           ten
           Thousand
           private
           habitations
           ;
           to
           
             sustein
             the
          
           poor
           and
           needy
           ,
           to
           preserve
           the
           rights
           ,
           and
           properties
           of
           men
           ;
           to
           find
           such
           a
           temper
           of
           Justice
           and
           equity
           ,
           that
           there
           be
           no
           decay
           ,
           no
           just
           complaining
           in
           our
           Streets
           .
           To
           
             uphold
             the
          
           Traffick
           of
           the
           Nation
           ,
           and
           to
           keep
           it
           in
           order
           and
           security
           ,
           free
           from
           
             private
             Robberies
          
           and
           publick
           Insurrections
           ;
           and
           therefore
           in
           order
           to
           all
           those
           ends
           ,
           to
           
             uphold
             our
             Religion
          
           in
           the
           zealous
           and
           
             effectual
             exercise
          
           ,
           in
           the
           sincerity
           and
           uniformity
           thereof
           ,
           to
           preserve
           it
           from
           encroachments
           and
           undermining
           
             Tollerations
             ,
             ruinous
          
           to
           
             Religion
             ,
             destructive
          
           to
           the
           Government
           of
           the
           Nation
           .
           And
           all
           this
           while
           to
           
             make
             provision
          
           against
           our
           dangerous
           and
           
             cruel
             Enemies
             ,
             Gebal
          
           and
           Ammon
           ,
           and
           Amalech
           ,
           the
           
             French
             ,
             Dutch
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Dane
           ,
           who
           have
           conspired
           to
           our
           destruction
           .
        
         
           These
           things
           are
           arduous
           ,
           but
           not
           insuperable
           ;
           difficult
           ,
           but
           not
           to
           be
           despaired
           of
           .
        
         
           Concerning
           Jerusalem
           burned
           and
           laid
           wast
           by
           the
           
             Assyrians
             ,
             Daniel
          
           foretold
           ,
           that
           the
           streets
           and
           the
           walls
           thereof
           should
           be
           rebuilded
           even
           in
           
             troubleous
             times
          
           ;
           and
           when
           the
           time
           came
           that
           they
           were
           re-edified
           ,
           we
           read
           in
           Nehemiah
           ,
           that
           the
           labourers
           in
           one
           hand
           held
           the
           trowel
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           held
           a
           weapon
           ;
           one
           half
           of
           the
           people
           laboured
           in
           the
           work
           ,
           and
           the
           
             other
             half
          
           held
           the
           Spears
           &
           the
           Shields
           ,
           the
           Bows
           and
           the
           Habergeons
           ,
           because
           of
           their
           cruel
           enemies
           on
           every
           side
           .
        
         
           If
           God
           shall
           be
           pleased
           to
           give
           us
           a
           spirit
           of
           Understanding
           ,
           and
           teach
           our
           
             Senaters
             Wisdom
          
           ;
           If
           he
           shall
           pour
           out
           a
           publick
           spirit
           upon
           our
           Councels
           ,
           a
           spirit
           of
           tenderness
           and
           compassion
           ,
           of
           Justice
           and
           
             Equity
             ,
             Temperance
          
           and
           
             Frugality
             ,
             Fortitude
          
           and
           
             Magnanimity
             ;
             If
          
           all
           Orders
           and
           Degrees
           amongst
           us
           ,
           Civil
           ,
           and
           Military
           ,
           and
           Ecclesiastical
           shall
           take
           to
           themselves
           the
           spirits
           of
           Christians
           and
           of
           men
           .
        
         
           If
           our
           Counsels
           and
           endeavours
           shall
           be
           answerable
           to
           the
           care
           and
           benignity
           ,
           to
           the
           fervour
           and
           strenuous
           
           industry
           of
           our
           
             gracious
             Soveraign
          
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           alacrity
           and
           magnanimity
           of
           our
           couragious
           and
           generous
           
             Country-men
             ;
             then
          
           (
           speaking
           humanely
           ,
           and
           abstracting
           from
           our
           Deservings
           )
           we
           need
           not
           greatly
           fear
           ,
           but
           we
           may
           yet
           subdue
           the
           pride
           and
           insolence
           of
           our
           barbarous
           Enemies
           ;
           we
           may
           yet
           behold
           our
           City
           rising
           out
           of
           its
           ashes
           in
           
             greater
             splendour
          
           than
           we
           have
           seen
           it
           heretofore
           .
        
