Mr. Thomas Wadsworth's Last warning to secure sinners being his two last sermons concerning the certainty and dreadfulness of the future misery of all impenitent ungodly sinners : to which is prefixed an epistle of Mr. Richard Baxter's.
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             Mr. Thomas Wadsworth's Last warning to secure sinners being his two last sermons concerning the certainty and dreadfulness of the future misery of all impenitent ungodly sinners : to which is prefixed an epistle of Mr. Richard Baxter's.
             Wadsworth, Thomas, 1630-1676.
             Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691.
          
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           Mr.
           Thomas
           Wadsworth's
           LAST
           WARNING
           TO
           SECURE
           SINNERS
           :
           Being
           his
           Two
           Last
           SERMONS
           Concerning
           the
           Certainty
           and
           Dreadfulness
           OF
           THE
           Future
           Misery
           of
           all
           Impenitent
           ungodly
           Sinners
           .
           To
           which
           is
           Prefixed
           an
           Epistle
           of
           Mr.
           RICHARD
           BAXTER's
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Tho.
             Parkhurst
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Bible
           and
           three
           Crowns
           in
           Cheapside
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           Bible
           on
           London-bridg
           1677.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           READER
           .
        
         
           IT
           is
           not
           so
           much
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           the
           departed
           Author
           of
           these
           Sermons
           ,
           as
           for
           thy self
           ,
           that
           this
           Preface
           doth
           recommend
           them
           to
           thy
           acceptance
           and
           perusal
           :
           Though
           in
           order
           hereunto
           it
           is
           meet
           that
           thou
           have
           some
           account
           both
           of
           the
           Author
           ,
           and
           of
           the
           reasons
           of
           their
           publication
           .
           The
           Author
           was
           a
           person
           with
           whom
           I
           had
           long
           much
           communication
           by
           Letters
           ,
           before
           I
           ever
           saw
           his
           face
           .
           By
           many
           
           of
           which
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           full
           testimony
           of
           his
           flock
           ,
           I
           can
           assuredly
           give
           thee
           this
           true
           account
           of
           him
           :
           When
           he
           was
           placed
           for
           the
           exercise
           of
           the
           Sacred
           Ministry
           at
           Newington-Butts
           ,
           near
           Southwark
           ,
           he
           addicted
           himself
           entirely
           to
           the
           winning
           and
           edifying
           of
           Souls
           ;
           believing
           the
           great
           things
           of
           the
           unseen
           world
           ,
           and
           life
           to
           come
           ;
           the
           obtaining
           of
           that
           happiness
           by
           faith
           and
           holiness
           ,
           was
           the
           end
           and
           work
           of
           his
           Ministry
           and
           Life
           .
           He
           took
           heed
           to
           himself
           and
           to
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           continued
           therein
           ,
           that
           he
           might
           save
           himself
           ,
           and
           those
           that
           heard
           him
           ,
           2
           Tim.
           4.16
           .
           Unnecessary
           Questions
           and
           Controversies
           
           he
           avoided
           :
           In
           those
           that
           he
           was
           constrained
           to
           meddle
           with
           ,
           he
           much
           lookt
           at
           the
           end
           ,
           and
           adhered
           to
           the
           Doctrine
           which
           is
           according
           to
           Godliness
           ;
           carefully
           shunning
           contentions
           and
           extreams
           ,
           and
           that
           manner
           of
           disputing
           or
           conversing
           which
           destroyeth
           Christian
           love
           .
           In
           the
           common
           Controversies
           about
           Predestination
           ,
           Grace
           ,
           and
           Free-will
           ,
           he
           held
           to
           the
           middle
           way
           of
           
             Augustine
             ,
             Prosper
          
           ,
           &c.
           contenting
           himself
           to
           prove
           and
           teach
           ,
           That
           all
           evil
           is
           of
           our selves
           ,
           and
           all
           good
           is
           of
           God
           ;
           that
           God
           is
           no
           author
           of
           Sin
           ,
           but
           yet
           is
           the
           Governour
           of
           all
           the
           World
           ,
           whose
           absolute
           Will
           cannot
           be
           
           frustrate
           ;
           and
           that
           Christ
           hath
           procured
           that
           universal
           conditional
           gift
           of
           pardon
           and
           life
           which
           is
           found
           in
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           and
           commanded
           his
           Ministers
           to
           preach
           and
           offer
           it
           to
           all
           ;
           and
           so
           of
           the
           rest
           .
        
         
           But
           the
           Errors
           which
           subvert
           Faith
           ,
           Hope
           ,
           or
           Obedience
           ,
           he
           would
           not
           make
           light
           of
           ;
           and
           therefore
           lately
           wrote
           that
           very
           considerable
           Treatise
           of
           the
           
             Immortality
             of
             the
             Soul
          
           ;
           especially
           for
           the
           use
           of
           such
           as
           reject
           not
           Scripture-proof
           ,
           leaving
           out
           most
           of
           the
           Philosophical
           Reasons
           which
           Infidels
           expect
           ;
           but
           adding
           some
           few
           of
           them
           which
           are
           of
           weight
           ,
           though
           not
           a
           large
           performance
           of
           that
           part
           of
           the
           work
           .
        
         
         
           He
           was
           happily
           too
           young
           to
           be
           engaged
           in
           the
           military
           or
           uncivil
           quarrels
           of
           this
           Age.
           He
           knew
           that
           Christs
           Ministers
           have
           work
           enough
           of
           their
           own
           ,
           in
           preaching
           ,
           promoting
           and
           practising
           the
           Christian
           Faith
           ,
           and
           hope
           of
           Glory
           ,
           and
           keeping
           themselves
           and
           others
           in
           obedience
           ,
           love
           and
           peace
           .
        
         
           When
           the
           Changes
           had
           occasioned
           great
           contentions
           about
           Church-Worship
           ,
           Admiministrations
           ,
           Communion
           and
           Discipline
           ,
           the
           City
           of
           London
           where
           he
           lived
           attempting
           to
           set
           up
           the
           Presbyterian
           Government
           ,
           but
           finding
           it
           very
           difficult
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           number
           of
           Episcopal
           and
           Independent
           Dissenters
           ,
           
           and
           because
           the
           Parliament
           would
           give
           Presbytery
           no
           more
           than
           a
           Toleration
           and
           Recommendation
           ,
           he
           resolved
           to
           join
           with
           no
           party
           in
           the
           Division
           ,
           but
           to
           look
           simply
           to
           Gods
           Word
           ,
           and
           to
           do
           that
           which
           there
           he
           found
           past
           Controversie
           ,
           an
           unquestionable
           duty
           .
           At
           that
           time
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Worcestershire
           had
           entred
           into
           an
           Association
           :
        
         
           1.
           
           In
           their
           Worship
           ,
           Administration
           and
           Discipline
           ,
           unanimously
           to
           practice
           so
           much
           as
           the
           then
           parties
           ,
           
             Episcopal
             ,
             Presbyterian
          
           and
           Independents
           are
           agreed
           in
           ;
           believing
           that
           the
           faithful
           practice
           of
           so
           much
           ,
           would
           better
           reconcile
           them
           ,
           
           than
           strangeness
           and
           disputes
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           To
           set
           up
           a
           regular
           course
           of
           Personal
           Conference
           by
           Catechising
           &
           loving-instructions
           ,
           and
           exhortations
           ,
           to
           prepare
           them
           for
           death
           and
           eternity
           ,
           with
           all
           the
           Families
           in
           our
           Parishes
           ,
           in
           order
           ,
           who
           would
           voluntarily
           submit
           to
           it
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           practice
           of
           these
           two
           ,
           we
           had
           great
           experience
           of
           Gods
           blessing
           .
           And
           Mr.
           Wadsworth
           desiring
           (
           as
           many
           Counties
           did
           )
           to
           do
           the
           like
           ,
           sent
           to
           me
           for
           the
           draught
           of
           our
           Agreement
           :
           And
           because
           he
           would
           avoid
           temerity
           and
           needless
           singularity
           ,
           he
           addrest
           himself
           to
           the
           Classes
           of
           the
           London
           Ministers
           ,
           and
           asked
           
           their
           Advice
           ;
           who
           told
           him
           to
           this
           purpose
           ,
           That
           they
           were
           under
           many
           hinderances
           from
           doing
           it
           themselves
           ,
           but
           they
           would
           not
           disswade
           nor
           discourage
           him
           from
           attempting
           it
           :
           Which
           hereupon
           he
           presently
           did
           .
           To
           his
           constant
           Publick
           Preaching
           he
           added
           this
           work
           of
           Personal
           and
           Family
           Instruction
           ;
           not
           only
           to
           visit
           the
           Sick
           ,
           but
           to
           Teach
           and
           Exhort
           his
           Flock
           ,
           in
           health
           ,
           to
           prepare
           for
           death
           ,
           
             and
             work
             out
             their
             Salvation
          
           .
           To
           Catechize
           them
           ,
           and
           help
           them
           to
           understand
           the
           words
           ,
           and
           to
           get
           down
           the
           sweetness
           and
           power
           of
           the
           matter
           upon
           their
           hearts
           :
           Behaving
           
           himself
           with
           convincing
           Light
           ,
           with
           melting
           Love
           ,
           and
           quickning
           seriousness
           ,
           to
           those
           that
           he
           conversed
           with
           ;
           that
           none
           might
           be
           left
           as
           
             dark
             ,
             disaffected
          
           ,
           or
           dead
           ,
           as
           they
           were
           found
           .
        
         
           He
           also
           gave
           Catechisms
           and
           Testaments
           ,
           and
           some
           other
           Books
           most
           suited
           to
           their
           state
           ,
           to
           the
           poor
           people
           of
           his
           Parish
           ,
           engaging
           them
           to
           read
           them
           ,
           and
           taking
           an
           account
           of
           their
           performance
           and
           proficiency
           .
        
         
           If
           you
           ask
           where
           he
           had
           Money
           to
           do
           all
           this
           ,
           he
           lived
           frugally
           himself
           ?
           He
           took
           nothing
           to
           be
           so
           much
           his
           own
           ,
           as
           to
           be
           laid
           out
           on
           himself
           any
           further
           
           than
           it
           maintained
           him
           in
           his
           Masters
           work
           .
           The
           rest
           he
           took
           himself
           to
           be
           but
           a
           steward
           of
           ,
           to
           distribute
           it
           prudently
           to
           others
           .
           What
           was
           not
           necessary
           to
           his
           personal
           maintenance
           and
           work
           ,
           he
           gave
           to
           others
           ,
           in
           the
           way
           and
           on
           the
           terms
           which
           might
           best
           further
           their
           Salvation
           .
           And
           what
           he
           was
           unable
           to
           do
           himself
           ,
           he
           beg'd
           from
           such
           as
           were
           more
           able
           .
        
         
           And
           as
           to
           the
           aforesaid
           manner
           of
           exercising
           his
           Administrations
           ,
           and
           Church-discipline
           ,
           he
           and
           the
           Church
           chose
           many
           Deacons
           ,
           and
           certain
           of
           the
           ancientest
           and
           most
           prudent
           members
           ,
           who
           should
           not
           be
           Officers
           ,
           as
           unordained
           Elders
           ,
           but
           
           only
           the
           Churches
           Delegates
           ,
           to
           take
           such
           cognizance
           of
           the
           action
           ,
           and
           give
           such
           assistance
           as
           the
           Laity
           may
           do
           ;
           himself
           with
           these
           Deacons
           and
           Delegates
           of
           the
           people
           ,
           met
           once
           a
           Month
           to
           hear
           what
           causes
           required
           their
           open
           admonitions
           ,
           when
           private
           reproofs
           had
           been
           rejected
           ;
           when
           offenders
           were
           to
           be
           humbly
           and
           compassionately
           admonished
           ,
           and
           by
           moving-arguments
           perswaded
           to
           repent
           :
           And
           if
           they
           yet
           were
           obstinate
           ,
           more
           earnestly
           perswaded
           by
           them
           all
           ,
           and
           by
           clearest
           reasons
           convinced
           of
           the
           evil
           of
           their
           sin
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           necessity
           of
           true
           repentance
           .
           And
           if
           yet
           they
           remained
           obstinate
           
           (
           with
           us
           ,
           they
           were
           summoned
           to
           hear
           the
           convincing
           reasons
           of
           an
           Assembly
           of
           Pastors
           that
           shortly
           after
           met
           ,
           and
           their
           humble
           Exhortations
           and
           Prayers
           for
           their
           Repentance
           ;
           but
           Mr.
           Wadsworth
           had
           not
           so
           much
           of
           that
           assistance
           )
           the
           order
           was
           next
           to
           publish
           the
           crime
           and
           impenitence
           to
           the
           Assembly
           ,
           and
           there
           publickly
           beseech
           the
           Sinner
           to
           repent
           ,
           and
           the
           Congregation
           to
           join
           in
           prayer
           for
           his
           Repentance
           (
           and
           this
           usually
           three
           days
           together
           )
           .
           And
           if
           still
           he
           were
           impenitent
           ,
           to
           declare
           him
           unfit
           for
           Communion
           with
           the
           Church
           ,
           and
           require
           the
           people
           to
           avoid
           him
           ,
           and
           binding
           him
           
           over
           to
           the
           judgment
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           will
           not
           pardon
           the
           impenitent
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           recite
           part
           of
           a
           short
           Writing
           which
           his
           Hearers
           gave
           me
           now
           since
           his
           death
           ,
           in
           their
           own
           words
           :
        
         
           
             At
             his
             first
             coming
             to
          
           Newington-Butts
           ,
           
             which
             was
             about
          
           1653
           ,
           
             He
             preached
             constantly
             twice
             every
             Lords-day
             ;
             And
             had
             monthly
             meetings
             with
             us
             ,
             where
             he
             prayed
             and
             preached
             :
             In
             the
             Summer
             ,
             for
             half
             a
             year
             ,
             he
             preached
             a
             Lecture
             :
             And
             in
             the
             winter
             ,
             every
             day
             of
             the
             week
             ,
             except
             Saturdays
             ,
             neither
             cold
             nor
             wet
             did
             keep
             him
             from
             his
             work
             ;
             which
             was
             Praying
             and
             Expounding
             ,
             which
             he
             constantly
             performed
             at
             
             seven
             a
             Clock
             in
             the
             morning
             :
             And
             on
             Saturdays
             he
             spent
             the
             afternoon
             in
             Catechizing
             :
             And
             finding
             much
             ignorance
             in
             the
             Parish
             ,
             he
             was
             the
             more
             laborious
             for
             their
             instruction
             ;
             and
             once
             every
             week
             in
             the
             Winter
             ,
             he
             would
             be-speak
             a
             house
             in
             the
             Street
             at
             the
             end
             of
             an
             Alley
             ,
             and
             thither
             he
             would
             send
             for
             the
             poor
             people
             out
             of
             the
             Alleys
             ,
             and
             spend
             much
             time
             in
             instructing
             them
             ,
             and
             praying
             with
             them
             :
             the
             next
             week
             he
             would
             do
             the
             same
             in
             another
             place
             ;
             and
             where
             he
             himself
             had
             been
             the
             former
             week
             ,
             he
             would
             appoint
             one
             that
             could
             write
             well
             ,
             to
             follow
             him
             ,
             and
             repeat
             a
             Sermon
             ,
             and
             pray
             with
             the
             people
             in
             the
             same
             place
             ,
             
             to
             keep
             on
             their
             hearts
             what
             had
             been
             wrought
             ;
             and
             such
             of
             the
             willing
             persons
             as
             could
             not
             repeat
             sufficiently
             ,
             he
             appointed
             to
             read
             some
             fit
             Book
             to
             the
             hearers
             ,
             usually
             the
             book
             called
             ,
          
           A
           Call
           to
           the
           Unconverted
           .
           
             And
             that
             against
          
           Making
           Light
           of
           Christ
           ,
           
             which
             in
             a
             great
             measure
             answered
             his
             ends
             .
             And
             finding
             by
             going
             thus
             through
             all
             his
             Parish
             ,
             that
             not
             only
             Children
             ,
             but
             Servants
             ,
             and
             Ancient
             persons
             ,
             were
             very
             ignorant
             ;
             and
             the
             more
             because
             they
             could
             not
             read
             :
             he
             sent
             to
             the
             Vniversity
             for
             a
             young
             man
          
           (
           
             who
             is
             now
             a
             Minister
             in
          
           Sussex
           )
           
             and
             gave
             him
             his
             maintenance
             ,
             to
             go
             three
             days
             a
             week
             ,
             to
             teach
             people
             to
             read
             ;
             by
             
             which
             means
             aged
             persons
             ,
             some
             of
             sixty
             years
             of
             age
             ,
             and
             some
             more
             ,
             did
             learn
             to
             read
             ,
             to
             their
             great
             comfort
             :
             And
             to
             farther
             their
             understanding
             of
             the
             Principles
             of
             Religion
             ,
             he
             Printed
             a
             short
          
           Catechism
           
             of
             Twelve
             Questions
             and
             Answers
             ,
             and
             gave
             them
             freely
             to
             all
             the
             Parishioners
             that
             would
             come
             for
             them
             ;
             and
             for
             them
             that
             were
             poor
             ,
             and
             old
             ,
             he
             bought
             a
             great
             number
             of
          
           Testaments
           ,
           
             and
             gave
             them
             to
             the
             elder
             poor
             people
             and
             servants
             that
             could
             not
             buy
             them
             :
             and
             when
             he
             asked
             many
             poor
             people
             why
             they
             came
             not
             to
             the
             Publick
             Worship
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             they
             would
             answer
             ,
             because
             they
             had
             not
             cloaths
             ;
             he
             would
             stir
             up
             some
             
             friends
             which
             he
             had
             in
          
           London
           ,
           
             to
             relieve
             them
             ,
             and
             so
             got
             cloth
             ,
             and
             clothed
             them
             .
          
        
         
           His
           health
           calling
           him
           to
           abide
           most
           in
           the
           Country
           at
           Theobalds
           ,
           he
           got
           a
           grave
           Minister
           Mr.
           Parsons
           to
           be
           his
           Assistant
           in
           Southwark
           ;
           and
           so
           divided
           his
           labours
           to
           Two
           Congregations
           ,
           being
           one
           day
           with
           one
           ,
           and
           the
           next
           with
           the
           other
           .
           And
           having
           a
           competency
           of
           his
           own
           ,
           he
           never
           took
           any
           Stipend
           or
           Maintenance
           from
           either
           of
           them
           ;
           but
           lived
           as
           believing
           that
           it
           is
           more
           honourable
           to
           give
           than
           to
           receive
           :
           That
           very
           small
           proportion
           which
           was
           Contributed
           ,
           he
           left
           his
           Assistant
           ,
           who
           
           needed
           it
           ,
           to
           receive
           .
        
         
           This
           faithful
           Servant
           of
           Christ
           did
           for
           many
           years
           perform
           these
           hard
           but
           pleasing
           labours
           ,
           under
           that
           sore
           disease
           ,
           the
           
             Stone
             in
             the
             Reins
          
           (
           which
           some
           think
           was
           
           Paul's
           prick
           in
           the
           flesh
           ,
           though
           others
           rather
           take
           it
           for
           Reproach
           or
           Persecution
           )
           .
           And
           though
           by
           the
           ordinary
           use
           of
           
           North-hall-Waters
           he
           seemed
           long
           to
           keep
           it
           under
           ;
           yet
           leaving
           the
           Country
           ,
           &
           coming
           to
           abide
           again
           at
           London
           ,
           after
           twice
           preaching
           with
           very
           great
           fervency
           ,
           he
           fell
           into
           that
           extremity
           of
           pain
           ,
           which
           in
           a
           short
           time
           brought
           him
           to
           his
           Death
           ;
           which
           how
           peaceably
           and
           comfortably
           he
           underwent
           to
           the
           
           last
           ,
           Mr.
           Brag
           hath
           told
           you
           in
           his
           Funeral-Sermon
           .
           His
           dissected
           body
           shewed
           that
           a
           Stone
           in
           the
           Bladder
           as
           well
           as
           his
           calculous
           and
           corrupted
           Kidneys
           ,
           was
           his
           Death
           .
        
         
           The
           affection
           of
           his
           Flock
           to
           their
           departed
           Pastor
           ,
           made
           them
           desirous
           that
           his
           last
           Sermons
           might
           be
           published
           ;
           not
           because
           they
           excelled
           all
           the
           rest
           (
           for
           in
           these
           you
           may
           see
           his
           ordinary
           fervency
           and
           familiarity
           in
           preaching
           )
           ;
           but
           the
           last
           words
           of
           our
           friends
           affect
           us
           most
           ;
           and
           as
           we
           remember
           them
           best
           ,
           so
           we
           are
           desirous
           to
           commemorate
           them
           to
           others
           .
        
         
           It
           will
           be
           thought
           by
           some
           an
           injury
           to
           the
           deceased
           Author
           ,
           
           that
           such
           popular
           and
           plain
           Exhortations
           should
           be
           published
           ,
           when
           no
           doubt
           had
           he
           lived
           to
           publish
           them
           himself
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           appeared
           in
           a
           less
           homely
           dress
           .
           But
           I
           take
           it
           for
           no
           disgrace
           but
           a
           great
           and
           necessary
           duty
           ,
           to
           speak
           the
           important
           matters
           of
           Salvation
           (
           not
           in
           a
           slovenly
           ,
           but
           )
           in
           as
           plain
           ,
           and
           familiar
           ,
           and
           fervent
           a
           manner
           ,
           as
           (
           its
           well
           known
           )
           the
           common
           ignorance
           and
           dullness
           of
           most
           Hearers
           do
           require
           .
           Who
           can
           speak
           too
           plainly
           or
           too
           earnestly
           to
           such
           ?
           And
           Writings
           must
           be
           suited
           to
           such
           
             Readers
             Capacity
          
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           Sermons
           to
           such
           hearers
           .
           Two
           instances
           encourage
           
           me
           to
           this
           recommendation
           ,
           viz.
           The
           works
           of
           Mr.
           
             William
             Fenner
          
           ,
           and
           of
           Mr.
           
             Thomas
             Hooker
          
           ,
           which
           were
           popularly
           delivered
           and
           taken
           from
           their
           mouths
           in
           so
           broken
           and
           rude
           a
           manner
           as
           greatly
           injured
           the
           Authors
           ,
           (
           and
           are
           not
           to
           pass
           as
           the
           notice
           of
           their
           judgments
           in
           points
           of
           Controversie
           )
           yet
           did
           more
           good
           by
           their
           
             plainness
             and
             familiar
             earnestness
          
           ,
           than
           most
           Books
           that
           I
           have
           known
           :
           But
           those
           that
           the
           
             same
             men
          
           published
           themselves
           in
           a
           
             closer
             stile
          
           ,
           have
           far
           less
           profited
           the
           world
           of
           ordinary
           Readers
           .
           That
           is
           good
           ,
           which
           doth
           good
           .
        