         
           
             Wherefore
             arise
          
           ,
           and
           gird
           your selves
           O
           ye
           Princes
           ,
           ye
           Nobles
           ,
           ye
           Rulers
           of
           our
           
             Israel
             !
             Consult
             ,
             consider
             ,
             and
             give
             sentence
             .
             Men
             ,
             Brethren
             ,
          
           and
           Fathers
           ,
           let
           us
           arise
           and
           labour
           ;
           let
           us
           up
           and
           
             be
             doing
          
           ,
           be
           strong
           and
           of
           good
           courage
           ,
           and
           the
           good
           hand
           of
           our
           God
           shall
           be
           upon
           you
           ;
           he
           shall
           give
           you
           the
           honour
           to
           be
           the
           defenders
           of
           your
           Country
           ,
           he
           shall
           make
           you
           repairers
           of
           the
           
             breaches
             ,
             restorers
          
           of
           our
           City
           to
           dwell
           in
           .
        
         
           Yet
           I
           cannot
           ,
           I
           may
           not
           forbear
           to
           put
           you
           in
           remembrance
           of
           this
           one
           thing
           ;
           
             Except
             the
             Lord
             build
             the
             City
             ,
             their
             labour
             is
             but
             lost
             that
             build
             it
             .
          
           It
           is
           not
           our
           wisdom
           or
           industry
           ,
           much
           less
           our
           confidence
           that
           will
           do
           it
           ,
           
             unless
             God
          
           be
           for
           us
           ;
           neither
           will
           God
           be
           for
           us
           ,
           unless
           we
           turn
           from
           the
           evil
           of
           our
           
             ways
             :
             except
          
           we
           repent
           ,
           we
           have
           reason
           to
           fear
           ,
           that
           what
           we
           have
           seen
           hitherto
           ,
           will
           be
           no
           more
           but
           the
           beginning
           of
           our
           sorrows
           .
           The
           Prophet
           Esay
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             That
             the
             Lord
             sent
             a
             word
             unto
             
             Jacob
             ,
             and
             it
             lighted
             on
             Israel
             ;
             and
             all
             the
             people
             shall
             know
             ,
             that
             say
             in
             the
             pride
             and
             stoutness
             of
             their
             hearts
             ,
             the
             Bricks
             are
             fallen
             ,
             but
             we
             will
             build
             with
             
               hewn
               Stones
            
             ;
             the
             Sycamores
             are
             down
             ,
             but
             we
             will
             change
             them
             into
             Cedars
             .
             Therefore
             the
             Lord
             will
             
               set
               up
            
             their
             Adversaries
             ,
             and
             joyn
             their
             Enemies
             together
             ,
             the
             Syrians
             before
             ,
             and
             the
             Philistims
             behind
             ,
             and
             they
             shall
             devour
             Israel
             with
             open
             mouth
             ;
             Because
             this
             people
             turneth
             not
             to
             him
             that
             smiteth
             them
             .
          
        
         
           
             Wherefore
             turn
          
           you
           ,
           turn
           you
           every
           one
           from
           the
           evil
           of
           his
           ways
           .
           Let
           us
           search
           our
           hearts
           ,
           and
           try
           our
           ways
           ,
           and
           turn
           to
           him
           that
           hath
           smitten
           us
           .
           Turn
           unto
           him
           
           with
           all
           our
           hearts
           ,
           with
           fasting
           and
           with
           weeping
           ,
           and
           mourning
           ;
           he
           hath
           smitten
           us
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           heal
           us
           ,
           because
           his
           compassions
           fail
           not
           .
           
             Come
             and
             let
          
           us
           reason
           together
           ,
           
             saith
             God
          
           ,
           though
           your
           sins
           were
           as
           scarlet
           ,
           they
           shall
           be
           white
           as
           snow
           .
        
         
           There
           is
           yet
           
             a
             way
          
           open
           to
           take
           away
           the
           terror
           of
           our
           
             Particular
             Judgment
          
           ,
           and
           to
           prevent
           a
           final
           Judgment
           from
           falling
           upon
           the
           Nation
           .
           We
           are
           yet
           in
           the
           Land
           of
           hope
           ,
           and
           space
           is
           given
           for
           Repentance
           ,
           the
           door
           of
           mercy
           is
           not
           yet
           shut
           upon
           us
           ,
           nor
           the
           ears
           of
           our
           
             Judge
             sealed
          
           against
           us
           .
        