         
           To
           shew
           the
           reasonableness
           that
           all
           Ministers
           should
           deal
           
           thus
           faithfully
           and
           plainly
           with
           such
           as
           are
           under
           their
           Ministry
           ,
           I
           will
           lay
           open
           somewhat
           of
           the
           case
           before
           you
           ,
           and
           then
           judg
           reasonably
           of
           it
           as
           you
           are
           men
           .
           The
           Eternal
           God
           delighting
           in
           the
           wonderful
           diversity
           of
           his
           Creatures
           ,
           hath
           made
           man
           of
           a
           middle
           nature
           ,
           between
           Bruits
           and
           Angels
           ,
           giving
           him
           Vital-power
           ,
           Reason
           and
           Free
           will.
           He
           hath
           placed
           him
           in
           this
           World
           as
           for
           a
           race
           or
           warfare
           ,
           resolving
           that
           as
           he
           behaveth
           himself
           ,
           it
           shall
           go
           with
           him
           in
           another
           World
           for
           ever
           :
           For
           though
           his
           body
           be
           dust
           ,
           and
           must
           to
           dust
           return
           ,
           his
           soul
           is
           from
           above
           ,
           and
           liveth
           in
           blessedness
           or
           misery
           for
           ever
           .
           By
           
           Sin
           we
           have
           all
           forfeited
           our
           right
           to
           Heaven
           :
           But
           Eternal
           Love
           hath
           given
           us
           a
           Redeemer
           ,
           who
           is
           God
           and
           Man
           ,
           who
           as
           our
           Surety
           became
           a
           Sacrifice
           for
           our
           sins
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           Merits
           hath
           purchased
           a
           Conditional
           Grant
           of
           free
           forgiveness
           ,
           and
           of
           renewing
           Grace
           ,
           and
           endless
           Glory
           .
           And
           being
           ascended
           into
           Heaven
           ,
           possesseth
           it
           in
           our
           nature
           ,
           and
           intercedeth
           for
           us
           ,
           being
           now
           as
           Redeemer
           ,
           Lord
           of
           all
           .
           And
           as
           the
           Sun
           above
           us
           sendeth
           down
           its
           beams
           on
           Earth
           ,
           so
           doth
           our
           Glorified
           Lord
           his
           Spirit
           ,
           to
           
             quicken
             ,
             enlighten
          
           and
           sanctifie
           Souls
           ,
           who
           were
           dead
           and
           dark
           ,
           and
           disaffected
           to
           God
           ,
           to
           Holiness
           
           and
           Heavenly
           perfection
           .
           And
           he
           hath
           appointed
           the
           Ministerial
           Office
           ,
           that
           men
           might
           be
           his
           messengers
           to
           men
           ,
           to
           acquaint
           them
           with
           his
           Grace
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           Glory
           which
           he
           prepareth
           for
           them
           ,
           that
           they
           may
           truly
           believe
           it
           ,
           soberly
           think
           of
           it
           ,
           duly
           value
           it
           ,
           heartily
           chuse
           it
           ,
           and
           diligently
           seek
           it
           ,
           and
           live
           and
           die
           in
           the
           joyful
           expectation
           of
           it
           .
           And
           as
           our
           Souls
           converse
           not
           with
           our
           neighbours
           immediately
           ,
           but
           in
           and
           by
           our
           bodies
           in
           which
           they
           work
           ;
           so
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           doth
           not
           ordinarily
           work
           on
           mens
           Souls
           without
           any
           means
           ,
           but
           by
           his
           Word
           and
           Works
           which
           his
           Ministers
           must
           declare
           .
           
           Man
           is
           not
           now
           put
           upon
           satisfying
           Gods
           Justice
           ,
           or
           purchasing
           his
           Salvation
           by
           a
           price
           .
           Christ
           hath
           done
           these
           ,
           and
           made
           a
           free
           gift
           of
           Grace
           and
           Glory
           to
           all
           that
           will
           but
           penitently
           and
           believingly
           accept
           it
           .
           Under
           Gods
           Grace
           ,
           mens
           everlasting
           Salvation
           now
           lieth
           on
           their
           own
           wills
           ;
           no
           men
           or
           devils
           can
           damn
           or
           undo
           any
           one
           soul
           ,
           but
           by
           his
           own
           consent
           to
           the
           cause
           of
           his
           damnation
           .
           No
           men
           or
           devils
           can
           keep
           our
           souls
           from
           the
           
             Heavenly
             Glory
          
           ,
           but
           by
           tempting
           him
           to
           refuse
           it
           ,
           undervalue
           and
           neglect
           it
           ,
           and
           prefer
           the
           pleasures
           of
           sin
           before
           it
           ,
           and
           by
           keeping
           him
           from
           loving
           ,
           desiring
           and
           seeking
           it
           :
           For
           
           every
           one
           shall
           certainly
           have
           it
           ,
           who
           had
           rather
           be
           a
           holy
           Christian
           on
           earth
           ,
           and
           live
           in
           perfect
           love
           and
           joy
           with
           God
           in
           Heaven
           for
           ever
           ,
           than
           for
           his
           filthly
           pleasure
           to
           enjoy
           the
           prosperity
           of
           this
           world
           .
           To
           acquaint
           men
           with
           this
           ▪
           is
           our
           Ministerial
           Office
           ;
           we
           are
           charged
           to
           set
           before
           them
           the
           great
           Salvation
           which
           Christ
           hath
           procured
           ,
           and
           importunately
           to
           beseech
           them
           to
           mind
           it
           ,
           believe
           it
           ,
           and
           accept
           it
           ,
           that
           it
           may
           be
           theirs
           for
           ever
           :
           we
           believe
           God
           ,
           and
           therefore
           we
           speak
           to
           men
           as
           he
           hath
           commanded
           us
           :
           We
           intreat
           them
           in
           his
           Name
           ,
           to
           turn
           from
           sinful
           enmity
           and
           folly
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           
           reconciled
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           be
           wise
           for
           their
           Salvation
           :
           We
           tell
           them
           but
           what
           Gods
           word
           sent
           from
           heaven
           ,
           telleth
           us
           and
           them
           ,
           That
           holiness
           is
           the
           love
           of
           God
           and
           goodness
           ,
           and
           the
           hatred
           of
           sin
           ;
           that
           the
           
             pure
             in
             heart
             are
             blessed
             ,
             for
             they
             shall
             see
             God.
             But
             without
             holiness
             none
             can
             see
             him
             :
          
           We
           tell
           them
           from
           God
           ,
           That
           heaven
           is
           won
           or
           lost
           on
           earth
           ;
           and
           that
           none
           shall
           have
           it
           but
           such
           as
           hence
           learn
           to
           love
           a
           holy
           and
           heavenly
           life
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           dislike
           of
           holiness
           is
           the
           forfeiture
           of
           happiness
           ,
           and
           the
           beginning
           ,
           or
           forerunner
           of
           Hell
           :
           We
           assure
           them
           ,
           That
           God
           will
           never
           say
           ,
           
             Depart
             from
             me
             ye
             workers
             
             of
             iniquity
             ,
          
           if
           they
           do
           not
           first
           by
           iniquity
           depart
           from
           God
           ;
           and
           that
           God
           will
           not
           damn
           them
           ,
           except
           they
           damn
           themselves
           ,
           by
           the
           obstinate
           final
           refusing
           and
           resisting
           of
           his
           mercy
           .
           We
           intreat
           men
           therefore
           but
           to
           live
           as
           men
           should
           do
           that
           
             love
             themselves
          
           ,
           and
           that
           are
           not
           indifferent
           whether
           they
           live
           in
           Heaven
           or
           Hell
           for
           ever
           .
           We
           intreat
           them
           not
           to
           be
           worse
           to
           themselves
           ,
           than
           the
           Devil
           and
           all
           their
           enemies
           are
           ,
           who
           cannot
           make
           them
           commit
           one
           sin
           against
           their
           wills
           :
           And
           yet
           after
           all
           this
           warning
           ,
           intreaty
           ,
           and
           importunity
           ,
           there
           are
           thousands
           ,
           and
           ten
           thousands
           that
           will
           not
           be
           
           perswaded
           ,
           nor
           regard
           the
           warning
           given
           them
           from
           God
           ;
           some
           will
           not
           believe
           but
           that
           a
           man
           dies
           like
           a
           Dog
           (
           and
           what
           wonder
           if
           such
           live
           like
           Dogs
           )
           :
           And
           some
           will
           not
           believe
           but
           that
           they
           may
           be
           saved
           without
           regenerating-grace
           and
           holiness
           ,
           though
           Christs
           own
           mouth
           hath
           protested
           the
           contrary
           ,
           and
           told
           us
           verily
           that
           it
           cannot
           be
           ,
           John
           3.3
           ,
           5
           ,
           18
           ,
           19.
           
           Mat.
           18.3
           .
           Heb.
           12.14
           .
           Rom.
           8.6
           ,
           7
           ,
           8
           ,
           9
           ,
           13
           ,
           &c.
           Multitudes
           will
           not
           be
           brought
           to
           understand
           what
           we
           say
           ;
           but
           when
           we
           talk
           of
           Redemption
           ,
           Sanctification
           ,
           and
           Salvation
           ,
           they
           hear
           us
           as
           if
           we
           spake
           Greek
           or
           Hebrew
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           
           under
           teaching
           ,
           grow
           old
           in
           sottish
           grossest
           ignorance
           ;
           multitudes
           are
           taken
           up
           with
           the
           love
           of
           prosperity
           ,
           &
           the
           love
           of
           this
           deceiving
           world
           :
           multitudes
           are
           carried
           away
           with
           aspiring
           ambition
           and
           foolish
           pride
           ;
           and
           more
           ,
           with
           the
           love
           of
           fleshly
           pleasures
           ,
           and
           satisfying
           their
           appetites
           and
           lusts
           .
           Many
           poor
           people
           (
           who
           every
           where
           are
           the
           most
           )
           are
           so
           opprest
           with
           want
           ,
           and
           wearied
           with
           their
           daily
           labour
           ,
           and
           taken
           up
           with
           cares
           to
           pay
           their
           Rents
           and
           Debts
           ,
           and
           maintain
           their
           Families
           ,
           that
           they
           think
           it
           excusable
           in
           them
           if
           they
           little
           mind
           the
           pleasing
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           saving
           of
           their
           souls
           ;
           supposing
           
           that
           they
           have
           no
           leisure
           for
           it
           ,
           and
           God
           requireth
           it
           not
           at
           their
           hands
           .
           And
           the
           same
           most
           servants
           think
           ,
           who
           have
           time
           little
           enough
           for
           their
           Masters
           work
           .
           Multitudes
           have
           such
           dead
           and
           hardened
           hearts
           ,
           that
           when
           we
           tell
           them
           that
           they
           must
           shortly
           be
           in
           Heaven
           or
           Hell
           ,
           as
           they
           are
           here
           prepared
           ,
           we
           speak
           almost
           as
           to
           blocks
           ,
           or
           men
           asleep
           :
           they
           feel
           not
           what
           we
           say
           ,
           as
           if
           they
           did
           not
           hear
           us
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           bid
           ,
           
             cry
             aloud
          
           ,
           and
           tell
           them
           of
           their
           sin
           and
           danger
           ,
           Isa
           .
           58.1
           ,
           2.
           and
           yet
           we
           cannot
           get
           them
           to
           regard
           and
           feel
           ;
           God
           saith
           ,
           
             Awake
             thou
             that
             sleepest
             ,
             and
             Christ
             shall
             give
             thee
             
             light
          
           ;
           and
           yet
           we
           cannot
           get
           them
           to
           awake
           ,
           nor
           hear
           us
           like
           men
           that
           have
           the
           use
           of
           reason
           ,
           and
           love
           themselves
           .
           Alas
           ,
           how
           many
           thousands
           are
           there
           whom
           we
           could
           never
           perswade
           to
           consider
           with
           deep
           and
           serious
           thoughts
           ,
           what
           will
           become
           of
           their
           Souls
           when
           they
           are
           dead
           ,
           nor
           to
           seek
           to
           be
           resolved
           of
           it
           from
           the
           infallible
           Word
           of
           God!
           that
           never
           set
           a
           part
           one
           hour
           in
           their
           lives
           to
           consider
           seriously
           ,
           Whether
           they
           have
           any
           title
           to
           Salvation
           ,
           which
           they
           can
           make
           good
           by
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           by
           which
           they
           must
           be
           judged
           !
        
         
           Sirs
           ,
           This
           ,
           this
           is
           the
           case
           of
           multitudes
           of
           our
           neighbours
           ;
           
           and
           what
           would
           you
           have
           a
           Minister
           to
           do
           in
           such
           a
           case
           ?
           should
           we
           flatter
           and
           smooth
           them
           up
           in
           an
           unholy
           life
           ,
           what
           thanks
           would
           they
           give
           us
           for
           this
           ere
           long
           ,
           when
           they
           find
           themselves
           in
           hell
           ?
        
         
           Would
           you
           have
           us
           stand
           by
           in
           silence
           ,
           and
           look
           on
           ,
           while
           Satan
           thus
           leadeth
           thousands
           to
           perdition
           ?
           Would
           you
           have
           us
           let
           them
           quietly
           go
           to
           hell
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           displeasing
           them
           or
           others
           ,
           or
           seeming
           to
           be
           unmannerly
           or
           uncivil
           with
           them
           ?
           Would
           you
           have
           us
           whisper
           to
           men
           that
           must
           be
           awakened
           or
           undone
           for
           ever
           ,
           whom
           thunder
           and
           lightening
           will
           not
           awake
           ?
        
         
         
           Alas
           ,
           we
           see
           men
           dying
           daily
           ,
           and
           we
           are
           dying
           our selves
           ,
           and
           daily
           look
           when
           we
           speak
           our
           last
           ,
           and
           when
           they
           hear
           their
           last
           ,
           even
           all
           that
           ever
           they
           shall
           hear
           more
           for
           their
           Salvation
           :
           We
           see
           how
           Time
           doth
           pass
           away
           !
           much
           is
           lost
           already
           ,
           the
           rest
           is
           short
           ,
           and
           utterly
           uncertain●
           and
           the
           ignorance
           ,
           unbelief
           ,
           hard-heartedness
           ,
           fleshliness
           ,
           worldliness
           ,
           pride
           ,
           malignity
           and
           unholiness
           of
           sinners
           ,
           are
           deep-rooted
           ,
           strong
           and
           damnable
           evils
           .
           We
           see
           men
           when
           they
           are
           convinced
           ,
           that
           they
           must
           repent
           or
           perish
           ,
           Luk.
           13.3
           ,
           5
           ,
           putting
           it
           off
           from
           day
           to
           day
           ;
           when
           they
           are
           certainly
           to
           be
           gone
           
           ere
           long
           ,
           and
           never
           certain
           of
           one
           more
           hour
           :
           And
           alas
           ,
           a
           long
           life
           is
           little
           enough
           for
           a
           willing
           awakened
           serious
           Christian
           to
           work
           out
           his
           Salvation
           ,
           and
           make
           his
           Calling
           and
           Election
           sure
           .
        
         
           Sirs
           ,
           tell
           us
           as
           Christians
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           as
           men
           ,
           what
           faith
           ,
           and
           reason
           ,
           and
           humane
           love
           command
           us
           to
           do
           in
           such
           a
           case
           ?
           shall
           we
           forbear
           ,
           or
           speak
           to
           them
           in
           formality
           as
           on
           a
           stage
           ,
           as
           if
           we
           were
           Players
           ,
           and
           not
           Preachers
           ,
           and
           would
           perswade
           them
           not
           to
           believe
           what
           we
           say
           ;
           should
           we
           let
           them
           alone
           ,
           be
           damned
           ,
           and
           take
           it
           for
           our
           excuse
           ,
           that
           they
           or
           others
           were
           unwilling
           of
           our
           
           labours
           ?
           Shall
           we
           pretend
           charity
           and
           hope
           that
           they
           have
           already
           enough
           to
           save
           them
           ,
           while
           we
           see
           not
           so
           much
           as
           knowledg
           ,
           or
           any
           love
           to
           Holiness
           ,
           nor
           forsaking
           of
           mortal
           sin
           ,
           nor
           any
           serious
           care
           of
           their
           Salvation
           ?
           Is
           it
           the
           office
           of
           Charity
           to
           further
           mens
           delusion
           and
           damnation
           ?
           If
           we
           believed
           not
           another
           life
           our selves
           ,
           and
           that
           there
           is
           a
           God
           who
           will
           reward
           them
           (
           and
           only
           them
           )
           that
           diligently
           seek
           him
           ,
           (
           Heb.
           11.6
           .
           )
           we
           would
           quickly
           renounce
           this
           ungrateful
           Ministry
           and
           Work
           ;
           we
           would
           wish
           that
           all
           the
           Preachers
           in
           the
           world
           were
           silenced
           ,
           and
           that
           the
           people
           would
           
           better
           use
           their
           Tythes
           ,
           than
           to
           maintain
           such
           troublers
           of
           the
           world
           .
           But
           God
           hath
           shined
           into
           our
           minds
           with
           the
           heavenly
           convincing
           light
           .
           He
           hath
           given
           us
           the
           first
           fruits
           and
           pledg
           of
           Glory
           :
           
             We
             believe
          
           a
           Heaven
           and
           a
           Hell
           ,
           and
           the
           absolute
           necessity
           of
           a
           holy
           and
           heavenly
           mind
           and
           life
           ;
           and
           we
           
             know
             why
          
           we
           do
           believe
           it
           .
           Here
           we
           have
           upon
           our
           sober
           consideration
           laid
           up
           all
           our
           hopes
           and
           comforts
           ;
           and
           what
           should
           we
           perswade
           our
           neighbours
           to
           chuse
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           God
           hath
           taught
           us
           to
           chuse
           our selves
           ?
           And
           wo
           to
           him
           that
           ever
           he
           was
           born
           ,
           that
           maketh
           not
           this
           choice
           ,
           and
           taketh
           not
           the
           Heavenly
           
           Glory
           for
           his
           portion
           !
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           Reader
           ,
           I
           have
           told
           thee
           why
           such
           Ministers
           so
           live
           and
           labour
           ,
           as
           our
           Brother
           did
           ,
           and
           why
           I
           commend
           to
           thee
           his
           Example
           ,
           and
           these
           Sermons
           :
           The
           Lord
           perswade
           you
           to
           use
           what
           is
           given
           thee
           .
        
         
           
             Richard
             Baxter
             .
          
           
             
               Decemb.
               18.
               1676.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
           To
           those
           who
           were
           Hearers
           of
           these
           Two
           Sermons
           ,
           especially
           such
           of
           them
           who
           yet
           continue
           in
           their
           Security
           .
        
         
           I
           Would
           hope
           (
           if
           not
           the
           bare
           reading
           ,
           yet
           )
           the
           due
           considering
           the
           Title
           prefixed
           to
           this
           little
           Book
           ,
           would
           cause
           at
           least
           this
           reflection
           :
           It
           is
           high
           time
           now
           to
           awake
           out
           of
           sleep
           :
           they
           are
           secure
           sinners
           indeed
           ,
           who
           (
           after
           a
           Boanerges
           hath
           sounded
           his
           Trumpet
           as
           loud
           as
           Thunder
           ,
           till
           his
           breath
           was
           stopt
           ,
           especially
           considering
           his
           last
           breath
           was
           shrillest
           of
           all
           )
           will
           not
           be
           awakened
           :
           God
           forbid
           the
           
           Judgment
           threatned
           ,
           
             Isa
             .
             29.10
          
           ,
           should
           be
           the
           sad
           fate
           of
           any
           that
           heard
           him
           :
           
             I
             will
             pour
             out
             ,
             saith
             God
             ,
             the
             spirit
             of
             a
             deep
             sleep
             upon
             them
             .
          
           Every
           word
           of
           which
           threatning
           is
           terrible
           ;
           
             Sleep
             ,
             deep
             sleep
          
           ,
           the
           
             spirit
             of
             a
             deep
             sleep
          
           ,
           and
           then
           the
           
             pouring
             out
          
           the
           spirit
           of
           a
           deep
           sleep
           :
           It
           affected
           me
           to
           think
           that
           this
           holy
           man
           of
           God
           (
           when
           he
           went
           up
           and
           took
           his
           Farwel
           in
           the
           Pulpit
           )
           should
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ,
           go
           to
           the
           top
           of
           lofty
           Nebo
           ,
           and
           (
           though
           from
           thence
           as
           to
           his
           own
           particular
           ,
           he
           had
           as
           clear
           a
           view
           as
           ●ny
           ever
           within
           my
           forty
           years
           observation
           had
           of
           the
           
             Holy
             Land
          
           ,
           not
           that
           of
           Caanan
           ,
           which
           flowed
           with
           Milk
           and
           Honey
           ;
           but
           that
           which
           Stephen
           saw
           ,
           
           
             Acts
             7
          
           ,
           yet
           )
           should
           be
           directed
           by
           his
           Text
           ,
           and
           assisted
           with
           such
           a
           mighty
           presence
           ,
           with
           so
           great
           authority
           to
           warn
           sinners
           ,
           as
           if
           he
           saw
           a
           flood
           coming
           upon
           them
           ,
           that
           would
           drown
           them
           else
           suddenly
           in
           perdition
           :
           and
           when
           he
           had
           done
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           come
           down
           ,
           as
           Moses
           did
           ,
           and
           die
           as
           soon
           (
           it
           may
           be
           )
           as
           he
           did
           ;
           and
           (
           without
           a
           may-be
           )
           go
           to
           Heaven
           as
           Moses
           did
           .
           My
           friends
           whom
           I
           love
           ,
           pity
           and
           pray
           for
           ;
           't
           is
           true
           ,
           we
           have
           now
           no
           new
           Revelations
           ,
           no
           infallible
           predictions
           ;
           but
           
             Verba
             novissima
          
           ,
           the
           last
           words
           of
           so
           well
           qualified
           a
           Watchman
           ,
           a
           man
           so
           solid
           ,
           self-denying
           ,
           so
           holy
           and
           heavenly
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           even
           natural
           to
           him
           to
           be
           so
           :
           I
           say
           the
           words
           of
           such
           a
           dying
           Minister
           methinks
           should
           be
           always
           
           sounding
           in
           your
           ears
           ;
           My
           friends
           ,
           get
           you
           into
           the
           Ark
           ,
           for
           the
           flood
           is
           a
           coming
           ;
           repent
           quickly
           ;
           else
           ,
           if
           you
           be
           not
           drowned
           ,
           you
           may
           be
           burnt
           ,
           you
           will
           be
           damned
           .
           Read
           seriously
           these
           Sermons
           ,
           and
           give
           slumber
           to
           thine
           eyes
           before
           thou
           hast
           smote
           upon
           thy
           breast
           ,
           and
           cried
           God
           be
           merciful
           to
           thee
           a
           sinner
           ,
           if
           thou
           canst
           .
        
         
           The
           great
           wonder-working
           God
           ,
           who
           of
           old
           smote
           the
           Rock
           ,
           to
           fetch
           water
           in
           abundance
           ,
           reward
           thee
           ,
           who
           ever
           thou
           art
           ,
           that
           wilt
           seriously
           read
           over
           and
           over
           this
           warm
           discourse
           ,
           with
           smiting
           thy
           rocky
           heart
           ,
           till
           thou
           canst
           read
           no
           longer
           for
           weeping
           bitterly
           .
        
         
           I
           have
           called
           it
           a
           warm
           Discourse
           ,
           which
           is
           no
           impertinent
           or
           insignificant
           adjunct
           :
           when
           people
           
           are
           in
           bed
           ,
           and
           the
           house
           the
           while
           a
           fire
           about
           their
           ears
           ,
           I
           think
           he
           speaketh
           best
           who
           speaks
           loudest
           to
           awaken
           them
           .
           This
           servant
           of
           God
           now
           knows
           and
           feels
           whether
           speaking
           as
           he
           spake
           ,
           to
           reach
           hearts
           ,
           not
           tickle
           ears
           ,
           or
           humour
           fancies
           ,
           was
           not
           better
           than
           the
           rarest
           composure
           of
           any
           Tertullus
           in
           the
           World.
           
        
         
           Sinners
           ,
           sinners
           ,
           it
           is
           more
           than
           two
           Months
           since
           this
           holy
           Saint
           ,
           (
           who
           hath
           turn'd
           preaching
           to
           men
           into
           praising
           God
           with
           Angels
           ,
           and
           with
           the
           heavenly
           Inhabitants
           )
           preached
           these
           Sermons
           .
           Are
           you
           yet
           in
           your
           sins
           ?
           could
           you
           have
           thought
           you
           should
           live
           so
           long
           ,
           and
           not
           be
           cut
           down
           like
           dead
           trees
           for
           the
           fire
           of
           Tophet
           ?
           and
           do
           you
           presume
           still
           ?
           what
           ,
           
           curse
           and
           swear
           ,
           be
           drunk
           and
           debauched
           still
           !
           What
           ,
           is
           the
           spirit
           of
           the
           old
           world
           in
           you
           !
           will
           ye
           take
           no
           warning
           !
           you
           do
           not
           take
           your selves
           to
           be
           bruits
           ,
           not
           to
           have
           immortal
           souls
           ;
           and
           yet
           you
           will
           not
           act
           like
           men
           ;
           Reason
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           Word
           of
           God
           ,
           doth
           tell
           you
           ,
           you
           are
           the
           worst
           and
           dearest
           purchasers
           in
           all
           the
           world
           ;
           to
           give
           a
           soul
           for
           sin
           ,
           is
           the
           maddest
           bargain
           that
           ever
           was
           made
           ;
           the
           eternal
           happiness
           of
           the
           soul
           ,
           for
           the
           dirty
           pleasure
           of
           sin
           for
           a
           season
           .
           O
           let
           not
           the
           Devil
           jear
           and
           reproach
           you
           in
           hell
           for
           this
           folly
           .
        
         
           Is
           there
           not
           a
           merciful
           God
           that
           would
           forgive
           and
           forget
           all
           that
           is
           past
           ,
           if
           you
           would
           even
           now
           to
           day
           fully
           ,
           without
           any
           hesitation
           ,
           
           return
           to
           him
           ?
           would
           not
           his
           bosom
           be
           open
           to
           receive
           you
           ?
           should
           not
           you
           find
           a
           father
           that
           would
           fall
           upon
           your
           neck
           ,
           and
           kiss
           you
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           the
           prodigal
           did
           ?
           To
           you
           God
           crys
           ,
           upon
           you
           God
           waits
           that
           he
           may
           be
           gracious
           to
           you
           .
           
             O
             ye
             simple
             ones
             ,
             how
             long
             will
             ye
             love
             simplicity
             !
             Turn
             ye
             at
             my
             rebuke
             ,
             and
             I
             will
             pour
             out
             my
             spirit
             upon
             you
             ;
             though
             your
             sins
             were
             as
             scarlet
             ,
             I
             'le
             make
             them
             as
             white
             as
             snow
             .
             Turn
             ye
             ,
             turn
             ye
             ,
             why
             will
             you
             die
          
           ?
           Will
           you
           not
           be
           made
           clean
           ?
           when
           shall
           it
           once
           be
           ?
           What
           would
           you
           have
           God
           say
           more
           to
           encourage
           penitent
           sinners
           ?
           to
           perswade
           men
           to
           cease
           loving
           their
           lusts
           ,
           which
           will
           else
           damn
           their
           souls
           ?
        
         
         
           But
           if
           you
           will
           be
           deceived
           by
           the
           Devil
           ,
           and
           will
           gratifie
           your
           lusts
           for
           a
           moment
           ,
           though
           you
           die
           eternally
           for
           it
           :
           I
           must
           tell
           you
           ,
           such
           a
           resolution
           is
           like
           theirs
           ,
           
             who
             have
             made
             a
             covenant
             with
             hell
             ,
             and
             with
             death
             ,
          
           and
           cry
           a
           short
           life
           and
           a
           sweet
           ;
           who
           forget
           they
           have
           souls
           ,
           while
           they
           thus
           speak
           ,
           and
           resolve
           ;
           and
           will
           not
           believe
           there
           is
           a
           God
           ,
           till
           they
           wish
           for
           rocks
           and
           ,
           mountains
           to
           fall
           upon
           them
           ,
           to
           hide
           them
           from
           him
           ;
           nor
           believe
           there
           is
           a
           hell
           ,
           till
           they
           feel
           it
           .
        
         
           O
           what
           a
           deep
           sense
           had
           the
           Apostle
           Paul
           of
           the
           misery
           and
           immergent
           ruins
           of
           his
           Country-men
           ,
           
             Rom.
             10.1
             ,
             His
             hearts
             desire
             unto
             God
             for
             them
             was
             ,
             that
             they
             might
             be
             saved
             ;
             he
             
             could
             wish
             himself
             accursed
             that
             they
             might
             escape
             .
          
           I
           know
           no
           man
           more
           like-minded
           to
           him
           than
           this
           Servant
           of
           God
           ,
           who
           is
           with
           the
           Lord
           ,
           who
           delighted
           in
           nothing
           ,
           no
           work
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           like
           plucking
           brands
           out
           of
           the
           fire
           ,
           saving
           men
           from
           hell
           ,
           and
           sending
           men
           and
           women
           before
           him
           to
           heaven
           ,
           if
           he
           could
           .
        
         
           I
           hope
           the
           impression
           upon
           my
           heart
           from
           the
           consideration
           of
           that
           incomparable
           transport
           of
           his
           Soul
           in
           the
           Preaching
           the
           last
           Sermon
           (
           as
           if
           he
           had
           known
           his
           time
           was
           so
           short
           ,
           and
           that
           Sermon
           his
           last
           )
           shall
           still
           remain
           fresh
           upon
           me
           .
           After
           Sermon
           ,
           I
           told
           him
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           he
           told
           me
           ,
           
             His
             heart
             was
             carried
             out
             with
             zeal
             and
             pity
             ,
             that
             he
             could
             
             not
             keep
             to
             method
             ,
             but
             he
             could
             not
             help
             it
             .
          
        
         
           All
           that
           knew
           him
           ,
           can
           bear
           him
           witness
           ,
           that
           he
           was
           able
           to
           write
           or
           speak
           for
           matter
           and
           form
           gratefully
           to
           any
           ;
           but
           he
           studied
           plainness
           ;
           and
           therefore
           purposely
           declined
           great
           Auditories
           ,
           to
           my
           knowledg
           ;
           a
           clear
           proof
           of
           his
           meek
           and
           self-denying
           spirit
           :
           Gain-say
           it
           who
           can
           .
           He
           sought
           not
           honour
           from
           men
           whilst
           alive
           ;
           and
           now
           he
           is
           dead
           ,
           let
           his
           own
           Works
           praise
           him
           in
           the
           gates
           .
        
         
           If
           any
           should
           enquire
           why
           ,
           or
           who
           call'd
           me
           to
           interpose
           these
           few
           rude
           lines
           ?
           I
           only
           say
           ,
           It
           is
           
             pia
             fraus
          
           ,
           to
           steal
           an
           opportunity
           to
           testifie
           more
           publickly
           the
           great
           veneration
           I
           have
           for
           the
           name
           of
           
           this
           holy
           man
           ,
           who
           indeed
           was
           one
           of
           the
           Sons
           of
           Davids
           Worthies
           .
           As
           also
           to
           signifie
           my
           longing
           after
           the
           Souls
           happiness
           of
           all
           that
           were
           his
           ordinary
           Hearers
           :
           Whom
           again
           I
           beseech
           to
           read
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           to
           ponder
           ,
           who
           and
           what
           moved
           him
           to
           speak
           his
           heart
           in
           these
           last
           words
           unto
           them
           ,
           if
           peradventure
           God
           may
           give
           them
           repentance
           unto
           life
           by
           the
           Ministry
           of
           him
           who
           not
           only
           saved
           himself
           ,
           but
           shall
           then
           save
           also
           them
           that
           heard
           him
           .
        
         
           
             A.P.
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           
             1
             Peter
             
               III.
               the
               later
               part
               of
               the
               18
               ,
               the
               19
               ,
               and
               part
               of
               the
               20
               Verse
               .
            
          
           
             
               Being
               put
               to
               death
               in
               the
               flesh
               ,
               but
               quickned
               by
               the
               Spirit
               .
            
             
               By
               which
               also
               he
               went
               and
               preached
               unto
               the
               spirits
               in
               prison
               ,
            
             
               Which
               sometimes
               were
               disobedient
               ,
               when
               once
               the
               long-suffering
               of
               God
               waited
               in
               the
               days
               of
               Noah
               ,
               while
               the
               Ark
               was
               a
               preparing
               .
            
          
        
         
           IN
           the
           opening
           of
           this
           portion
           of
           Scripture
           ,
           we
           will
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           Consider
           its
           Scope
           ;
           and
           then
           we
           will
           consider
           the
           words
           themselves
           ;
           and
           give
           you
           a
           short
           Explication
           thereof
           ;
           and
           then
           we
           shall
           draw
           that
           Practical
           Observation
           from
           them
           ,
           which
           the
           Lord
           bless
           unto
           your
           Edification
           .
        
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
         
           As
           for
           the
           Scope
           of
           them
           (
           in
           the
           former
           part
           of
           the
           18
           Verse
           )
           ,
           I
           have
           shewed
           you
           how
           the
           Apostle
           was
           acquainting
           us
           with
           the
           great
           benefit
           that
           sinners
           do
           receive
           from
           the
           death
           of
           Christ
           ;
           that
           I
           have
           (
           already
           )
           opened
           to
           you
           .
           
             Christ
             hath
             once
             sufferd
             for
             sins
             ,
             the
             just
             for
             the
             unjust
             ,
             that
             he
             might
             bring
             us
             to
             God.
             
          
        
         
           Now
           (
           in
           the
           following
           Verses
           )
           the
           Apostle
           passeth
           on
           from
           the
           death
           of
           Christ
           ,
           unto
           the
           life
           of
           Christ
           ;
           and
           shews
           that
           we
           have
           not
           only
           benefit
           by
           a
           Christ
           dying
           ,
           but
           by
           a
           Christ
           living
           :
           For
           ,
           Christ
           is
           our
           Saviour
           both
           ways
           .
           We
           are
           saved
           by
           his
           death
           ,
           meritoriously
           ;
           we
           are
           saved
           by
           his
           life
           ,
           as
           he
           lives
           for
           to
           see
           the
           purchased-blessings
           of
           his
           death
           made
           good
           to
           us
           .
           Now
           the
           Apostle
           in
           these
           words
           (
           I
           have
           already
           read
           )
           considereth
           the
           life
           of
           Christ
           two
           ways
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           With
           respect
           to
           the
           world
           before
           he
           came
           in
           the
           flesh
           ;
           with
           respect
           to
           the
           old
           World
           ,
           above
           Two
           thousand
           years
           before
           he
           came
           in
           the
           flesh
           ;
           Jesus
           Christ
           the
           Eternal
           Son
           of
           God
           was
           
           alive
           then
           :
           yea
           ,
           before
           the
           World
           was
           ,
           he
           was
           alive
           ,
           and
           was
           God
           blessed
           for
           ever
           ;
           by
           him
           the
           World
           was
           made
           .
           To
           the
           old
           World
           ,
           even
           that
           world
           that
           was
           destroyed
           by
           the
           Flood
           ,
           to
           that
           world
           he
           was
           a
           Saviour
           by
           designation
           ;
           and
           he
           took
           care
           of
           them
           :
           The
           care
           of
           mankind
           ,
           from
           the
           fall
           hath
           been
           deposited
           in
           the
           hands
           of
           Christ
           ,
           he
           hath
           taken
           care
           of
           sinners
           from
           the
           fall
           of
           man
           into
           sin
           .
           Then
           ,
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           The
           Apostle
           does
           speak
           of
           the
           advantages
           that
           the
           Church
           hath
           by
           a
           living-Christ
           ,
           upon
           his
           Resurrection
           from
           the
           dead
           (
           as
           he
           speaks
           in
           the
           21
           v.
           )
           
             The
             figure
             whereunto
             ,
             even
             Baptism
             ,
             doth
             also
             now
             save
             us
             ,
          
           (
           then
           there
           comes
           in
           a
           Parenthesis
           )
           .
           How
           does
           Baptism
           save
           us
           ?
           Why
           ,
           by
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
           When
           he
           was
           on
           earth
           he
           preached
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           promised
           pardon
           and
           salvation
           to
           the
           penitent
           believing
           sinner
           ,
           and
           died
           for
           him
           when
           he
           had
           done
           preaching
           ;
           and
           arose
           from
           the
           dead
           ,
           and
           is
           gone
           to
           Heaven
           to
           make
           good
           every
           word
           .
        
         
         
           We
           are
           now
           upon
           the
           consideration
           of
           the
           benefits
           that
           the
           old
           World
           had
           from
           Christ
           ,
           above
           two
           thousand
           years
           before
           Christ
           was
           born
           in
           the
           flesh
           .
           Why
           ,
           what
           was
           the
           benefit
           that
           the
           old
           World
           had
           ?
           Why
           ,
           Christ
           by
           his
           Spirit
           did
           send
           Noah
           ,
           a
           Preacher
           of
           righteousness
           to
           preach
           repentance
           to
           the
           old
           Word
           :
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           was
           in
           Noah
           ,
           by
           which
           Spirit
           Noah
           Prophesied
           of
           the
           destruction
           of
           the
           world
           .
           By
           which
           Spirit
           he
           was
           directed
           to
           build
           the
           Ark
           ,
           to
           prepare
           for
           himself
           and
           those
           that
           should
           repent
           ,
           for
           that
           time
           that
           the
           Floold
           should
           come
           upon
           the
           world
           .
           Christ
           by
           his
           Spirit
           preached
           then
           ,
           to
           that
           world
           of
           sinners
           that
           were
           drowned
           then
           ;
           and
           not
           only
           drowned
           ,
           but
           their
           spirits
           damn'd
           :
           which
           was
           for
           disobeying
           Christ
           ,
           for
           disobeying
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           in
           Noah
           .
        
         
           Having
           now
           given
           you
           the
           Scope
           of
           the
           place
           ,
           we
           shall
           proceed
           (
           according
           to
           that
           light
           I
           have
           )
           to
           give
           you
           the
           understanding
           of
           the
           words
           and
           phrases
           of
           this
           Scripture
           :
           for
           it
           seemeth
           to
           be
           a
           
           Scripture
           that
           is
           not
           without
           its
           difficulties
           .
           We
           will
           begin
           at
           the
           First
           :
        
         
           First
           ,
           What
           it
           is
           to
           be
           
             put
             to
             death
             in
             the
             flesh
             ?
          
           (
           that
           we
           must
           enquire
           into
           )
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           What
           is
           it
           to
           be
           
             quickned
             by
             the
             Spirit
          
           ?
           What
           does
           the
           Apostle
           understand
           hereby
           ?
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           What
           is
           this
           preaching
           ?
           What
           are
           ,
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           These
           
             Spirits
             that
             are
             in
             prison
          
           ?
           And
           what
           's
           the
           prison
           ?
           And
           so
           we
           shall
           take
           in
           what
           follows
           in
           its
           order
           .
        
         
           
             Being
             put
             to
             death
             in
             the
             flesh
             :
          
        
         
           Who
           
             put
             to
             death
          
           ?
           Christ
           .
           By
           whom
           ?
           By
           the
           unbelieving
           wicked
           Jews
           ,
           they
           were
           his
           accusers
           .
           
             Put
             to
             death
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
          
           by
           whom
           ?
           By
           
             Pontius
             Pilate
          
           as
           his
           Judg.
           
             Put
             to
             death
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
          
           by
           whom
           ?
           Why
           ,
           by
           those
           Executioners
           that
           were
           employed
           by
           
             Pontius
             Pilate
          
           to
           see
           him
           Crucified
           ;
           The
           
             Jews
             ,
             Pontius
             Pilate
          
           ,
           and
           the
           Soldiers
           put
           him
           to
           death
           .
        
         
           
             Put
             to
             death
             in
             the
             flesh
             ,
          
           What
           's
           that
           ?
           That
           is
           after
           he
           was
           made
           flesh
           ,
           he
           was
           
             put
             to
             death
          
           ;
           as
           he
           was
           man
           ,
           he
           hung
           
           upon
           the
           Cross
           :
           The
           loss
           of
           blood
           ,
           and
           the
           anguish
           and
           pain
           ,
           the
           nails
           in
           his
           feet
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           hands
           kill'd
           him
           ;
           he
           died
           there
           ,
           his
           soul
           separated
           from
           his
           body
           ;
           
             he
             cryed
             with
             a
             loud
             voice
             and
             gave
             up
             the
             Ghost
             :
          
           so
           he
           was
           
             put
             to
             death
             in
             the
             Flesh
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           as
           to
           his
           human
           Nature
           .
           That
           is
           plain
           :
           The
           following
           words
           have
           more
           difficulty
           in
           them
           .
        
         
           
             But
             quickned
             by
             the
             Spirit
          
           .
        
         
           What
           's
           the
           meaning
           of
           quickned
           ?
           And
           what
           's
           here
           meant
           by
           Spirit
           ?
           (
           that
           we
           must
           enquire
           into
           ,
           because
           it
           will
           tend
           to
           open
           the
           difficulty
           that
           lies
           in
           the
           following
           words
           )
           :
           Quickned
           ,
           (
           as
           the
           Greek
           hath
           it
           )
           
             Vivificatus
             autem
             spiritu
          
           ,
           made
           alive
           ,
           which
           is
           of
           the
           same
           import
           with
           quickned
           :
           he
           died
           as
           to
           his
           human
           Nature
           ,
           but
           he
           did
           not
           continue
           in
           a
           state
           of
           death
           ,
           but
           was
           
             made
             alive
             again
          
           .
           Christ
           that
           died
           for
           sinners
           ,
           was
           
             made
             alive
          
           .
           What
           was
           
             made
             alive
          
           ?
           That
           which
           was
           dead
           .
           What
           was
           dead
           ?
           The
           man
           Christ
           ;
           so
           that
           that
           which
           died
           for
           our
           sins
           ,
           was
           
             made
             alive
             again
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           
             raised
             from
             
             the
             dead
          
           ,
           that
           's
           the
           meaning
           of
           it
           .
           There
           's
           nothing
           can
           be
           
             made
             alive
          
           ,
           but
           that
           which
           was
           dead
           .
           The
           Apostle
           useth
           this
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           for
           to
           signifie
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           the
           body
           ;
           and
           therefore
           in
           reason
           it
           may
           signifie
           so
           in
           this
           place
           ,
           1
           Cor.
           15.22
           ,
           
             For
             as
             in
             Adam
             all
             died
             ,
             so
             in
             Christ
             shall
             all
             be
             made
             alive
             :
          
           'T
           is
           the
           same
           word
           
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
             〈◊〉
          
           ,
           
             made
             alive
          
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           they
           shall
           be
           raised
           from
           the
           Grave
           .
           So
           here
           Christ
           died
           as
           to
           the
           flesh
           ,
           but
           he
           was
           
             made
             alive
          
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           he
           was
           
             raised
             from
             the
             dead
          
           :
           Raised
           ,
           How
           was
           he
           raised
           ?
           (
           it
           follows
           )
           In
           or
           by
           the
           Spirit
           .
           What
           Spirit
           is
           here
           ?
           Why
           it
           is
           that
           Spirit
           that
           did
           efficiently
           raise
           him
           ;
           he
           was
           quickned
           in
           ,
           or
           by
           the
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           Now
           by
           this
           Spirit
           ,
           say
           the
           Papists
           ,
           is
           meant
           the
           human
           Soul
           of
           Christ
           .
           For
           this
           reason
           it
           cannot
           be
           meant
           of
           the
           Soul
           of
           Christ
           ,
           because
           that
           the
           Soul
           of
           Christ
           being
           a
           creature
           ,
           could
           never
           quicken
           ,
           could
           never
           raise
           the
           dead
           body
           of
           Christ
           :
           For
           Christ
           was
           perfect
           God
           and
           perfect
           Man
           ;
           as
           he
           was
           Man
           ,
           he
           had
           a
           Soul
           and
           
           body
           ;
           his
           Soul
           and
           body
           were
           creatures
           ;
           and
           though
           the
           Spirit
           or
           Soul
           of
           Christ
           was
           an
           excellent
           ,
           pure
           ,
           holy
           Soul
           ,
           without
           sin
           ;
           yet
           it
           was
           not
           God
           ,
           and
           had
           not
           an
           Almighty
           power
           .
           None
           but
           God
           could
           raise
           the
           dead
           :
           therefore
           the
           soul
           of
           Christ
           could
           never
           raise
           the
           body
           of
           Christ
           .
           What
           was
           it
           then
           ?
           It
           must
           then
           be
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           it
           must
           be
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           God
           ,
           which
           is
           Almighty
           ,
           that
           can
           raise
           the
           dead
           ,
           and
           did
           raise
           the
           dead
           Christ
           .
        
         
           For
           what
           reason
           do
           I
           think
           that
           by
           Spirit
           is
           here
           meant
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ?
           Why
           ,
           I
           will
           tell
           you
           :
           Because
           all
           the
           Miracles
           that
           Christ
           ,
           or
           his
           Apostles
           did
           ,
           whether
           they
           healed
           the
           sick
           ,
           whether
           they
           raised
           the
           dead
           ,
           or
           cast
           out
           Devils
           ,
           were
           all
           attributed
           to
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           to
           the
           Holy
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           .
           And
           therefore
           no
           wonder
           if
           the
           very
           Resurrection
           of
           Christ
           be
           given
           unto
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God.
           And
           (
           if
           I
           mistake
           not
           )
           that
           is
           the
           meaning
           ,
           or
           the
           import
           of
           the
           Apostle
           ,
           in
           Rom.
           1.3
           ,
           4
           ,
           
             Concerning
             his
             
             Son
             Jesus
             Christ
             our
             Lord
             ,
             which
             was
             made
             of
             the
             seed
             of
             David
             according
             to
             the
             flesh
             :
             And
             declared
             to
             be
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             with
             power
             ,
             according
             to
             the
             Spirit
             of
             holiness
             :
          
           Holiness
           in
           the
           abstract
           ,
           that
           is
           by
           the
           Greeks
           commonly
           used
           for
           the
           concrete
           ,
           and
           you
           may
           read
           it
           thus
           ,
           According
           to
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           he
           was
           
             declared
             to
             be
             the
             Son
             of
             God
             ,
             with
             power
             ,
          
           with
           the
           power
           of
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           by
           the
           Resurrection
           from
           the
           dead
           ;
           he
           was
           raised
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           ,
           by
           which
           all
           works
           of
           Miracles
           were
           wrought
           ,
           or
           done
           by
           Christ
           and
           his
           Apostles
           ;
           he
           was
           raised
           from
           the
           dead
           by
           this
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           And
           now
           ,
           That
           which
           follows
           will
           be
           somewhat
           clear
           :
           For
           if
           by
           being
           
             made
             alive
          
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           understood
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           Christs
           human
           Nature
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Spirit
           that
           raised
           that
           human
           Nature
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           meant
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           ;
           then
           proceeds
           ,
           by
           which
           ,
           or
           in
           which
           ,
           he
           went
           and
           preached
           .
           He
           went.
           Who
           went
           ?
           Christ
           went.
           By
           which
           Spirit
           ?
           by
           which
           Holy
           Ghost
           he
           went
           and
           
             preached
             
             to
             the
             spirits
             in
             prison
             .
          
           Why
           ,
           did
           Christ
           the
           Son
           of
           God
           preach
           to
           the
           old
           world
           before
           he
           came
           in
           the
           flesh
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           How
           ?
           By
           his
           Spirit
           .
           What
           immediately
           ?
           No
           ,
           but
           by
           Noah
           ,
           for
           he
           was
           a
           
             preacher
             of
             righteousness
          
           :
           Why
           all
           the
           Prophets
           they
           had
           their
           Prophetical
           gifts
           ,
           and
           they
           had
           them
           all
           from
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           ,
           2
           Pet.
           2.5
           .
           —
           
             And
             spared
             not
             the
             old
             world
             ,
             but
             saved
             Noah
             the
             eighth
             person
             ,
             a
             preacher
             of
             righteousness
             ,
             bringing
             in
             the
             flood
             upon
             the
             world
             of
             the
             ungodly
             .
          