         
           O
           that
           men
           would
           therefore
           praise
           the
           Lord
           for
           his
           Goodness
           ,
           and
           declare
           the
           wonders
           that
           he
           hath
           done
           for
           the
           children
           of
           men
           !
           that
           hath
           
             not
             dealt
          
           with
           us
           after
           our
           sins
           ,
           nor
           rewarded
           us
           according
           to
           our
           Iniquities
           ;
           that
           hath
           not
           cut
           us
           off
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           our
           sins
           ,
           nor
           in
           the
           height
           of
           our
           
             impenitencies
             snatched
          
           us
           away
           to
           Judgment
           ,
           that
           hath
           not
           dealt
           with
           us
           as
           with
           the
           
             Apostate
             Angels
          
           ,
           and
           with
           Thousands
           of
           our
           Brethren
           ,
           who
           were
           better
           and
           more
           righteous
           than
           we
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           once
           more
           then
           return
           into
           our
           selves
           .
           Let
           us
           consider
           our
           condition
           ,
           let
           us
           veiw
           over
           and
           ballance
           the
           grounds
           of
           our
           hopes
           ,
           and
           the
           reasons
           of
           our
           fears
           :
           Let
           us
           take
           an
           exact
           account
           of
           our
           
             whole
             estate
          
           and
           interest
           in
           reference
           to
           all
           our
           
             concernments
             ,
             National
          
           and
           
             Personal
             ,
             Temporal
          
           and
           Eternal
           .
           Let
           us
           deliberate
           and
           advise
           what
           is
           to
           be
           done
           ,
           and
           what
           to
           be
           avoided
           .
        
         
           Did
           I
           say
           deliberate
           ?
           Whether
           we
           shall
           save
           our
           souls
           from
           utter
           darkness
           and
           everlasting
           burnings
           ?
           Whether
           we
           shall
           save
           the
           Nation
           from
           final
           ruine
           and
           desolation
           ?
           —
           Nay
           rather
           ,
        
         
           Let
           us
           
             break
             off
          
           our
           sins
           by
           repentance
           ,
           and
           our
           Iniquities
           by
           shewing
           mercy
           to
           the
           poor
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           make
           our selves
           friends
           of
           the
           Mammon
           of
           unrighteousness
           ,
           that-when
           we
           fail
           ,
           we
           may
           be
           received
           into
           everlasting
           habitations
           .
        
         
         
           
             Let
             us
          
           lend
           
             unto
             the
          
           Lord
           ,
           
             that
             we
             may
             have
          
           treasure
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           where
           neither
           moth
           nor
           rust
           doth
           corrupt
           ,
           nor
           theives
           break
           through
           and
           steal
           .
        
         
           Let
           us
           fast
           the
           fast
           that
           the
           Lord
           hath
           
             chosen
             ;
             Loose
          
           the
           bands
           of
           
             wickedness
             ,
             feed
          
           the
           
             hungry
             ,
             cloath
          
           the
           naked
           ;
           he
           that
           hath
           
             two
             Coats
          
           ,
           let
           him
           give
           to
           him
           that
           
             hath
             none
          
           ;
           and
           he
           that
           hath
           meat
           let
           him
           do
           likewise
           .
        
         
           Such
           an
           occasion
           scarce
           happens
           in
           many
           hundreds
           of
           years
           ;
           and
           for
           motives
           to
           charity
           ,
           they
           are
           all
           comprised
           in
           that
           great
           argument
           of
           the
           Judgment
           to
           come
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Son
           of
           Man
           shall
           come
           to
           Judgment
           ,
           and
           shall
           sit
           upon
           the
           Thnone
           of
           his
           Glory
           :
           When
           
             all
             Nations
          
           shall
           be
           gathered
           before
           him
           ,
           and
           he
           shall
           set
           the
           Sheep
           on
           his
           
             right
             hand
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Goats
           
             on
             his
             left
          
           :
           This
           shall
           be
           the
           mark
           of
           their
           discrimination
           ,
        
         
           He
           
             shall
             say
          
           to
           those
           on
           his
           right
           hand
           ,
           I
           was
           hungry
           ,
           and
           ye
           fed
           me
           ;
           thirsty
           ,
           and
           ye
           gave
           me
           
             drink
             ;
             naked
          
           ,
           and
           ye
           cloathed
           me
           ;
           sick
           and
           in
           prison
           ,
           and
           ye
           visited
           me
           ;
           
             Come
             ye
             blessed
             of
             my
             Faiher
             ,
          
           receive
           the
           
             Kingdom
             prepared
          
           for
           you
           .
        