           You
           must
           know
           ,
           all
           the
           preachers
           under
           the
           Gospel
           have
           their
           gifts
           from
           the
           Spirit
           ;
           the
           Spirit
           is
           employed
           in
           sending
           them
           out
           :
           the
           Spirit
           assisteth
           them
           ;
           the
           Spirit
           said
           ,
           
             Seperate
             me
             Barnabas
             and
             Saul
          
           :
           It
           was
           the
           Spirit
           which
           sent
           all
           the
           Prophets
           out
           ;
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           sent
           out
           Noah
           ,
           made
           him
           his
           Preacher
           .
           So
           then
           ,
           by
           this
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           Noah
           preached
           ,
           or
           Christ
           preached
           in
           Noah
           .
           To
           whom
           ?
           
             To
             the
             Spirits
             in
             prison
          
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           the
           souls
           of
           those
           wicked
           men
           that
           are
           now
           in
           prison
           ;
           that
           were
           in
           prison
           at
           the
           time
           when
           Peter
           did
           
           write
           .
           When
           God
           drowned
           the
           world
           ,
           that
           was
           not
           all
           ;
           their
           bodies
           lay
           floating
           upon
           the
           great
           Sea
           ,
           but
           their
           souls
           went
           down
           into
           Hell.
           Well
           ;
           but
           say
           you
           ,
           Did
           Christ
           by
           his
           Spirit
           preach
           to
           them
           after
           they
           went
           to
           Hell
           ?
           No.
           They
           were
           preached
           to
           when
           they
           were
           
             sometime
             disobedient
          
           ,
           in
           the
           times
           of
           Noah
           ;
           as
           in
           the
           verse
           following
           ;
           
             the
             Spirits
             in
             prison
             ,
             that
             were
             sometime
             disobedient
             .
          
           Disobedient
           to
           whom
           ?
           To
           the
           Spirit
           .
           When
           ?
           
             In
             the
             time
             of
             Noah
          
           ;
           for
           they
           disobeyed
           Noah
           ,
           regarded
           not
           his
           preaching
           ,
           nor
           the
           building
           of
           the
           Ark
           ;
           looked
           upon
           him
           as
           a
           mad-man
           ,
           they
           took
           not
           the
           warning
           ,
           and
           were
           swallowed
           up
           in
           the
           flood
           ,
           and
           are
           now
           in
           prison
           for
           their
           disobedience
           ;
           they
           were
           disobedient
           to
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           in
           Noah
           .
        
         
           The
           
             Papists
             ,
             by
             the
             Spirits
             in
             prison
             ,
          
           they
           would
           perswade
           you
           ,
           is
           to
           be
           meant
           a
           
             Limbus
             Patrum
          
           ,
           (
           as
           they
           call
           it
           )
           a
           middle
           state
           between
           Heaven
           and
           Hell
           ,
           wherein
           the
           Patriarchs
           were
           held
           until
           
           the
           time
           that
           Jesus
           Christ
           died
           ;
           and
           that
           when
           Christ
           was
           dead
           ,
           and
           his
           body
           in
           the
           grave
           (
           for
           that
           three
           days
           and
           nights
           )
           that
           Christ
           in
           his
           soul
           did
           descend
           into
           this
           Limbus
           ,
           and
           there
           did
           preach
           himself
           unto
           the
           soul
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           of
           Isaac
           ,
           and
           Jacob
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           those
           good
           Spirits
           that
           were
           alive
           in
           former
           days
           ,
           and
           took
           them
           out
           of
           that
           state
           ,
           and
           carried
           them
           to
           Heaven
           .
           Thus
           say
           the
           Papists
           ;
           this
           is
           their
           Interpretation
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           But
           this
           is
           not
           to
           be
           believed
           ;
           because
           the
           Apostle
           speaks
           of
           such
           
             Spirits
             that
             were
             disobedient
          
           ,
           not
           of
           the
           Spirits
           of
           the
           Fathers
           :
           for
           the
           very
           Papists
           themselves
           speak
           of
           no
           Spirits
           in
           their
           Limbus
           ,
           but
           only
           good
           Spirits
           ;
           But
           the
           Apostle
           (
           in
           this
           place
           speaks
           of
           none
           but
           
             disobedient
             Spirits
          
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           'T
           is
           a
           vain
           Interpretation
           ;
           because
           if
           that
           their
           Limbus
           (
           or
           middle
           state
           )
           is
           only
           a
           receptacle
           of
           good
           Spirits
           :
           Why
           ,
           they
           needed
           not
           to
           have
           preaching
           after
           their
           death
           to
           them
           ;
           because
           they
           believed
           while
           they
           were
           upon
           
           the
           earth
           :
           and
           if
           they
           believed
           whilst
           upon
           the
           earth
           ,
           they
           were
           justified
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           were
           justified
           ,
           their
           sins
           were
           taken
           away
           :
           and
           what
           then
           should
           keep
           them
           out
           of
           Heaven
           ?
           'T
           is
           a
           very
           impertinent
           thing
           to
           think
           ,
           that
           Christ
           should
           go
           into
           their
           Limbus
           ,
           to
           preach
           faith
           to
           them
           that
           have
           believed
           already
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           Their
           Interpretation
           dependeth
           much
           upon
           the
           interpreting
           the
           Spirit
           by
           which
           he
           was
           quickned
           ;
           interpreting
           that
           to
           be
           meant
           of
           his
           soul
           .
           But
           if
           that
           cannot
           be
           meant
           of
           his
           soul
           ,
           but
           of
           the
           Holy-Ghost
           ,
           then
           their
           notion
           falls
           to
           the
           ground
           :
           for
           they
           read
           it
           thus
           ,
           Christ
           was
           dead
           in
           the
           body
           ,
           but
           kept
           alive
           in
           his
           soul
           ;
           by
           which
           he
           went
           and
           preached
           unto
           these
           Fathers
           in
           their
           Limbo
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           The
           Scripture
           is
           plain
           ,
           that
           Christ
           did
           not
           go
           down
           into
           any
           such
           middle-state
           ;
           for
           he
           said
           to
           the
           Thief
           ,
           
             This
             day
             shalt
             thou
             be
             with
             me
             in
             Paradise
             .
          
           This
           can't
           be
           any
           middle-state
           ,
           where
           Paul
           said
           ,
           
             He
             saw
             and
             heard
             things
             
             that
             were
             unutterable
             .
          
           Well
           then
           ,
           this
           is
           that
           the
           Apostle
           meaneth
           ,
           that
           those
           
             Spirits
             that
             are
             now
             in
             prison
             ,
          
           were
           sometime
           alive
           in
           the
           body
           as
           we
           ,
           and
           they
           heard
           the
           preaching
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           in
           Noah
           ;
           but
           for
           their
           disobedience
           they
           were
           taken
           off
           by
           the
           flood
           ,
           and
           their
           souls
           were
           laid
           up
           in
           Hell
           ,
           as
           in
           a
           prison
           .
        
         
           Now
           the
           Doctrine
           shall
           be
           this
           ;
        
         
           That
           the
           Spirits
           or
           souls
           of
           wicked
           men
           ,
           (
           when
           they
           die
           )
           they
           shall
           as
           prisoners
           of
           Gods
           justice
           be
           dragged
           out
           of
           their
           bodies
           ;
           and
           by
           the
           righteous
           sentence
           of
           God
           ,
           shall
           be
           laid
           up
           in
           the
           prison
           of
           Hell
           ,
           for
           their
           disobedience
           unto
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           ,
           that
           preacheth
           in
           his
           Ministers
           .
        
         
           All
           this
           is
           contained
           in
           the
           words
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           opening
           of
           it
           ,
           there
           are
           these
           things
           I
           shall
           speak
           to
           ;
        
         
           First
           ,
           What
           are
           these
           Prisoners
           ?
           Spirits
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           How
           are
           these
           Prisoners
           carried
           away
           to
           their
           Prison
           ?
           By
           death
           (
           as
           
           those
           of
           the
           old
           world
           were
           by
           a
           death
           caused
           by
           the
           flood
           )
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           What
           's
           this
           prison
           ?
           Hell.
           
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           What
           's
           the
           cause
           of
           their
           commitment
           ?
           Disobedience
           ,
           disobedience
           to
           the
           voice
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           in
           his
           Ministers
           .
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           Here
           is
           the
           justness
           of
           the
           Sentence
           implied
           ;
           for
           inasmuch
           as
           they
           are
           Gods
           prisoners
           ,
           so
           they
           are
           prisoners
           that
           are
           justly
           imprisoned
           .
           I
           pray
           God
           by
           what
           you
           and
           I
           hear
           of
           it
           (
           this
           day
           )
           ,
           it
           may
           never
           be
           any
           of
           our
           lots
           ;
           that
           you
           and
           I
           may
           never
           prove
           any
           of
           these
           dreadful
           Prisoners
           !
        
         
           First
           ,
           What
           are
           these
           Prisoners
           ?
           
             Spirits
             ,
             Souls
          
           :
           those
           immortal
           Souls
           that
           live
           and
           abide
           in
           you
           ,
           while
           you
           are
           in
           this
           world
           .
           Your
           bodies
           they
           are
           like
           houses
           that
           are
           made
           up
           of
           clay
           ,
           of
           earth
           :
           but
           a
           house
           is
           not
           without
           its
           Tenant
           .
           God
           hath
           made
           no
           body
           ,
           but
           he
           hath
           made
           it
           for
           a
           Tenant
           .
           Every
           human
           body
           hath
           his
           Tenant
           :
           What
           's
           that
           ?
           The
           Soul
           ,
           the
           Spirit
           .
           It
           is
           that
           immortal
           
           Spirit
           that
           is
           in
           you
           ,
           by
           which
           you
           live
           ,
           move
           ,
           act
           ,
           reason
           ;
           by
           which
           you
           see
           ,
           hear
           ,
           walk
           :
           all
           the
           motions
           that
           are
           seen
           ,
           or
           done
           by
           any
           part
           of
           you
           ,
           come
           from
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           from
           the
           Soul.
           And
           as
           it
           is
           with
           an
           old
           house
           ,
           or
           any
           house
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           pull'd
           down
           ,
           the
           Tenant
           goes
           out
           of
           doors
           ;
           if
           it
           be
           fir'd
           down
           ,
           the
           Tenant
           steps
           out
           of
           doors
           ,
           and
           perhaps
           on
           the
           other
           side
           of
           the
           street
           ,
           looking
           upon
           his
           house
           burning
           down
           :
           The
           house
           is
           burnt
           ,
           but
           the
           Tenant's
           alive
           :
           So
           it
           is
           with
           you
           ,
           when
           these
           bodies
           of
           clay
           of
           yours
           fall
           ,
           are
           they
           drowned
           (
           with
           these
           of
           the
           old
           world
           )
           ;
           should
           they
           be
           burnt
           ,
           should
           they
           fall
           by
           a
           Fever
           ,
           or
           any
           other
           way
           ;
           your
           souls
           (
           like
           Tenants
           )
           they
           come
           out
           :
           That
           living
           spirit
           in
           you
           comes
           out
           ,
           you
           give
           up
           the
           Ghost
           ,
           give
           up
           the
           Spirit
           .
           The
           
             body
             returns
          
           (
           saith
           Solomon
           )
           
             to
             the
             earth
          
           ,
           your
           
             Spirit
             returns
             to
             God
          
           ,
           to
           be
           judged
           .
           This
           is
           the
           Prisoner
           .
           But
           ,
           O
           what
           a
           sad
           Prisoner
           is
           the
           soul
           of
           a
           wicked
           man
           ,
           when
           stript
           of
           his
           body
           !
           He
           is
           a
           naked
           Prisoner
           ,
           and
           a
           friendless
           Prisoner
           ;
           
           which
           are
           two
           sad
           circumstances
           of
           a
           prisoner
           .
           When
           God
           sendeth
           the
           Serjeant
           death
           ,
           and
           seizeth
           upon
           the
           spirit
           of
           a
           wicked
           man
           ,
           knocks
           at
           the
           door
           of
           his
           body
           ;
           the
           body
           is
           fast
           bolted
           ,
           locked
           ,
           no
           getting
           in
           .
           What
           does
           death
           do
           ?
           breaks
           down
           the
           Body
           ,
           pulls
           it
           about
           his
           ears
           :
           sometime
           death
           drowns
           him
           ,
           sometime
           death
           hangs
           him
           ,
           sometime
           stabs
           him
           ,
           sometimes
           he
           goes
           to
           Sea
           ,
           and
           is
           cast
           away
           ,
           sometimes
           a
           Cart
           goes
           over
           him
           ;
           and
           so
           the
           poor
           soul
           of
           the
           wicked
           man
           is
           arrested
           ;
           death
           lays
           hold
           of
           him
           ,
           and
           drags
           him
           away
           to
           the
           Tribunal
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           he
           in
           a
           naked
           condition
           :
           naked
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           naked
           of
           his
           body
           :
           A
           poor
           thing
           !
           When
           a
           wicked
           mans
           spirit
           is
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           he
           hath
           a
           house
           ,
           a
           body
           ;
           and
           out
           of
           his
           body
           he
           hath
           the
           casements
           of
           his
           eyes
           to
           look
           through
           ,
           and
           hath
           some
           kind
           of
           enjoyment
           in
           his
           meats
           and
           drinks
           .
           But
           when
           death
           comes
           ,
           he
           pulls
           down
           the
           house
           about
           his
           ears
           ,
           and
           the
           soul
           's
           drag'd
           away
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           no
           more
           the
           
           light
           of
           the
           Sun
           ,
           no
           more
           eating
           and
           drinking
           ,
           no
           more
           the
           delights
           of
           the
           flesh
           .
           He
           is
           like
           the
           malefactor
           that
           hath
           committed
           some
           great
           crime
           ,
           and
           the
           Prince
           sends
           the
           Officers
           ,
           and
           they
           surround
           the
           house
           ,
           and
           break
           it
           open
           ,
           and
           drag
           him
           away
           in
           his
           shirt
           ,
           and
           won't
           give
           him
           time
           to
           put
           on
           his
           cloaths
           .
           This
           is
           a
           sad
           sight
           .
           Just
           so
           will
           thy
           wicked
           soul
           ,
           O
           thou
           wicked
           man
           ,
           be
           dragged
           away
           without
           shirt
           ,
           or
           hose
           ,
           or
           shoe
           ,
           out
           of
           the
           house
           of
           thy
           body
           .
           And
           when
           the
           poor
           prisoner
           ,
           the
           spirit
           of
           a
           wicked
           man
           ,
           is
           sent
           by
           death
           to
           the
           Tribunal
           of
           God
           ,
           he
           is
           in
           a
           friendless
           condition
           .
           If
           a
           man
           is
           Arrested
           for
           debt
           ,
           there
           may
           be
           some
           composition
           ;
           some
           good
           neighbours
           may
           come
           and
           say
           ,
           Pray
           have
           pity
           ,
           he
           is
           a
           poor
           man
           ,
           he
           cannot
           pay
           you
           ,
           he
           will
           pay
           you
           when
           he
           can
           ,
           I
           will
           lay
           down
           somewhat
           for
           him
           :
           you
           have
           such
           a
           thing
           as
           that
           is
           here
           ,
           that
           saves
           the
           poor
           man
           from
           prison
           .
           But
           alas
           !
           thou
           poor
           wicked
           soul
           that
           wouldest
           take
           no
           
           warning
           ,
           but
           hast
           been
           disobedient
           to
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           when
           death
           comes
           with
           a
           Commission
           from
           God
           ,
           from
           Christ
           the
           great
           Judg
           of
           quick
           and
           dead
           ,
           he
           seizeth
           upon
           thee
           ,
           draggeth
           thee
           away
           ;
           and
           perhaps
           ,
           when
           thou
           art
           dragging
           away
           ,
           thou
           lookest
           about
           ,
           what
           ,
           can
           I
           have
           no
           friend
           to
           intercede
           for
           me
           ?
           O
           ,
           for
           a
           little
           more
           time
           to
           repent
           in
           !
           A
           little
           more
           time
           to
           pay
           my
           debts
           in
           !
           What
           ,
           will
           none
           lay
           down
           a
           ransome
           for
           me
           ?
           No
           ,
           No.
           Thou
           wicked
           man
           ,
           while
           thou
           art
           in
           the
           body
           ,
           Jesus
           Christ
           comes
           often
           in
           his
           Ministers
           ,
           saying
           to
           thee
           ,
           Thou
           wicked
           sinner
           ,
           thou
           art
           ten
           thousand
           Talents
           in
           debt
           ;
           Come
           sinner
           ,
           believe
           in
           me
           ,
           repent
           of
           thy
           sins
           against
           me
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           pay
           all
           thy
           debts
           ;
           I
           will
           discharge
           them
           all
           :
           but
           thou
           poor
           rebel
           wouldest
           not
           hearken
           to
           it
           ,
           but
           thou
           wouldest
           go
           on
           ,
           and
           run
           farther
           and
           farther
           .
           Now
           says
           Christ
           ,
           I
           will
           have
           no
           more
           to
           do
           with
           him
           ;
           Justice
           ,
           seize
           upon
           him
           .
           Serjeant
           of
           death
           ,
           arrest
           him
           ,
           drag
           him
           along
           
           with
           thee
           :
           bring
           him
           to
           my
           Tribunal
           ,
           and
           there
           to
           prison
           thou
           must
           go
           :
           and
           now
           poor
           soul
           ,
           thou
           hast
           no
           body
           to
           pay
           thy
           debts
           for
           thee
           ;
           now
           thou
           must
           go
           ,
           and
           pay
           them
           all
           thy self
           :
           but
           thou
           wilt
           never
           be
           able
           to
           pay
           the
           uttermost
           farthing
           ;
           nay
           ,
           thou
           art
           not
           able
           to
           pay
           one
           farthing
           .
        
         
           Well
           ,
           but
           whether
           must
           I
           go
           ?
           To
           prison
           .
           What
           's
           that
           prison
           ?
           Hell
           (
           man
           )
           ,
           that
           's
           the
           prison
           :
           so
           it
           is
           called
           a
           prison
           ,
           Rev.
           20.1
           ,
           2
           ,
           
             And
             I
             saw
             an
             Angel
             come
             down
             from
             heaven
             ,
             having
             the
             key
             of
             the
             bottomless
             pit
             ,
             and
             a
             great
             chain
             in
             his
             hand
             .
             And
             he
             laid
             hold
             on
             the
             Dragon
             that
             old
             Serpent
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             Devil
             and
             Satan
             ,
             and
             bound
             him
             :
          
           Where
           ?
           why
           where
           he
           was
           loosed
           afterwards
           ,
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           Vers
           .
           7
           ,
           
             And
             when
             the
             thousand
             years
             are
             expired
             ,
             Satan
             shall
             be
             loosed
             out
             of
             his
             prison
             .
          
           This
           deep
           pit
           is
           here
           call'd
           a
           prison
           ;
           this
           deep
           pit
           where
           the
           Devil
           is
           chained
           ,
           is
           a
           prison
           ,
           and
           thither
           must
           every
           arrested
           sinner
           be
           dragged
           into
           this
           pit
           ,
           and
           laid
           in
           this
           prison
           ,
           in
           
           chains
           ,
           under
           darkness
           .
           Why
           ,
           say
           you
           ,
           Why
           is
           Hell
           call'd
           a
           prison
           (
           for
           these
           poor
           spirits
           to
           be
           laid
           in
           )
           ?
        
         
           Why
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           resemblance
           that
           it
           hath
           to
           a
           prison
           .
           In
           these
           three
           respects
           Hell
           is
           called
           a
           Prison
           .
        
         
           First
           ,
           It
           's
           a
           place
           of
           punishment
           ,
           as
           Prisons
           are
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           It
           's
           a
           place
           of
           Restraint
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           It
           's
           a
           place
           of
           Abode
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           A
           prison
           is
           a
           place
           of
           Punishment
           :
           Alas
           ,
           your
           prisons
           are
           full
           of
           the
           instruments
           of
           punishment
           :
           Go
           into
           a
           prison
           ,
           and
           there
           you
           shall
           see
           your
           dark
           dungeon
           ,
           without
           any
           light
           (
           or
           next
           to
           none
           )
           ,
           there
           you
           may
           see
           your
           Press-yard
           ,
           where
           the
           malefactors
           are
           sometimes
           press'd
           to
           death
           ,
           and
           you
           may
           see
           the
           press
           ,
           and
           the
           weights
           that
           are
           laid
           upon
           them
           :
           go
           into
           Prisons
           ,
           and
           there
           you
           shall
           see
           Racks
           to
           torture
           men
           ,
           to
           stretch
           them
           ,
           to
           pull
           their
           limbs
           and
           members
           out
           of
           joynt
           ;
           there
           you
           shall
           see
           Chains
           ,
           Chains
           for
           the
           feet
           ,
           for
           the
           hands
           ,
           to
           bind
           them
           ,
           to
           load
           them
           ,
           to
           
           pain
           them
           .
           Prisons
           are
           places
           of
           punishment
           ,
           torment
           ,
           misery
           .
           Hell
           is
           called
           a
           Prison
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           a
           place
           of
           pain
           and
           torment
           .
           Why
           ,
           what
           is
           there
           in
           Hell
           that
           answers
           to
           these
           Racks
           ,
           Presses
           ,
           Irons
           ,
           Chains
           ?
           Why
           there
           is
           darkness
           ,
           there
           's
           your
           Dungeon
           ,
           utter
           darkness
           ,
           extream
           darkness
           :
           For
           Misery
           ,
           there
           is
           
             weeping
             ,
             wailing
             and
             gnashing
             of
             teeth
             .
          
           For
           Torment
           ,
           there
           is
           fire
           ,
           everlasting
           fire
           that
           will
           never
           go
           out
           .
           There
           's
           a
           rack
           for
           the
           Spirit
           ,
           there
           's
           the
           worm
           that
           never
           dieth
           .
           For
           a
           Jaylor
           ,
           there
           's
           the
           Devil
           ,
           that
           is
           in
           for
           his
           own
           fault
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           tormented
           himself
           ,
           and
           to
           torment
           others
           .
           O!
           't
           is
           a
           sad
           Prison
           !
           to
           be
           under
           a
           cruel
           Jaylor
           ,
           in
           Chains
           ,
           and
           fire
           ,
           with
           a
           worm
           gnawing
           at
           the
           very
           heart
           ,
           under
           the
           wrath
           of
           God!
           This
           is
           a
           sad
           state
           ,
           sinners
           !
           a
           sad
           state
           !
           The
           Lord
           help
           you
           to
           believe
           it
           .
           But
           you
           are
           apt
           to
           hear
           this
           as
           a
           Fable
           ;
           but
           believe
           it
           ,
           you
           will
           find
           this
           true
           .
           The
           old
           world
           was
           as
           secure
           as
           you
           are
           .
           Repent
           ,
           faith
           God
           ,
           or
           I
           will
           drown
           you
           
           all
           ,
           and
           (
           that
           which
           is
           more
           )
           I
           will
           damn
           you
           too
           :
           I
           will
           send
           your
           bodies
           to
           rot
           in
           the
           ground
           ,
           and
           your
           souls
           to
           the
           Prison
           of
           Hell.
           Noah
           tells
           them
           so
           :
           Says
           God
           to
           
             Noah
             ,
             Prepare
             thy
             Ark
             against
             the
             time
          
           :
           He
           did
           so
           .
           Why
           what
           did
           the
           rest
           do
           ?
           They
           believed
           it
           not
           ,
           they
           regarded
           it
           not
           :
           they
           thought
           Noah
           must
           say
           something
           ,
           and
           they
           look't
           upon
           him
           as
           a
           Mad-man
           ,
           and
           so
           you
           do
           Us.
           Sinners
           !
           take
           heed
           that
           death
           does
           not
           come
           and
           drag
           you
           away
           before
           you
           have
           repented
           ,
           and
           obeyed
           the
           voice
           of
           Christ
           in
           his
           Ministers
           .
           The
           old
           world
           because
           they
           did
           not
           repent
           ,
           they
           were
           damn'd
           for
           not
           hearkning
           to
           Noah
           ;
           and
           you
           shall
           be
           damn'd
           if
           you
           will
           not
           hearken
           to
           Us.
           The
           Lord
           awaken
           your
           sleepy
           souls
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           not
           sleep
           the
           sleep
           of
           death
           ;
           that
           you
           may
           not
           go
           down
           with
           your
           bodies
           to
           the
           Grave
           ,
           and
           your
           souls
           to
           Hell.
           
        
         
           But
           again
           ,
           Hell
           is
           called
           a
           Prison
           ,
           because
           it
           is
           a
           place
           of
           restraint
           ;
           you
           
           can't
           go
           out
           when
           you
           please
           .
           Go
           to
           Newgate
           ,
           they
           will
           talk
           with
           you
           through
           the
           grates
           ,
           but
           they
           can't
           go
           out
           of
           doors
           ,
           neither
           can
           friends
           come
           to
           them
           ,
           but
           must
           ask
           the
           Jaylor
           leave
           :
           and
           if
           he
           hath
           commission
           to
           deny
           any
           ,
           away
           you
           must
           go
           ,
           though
           a
           Wife
           ,
           though
           a
           Father
           or
           Brother
           :
           So
           ,
           poor
           soul
           ,
           when
           God
           hath
           stript
           thee
           of
           thy
           body
           ,
           and
           laid
           thee
           in
           this
           Prison
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           be
           restrained
           ,
           and
           others
           restrained
           from
           coming
           to
           thee
           ;
           there
           's
           no
           friend
           to
           come
           to
           thee
           then
           .
           Noah
           preached
           to
           the
           old
           world
           in
           the
           body
           ,
           and
           so
           we
           do
           to
           you
           ;
           but
           when
           you
           have
           by
           your
           disobedience
           provoked
           God
           to
           cut
           you
           off
           ,
           and
           lay
           your
           souls
           in
           this
           Prison
           ,
           there
           's
           no
           coming
           to
           you
           ,
           no
           preacher
           then
           ,
           no
           Christ
           ,
           and
           no
           Spirit
           to
           offer
           Salvation
           then
           :
           you
           are
           poor
           Prisoners
           restrain'd
           and
           kept
           from
           all
           manner
           of
           comfort
           .
           O
           saith
           the
           rich
           man
           in
           Hell
           ,
           
             Father
             Abraham
             ,
             O
             that
             some
             would
             come
             and
             give
             me
             but
             the
             refreshment
             of
             a
             drop
             of
             cold
             water
             
             to
             cool
             my
             tongue
             in
             this
             torment
             !
             No
             ,
          
           says
           he
           ,
           
             there
             's
             a
             gulf
             between
             us
             and
             you
          
           ;
           't
           is
           a
           Gaol
           ,
           and
           the
           Prisoner
           is
           bounded
           up
           by
           the
           Justice
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           there
           is
           a
           charge
           ,
           none
           shall
           come
           from
           us
           to
           you
           ,
           nor
           from
           you
           to
           us
           .
           It
           's
           a
           Prison
           ,
           you
           are
           restrained
           ,
           poor
           sinners
           !
           Will
           you
           believe
           ?
           No
           ,
           you
           don't
           believe
           .
           Because
           you
           dont
           believe
           ,
           you
           will
           be
           damn'd
           :
           This
           damn'd
           the
           old
           world
           ,
           and
           this
           will
           damn
           you
           ,
           if
           you
           don't
           believe
           .
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           Hell
           is
           a
           Prison
           ,
           as
           it
           is
           a
           place
           of
           Abode
           .
           When
           you
           are
           in
           Prison
           ,
           if
           it
           be
           for
           debt
           ,
           How
           can
           you
           get
           out
           ?
           Why
           these
           Three
           ways
           you
           may
           get
           out
           of
           these
           Prisons
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           By
           breaking
           of
           them
           :
           but
           you
           can't
           break
           the
           gates
           of
           Hell
           ,
           no
           you
           can't
           ;
           you
           may
           clamber
           these
           walls
           ,
           and
           come
           down
           by
           ropes
           :
           but
           there
           is
           a
           great
           gulf
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           as
           well
           think
           of
           clambering
           the
           Stars
           ,
           as
           to
           get
           out
           of
           this
           Prison
           .
           And
           again
           ,
        
         
           2.
           
           There
           is
           an
           other
           way
           ,
           if
           you
           can't
           
           pay
           your
           debts
           ,
           another
           may
           :
           But
           there
           is
           no
           paying
           for
           you
           out
           of
           Hell.
           Christ
           hath
           once
           done
           it
           ,
           if
           you
           will
           repent
           he
           will
           pay
           all
           for
           you
           ;
           but
           if
           once
           clapt
           into
           that
           Prison
           ,
           Christs
           blood
           will
           profit
           you
           nothing
           .
           Or
           ,
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           By
           Pardon
           .
           If
           no
           body
           will
           pay
           the
           debt
           ,
           the
           Creditor
           may
           forgive
           him
           :
           but
           believe
           it
           ,
           sinner
           ,
           you
           will
           never
           have
           such
           a
           pardon
           from
           God
           ;
           for
           here
           's
           your
           time
           of
           pardon
           ,
           if
           thou
           wilt
           repent
           ,
           Christ
           he
           will
           pardon
           thee
           ,
           
             To
             day
             if
             ye
             will
             hear
             his
             voice
             ,
             harden
             not
             your
             hearts
          
           :
           but
           if
           you
           die
           ,
           no
           more
           pardon
           ,
           no
           more
           offers
           of
           Grace
           ;
           then
           thou
           art
           shut
           up
           for
           ever
           .
           'T
           is
           a
           Prison
           .
           Never
           man
           that
           was
           in
           Hell
           ,
           got
           out
           of
           Hell
           more
           .
           So
           much
           for
           the
           Third
           .
        
         
           Fourthly
           ,
           What
           's
           the
           Crime
           (
           having
           discoursed
           of
           the
           Prison
           )
           ?
           Wh●●'s
           the
           Crime
           ?
           Disobedience
           .
           
             That
             were
             sometimes
             disobedient
             in
             the
             days
             of
             Noah
             .
          
           To
           whom
           ?
           To
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           .
           In
           whom
           ?
           Noah
           Where
           〈◊〉
           the
           old
           world
           .
           Why
           ,
           did
           the
           Spirit
           
           appear
           in
           visible
           shape
           ?
           No
           ,
           but
           in
           
             Noah
             ,
             a
             Preacher
             of
             righteousness
             .
          
           They
           hearkned
           not
           to
           Noah
           ,
           and
           for
           that
           they
           perished
           :
           That
           is
           the
           great
           crime
           for
           which
           men
           have
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           world
           gone
           down
           into
           Hell
           ,
           for
           their
           disobedience
           to
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           in
           his
           Prophets
           ,
           and
           in
           his
           Ministers
           .
           Why
           ,
           what
           were
           the
           sins
           that
           they
           were
           guilty
           of
           ,
           that
           Noah
           called
           them
           to
           repent
           of
           ?
           Why
           you
           shall
           see
           in
           the
           6
           Chap.
           of
           Gen.
           and
           the
           5
           ver
           .
           (
           they
           were
           a
           wicked
           sort
           of
           people
           ,
           and
           made
           God
           repent
           that
           ever
           he
           made
           them
           ,
           Gen.
           6.5
           )
           ,
           
             And
             God
             saw
             that
             the
             wickedness
             of
             man
             was
             great
             in
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             that
             every
             imagination
             of
             the
             thought
             of
             his
             heart
             was
             only
             evil
             continually
             .
          
           Here
           were
           wicked
           spirits
           ,
           wicked
           souls
           :
           they
           are
           the
           principals
           in
           sin
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           the
           principals
           in
           punishment
           .
           The
           wickedness
           of
           their
           hearts
           .
           Men
           are
           condemn'd
           for
           the
           wickedness
           of
           their
           thoughts
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           for
           the
           wickedness
           of
           their
           lives
           ,
           The
           11
           ,
           12
           ,
           13
           ,
           Verses
           ,
           
           
             The
             earth
             also
             was
             corrupt
             before
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             earth
             was
             filled
             with
             violence
             .
             And
             God
             looked
             upon
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             behold
             it
             was
             corrupt
             :
             for
             all
             flesh
             had
             corrupted
             his
             way
             upon
             the
             earth
             .
             And
             God
             said
             unto
             Noah
             ,
             the
             end
             of
             all
             flesh
             is
             come
             before
             me
             ;
             for
             the
             earth
             is
             filled
             with
             violence
             through
             them
             :
             and
             behold
             ,
             I
             will
             destroy
             them
             with
             the
             earth
             .
          
           Here
           are
           wicked
           hearts
           ,
           and
           wicked
           lives
           ;
           wicked
           thoughts
           ,
           and
           wicked
           deeds
           :
           When
           God
           does
           imprison
           souls
           in
           Hell
           ,
           it
           is
           for
           their
           wicked
           thoughts
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           for
           their
           wicked
           lives
           ;
           and
           some
           of
           you
           perhaps
           never
           take
           account
           of
           the
           wickedness
           of
           your
           thoughts
           ;
           and
           yet
           God
           does
           take
           a
           a
           special
           account
           of
           your
           wicked
           thoughts
           .
           And
           in
           this
           state
           of
           sin
           they
           were
           a
           secure
           people
           ,
           they
           feared
           nothing
           ;
           they
           went
           on
           in
           trading
           ,
           and
           merry
           in
           their
           business
           ,
           as
           the
           world
           is
           just
           now
           .
           As
           in
           Mat.
           24.38
           ,
           
             As
             in
             the
             days
             that
             were
             before
             the
             flood
             ,
             they
             were
             eating
             and
             drinking
             ,
             marrying
             and
             givîng
             
             in
             marriage
             ,
             until
             the
             day
             that
             Noah
             entred
             into
             the
             Ark
             ,
             and
             knew
             not
             until
             the
             flood
             came
             ,
             and
             took
             them
             all
             away
             ;
             so
             shall
             also
             the
             coming
             of
             the
             son
             of
             man
             be
             .
          
           They
           were
           sinners
           ,
           wicked
           rebellious
           sinners
           ,
           and
           secure
           sinners
           ,
           and
           Noah
           was
           sent
           to
           awaken
           them
           out
           of
           this
           security
           ,
           and
           called
           them
           to
           repentance
           ,
           and
           threatned
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           upon
           them
           if
           they
           did
           not
           repent
           .
           But
           (
           says
           Christ
           )
           
             they
             regarded
             it
             not
          
           ;
           no
           ,
           
             not
             to
             the
             very
             day
             that
             the
             flood
             came
             .
             And
             so
             it
             will
             be
          
           (
           says
           he
           )
           
             against
             the
             coming
             of
             the
             son
             of
             man.
          
           And
           is
           it
           not
           so
           now
           ?
           Look
           about
           your
           streets
           ,
           in
           the
           morning
           there
           you
           hear
           the
           clattering
           of
           your
           Shop
           doors
           ,
           and
           setting
           out
           of
           your
           wares
           ,
           and
           buying
           and
           selling
           ;
           and
           when
           Breakfast
           ,
           or
           Dinner
           ,
           or
           Supper
           comes
           ,
           you
           set
           down
           ,
           and
           eat
           and
           drink
           ;
           you
           lie
           down
           and
           rise
           again
           ;
           and
           sometimes
           you
           go
           to
           the
           Change
           ,
           and
           busie
           you
           are
           ,
           like
           so
           many
           Ants
           ;
           and
           here
           we
           Ministers
           of
           the
           Gospel
           come
           ,
           like
           Noah
           ,
           we
           say
           ,
           
             Repent
             ,
             repent
             ,
             for
             God
             hath
             
             appointed
             a
             day
             wherein
             he
             will
             judg
             the
             world
             for
             sin
             ,
             by
             the
             man
             Christ
             Jesus
             .
          
           Yea
           ,
           that
           he
           hath
           a
           prison
           to
           throw
           your
           souls
           in
           at
           death
           ,
           where
           he
           hath
           darkness
           to
           affright
           you
           ,
           and
           chains
           to
           bind
           you
           ,
           and
           fire
           to
           burn
           you
           ;
           and
           you
           mind
           us
           no
           more
           than
           these
           people
           did
           in
           the
           days
           of
           Noah
           ;
           no
           ,
           not
           you
           :
           till
           sickness
           comes
           ,
           or
           the
           day
           of
           your
           death
           ;
           and
           then
           you
           begin
           to
           bethink
           your selves
           ,
           and
           cry
           ,
           O
           that
           I
           had
           an
           Ark
           now
           !
           O
           that
           I
           had
           an
           interest
           in
           Christ
           !
           O
           that
           I
           had
           Grace
           and
           a
           title
           to
           Heaven
           !
           Now
           nothing
           but
           Christ
           ,
           nothing
           but
           Grace
           ,
           nothing
           but
           praying
           and
           sending
           for
           Ministers
           to
           come
           and
           talk
           with
           you
           .
           Here
           is
           a
           Customer
           come
           in
           ,
           O
           don't
           talk
           to
           me
           now
           !
           O
           I
           must
           mind
           Heaven
           !
           But
           before
           that
           time
           ,
           you
           are
           as
           careless
           as
           the
           old
           World
           was
           ,
           until
           the
           flood
           came
           and
           swept
           them
           all
           away
           .
           O
           you
           poor
           fools
           !
           what
           do
           you
           do
           ?
           you
           are
           busie
           for
           time
           ,
           and
           regardless
           for
           eternity
           :
           Death
           is
           at
           your
           doors
           ,
           and
           you
           know
           not
           how
           soon
           you
           may
           hear
           the
           
           blows
           and
           clattering
           about
           your
           body
           ,
           and
           your
           house
           fall
           ,
           and
           your
           souls
           hurried
           away
           ;
           and
           yet
           do
           you
           mind
           nothing
           but
           eating
           and
           drinking
           ,
           buying
           and
           selling
           ,
           and
           the
           like
           .
           What
           will
           you
           do
           ?
           The
           Lord
           awaken
           you
           !
           Here
           you
           sit
           and
           hear
           me
           ,
           and
           you
           are
           stupified
           many
           of
           you
           ,
           you
           gaze
           upon
           me
           ,
           you
           do
           not
           know
           what
           to
           think
           of
           what
           I
           say
           ;
           and
           thou
           art
           questioning
           whether
           what
           I
           say
           be
           true
           ;
           and
           thou
           art
           thinking
           to
           escape
           ,
           but
           assure
           thy self
           sinner
           ,
           that
           as
           sure
           as
           God
           is
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           thou
           wilt
           not
           escape
           ,
           if
           thou
           dost
           not
           believe
           now
           in
           this
           thy
           day
           ,
           when
           God
           is
           calling
           upon
           thee
           ,
           now
           hear
           his
           voice
           ;
           but
           if
           thou
           goest
           on
           secure
           ,
           as
           the
           old
           World
           ,
           say
           you
           had
           warning
           ,
           and
           that
           I
           gave
           you
           warning
           this
           day
           :
           God
           knows
           but
           before
           seven
           days
           hence
           thou
           maist
           be
           in
           this
           prison
           .
           O
           come
           to
           Christ
           that
           your
           debts
           may
           be
           discharged
           .
           But
           you
           go
           away
           ,
           go
           to
           dinner
           ,
           and
           come
           again
           ,
           make
           it
           a
           hearing-business
           ,
           and
           do
           no
           more
           ,
           and
           think
           your selves
           secure
           :
           
           This
           will
           not
           serve
           thy
           turn
           ,
           poor
           sinner
           ,
           no
           ,
           no
           ;
           no
           ,
           this
           will
           not
           do
           .
           Go
           into
           thy
           Closet
           and
           down
           upon
           thy
           knees
           ,
           tell
           God
           what
           a
           sinner
           thou
           art
           ;
           tell
           him
           how
           much
           thou
           hast
           provoked
           him
           ,
           and
           promise
           him
           to
           obey
           him
           for
           the
           time
           to
           come
           ;
           and
           never
           give
           him
           rest
           till
           he
           hath
           given
           thee
           an
           interest
           in
           Christ
           ,
           and
           an
           assurance
           of
           an
           Ark
           ;
           and
           then
           go
           comfortably
           ,
           man
           ,
           about
           thy
           business
           ,
           when
           thou
           hast
           got
           an
           assurance
           of
           another
           world
           .
           Noah
           might
           go
           and
           eat
           ,
           and
           drink
           comfortably
           ,
           he
           had
           an
           Ark
           to
           go
           into
           when
           the
           flood
           came
           ;
           so
           thou
           poor
           soul
           if
           thou
           wouldst
           but
           repent
           and
           believe
           in
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           thou
           maist
           comfortably
           eat
           and
           drink
           ,
           and
           buy
           and
           sell
           as
           thou
           hast
           occasion
           ,
           for
           thou
           hast
           an
           Ark.
           But
           for
           thee
           to
           live
           in
           a
           wicked
           ungodly
           way
           ,
           and
           take
           no
           thought
           for
           eternity
           :
           what
           wilt
           thou
           do
           sinner
           ,
           when
           death
           comes
           and
           awakens
           thee
           ?
           O
           that
           the
           Lord
           would
           awaken
           you
           this
           day
           !
           How
           few
           of
           you
           have
           been
           a
           hammering
           upon
           this
           Ark
           ?
           a
           making
           this
           Ark
           ?
           
           I
           tell
           thee
           ,
           (
           I
           will
           be
           a
           Prophet
           to
           thee
           ,
           sinner
           !
           )
           thou
           wilt
           wish
           a
           thousand
           times
           that
           thou
           hadst
           taken
           this
           counsel
           .
           Be
           wise
           now
           in
           time
           ;
           thou
           wilt
           repent
           that
           thou
           hast
           not
           prayed
           more
           ,
           that
           thou
           hast
           not
           repented
           more
           .
           O
           do
           it
           now
           then
           ,
           for
           the
           Lords
           sake
           ;
           for
           when
           thou
           art
           once
           thrown
           into
           prison
           ,
           thou
           art
           gone
           for
           ever
           .
           It
           is
           for
           the
           disobeying
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           rich
           man
           in
           the
           Gospel
           cried
           ,
           
             Father
             Abraham
             ,
             I
             have
             brethren
             upon
             earth
             ,
             O
             that
             some
             would
             go
             and
             tell
             them
             :
             no
             ,
             no
             ,
          
           says
           Abraham
           ,
           
             they
             have
             Moses
             and
             the
             Prophets
             ,
             if
             they
             will
             not
             believe
             them
             ,
             neither
             will
             they
             believe
             ,
             though
             one
             go
             from
             the
             dead
             .
          
           So
           then
           the
           rich
           man
           is
           in
           hell
           ;
           how
           so
           ?
           Why
           I
           did
           not
           believe
           my
           sin
           would
           bring
           me
           there
           ?
           Why
           ,
           did
           not
           Moses
           and
           the
           Prophets
           tell
           thee
           so
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           But
           I
           did
           not
           believe
           ;
           O
           that
           some
           would
           come
           from
           the
           dead
           !
           so
           sinners
           ,
           you
           go
           on
           in
           sin
           ,
           why
           do
           you
           so
           ?
           Because
           you
           do
           not
           believe
           
           what
           will
           come
           of
           it
           .
           Why
           ,
           did
           not
           Ministers
           tell
           you
           so
           ?
           and
           they
           are
           sent
           of
           Christ
           to
           tell
           you
           so
           ?
           hath
           not
           Moses
           and
           the
           Prophets
           told
           you
           so
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           yes
           ;
           But
           you
           will
           not
           believe
           us
           ,
           nor
           Christ
           ,
           nor
           his
           Apostles
           ,
           nor
           Moses
           ,
           nor
           the
           Prophets
           .
           Men
           will
           have
           their
           sins
           ,
           and
           they
           will
           not
           fear
           being
           damned
           ;
           though
           all
           the
           whole
           cloud
           of
           witnesses
           warn
           them
           ,
           they
           regard
           them
           not
           .
           But
           though
           you
           will
           not
           regard
           them
           now
           ,
           they
           will
           all
           come
           in
           as
           witnesses
           against
           you
           at
           that
           day
           .
           Had
           not
           you
           a
           Bible
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           but
           I
           could
           not
           read
           .
           But
           did
           not
           you
           hear
           it
           read
           ,
           and
           had
           it
           preached
           to
           you
           ?
           What
           can
           you
           say
           ?
           But
           say
           you
           ,
           here
           's
           a
           prisoner
           ,
           and
           sent
           to
           prison
           too
           ,
           for
           disobeying
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           but
           is
           it
           justice
           for
           God
           to
           send
           men
           to
           prison
           for
           not
           hearkning
           to
           a
           company
           of
           prating
           Preachers
           ?
           Prating
           !
           God
           will
           vindicate
           us
           from
           prating
           ;
           I
           tell
           you
           ,
           we
           come
           with
           our
           Commission
           from
           God
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           Christ
           speaks
           by
           me
           ,
           and
           
           by
           every
           Minister
           that
           cometh
           to
           you
           ;
           and
           if
           you
           reject
           us
           ,
           you
           reject
           him
           ;
           if
           you
           reflect
           upon
           us
           for
           prating
           ,
           you
           may
           as
           well
           say
           ,
           it
           is
           a
           prating
           Christ
           .
           
             We
             beseech
             you
             in
             Christs
             stead
             to
             be
             reconciled
             to
             God.
          
           We
           come
           not
           with
           our
           own
           words
           ,
           but
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Lord
           we
           bring
           and
           preach
           .
        
         
           Well
           ,
           but
           is
           it
           just
           for
           God
           to
           damn
           me
           thus
           eternally
           in
           a
           prison
           ,
           because
           I
           will
           not
           repent
           of
           my
           sin
           ?
           Yes
           .
           Why
           ?
        
         
           First
           ,
           because
           God
           does
           it
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           because
           thou
           deserv'st
           it
           .
        
         
           God!
           why
           what
           is
           he
           ?
           A
           righteous
           God
           ,
           a
           just
           God
           ,
           just
           in
           his
           nature
           ,
           righteous
           in
           all
           his
           ways
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           does
           pour
           out
           his
           plagues
           upon
           sinners
           ,
           the
           Heavens
           glorifie
           his
           Justice
           ,
           and
           cry
           Hosanna's
           to
           him
           .
           See
           how
           God
           is
           applauded
           in
           his
           severe
           acts
           of
           Justice
           upon
           men
           :
           Rev.
           15.1
           ,
           3
           ,
           
             And
             I
             saw
             another
             sign
             in
             heaven
             ,
             great
             and
             marvellous
             ,
             seven
             Angels
             ,
             having
             the
             seven
             last
             plagues
             ,
             for
             in
             them
             is
             filled
             up
             the
             wrath
             of
             God.
          
           Ver.
           3.
           
           
             And
             they
             
             sung
             the
             song
             of
             Moses
             the
             servant
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             the
             song
             of
             the
             Lamb
             ,
             saying
             ,
             Great
             and
             marvellous
             are
             thy
             works
             ,
             Lord
             God
             Almighty
             ;
             just
             and
             true
             are
             thy
             ways
             ,
             thou
             King
             of
             Saints
             .
          
           Go
           Angels
           ,
           pour
           out
           the
           plagues
           full
           of
           my
           wrath
           upon
           yonder
           rebellious
           sinners
           .
           And
           when
           the
           Angels
           come
           upon
           this
           work
           ,
           
             Righteous
             ,
             O
             Lord
             God
             Almighty
             art
             thou
             ,
             thou
             loving
             King
             of
             Saints
             :
          
           Thou
           loving
           King
           of
           Saints
           that
           hast
           mercy
           for
           thousands
           ,
           and
           ten
           thousands
           of
           them
           that
           love
           thee
           :
           But
           for
           them
           that
           hate
           thee
           ,
           
             Just
             and
             righteous
             art
             thou
             ,
             O
             God
             ,
             in
             all
             thy
             ways
             of
             pouring
             out
             plagues
             full
             of
             thy
             wrath
             upon
             men
             .
          