         
           
             And
             he
             shall
             say
             unto
             them
             on
             the
          
           left
           hand
           ,
           
             I
             was
          
           hungry
           ,
           
             and
             ye
          
           fed
           me
           not
           ;
           thirsty
           ,
           
             and
             ye
          
           gave
           me
           no
           drink
           ;
           
             &c.
             
             Wherefore
          
           go
           ye
           cursod
           into
           everlasting
           fire
           ,
           prepared
           for
           the
           Devil
           and
           his
           Angels
           .
        
         
           The
           way
           is
           short
           and
           compendious
           to
           
             save
             all
          
           our
           interests
           .
           What
           doth
           the
           Lord
           require
           of
           us
           but
           to
           do
           justly
           ,
           to
           
             love
             mercy
          
           ,
           to
           
             walk
             humbly
          
           before
           the
           Lord
           our
           God
           ;
           Let
           us
           be
           merciful
           therefore
           as
           our
           
             heavenly
             Father
          
           is
           merciful
           ,
           and
           let
           us
           humble
           our
           selves
           under
           the
           
             Almighty
             hand
          
           of
           God
           ,
           as
           we
           pretend
           to
           do
           
             this
             day
          
           .
           Let
           us
           betake
           our selves
           afore-hand
           to
           our
           Judge
           ,
           and
           pour
           out
           our
           complaints
           before
           him
           .
           Let
           us
           confess
           our
           wickedness
           ,
           and
           be
           sorry
           for
           our
           sins
           .
           Let
           us
           
             lay
             hold
          
           on
           the
           feet
           of
           our
           Blessed
           Redeemer
           ,
           and
           give
           him
           
             no
             rest
             till
          
           he
           hath
           sealed
           our
           pardon
           .
           Let
           us
           bathe
           with
           our
           tears
           the
           wounds
           that
           we
           have
           made
           .
           Let
           us
           
             cry
             mightily
          
           to
           the
           Throne
           of
           Grace
           .
           
           Let
           us
           wrestle
           and
           strive
           with
           our
           Redeemer
           ,
           and
           
             not
             les
             him
             go
          
           until
           he
           bless
           us
           :
           Until
           he
           open
           our
           eyes
           to
           see
           the
           
             dangers
             we
             are
          
           in
           ,
           and
           through
           his
           mercy
           shew
           us
           a
           way
           to
           escape
           them
           .
           Till
           he
           quicken
           us
           up
           to
           resolutions
           of
           amendment
           ,
           and
           carry
           us
           strongly
           through
           these
           resolutions
           .
           Until
           he
           heal
           our
           back-slidings
           ,
           and
           
             make
             up
          
           our
           breaches
           :
           Until
           he
           save
           our
           souls
           from
           death
           ,
           and
           our
           Nation
           from
           destruction
           .
        
         
           To
           work
           our selves
           to
           these
           Resolutions
           ,
           and
           to
           fix
           us
           in
           them
           ,
           to
           make
           them
           abide
           upon
           us
           
             all
             our
             days
          
           ,
           let
           us
           remember
           what
           hath
           been
           spoken
           ,
           and
           let
           us
           
             frequently
             meditate
          
           upon
           that
           
             Sarcastical
             Concession
          
           of
           the
           Text
           ,
        
         
           
             Rejoyce
             O
             young
             
               man
               in
               thy
            
             youth
             ,
             
               and
               let
               thy
            
             heart
             chear
             
               thee
               in
               the
            
             days
             
               of
               thy
            
             youth
             ,
             
               walk
               in
               the
            
             ways
             
               of
               thy
            
             heart
             ,
             
               and
               the
            
             sight
             
               of
               thy
            
             eyes
             ;
             But
             know
             that
             for
             all
             these
             things
             God
             will
             bring
             thee
             to
             Judgment
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A67572-e170
           
             I.
             
          
           
             II.
             
          
           
             III.
             
          
           
             IV.
             
          
           
             V.
             
          
           
             VI.
             
          
           
             Applic.
             general
             .
          
           
             Esai
             .
             66.
             15.
             
          
           
             Applic
             particular
             .
          
           
             Esai
             .
             9.