           O
           sinner
           ,
           the
           Angels
           will
           shout
           up
           the
           Justice
           of
           God
           for
           pouring
           down
           the
           wrath
           of
           God
           upon
           you
           .
           So
           sinner
           ,
           do
           but
           think
           of
           it
           ;
           suppose
           thou
           Drunkard
           wert
           to
           die
           to
           night
           ,
           and
           to
           be
           dragged
           to
           the
           Tribunal
           of
           Christ
           ,
           and
           to
           receive
           this
           sentence
           ,
           Go
           ,
           get
           thee
           down
           to
           thy
           fellow-prisoners
           that
           have
           disobeyed
           the
           voice
           
           of
           my
           Son.
           O
           poor
           Drunkard
           !
           for
           thee
           to
           hear
           thousands
           of
           Angels
           (
           presently
           )
           shout
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           Righteous
           and
           just
           art
           thou
           ,
           O
           Lord
           God
           ,
           for
           sending
           that
           Drunkard
           to
           hell
           .
           O
           we
           knew
           with
           what
           a
           hard
           heart
           he
           persever'd
           in
           his
           sins
           ,
           notwithstanding
           all
           the
           calls
           and
           warnings
           given
           him
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           thee
           our
           God
           in
           thy
           Ministers
           .
           Rev.
           16.5
           ,
           
             Thou
             art
             righteous
             ,
             O
             Lord
             ,
             which
             art
             ,
             and
             wast
             ,
             and
             shalt
             be
             ,
             because
             thou
             hast
             judged
             thus
             .
          
           Angels
           admire
           God
           for
           judging
           thus
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           for
           judging
           the
           spirits
           of
           wicked
           men
           to
           hell
           ;
           and
           afterwards
           for
           raising
           their
           bodies
           ,
           and
           uniting
           spirit
           and
           body
           together
           ,
           and
           throwing
           down
           both
           into
           hell
           .
           Now
           ,
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Thou
           hast
           deserv'd
           it
           ,
           sinner
           ;
           thy
           crime
           deserves
           it
           :
           What
           is
           the
           crime
           ?
           The
           crime
           is
           disobedience
           ,
           rebellion
           ,
           stubborness
           ,
           obstinacy
           in
           sin
           ;
           men
           are
           damn'd
           for
           that
           .
           The
           wicked
           world
           had
           evil
           thoughts
           ,
           were
           full
           of
           evil
           thoughts
           and
           imaginations
           continually
           ,
           
           they
           were
           full
           of
           violence
           ,
           full
           of
           oppression
           .
           Were
           they
           damned
           for
           that
           ?
           Yes
           ;
           but
           not
           only
           for
           that
           .
           What
           then
           ?
           why
           it
           was
           because
           they
           were
           told
           (
           by
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           in
           Noah
           )
           the
           wickedness
           of
           these
           thoughts
           ,
           how
           they
           angred
           God
           ,
           and
           God
           repented
           that
           he
           made
           them
           ;
           but
           notwithstanding
           this
           ,
           they
           would
           go
           on
           ;
           this
           is
           that
           which
           damns
           the
           sinner
           ;
           't
           is
           not
           barely
           ,
           because
           a
           sinner
           ,
           but
           it
           is
           because
           when
           he
           is
           called
           upon
           (
           by
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Christ
           )
           to
           repent
           ,
           he
           will
           not
           repent
           .
           You
           poor
           sinners
           ,
           you
           have
           lived
           lives
           without
           God
           ,
           without
           Christ
           ,
           prayerless
           lives
           ,
           drunken
           lives
           ,
           unclean
           lives
           ,
           Sabbath-breaking
           lives
           ;
           shall
           these
           damn
           me
           ?
           no
           sinner
           ,
           if
           thou
           wilt
           now
           (
           while
           Christ
           speaks
           by
           his
           Ministers
           )
           hearken
           to
           his
           voice
           ,
           and
           not
           harden
           thy
           heart
           against
           the
           Call
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           these
           shall
           not
           damn
           thee
           ,
           if
           thou
           wouldst
           but
           repent
           and
           confess
           them
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           give
           thy self
           up
           to
           Christ
           ,
           
           to
           be
           ruled
           and
           governed
           by
           him
           :
           God
           for
           Christs
           sake
           will
           then
           blot
           them
           all
           out
           ,
           and
           they
           shall
           never
           rise
           up
           in
           judgment
           against
           thee
           .
           What
           is
           it
           damns
           me
           then
           ?
           why
           this
           ,
           That
           thou
           art
           a
           Drunkard
           ,
           and
           wilt
           be
           so
           ;
           a
           Swearer
           ,
           and
           wilt
           be
           so
           ;
           an
           unclean
           person
           ,
           and
           wilt
           be
           so
           ;
           a
           prayerless
           man
           ,
           (
           thirty
           or
           forty
           years
           )
           and
           wilt
           not
           call
           upon
           God
           :
           Thou
           art
           an
           obstinate
           sinner
           ,
           a
           rebellious
           sinner
           ;
           though
           Christ
           calls
           by
           one
           Minister
           ,
           and
           another
           ,
           yet
           thou
           regardest
           it
           not
           :
           't
           is
           for
           this
           that
           God
           will
           throw
           thee
           to
           hell
           ;
           and
           how
           just
           a
           thing
           is
           it
           for
           thee
           to
           be
           damned
           for
           stubbornness
           ?
           If
           a
           child
           hath
           committed
           a
           fault
           ,
           and
           will
           be
           reclaim'd
           ,
           the
           father
           will
           forgive
           him
           ;
           but
           if
           he
           will
           go
           on
           still
           in
           his
           stubbornness
           ,
           the
           natural
           affections
           of
           the
           father
           will
           be
           turned
           to
           hardness
           .
           You
           see
           the
           Prodigal
           when
           he
           came
           home
           crying
           ,
           
             I
             have
             sinned
             against
             heaven
             and
             before
             thee
             :
             father
             let
             me
             be
             as
             one
             of
             thy
             hired
             servants
             :
          
           
           The
           father
           meets
           him
           ,
           falls
           about
           his
           neck
           ,
           and
           kisses
           him
           ,
           takes
           him
           home
           ,
           and
           says
           ,
           
             My
             son
             was
             lost
             ,
             and
             is
             found
             :
             he
             was
             dead
             ,
             and
             is
             alive
             again
             ;
             and
             there
             was
             joy
             and
             rejoicing
             .
          
           But
           if
           this
           son
           now
           after
           he
           had
           spent
           all
           ,
           and
           continued
           with
           his
           harlots
           ,
           and
           never
           had
           thought
           of
           returning
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           died
           &
           rotted
           there
           in
           that
           field
           with
           the
           swine
           .
           So
           sinner
           ,
           if
           thou
           wilt
           still
           keep
           to
           thy
           swinish
           lusts
           ,
           and
           there
           lie
           and
           die
           ,
           and
           rot
           ,
           and
           go
           to
           hell
           ,
           God
           does
           not
           matter
           thee
           ,
           Christ
           will
           not
           regard
           thee
           .
           But
           if
           it
           comes
           into
           thy
           heart
           ,
           Lord
           I
           am
           in
           a
           starving
           condition
           ,
           here
           I
           am
           ,
           a
           rebel
           ,
           an
           unclean
           person
           ,
           a
           drunkard
           ;
           I
           am
           a
           weary
           ,
           I
           see
           I
           am
           undone
           ;
           I
           come
           to
           thee
           ,
           father
           .
           Go
           now
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           accept
           of
           thee
           ,
           and
           receive
           thee
           .
           But
           if
           thou
           art
           stubborn
           and
           rebellious
           ,
           and
           wilt
           go
           on
           ,
           thou
           maist
           expect
           no
           other
           ,
           but
           that
           God
           will
           inflict
           upon
           thee
           ,
           hell
           to
           thy
           soul
           at
           death
           ,
           and
           at
           the
           Resurrection
           ,
           hell
           to
           soul
           and
           body
           .
        
         
         
           But
           there
           are
           Aggravations
           of
           this
           thy
           stubbornness
           ,
           for
           thou
           art
           stubborn
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           Against
           the
           tenders
           of
           mercy
           that
           are
           made
           to
           thee
           .
        
         
           Secondly
           ,
           Against
           the
           long-suffering
           of
           God
           to
           thee
           .
           And
           ,
        
         
           Thirdly
           ,
           Thou
           art
           stubborn
           ,
           notwithstanding
           thou
           hast
           had
           so
           much
           warning
           .
        
         
           And
           these
           things
           will
           justifie
           God
           ,
           and
           lay
           a
           foundation
           for
           condemning
           thee
           in
           thine
           own
           Conscience
           :
           As
           ,
        
         
           First
           ,
           Mercy
           ,
           mercy
           !
           I
           will
           pardon
           their
           iniquities
           ;
           let
           a
           wicked
           man
           
             forsake
             his
             sins
          
           .
           What
           then
           ?
           
             I
             will
             have
             mercy
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             will
             abundantly
             pardon
             him
             .
          
           Here
           are
           tenders
           of
           mercy
           offering
           strength
           to
           help
           thee
           to
           conquer
           thy
           lusts
           (
           according
           to
           that
           of
           the
           Prophet
           )
           ,
           
             O
             ye
             simple
             ones
             ,
             how
             long
             will
             ye
             love
             simplicity
             ?
          
           Are
           you
           blind
           ?
           I
           will
           teach
           you
           .
           Are
           you
           weak
           ?
           I
           will
           strengthen
           you
           .
           How
           wilt
           thou
           do
           it
           ?
           
             I
             will
             
             pour
             out
             my
             Spirit
             upon
             thee
             .
          
           Hast
           thou
           a
           mind
           to
           have
           Grace
           ?
           He
           will
           give
           it
           thee
           .
           Hast
           thou
           a
           mind
           to
           have
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Grace
           and
           Supplication
           ?
           He
           will
           bestow
           it
           upon
           thee
           .
           But
           for
           thee
           to
           go
           on
           in
           sin
           ,
           and
           reject
           pardon
           when
           offered
           :
           What
           canst
           thou
           say
           for
           thy self
           ?
        
         
           Again
           ,
           These
           tenders
           of
           mercy
           are
           made
           with
           long-suffering
           .
           There
           are
           a
           great
           many
           sinners
           (
           I
           am
           afraid
           some
           here
           are
           not
           yet
           Converted
           )
           ,
           who
           all
           for
           a
           long
           time
           have
           heard
           Sermons
           :
           God
           hath
           been
           calling
           upon
           you
           .
           As
           God
           said
           of
           the
           old
           world
           :
           
             Here
             is
             a
             wicked
             people
          
           ,
           What
           shall
           I
           do
           with
           them
           ?
           What
           ?
           Why
           Justice
           might
           have
           said
           ,
           destroy
           them
           .
           No
           ,
           saith
           God
           ,
           they
           are
           a
           rash
           giddy-headed-people
           ,
           I
           will
           give
           them
           warning
           .
           How
           long
           ?
           Why
           almost
           one
           hundred
           and
           twenty
           years
           .
           So
           sinner
           ,
           God
           saw
           thee
           Drunk
           ,
           heard
           thee
           Swear
           :
           Justice
           might
           have
           said
           ,
           cut
           him
           off
           :
           No
           ,
           saith
           God
           ,
           I
           will
           try
           him
           with
           another
           
           month
           of
           Sermons
           ,
           another
           year
           of
           Sermons
           ;
           I
           will
           try
           what
           my
           Children
           ,
           that
           are
           his
           Friends
           ,
           will
           say
           to
           him
           .
           O
           sinner
           !
           
             The
             long-suffering
             of
             God
             waiteth
             upon
             thee
             .
          
           Grace
           cries
           ,
           repent
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           pardon
           thee
           :
           Repent
           ,
           and
           I
           will
           give
           thee
           my
           Spirit
           :
           though
           thou
           art
           a
           wicked
           Rebel
           ,
           I
           will
           not
           snatch
           thee
           away
           ;
           I
           will
           let
           thee
           live
           five
           years
           longer
           ,
           ten
           years
           longer
           :
           O
           ,
           if
           thou
           goest
           to
           Hell
           ,
           what
           will
           Conscience
           say
           ?
           O
           thou
           art
           a
           stubborn
           sinner
           .
           Thou
           must
           say
           ,
           
             Righteous
             art
             thou
             ,
             O
             God
             ,
             in
             all
             thy
             ways
             ,
             and
             just
             in
             all
             thy
             judgments
             .
          
           I
           might
           have
           been
           in
           Heaven
           ,
           but
           I
           would
           not
           ;
           and
           now
           I
           am
           in
           Hell
           ,
           and
           that
           justly
           ;
           because
           I
           preferred
           my
           lusts
           before
           God.
           
        
         
           Lastly
           ,
           Never
           say
           ,
           't
           is
           an
           unjust
           Sentence
           ;
           because
           God
           gives
           you
           warning
           :
           There
           is
           the
           merit
           of
           the
           cause
           .
           If
           nothing
           will
           do
           ,
           Why
           then
           take
           notice
           God
           gives
           you
           warning
           .
           He
           does
           not
           let
           you
           go
           on
           ,
           and
           say
           ,
           let
           
           them
           alone
           ,
           I
           will
           be
           even
           with
           them
           at
           length
           :
           He
           might
           have
           done
           so
           :
           No
           ,
           but
           in
           pity
           to
           poor
           sinners
           ,
           he
           gives
           them
           warning
           .
           Sinner
           ,
           repent
           ,
           saith
           God
           ,
           and
           be
           reconcil'd
           to
           me
           ;
           come
           and
           lay
           hold
           upon
           Christ
           ,
           for
           else
           I
           will
           damn
           thee
           .
           Take
           notice
           of
           it
           ,
           there
           is
           a
           
             Tophet
             prepared
          
           ,
           and
           
             everlasting
             burnings
             prepared
          
           ,
           a
           
             worm
             that
             never
             dieth
          
           :
           and
           I
           tell
           thee
           before-hand
           what
           it
           will
           cost
           thee
           ,
           and
           yet
           sinners
           will
           go
           on
           still
           .
           Never
           complain
           that
           God
           hath
           done
           thee
           wrong
           ,
           he
           hath
           offered
           to
           give
           thee
           his
           Spirit
           to
           sanctifie
           thee
           ,
           and
           save
           thee
           .
           But
           if
           thou
           wilt
           not
           ,
           after
           all
           ,
           thank
           thy self
           if
           thou
           goest
           to
           Hell.
           O
           sinners
           ,
           What
           will
           you
           do
           ?
           Will
           you
           imitate
           the
           old
           world
           ,
           or
           imitate
           Noah
           ?
           Why
           ,
           if
           you
           imitate
           the
           old
           world
           ,
           you
           see
           then
           what
           a
           desperate
           course
           you
           are
           running
           ;
           you
           are
           running
           your
           bodies
           to
           the
           Grave
           ,
           and
           your
           souls
           to
           Hell
           :
           For
           when
           the
           flood
           came
           there
           was
           not
           one
           spared
           :
           
           The
           flood
           takes
           whole
           Families
           ;
           they
           look
           gastly
           one
           at
           another
           :
           Father
           ,
           what
           shall
           I
           do
           (
           saith
           the
           child
           )
           ?
           And
           when
           the
           world
           was
           full
           of
           cries
           and
           scrieks
           ,
           and
           they
           all
           drowned
           ,
           one
           would
           have
           thought
           this
           was
           enough
           ,
           yet
           God
           had
           no
           pity
           upon
           them
           ;
           for
           as
           soon
           as
           they
           were
           dead
           ,
           their
           disobedient
           souls
           were
           laid
           in
           Prison
           .
        
         
           Well
           now
           ,
           say
           you
           ,
           What
           shall
           we
           do
           ?
           Why
           ,
           obey
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           This
           is
           your
           Duty
           .
           Obey
           Christ
           Jesus
           speaking
           by
           his
           Spirit
           in
           Us
           ,
           poor
           men
           ,
           that
           are
           the
           Ministers
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ;
           for
           we
           are
           but
           as
           instruments
           to
           convey
           the
           mind
           of
           the
           great
           God
           to
           you
           ;
           for
           certainly
           ,
           what
           I
           have
           Preached
           to
           you
           ,
           is
           no
           other
           than
           the
           word
           of
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           and
           he
           will
           make
           it
           good
           .
           O
           get
           into
           some
           corner
           ,
           and
           cry
           mightily
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           pray
           Christ
           to
           pay
           all
           your
           debts
           for
           you
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           blood
           of
           Christ
           might
           take
           away
           all
           your
           iniquities
           ,
           and
           that
           you
           
           might
           have
           an
           Ark
           to
           save
           you
           from
           the
           fire
           that
           will
           burn
           the
           world
           ;
           as
           Noah
           had
           an
           Ark
           to
           save
           him
           and
           his
           house
           from
           the
           flood
           that
           did
           drown
           the
           world
           ;
           and
           then
           you
           are
           safe
           ,
           and
           never
           safe
           till
           then
           .
           The
           Lord
           awaken
           you
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           take
           warning
           ,
           and
           not
           go
           away
           and
           mind
           no
           more
           what
           you
           have
           heard
           ,
           than
           they
           did
           ,
           and
           so
           be
           lost
           as
           they
           were
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           
             1
             Peter
             
               III.
               the
               later
               part
               of
               the
               20
            
             Ver.
             
          
           
             
               —
               While
               the
               Ark
               was
               a
               preparing
               :
               wherein
               few
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               eight
               souls
               were
               saved
               by
               water
               .
            
          
        
         
           IN
           the
           former
           words
           you
           have
           an
           account
           given
           you
           of
           the
           Destruction
           of
           the
           old
           world
           by
           the
           flood
           .
           They
           were
           all
           drowned
           ,
           Men
           ,
           Women
           ,
           and
           Children
           .
           God
           neither
           spared
           the
           grey-headed-sinner
           ;
           no
           ,
           nor
           the
           sucking-infant
           ;
           children
           of
           wicked
           and
           Rebellious
           Parents
           ,
           he
           drowned
           them
           all
           .
           The
           reason
           of
           this
           wrath
           of
           God
           that
           was
           poured
           out
           upon
           them
           ,
           was
           their
           Disobedience
           ;
           their
           
             disobedience
             to
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             ,
          
           by
           which
           Noah
           Preached
           to
           them
           .
           What
           did
           he
           Preach
           ?
           He
           Preached
           to
           them
           Repentance
           ,
           called
           them
           to
           repent
           and
           reform
           their
           lives
           ;
           and
           if
           they
           would
           not
           ,
           God
           would
           
           drown
           them
           all
           .
           Why
           what
           were
           their
           sins
           ?
           Why
           ,
           the
           very
           
             thoughts
             and
             imaginations
             of
             their
             hearts
             were
             evil
             ,
             and
             that
             continually
             .
          
           They
           were
           men
           of
           wicked
           hearts
           ,
           they
           were
           devising
           nothing
           but
           mischief
           ,
           they
           thought
           of
           nothing
           but
           the
           satisfaction
           of
           their
           lusts
           .
           I
           wish
           it
           be
           not
           the
           case
           of
           some
           here
           .
           I
           am
           sure
           it
           is
           the
           case
           of
           every
           unconverted
           sinner
           ,
           the
           imaginations
           of
           his
           heart
           are
           evil
           ,
           and
           that
           continually
           ;
           for
           he
           does
           defile
           even
           his
           good
           thoughts
           with
           unbelief
           .
        
         
           And
           their
           sin
           was
           likewise
           the
           sin
           of
           their
           lives
           .
           Their
           hands
           were
           full
           of
           violence
           ,
           they
           were
           oppressors
           ,
           they
           were
           cruel
           ,
           they
           were
           bloody
           ;
           and
           besides
           this
           ,
           they
           were
           secure
           and
           wanton
           ,
           and
           they
           minded
           nothing
           but
           eating
           and
           drinking
           ,
           and
           marrying
           ,
           and
           giving
           to
           marriage
           ,
           their
           whole
           hearts
           were
           taken
           up
           in
           these
           things
           .
           No
           man
           enquired
           after
           God
           ,
           no
           man
           regarded
           the
           voice
           of
           God
           in
           his
           servant
           Noah
           .
           God
           waited
           upon
           them
           ,
           
           (
           after
           he
           had
           sent
           Noah
           ,
           and
           forewarn'd
           them
           )
           above
           a
           hundred
           years
           ;
           (
           and
           that
           while
           ,
           was
           Noah
           a
           building
           his
           Ark
           )
           ,
           but
           they
           
             despised
             the
             long-suffering
             of
             God
             ,
             which
             should
             have
             led
             them
             to
             repentance
             :
          
           and
           at
           length
           the
           threatned
           Judgment
           came
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           drowned
           ,
           all
           ,
           but
           
             eight
             persons
          
           .
           This
           is
           not
           all
           ,
           God
           did
           not
           only
           destroy
           their
           bodies
           ,
           but
           likewise
           (
           we
           read
           here
           in
           the
           Apostle
           Peter
           )
           their
           
             Spirits
             were
             laid
             in
             prison
          
           ,
           in
           the
           infernal
           Prison
           of
           Hell
           for
           their
           
             disobedience
             to
             the
             voice
             of
             Christ
             .
          
           Having
           already
           spoken
           to
           this
           ;
           The
           Doctrine
           that
           I
           raised
           from
           this
           was
           ,
           
             That
             those
             wicked
             men
             (
             while
             they
             are
             in
             their
             bodies
             )
             that
             will
             not
             obey
             the
             voice
             of
             Christ
             in
             his
             Ministers
             ,
             but
             live
             and
             die
             impenitently
             ,
             their
             souls
             by
             the
             righteous
             judgment
             of
             God
             shall
             be
             condemned
             unto
             the
             prison
             of
             Hell
          
           :
           For
           what
           is
           said
           of
           this
           old
           world
           ,
           will
           be
           verified
           of
           every
           impenitent
           sinner
           here
           ,
           that
           dieth
           in
           his
           impenitent
           
           state
           ;
           Lord
           ,
           who
           is
           it
           that
           does
           believe
           thy
           report
           ?
           Few
           sinners
           (
           the
           Lord
           knows
           )
           do
           regard
           it
           .
           God
           knows
           his
           word
           is
           little
           believed
           .
           We
           do
           as
           little
           believe
           these
           things
           now
           ,
           as
           the
           old
           world
           did
           :
           and
           as
           the
           flood
           came
           upon
           them
           before
           they
           were
           aware
           ,
           so
           the
           spirits
           of
           some
           here
           (
           God
           knows
           ,
           as
           Jeremy
           said
           ,
           
             I
             do
             not
             desire
             to
             see
             that
             evil
             day
          
           )
           may
           be
           in
           these
           Prisons
           before
           they
           believe
           them
           .
           Death
           (
           sinners
           )
           is
           coming
           ,
           which
           will
           drag
           you
           to
           the
           Tribunal
           of
           Christ
           ;
           and
           assuredly
           Christ
           will
           do
           you
           justice
           :
           I
           say
           ,
           he
           will
           do
           you
           justice
           .
           He
           that
           will
           be
           faithful
           to
           his
           promises
           that
           he
           makes
           to
           believers
           that
           obey
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           he
           will
           be
           faithful
           to
           do
           justice
           to
           those
           that
           are
           disobedient
           .
           He
           will
           give
           you
           all
           your
           Mittimus's
           ,
           he
           will
           lay
           you
           fast
           enough
           ;
           and
           when
           he
           hath
           laid
           the
           Chains
           on
           ,
           take
           them
           off
           if
           you
           can
           .
           I
           know
           (
           through
           your
           unbelief
           )
           what
           I
           say
           ,
           seems
           to
           you
           but
           as
           a
           Fable
           :
           
           So
           did
           the
           drowning
           of
           the
           world
           appear
           to
           be
           ;
           but
           they
           found
           it
           true
           ,
           and
           so
           will
           you
           ,
           if
           ye
           repent
           not
           .
           It
           amazeth
           me
           ,
           my
           Brethren
           (
           when
           my
           faith
           at
           any
           time
           is
           but
           raised
           to
           the
           close
           of
           these
           truths
           of
           God
           ;
           it
           amazeth
           me
           )
           to
           look
           upon
           your
           faces
           ,
           to
           see
           how
           indifferently
           you
           look
           ,
           how
           carelesly
           you
           look
           ;
           you
           look
           up-and-down
           this
           place
           as
           if
           these
           things
           did
           not
           concern
           you
           :
           but
           the
           reason
           of
           it
           is
           ,
           you
           do
           not
           believe
           ,
           your
           unbelief
           ruins
           you
           ,
           and
           will
           ruin
           you
           for
           ever
           .
           What
           man
           that
           really
           was
           in
           his
           wits
           ,
           and
           did
           believe
           a
           Hell
           ,
           would
           venture
           upon
           those
           sins
           that
           will
           certainly
           bring
           him
           thither
           ?
           But
           you
           slatter
           your selves
           in
           your
           unbelief
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           punishment
           to
           the
           wicked
           ,
           nor
           reward
           to
           the
           godly
           ;
           and
           so
           you
           go
           on
           in
           sin
           :
           These
           things
           are
           true
           (
           my
           Brethren
           )
           ,
           your
           Consciences
           must
           bear
           me
           witness
           they
           are
           true
           .
           No
           man
           or
           woman
           that
           are
           in
           their
           wits
           ,
           and
           did
           really
           believe
           an
           
           eternal
           Torment
           that
           is
           laid
           up
           for
           the
           disobedient
           to
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           but
           they
           would
           obey
           be-times
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           go
           on
           hardening
           their
           hearts
           against
           God
           :
           but
           you
           do
           not
           believe
           .
           We
           shall
           presently
           make
           some
           enquiry
           into
           the
           reasons
           of
           it
           .
        
         
           We
           come
           now
           to
           the
           other
           part
           ,
           wherein
           you
           have
           an
           account
           of
           a
           
             few
             that
             are
             saved
          
           .
           A
           few
           !
           Lord
           ,
           What
           a
           few
           !
           
             Eight
             persons
          
           out
           of
           a
           world
           of
           men
           and
           women
           .
           I
           do
           not
           know
           but
           the
           world
           at
           that
           time
           was
           as
           full
           of
           men
           and
           women
           as
           it
           is
           now
           ;
           for
           the
           world
           was
           at
           that
           time
           about
           Fifteen
           hundred
           years
           old
           ,
           and
           they
           lived
           many
           years
           :
           so
           that
           it
           is
           likely
           that
           there
           was
           a
           very
           numerous
           company
           of
           people
           ;
           and
           that
           there
           were
           great
           Cities
           ,
           and
           great
           Kingdoms
           upon
           the
           earth
           .
           What
           a
           strange
           thing
           is
           it
           ,
           that
           of
           a
           world
           of
           people
           there
           should
           be
           found
           but
           
             eight
             persons
          
           that
           would
           believe
           a
           God!
           And
           yet
           't
           is
           certainly
           so
           ,
           there
           was
           but
           
             eight
             persons
             
             saved
          
           ;
           all
           the
           rest
           were
           drowned
           for
           their
           disobedience
           to
           the
           voice
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           Christ
           in
           Noah
           .
           Why
           were
           no
           more
           saved
           ?
           Because
           there
           did
           no
           more
           believe
           .
           They
           did
           not
           believe
           that
           God
           was
           in
           good-earnest
           ,
           they
           did
           not
           believe
           that
           God
           would
           send
           the
           flood
           ,
           as
           Noah
           threatned
           :
           they
           looked
           upon
           Noah
           as
           a
           mad-man
           to
           build
           an
           Ark
           they
           knew
           not
           for
           what
           .
           Just
           so
           does
           the
           world
           now
           ,
           they
           look
           upon
           poor
           ,
           humble
           ,
           believing
           Christians
           ,
           as
           a
           company
           of
           melancholy
           distracted
           persons
           ,
           that
           look
           sadly
           ,
           and
           pray
           much
           ,
           and
           weep
           much
           ,
           and
           hear
           much
           ,
           and
           are
           afraid
           of
           sinning
           ;
           and
           all
           this
           while
           they
           are
           but
           busie
           about
           their
           Ark
           :
           and
           they
           cry
           ,
           what
           a
           stir
           is
           here
           that
           these
           people
           make
           ?
           I
           will
           tell
           you
           what
           the
           meaning
           of
           it
           is
           :
           why
           this
           world
           is
           to
           be
           burned
           ,
           and
           these
           poor
           souls
           are
           providing
           against
           the
           burning
           of
           the
           world
           :
           
             The
             wicked
             must
             be
             turned
             into
             Hell
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             Nations
             that
             
             forget
             God
          
           ;
           and
           these
           poor
           ,
           praying
           ,
           humble
           Christians
           do
           believe
           ,
           fear
           ,
           and
           tremble
           ;
           and
           that
           is
           the
           reason
           that
           they
           live
           not
           as
           you
           live
           ,
           but
           take
           that
           care
           that
           they
           do
           ,
           to
           prepare
           against
           that
           great
           day
           of
           the
           Lord.
           And
           were
           not
           you
           desperately
           blind
           and
           foolish
           ,
           you
           would
           do
           so
           too
           ?
           There
           were
           
             eight
             persons
          
           (
           saith
           Peter
           )
           saved
           .
           Which
           were
           they
           ?
           All
           of
           one
           Family
           ,
           Noah
           and
           his
           Wife
           ;
           there
           was
           the
           three
           Sons
           of
           Noah
           ,
           and
           their
           three
           Wives
           ,
           Gen.
           7.7
           ,
           eight
           persons
           in
           one
           family
           ,
           they
           were
           saved
           ,
           they
           were
           saved
           from
           the
           deluge
           ,
           they
           were
           saved
           from
           being
           drowned
           .
           God
           knows
           whether
           all
           these
           were
           saved
           from
           hell
           (
           too
           )
           of
           these
           eight
           .
           For
           of
           these
           ,
           
             Shem
             ,
             Ham
          
           ,
           and
           Japhet
           ,
           there
           was
           (
           one
           of
           these
           Sons
           )
           Ham
           ,
           that
           did
           laugh
           at
           his
           fathers
           nakedness
           ,
           and
           God
           afterwards
           cursed
           him
           ;
           so
           that
           whether
           he
           was
           eternally
           saved
           ,
           is
           not
           a
           thing
           certain
           unto
           us
           .
           But
           this
           is
           sure
           ,
           all
           these
           eight
           
           persons
           did
           believe
           the
           deluge
           would
           come
           ,
           or
           else
           they
           would
           not
           have
           entred
           into
           the
           Ark
           ,
           for
           if
           any
           of
           them
           had
           looked
           upon
           it
           as
           a
           meer
           old
           doting
           fancy
           of
           their
           father
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           been
           ashamed
           to
           have
           gone
           into
           the
           Ark
           ;
           but
           at
           the
           set-time
           before
           it
           began
           to
           rain
           ,
           they
           all
           went
           ,
           therefore
           they
           all
           did
           believe
           the
           word
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           the
           deluge
           would
           come
           .
           It
           's
           true
           they
           received
           an
           encouragement
           by
           the
           miraculous
           bringing
           of
           all
           creatures
           into
           the
           Ark
           to
           save
           them
           alive
           .
           
             Wherein
             few
             ,
             eight
             persons
             were
             saved
             by
             water
             .
          
           Saved
           by
           water
           !
           there
           may
           be
           a
           double
           sense
           :
        
         
           By
           water
           as
           an
           instrument
           ;
           for
           that
           very
           water
           that
           was
           the
           instrument
           of
           destruction
           to
           the
           enemies
           of
           God
           ,
           became
           a
           means
           of
           salvation
           to
           these
           eight
           persons
           ;
           for
           it
           bore
           up
           that
           Ark
           wherein
           the
           lives
           of
           these
           eight
           persons
           were
           .
           It
           may
           be
           rendered
           ,
        
         
           Thus
           again
           ,
           But
           they
           were
           saved
           by
           ,
           or
           through
           water
           ,
           saved
           through
           the
           
           danger
           of
           water
           ,
           carried
           in
           the
           Ark
           through
           ,
           or
           upon
           the
           water
           .
        
         
           The
           Observation
           that
           I
           raise
           from
           it
           ,
           is
           this
           ,
        
         
           
             That
             though
             many
             have
             the
             means
             of
             Salvation
             offered
             them
             ,
             yet
             there
             are
             but
             few
             that
             make
             use
             of
             these
             means
             ,
             and
             do
             obtain
             Salvation
             by
             them
             .
          
        
         
           The
           old
           World
           had
           the
           means
           ,
           as
           those
           eight
           persons
           had
           the
           same
           means
           ;
           they
           were
           told
           of
           it
           ,
           they
           were
           a
           hundred
           years
           told
           of
           it
           ,
           God
           waited
           long
           enough
           ;
           there
           were
           many
           had
           the
           means
           ;
           if
           they
           had
           repented
           ,
           the
           flood
           had
           not
           come
           ;
           or
           if
           more
           had
           repented
           ,
           they
           had
           been
           saved
           .
           But
           these
           eight
           did
           believe
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           saved
           by
           water
           ,
           the
           rest
           had
           as
           good
           means
           as
           they
           ,
           but
           they
           did
           not
           repent
           upon
           it
           ,
           they
           did
           not
           believe
           upon
           it
           .
        
         
           This
           should
           be
           an
           awakening
           Consideration
           to
           us
           ,
           that
           though
           God
           does
           afford
           the
           means
           of
           Salvation
           to
           multitudes
           ,
           
           yet
           there
           are
           a
           very
           few
           that
           do
           make
           use
           of
           those
           means
           ,
           and
           are
           saved
           by
           them
           :
           I
           say
           't
           is
           an
           awakening
           Consideration
           .
           Here
           is
           England
           ,
           a
           great
           and
           populous
           Country
           ,
           here
           is
           London
           a
           great
           City
           ,
           a
           City
           that
           hath
           some
           hundred
           thousands
           of
           souls
           in
           it
           ,
           they
           have
           all
           the
           means
           as
           the
           old
           World
           had
           ;
           the
           Gospel
           is
           preached
           up
           and
           down
           the
           City
           ,
           and
           up
           and
           down
           the
           Suburbs
           ;
           the
           voice
           is
           every
           where
           ,
           throughout
           all
           your
           streets
           .
           
             Repent
             ,
             for
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God
             is
             at
             hand
          
           ;
           repent
           ,
           for
           there
           is
           a
           day
           of
           judgment
           ,
           and
           Christ
           is
           made
           the
           Judg
           of
           quick
           and
           dead
           ,
           that
           will
           give
           to
           every
           man
           according
           to
           his
           works
           .
           You
           have
           all
           the
           means
           ,
           but
           alas
           ,
           how
           few
           of
           England
           ,
           how
           few
           of
           London
           ,
           or
           of
           Southwark
           are
           like
           to
           be
           saved
           by
           these
           means
           !
           for
           how
           few
           do
           believe
           what
           we
           preach
           ?
           How
           few
           do
           repent
           upon
           their
           seeming
           profession
           of
           repentance
           ,
           and
           believing
           ?
           How
           few
           reform
           their
           lives
           ?
           how
           few
           are
           
           converted
           in
           Southwark
           ,
           in
           London
           ,
           in
           England
           ,
           so
           as
           to
           be
           healed
           by
           the
           grace
           of
           God!
           How
           few
           !
           
             Many
             are
             called
          
           (
           as
           Christ
           saith
           )
           
             but
             few
             chosen
          
           .
           Why
           here
           is
           perhaps
           three
           or
           four
           hundred
           people
           here
           ,
           you
           have
           been
           called
           every
           one
           of
           you
           to
           repent
           ,
           but
           when
           God
           that
           searcheth
           the
           heart
           ,
           cometh
           for
           to
           examine
           the
           truth
           of
           our
           repentance
           ,
           and
           of
           our
           faith
           ,
           how
           few
           ,
           how
           few
           in
           likelihood
           will
           there
           be
           found
           penitent
           ?
           how
           few
           !
           alas
           ,
           it
           was
           always
           so
           :
           Many
           called
           ,
           a
           whole
           world
           called
           to
           repent
           ,
           but
           eight
           believed
           .
           But
           perhaps
           you
           will
           say
           ,
           that
           was
           an
           notorious
           wicked
           world
           ,
           that
           old
           world
           ;
           but
           surely
           the
           world
           is
           grown
           better
           since
           .
           Truly
           ,
           there
           is
           reason
           it
           should
           ,
           because
           they
           have
           that
           judgment
           to
           awaken
           them
           ;
           but
           we
           will
           show
           you
           that
           the
           hearts
           of
           men
           have
           been
           desperately
           wicked
           ,
           all
           along
           to
           this
           day
           ;
           yea
           ,
           under
           the
           richest
           means
           that
           ever
           God
           hath
           afforded
           the
           world
           ,
           from
           the
           beginning
           to
           this
           
           very
           day
           .
           And
           we
           will
           take
           the
           seed
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           and
           give
           you
           several
           instances
           thereof
           :
           God
           promised
           Abraham
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           give
           him
           a
           seed
           that
           should
           be
           as
           the
           stars
           of
           heaven
           ,
           and
           would
           take
           that
           seed
           into
           a
           Covenant
           with
           himself
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           would
           be
           their
           God
           ,
           and
           they
           should
           be
           his
           people
           .
           What
           a
           wonderful
           blessing
           was
           this
           ,
           for
           the
           great
           God
           to
           marry
           himself
           to
           a
           people
           ?
           And
           he
           gave
           them
           the
           Covenant
           of
           Circumcision
           for
           a
           memorial
           of
           this
           Covenant
           ,
           of
           this
           betrothing
           ;
           he
           gave
           them
           the
           Oracles
           ,
           and
           the
           Promises
           ,
           and
           was
           with
           them
           ,
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           them
           ;
           he
           was
           the
           King
           of
           them
           ,
           he
           made
           War
           and
           Peace
           for
           them
           ,
           fought
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           defended
           them
           .
           They
           had
           all
           the
           means
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           the
           best
           means
           that
           the
           world
           had
           in
           those
           days
           .
           But
           you
           will
           see
           how
           few
           of
           them
           made
           use
           of
           those
           means
           of
           grace
           that
           God
           afforded
           them
           .
        
         
           We
           will
           begin
           with
           this
           great
           people
           
           of
           Jacob
           coming
           out
           of
           Egypt
           .
           (
           The
           Lord
           help
           you
           to
           consider
           what
           I
           am
           speaking
           ;
           for
           many
           ,
           because
           they
           are
           Christians
           ,
           and
           are
           baptized
           ,
           they
           believe
           they
           shall
           be
           saved
           ;
           but
           you
           are
           deceived
           .
           Just
           like
           the
           old
           World
           ,
           they
           eat
           ,
           and
           they
           drank
           ,
           they
           married
           ,
           and
           gave
           in
           marriage
           ,
           and
           never
           dreamt
           that
           God
           was
           angry
           with
           them
           ,
           and
           would
           drown
           them
           ;
           and
           so
           do
           these
           people
           of
           England
           ,
           never
           think
           that
           God
           does
           intend
           to
           burn
           them
           .
           )
           Now
           you
           shall
           see
           what
           advantage
           they
           made
           of
           the
           means
           ,
           and
           you
           may
           read
           as
           in
           a
           glass
           the
           condition
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           most
           parts
           of
           the
           world
           at
           this
           day
           ,
           Numb
           .
           1.45
           ,
           46
           ,
           
             So
             were
             all
             those
             that
             were
             numbred
             of
             the
             children
             of
             Israel
             ▪
             by
             the
             house
             of
             their
             fathers
             ,
             from
             twenty
             years
             old
             and
             upward
             ,
             all
             that
             were
             able
             to
             go
             forth
             to
             war
             in
             Israel
             :
             Even
             all
             they
             that
             were
             numbred
             were
             six
             hundred
             thousand
             ,
             and
             three
             thousand
             five
             hundred
             and
             fifty
             .
          
           These
           were
           the
           people
           that
           
           God
           brought
           out
           of
           Egypt
           into
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           led
           to
           Canaan
           ,
           the
           seed
           of
           Jacob
           ,
           six
           hundred
           thousand
           ,
           all
           men
           ,
           from
           twenty
           years
           old
           and
           upward
           :
           How
           vast
           must
           be
           the
           number
           of
           Women
           and
           Children
           ,
           and
           young
           men
           also
           ,
           that
           were
           below
           twenty
           years
           old
           !
           above
           six
           hundred
           thousand
           fighting
           men
           !
           An
           Army
           of
           twenty
           thousand
           is
           a
           great
           Army
           ;
           but
           a
           hundred
           thousand
           ,
           that
           is
           much
           more
           :
           But
           here
           was
           an
           Army
           of
           six
           hundred
           thousand
           fighting
           men
           ,
           besides
           Women
           and
           Children
           .
           What
           had
           God
           done
           for
           this
           people
           ?
           I
           will
           tell
           you
           what
           God
           had
           done
           for
           them
           :
           why
           ,
           they
           were
           in
           Egypt
           under
           a
           cruel
           hard-hearted
           Pharaoh
           ,
           they
           were
           groaning
           under
           their
           burden
           ,
           and
           God
           remembers
           his
           Promise
           made
           to
           
             Abraham
             ,
             That
             he
             would
             visit
             his
             seed
             ,
             and
             bring
             them
             into
             Canaan
             .
          
           God
           cometh
           by
           Moses
           ,
           and
           commanded
           them
           to
           go
           ;
           
             They
             are
             my
             people
             saith
             God
             ,
             let
             them
             go
             and
             serve
             me
             .
             I
             will
             not
             let
             
             them
             go
             ,
             saith
             Pharaoh
             ;
             why
             who
             is
             your
             God
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             obey
             him
          
           ?
           God
           at
           length
           sends
           one
           plague
           upon
           him
           ,
           and
           then
           another
           ;
           and
           then
           another
           ,
           and
           then
           a
           fourth
           ,
           a
           fifth
           ,
           a
           sixth
           ,
           a
           seventh
           ,
           an
           eighth
           ,
           a
           ninth
           ,
           a
           tenth
           ;
           ten
           Plagues
           God
           sent
           upon
           him
           before
           Pharaoh
           would
           let
           them
           go
           .
           When
           they
           were
           gone
           ,
           they
           came
           to
           a
           Red
           Sea
           ,
           (
           I
           am
           telling
           you
           ,
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           the
           works
           of
           God
           for
           his
           people
           in
           the
           days
           of
           old
           ,
           remember
           them
           ,
           my
           Brethren
           ,
           they
           are
           written
           for
           your
           example
           ,
           they
           came
           to
           a
           Red
           Sea
           )
           now
           thinks
           Pharaoh
           I
           have
           got
           them
           in
           a
           trap
           ,
           I
           will
           follow
           them
           ,
           I
           will
           pursue
           ,
           I
           will
           overtake
           ,
           I
           will
           destroy
           them
           ;
           but
           God
           makes
           the
           Red-Sea
           divide
           ,
           and
           bringeth
           them
           all
           through
           ;
           but
           Pharaoh
           and
           his
           Host
           assayed
           to
           follow
           ,
           and
           God
           makes
           the
           Sea
           to
           close
           and
           drowned
           them
           all
           .
           Well
           ,
           God
           carries
           them
           from
           thence
           to
           Mount
           Sinai
           ,
           and
           there
           was
           thundrings
           and
           lightnings
           ,
           and
           gave
           them
           his
           Law
           ,
           and
           his
           
           Covenants
           ,
           and
           did
           as
           it
           were
           solemnly
           marry
           that
           people
           to
           himself
           ,
           promisiing
           them
           if
           they
           did
           but
           do
           what
           he
           bid
           them
           ,
           he
           would
           be
           their
           God
           ,
           and
           fight
           their
           battels
           ,
           and
           give
           them
           counsel
           in
           all
           their
           straits
           ,
           and
           be
           a
           defence
           round
           about
           them
           .
           Away
           he
           leads
           them
           then
           ,
           and
           gives
           them
           a
           Symbol
           of
           himself
           ;
           for
           if
           they
           marched
           by
           night
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           pillar
           of
           Fire
           ;
           if
           by
           day
           ,
           there
           was
           a
           Cloud
           went
           with
           them
           .
           A
           wonderful
           condescension
           ,
           that
           God
           should
           do
           so
           with
           them
           !
           They
           come
           into
           a
           Wilderness
           ,
           they
           want
           bread
           ,
           they
           begin
           to
           murmur
           ;
           Well
           ,
           saith
           God
           ,
           they
           shall
           see
           what
           it
           is
           to
           be
           my
           people
           ;
           he
           gives
           them
           bread
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           rains
           down
           Manna
           :
           They
           want
           water
           ;
           Well
           ,
           saith
           God
           ,
           they
           shall
           not
           want
           water
           ;
           he
           commandeth
           Moses
           to
           strike
           a
           Rock
           ,
           and
           there
           came
           streams
           out
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           those
           streams
           followed
           them
           where
           ever
           they
           went
           up
           and
           down
           the
           Wilderness
           ;
           
           they
           wanted
           Water
           no
           more
           .
           What
           now
           became
           of
           this
           People
           ?
           Here
           is
           a
           good
           God
           ,
           he
           lets
           them
           want
           nothing
           ;
           he
           works
           wonders
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           delivers
           them
           with
           a
           mighty
           hand
           ,
           and
           gives
           them
           Angels
           food
           to
           eat
           ,
           and
           water
           out
           of
           a
           Rock
           to
           drink
           ;
           and
           here
           he
           numbreth
           them
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           Six
           hundred
           thousand
           fighting
           men
           .
           What
           did
           these
           people
           do
           ?
           Do
           !
           Surely
           they
           loved
           God
           ,
           and
           were
           obedient
           to
           his
           Law
           ,
           and
           would
           never
           murmur
           against
           him
           more
           .
           But
           did
           they
           do
           so
           ?
           No
           ,
           you
           shall
           see
           how
           that
           before
           Forty
           years
           came
           about
           ,
           God
           cut
           off
           all
           these
           Six
           hundred
           thousand
           men
           ,
           and
           left
           their
           carcases
           to
           rot
           in
           the
           Wilderness
           ,
           and
           
             swore
             in
             his
             wrath
             ,
             they
             should
             never
             enter
             into
             his
             rest
             .
          
           Notwithstanding
           he
           had
           done
           all
           this
           for
           them
           ,
           they
           so
           provoked
           him
           to
           wrath
           ,
           and
           so
           abused
           all
           the
           means
           of
           mercy
           ,
           that
           God
           cut
           them
           all
           off
           :
           See
           also
           ,
           Numb
           .
           14.28
           ,
           29
           ,
           30
           ,
           
             Say
             unto
             them
          
           
           (
           saith
           God
           )
           ,
           
             As
             truly
             as
             I
             live
             ,
             saith
             the
             Lord
             ,
             as
             ye
             have
             spoken
             in
             mine
             ears
             ,
             so
             will
             I
             do
             to
             you
             .
          
           What
           had
           they
           said
           in
           his
           ears
           ?
           They
           had
           murmured
           against
           God
           ,
           and
           said
           ,
           
             God
             hath
             brought
             us
             and
             our
             children
             into
             the
             wilderness
             to
             destroy
             us
             .
          
           Well
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             I
             have
             heard
             your
             murmuring
             ,
             and
             for
             your
             murmuring
             against
             me
             ,
             your
             carcases
             shall
             fall
             in
             the
             Wilderness
             ;
             and
             all
             that
             were
             numbred
             of
             you
             ,
             according
             to
             your
             whole
             number
             ,
             from
             twenty
             years
             old
             and
             upward
             ,
             which
             you
             have
             murmured
             against
             me
             .
             Doubtless
             ye
             shall
             not
             come
             into
             the
             Land
             concerning
             which
             I
             sware
             to
             possess
             you
             of
             ,
             save
          
           Caleb
           
             the
             son
             of
          
           Jephuneh
           ,
           and
           Joshuah
           
             the
             son
             of
          
           Nun.
           There
           were
           six
           hundred
           thousand
           men
           ,
           and
           amongst
           them
           there
           was
           but
           two
           men
           that
           did
           believe
           that
           Promise
           that
           God
           made
           to
           Abraham
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           give
           them
           Canaan
           for
           an
           Inheritance
           .
           O
           read
           to
           day
           as
           in
           a
           glass
           here
           ,
           the
           infidelity
           of
           England
           ,
           and
           the
           World
           ;
           
           for
           as
           face
           answers
           to
           face
           in
           a
           glass
           ,
           so
           does
           the
           face
           of
           the
           generality
           of
           the
           men
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           answer
           to
           the
           faces
           of
           the
           unbelieving
           Israelites
           ,
           and
           old
           unbelieving
           World.
           But
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             For
             your
             little
             ones
             ,
             which
             ye
             say
             shall
             be
             a
             prey
             ;
             No
             ,
          
           (
           saith
           God
           )
           
             your
             little
             ones
             shall
             go
             into
             the
             Land
             ,
             and
             shall
             possess
             it
             ;
             for
             they
             knew
             nothing
             of
             your
             murmuring
             .
             But
             as
             for
             you
             ,
             there
             is
             not
             a
             man
             of
             you
             shall
             enter
             into
             the
             Land.
          
           Well
           ,
           go
           a
           little
           farther
           ,
           (
           for
           the
           instances
           are
           many
           ,
           )
           I
           will
           pass
           by
           all
           the
           dealings
           of
           God
           with
           this
           very
           people
           under
           the
           Judges
           ,
           where
           you
           may
           read
           that
           they
           were
           as
           many
           times
           captivated
           (
           for
           their
           rebellion
           against
           God
           )
           as
           they
           had
           a
           Judg
           raised
           up
           among
           them
           ;
           but
           we
           will
           pass
           by
           the
           time
           of
           this
           people
           under
           those
           Judges
           (
           because
           the
           time
           will
           be
           short
           for
           me
           to
           relate
           all
           the
           dealings
           of
           Christ
           with
           this
           Church
           )
           and
           we
           will
           come
           to
           those
           Twelve
           Tribes
           ,
           after
           they
           came
           into
           
           Canaan
           ,
           and
           were
           divided
           into
           two
           great
           Kingdoms
           ,
           Ten
           Tribes
           under
           Jeroboam
           ,
           and
           Two
           Tribes
           under
           the
           Posterity
           of
           David
           ,
           two
           mighty
           Kingdoms
           ;
           all
           of
           them
           that
           had
           ,
           or
           might
           have
           had
           the
           Oracles
           ,
           Promises
           ,
           and
           Covenants
           ,
           all
           of
           them
           had
           the
           Bible
           ,
           and
           might
           have
           used
           it
           .
           But
           what
           did
           they
           do
           with
           it
           ?
           They
           cri'd
           themselves
           up
           ,
           (
           just
           like
           England
           )
           The
           Church
           ,
           the
           Church
           ;
           
             The
             Temple
             of
             the
             Lord
          
           ;
           and
           boasted
           of
           their
           priviledges
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           no
           people
           in
           the
           world
           like
           them
           ;
           and
           that
           if
           God
           should
           cut
           them
           off
           ,
           he
           knew
           not
           where
           to
           find
           another
           people
           .
           See
           now
           what
           became
           of
           them
           ;
           We
           will
           consider
           the
           Ten
           Tribes
           first
           .
           In
           the
           first
           of
           Kings
           ,
           the
           19
           ,
           and
           the
           11
           and
           14
           
             Verses
             .
             And
             it
             was
             so
             ,
             that
             when
             Elijah
             heard
             it
             ,
             he
             wrapped
             his
             face
             in
             a
             mantle
             ,
             and
             went
             out
             ,
             and
             stood
             in
             the
             entring
             in
             of
             the
             Cave
             ;
             and
             behold
             ,
             there
             came
             a
             voice
             unto
             him
             ,
             and
             said
             ,
             What
             dost
             thou
             here
             ,
             Elijah
             ?
             And
             he
             said
             ,
          
           
           (
           Elijah
           said
           )
           
             I
             have
             been
             very
             jealous
             for
             the
             Lord
             God
             of
             hosts
             ;
             because
             the
             children
             of
             Israel
             have
             forsaken
             thy
             Covenant
             ,
             thrown
             down
             thine
             Altars
             ,
             and
             slain
             thy
             Prophets
             with
             the
             sword
             ,
             and
             I
             ,
             even
             I
             only
             am
             left
             ,
             and
             they
             seek
             my
             life
             to
             take
             it
             away
             .
          
           Here
           were
           Ten
           Tribes
           ,
           a
           great
           Kingdom
           ,
           a
           people
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           had
           the
           word
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           the
           great
           Prophet
           of
           the
           Lord
           Elijah
           among
           them
           ,
           who
           called
           them
           to
           Repentance
           ,
           and
           told
           them
           God
           was
           angry
           with
           them
           for
           forsaking
           Him
           ,
           and
           his
           Covenant
           .
           Why
           ,
           but
           how
           many
           of
           this
           Kingdom
           did
           so
           ?
           Why
           truly
           ,
           for
           what
           Elijah
           could
           see
           ,
           he
           could
           not
           see
           one
           man
           ,
           that
           did
           keep
           Covenant
           with
           God.
           
             I
             only
             am
             left
             alone
          
           .
           Why
           what
           did
           the
           rest
           do
           ?
           Why
           they
           have
           all
           forsaken
           thee
           .
           This
           is
           strange
           !
           What!
           the
           seed
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           all
           gone
           !
           What
           they
           ,
           whose
           fathers
           God
           delivered
           out
           of
           Egypt
           ;
           and
           brought
           them
           through
           the
           Red-Sea
           ,
           and
           fed
           them
           with
           Manna
           ,
           and
           
           gave
           them
           water
           out
           of
           a
           Rock
           !
           What
           ,
           forget
           it
           all
           !
           Ai
           ,
           forget
           it
           all
           .
           They
           have
           left
           the
           Lord
           ,
           and
           forsaken
           his
           Covenant
           .
           What
           have
           they
           done
           with
           the
           Prophets
           of
           the
           Lord
           ?
           Knockt
           them
           o'
           the
           head
           ,
           slain
           them
           ,
           kill'd
           them
           ,
           thrown
           down
           his
           Altars
           ,
           and
           no
           worshipping
           of
           God
           ;
           and
           yet
           these
           were
           the
           men
           that
           were
           the
           seed
           of
           Abraham
           ,
           that
           had
           all
           the
           means
           of
           grace
           offered
           them
           ;
           God
           had
           given
           them
           many
           a
           call
           ,
           they
           had
           the
           word
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           and
           his
           Prophets
           to
           do
           it
           ,
           and
           yet
           we
           see
           they
           all
           left
           him
           .
           It
           is
           true
           (
           as
           God
           said
           afterwards
           in
           reproving
           Elijahs
           judgment
           in
           the
           case
           ,
           I
           have
           a
           few
           more
           ,
           my
           Kingdom
           are
           not
           all
           gone
           )
           saith
           God
           ,
           
             I
             have
             reserved
             seven
             thousand
             ,
             that
             keep
             Covenant
             with
             me
             .
          
           Ai
           ,
           but
           (
           my
           Brethren
           )
           what
           are
           seven
           thousand
           to
           a
           whole
           Kingdom
           ?
           What
           if
           God
           may
           have
           seven
           thousand
           in
           England
           to
           keep
           Covenant
           with
           God
           ?
           What
           if
           twenty
           thousand
           ?
           What
           are
           they
           to
           compare
           to
           those
           many
           hundred
           
           thousands
           that
           are
           in
           England
           ?
           Here
           you
           see
           many
           are
           called
           ,
           but
           few
           chosen
           ;
           many
           are
           taken
           visibly
           into
           a
           Covenant
           ,
           but
           there
           are
           few
           that
           are
           spiritually
           in
           Covenant
           with
           God.
           Well
           ,
           what
           became
           of
           these
           Ten
           Tribes
           ?
           these
           that
           had
           the
           Oracles
           ,
           Covenant
           ,
           and
           Promises
           among
           them
           ?
           What
           became
           of
           them
           ?
           Why
           you
           shall
           see
           what
           became
           of
           them
           ,
           (
           no
           good
           ,
           you
           may
           be
           sure
           ,
           God
           pays
           them
           off
           their
           old
           scores
           at
           length
           )
           God
           is
           a
           long
           time
           in
           reckoning
           ,
           but
           be
           sure
           he
           will
           do
           them
           justice
           in
           the
           end
           .
           He
           will
           do
           it
           ,
           2
           King.
           17.18
           ,
           there
           you
           shall
           see
           the
           destruction
           of
           them
           (
           In
           the
           15
           
             vers
             .
             And
             they
             rejected
             his
             statutes
             ,
             and
             his
             covenants
             that
             he
             made
             with
             their
             fathers
             —
             and
             they
             followed
             vanity
             .
          
           )
           Therefore
           (
           Vers
           .
           18.
           )
           
             the
             Lord
             was
             very
             angry
             with
             Israel
             ,
             and
             removed
             them
             out
             of
             his
             sight
             :
             there
             was
             none
             left
             but
             the
             Tribe
             of
             Judah
             only
             .
          
           22.
           
           
             For
             the
             children
             of
             Israel
             walked
             in
             the
             sins
             of
             Jeroboam
             which
             he
             did
             ,
             
             they
             departed
             not
             from
             them
             .
          
           23
           ,
           
             Vntil
             the
             Lord
             removed
             Israel
             out
             of
             his
             sight
             as
             he
             said
             by
             all
             his
             servants
             the
             Prophets
             .
          
           (
           The
           word
           of
           God
           spoken
           by
           his
           servants
           and
           Ministers
           ,
           (
           though
           but
           men
           )
           he
           will
           make
           it
           good
           ;
           here
           you
           have
           Minister
           after
           Minister
           come
           to
           you
           ;
           and
           believe
           it
           ,
           when
           we
           speak
           his
           word
           in
           his
           name
           ,
           he
           will
           take
           care
           of
           our
           honour
           ,
           and
           of
           our
           word
           ;
           he
           made
           good
           the
           preachings
           of
           his
           servants
           the
           Prophets
           .
           )
           
             So
             was
             Israel
             carried
             away
             out
             of
             their
             own
             land
             to
             Assyria
             unto
             this
             day
             .
          
           There
           came
           the
           King
           of
           Assyria
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           took
           them
           away
           ,
           and
           spoiled
           them
           ,
           and
           carried
           them
           away
           captive
           ,
           and
           they
           never
           returned
           more
           into
           the
           land
           of
           Canaan
           to
           this
           day
           .
           O
           wicked
           people
           !
           They
           had
           the
           means
           of
           grace
           ,
           but
           would
           not
           make
           use
           of
           them
           .
           You
           are
           told
           of
           Heaven
           and
           Hell
           ,
           and
           bid
           to
           repent
           ,
           but
           no
           body
           repents
           ;
           here
           you
           give
           us
           the
           hearing
           ,
           and
           when
           you
           have
           done
           ,
           you
           go
           away
           ;
           and
           
           when
           gone
           ,
           you
           pass
           on
           in
           a
           carnal
           manner
           ,
           and
           there
           is
           no
           reformation
           of
           your
           lives
           .
        
         
           But
           (
           pray
           )
           what
           became
           of
           the
           other
           Tribes
           that
           were
           under
           the
           tutilage
           and
           government
           of
           the
           Posterity
           of
           David
           ?
           Why
           the
           truth
           is
           ,
           they
           were
           sometimes
           better
           than
           the
           other
           .
           But
           see
           also
           what
           became
           of
           them
           for
           their
           revolts
           ,
           2
           Chron.
           36.15
           ,
           16.
           
           But
           what
           did
           they
           do
           ?
           (
           these
           were
           the
           two
           tribes
           )
           
             They
             mocked
             the
             messengers
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             despised
             his
             words
             ,
             and
             misused
             his
             Prophets
             ,
             until
             the
             wrath
             of
             the
             Lord
             arose
             upon
             them
             ,
             till
             there
             was
             no
             remedy
             .
          
           17
           ,
           
             Therefore
             he
             brought
             upon
             them
             the
             King
             of
             Chaldees
             ,
             who
             slew
             their
             young
             men
             with
             the
             sword
             ,
             in
             the
             house
             of
             their
             sanctuary
             ,
             and
             had
             no
             compassion
             upon
             young
             man
             or
             maiden
             ,
             old
             man
             ,
             or
             him
             that
             stooped
             for
             age
             ;
             he
             gave
             them
             all
             into
             his
             hand
             .
          
           And
           this
           was
           all
           for
           their
           general
           revolt
           that
           they
           made
           from
           God.
           Follow
           it
           (
           now
           )
           to
           the
           time
           of
           Christ
           ;
           when
           
           Christ
           Jesus
           came
           into
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           preached
           the
           Gospel
           himself
           ,
           one
           would
           have
           thought
           now
           ,
           that
           though
           they
           had
           abused
           all
           his
           Prophets
           of
           old
           ,
           yet
           now
           his
           Son
           himself
           is
           come
           ,
           sure
           they
           would
           hearken
           to
           him
           .
           When
           Christ
           himself
           turns
           Preacher
           ,
           and
           works
           such
           Miracles
           among
           them
           to
           confirm
           his
           Doctrine
           ,
           and
           to
           evidence
           himself
           to
           be
           sent
           from
           God
           ,
           and
           all
           this
           to
           bring
           them
           to
           Heaven
           :
           When
           Christ
           came
           to
           preach
           the
           Gospel
           ,
           did
           they
           believe
           him
           ?
           No
           ,
           he
           lifted
           them
           up
           to
           Heaven
           by
           means
           ;
           he
           would
           as
           it
           were
           have
           drag'd
           them
           by
           force
           ,
           he
           lifted
           up
           voice
           and
           cried
           ,
           
             Ho
             ,
             every
             one
             that
             thirsteth
             ,
             come
             unto
             me
             ,
             and
             drink
             of
             the
             water
             of
             life
             freely
             .
          
           He
           cried
           and
           wept
           over
           them
           ,
           
             O
             that
             she
             had
             known
             the
             things
             of
             her
             peace
             !
          
           (
           Mighty
           earnest
           !
           )
           
             I
             would
             have
             gathered
             her
             ,
             but
             she
             would
             not
             .
          
           And
           did
           they
           believe
           ?
           No.
           Why
           ,
           what
           do
           they
           do
           ?
           They
           conspire
           together
           ,
           and
           lay
           hold
           of
           him
           as
           a
           malefactor
           ,
           and
           crucified
           him
           ;
           they
           
           put
           him
           to
           death
           :
           &
           as
           being
           very
           well
           satisfied
           ,
           when
           that
           innocent
           blood
           was
           shed
           ,
           O
           say
           they
           ,
           
             Let
             his
             blood
             come
             upon
             us
             and
             our
             children
          
           :
           we
           are
           not
           afraid
           of
           his
           blood
           .
           Of
           all
           that
           people
           of
           the
           Jews
           ,
           there
           was
           but
           a
           few
           that
           did
           believe
           in
           him
           :
           And
           that
           the
           Apostle
           takes
           notice
           of
           ,
           Rom.
           11.5
           ,
           
             I
             say
             then
          
           ,
           Ver.
           1
           ,
           
             Hath
             God
             cast
             off
             his
             people
             ?
             God
             forbid
             .
             For
             I
             am
             an
             Israelite
          
           :
           God
           hath
           not
           cast
           away
           all
           Israel
           ,
           not
           every
           individual
           :
           
             For
             I
             am
             of
             the
             Tribe
             of
             Benjamin
             :
             And
             through
             Gods
             mercy
             ,
             I
             am
             not
             cast
             away
          
           (
           saith
           he
           )
           ,
           
             for
             I
             do
             believe
             in
             Christ
             ,
             and
             there
             are
             some
             few
             with
             me
             that
             do
             believe
             also
             .
          
           But
           what
           became
           of
           the
           whole
           Nation
           ?
           They
           are
           cut
           off
           ,
           the
           curse
           of
           God
           is
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           a
           hissing
           and
           disgrace
           to
           this
           very
           day
           .
           I
           tell
           you
           ,
           Sirs
           ,
           of
           these
           poor
           contemptible
           Jews
           ;
           God
           offered
           them
           a
           Christ
           before
           he
           offered
           him
           to
           you
           :
           Christ
           came
           of
           the
           Loyns
           of
           a
           Jew
           ,
           he
           was
           born
           (
           after
           the
           flesh
           )
           of
           a
           Jew
           ,
           
           he
           was
           first
           sent
           to
           the
           Jews
           ;
           and
           offered
           grace
           first
           to
           the
           Jews
           ;
           and
           you
           came
           in
           but
           in
           the
           second
           place
           .
           But
           for
           their
           Infidelity
           ,
           God
           hath
           cut
           them
           off
           ,
           only
           a
           remnant
           ,
           a
           little
           scattering
           flock
           ,
           they
           hearkned
           ,
           they
           believed
           ,
           they
           embraced
           Christ
           ,
           and
           they
           were
           saved
           ,
           and
           the
           rest
           were
           cut
           off
           .
           Here
           are
           a
           great
           many
           instances
           ,
           
             That
             many
             are
             called
             ,
             but
             few
             chosen
             .
          
           Here
           is
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           Preaching
           to
           England
           ,
           but
           few
           of
           England
           like
           to
           be
           saved
           :
           Don't
           think
           it
           a
           hard
           censure
           .
           What
           a
           whole
           world
           drowned
           ,
           and
           but
           
             eight
             saved
          
           ?
           What
           a
           whole
           Kingdom
           of
           
             ten
             Tribes
          
           ,
           and
           but
           seven
           thousand
           saved
           ?
           What
           ,
           that
           great
           Kingdom
           of
           Judah
           cut
           off
           ,
           and
           but
           a
           few
           of
           them
           saved
           ?
           There
           were
           (
           it
           is
           true
           )
           a
           good
           seed
           in
           that
           Kingdom
           of
           Judah
           ,
           but
           take
           the
           generality
           of
           them
           ,
           they
           did
           provoke
           God
           as
           much
           as
           her
           Sister
           Samaria
           did
           .
           Well
           ,
           But
           what
           shall
           we
           say
           of
           our selves
           ?
           Look
           in
           the
           glass
           of
           the
           Christian
           
           Church
           ,
           and
           then
           tell
           me
           ,
           how
           many
           among
           us
           are
           like
           to
           be
           saved
           ?
           2
           Cor.
           6.10
           ,
           
             Know
             ye
             not
          
           ,
           (
           Ver.
           9
           ,
           )
           
             that
             the
             unrighteous
             shall
             not
             inherit
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God
             ?
          
           (
           and
           if
           they
           do
           not
           ,
           they
           shall
           never
           be
           saved
           ;
           for
           none
           are
           saved
           ,
           but
           they
           inherit
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God
           )
           Who
           are
           they
           ?
           Why
           God
           knows
           ,
           some
           of
           you
           may
           read
           your
           own
           Names
           here
           in
           your
           Character
           .
           
             Be
             not
             deceived
             ,
             neither
             fornicators
             ,
             or
             unclean
             persons
          
           :
           you
           know
           what
           it
           means
           :
           If
           there
           be
           any
           wanton
           persons
           here
           ,
           the
           Lord
           give
           you
           Repentance
           .
           Such
           as
           you
           are
           for
           the
           flood
           ,
           and
           for
           the
           fire
           ,
           and
           for
           Hell.
           God
           hath
           set
           you
           a-part
           .
           The
           Lord
           give
           you
           Repentance
           .
           No
           Idolater
           ,
           no
           Image-worshipper
           ,
           no
           Host-worshipper
           ;
           such
           as
           those
           Popish
           Idolater
           ,
           worshipping
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           ,
           and
           praying
           to
           a
           peice
           of
           bread
           ,
           as
           unto
           God
           himself
           .
           These
           are
           Idolaters
           .
           God
           will
           not
           give
           his
           honour
           to
           any
           other
           .
           And
           Papists
           
           will
           know
           in
           the
           end
           ,
           that
           they
           have
           wronged
           God
           ,
           to
           give
           his
           honour
           to
           a
           peice
           of
           bread
           .
           God
           will
           not
           be
           wronged
           of
           his
           Glory
           .
           Be
           not
           deceived
           ,
           many
           Idolaters
           have
           been
           apt
           to
           flatter
           themselves
           ,
           that
           it
           shall
           go
           well
           with
           them
           ;
           but
           they
           have
           deceived
           themselves
           ,
           and
           so
           will
           these
           in
           the
           end
           .
           No
           Adulterers
           ,
           the
           Lord
           help
           you
           to
           look
           into
           your
           hearts
           and
           lives
           :
           There
           is
           an
           Adulterous
           heart
           ,
           and
           an
           Adulterous
           life
           :
           none
           such
           shall
           enter
           into
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God.
           These
           are
           all
           for
           the
           flood
           ,
           these
           are
           set
           a-part
           for
           burning
           :
           assuredly
           ,
           you
           shall
           be
           burned
           ,
           if
           you
           repent
           not
           .
           Believe
           it
           ,
           it
           will
           be
           so
           ,
           if
           you
           reform
           not
           ;
           you
           may
           laugh
           and
           mock
           at
           me
           ,
           and
           Paul
           ,
           and
           the
           Bible
           ,
           as
           the
           old
           world
           did
           at
           Noah
           .
           Nor
           
             effeminate
             ,
             not
             abusers
             of
             themselves
             with
             mankind
             .
          
           No
           Thieves
           :
           that
           is
           ,
           that
           repent
           not
           in
           their
           time
           .
           No
           Drunkards
           ;
           mark
           ,
           that
           you
           Ale-house-haunters
           ,
           and
           Tavern-haunters
           !
           None
           
           of
           these
           ,
           not
           a
           man
           of
           them
           shall
           be
           saved
           ,
           except
           ,
           in
           time
           they
           repent
           and
           reform
           their
           lives
           .
           Say
           you
           so
           ?
           None
           of
           them
           ?
           No
           ,
           none
           of
           them
           shall
           inherit
           the
           Kingdom
           of
           God.
           Ah
           ,
           but
           (
           by
           your
           leave
           )
           we
           won't
           believe
           you
           tho
           .
           I
           know
           there
           are
           but
           few
           will
           believe
           it
           .
           I
           knew
           it
           before
           I
           came
           to
           you
           before
           I
           read
           this
           Text
           ,
           
             Lord
             who
             hath
             believed
             our
             report
          
           !
           I
           have
           been
           a
           Preacher
           (
           up
           and
           down
           )
           two
           and
           twenty
           years
           ,
           and
           have
           had
           experience
           of
           the
           hardness
           of
           mens
           hearts
           .
           I
           can
           Preach
           to
           them
           ,
           and
           take
           them
           in
           a
           room
           ,
           and
           sit
           an
           hour
           over
           a
           hard
           heart
           ,
           and
           make
           it
           no
           more
           stir
           ,
           than
           a
           rock
           :
           No
           ,
           he
           does
           not
           believe
           ,
           turns
           away
           ,
           and
           laughs
           at
           (
           perhaps
           )
           all
           the
           counsel
           given
           him
           .
           But
           whether
           you
           believe
           ,
           or
           believe
           not
           ,
           This
           day
           know
           ,
           God
           hath
           given
           you
           warning
           ;
           you
           are
           men
           as
           certainly
           set
           aside
           ,
           and
           designed
           to
           be
           eternally
           burned
           ,
           as
           the
           old
           wicked
           world
           was
           designed
           to
           be
           drowned
           .
           And
           
           if
           you
           say
           why
           do
           I
           give
           you
           this
           notice
           ?
           Why
           ,
           The
           Lord
           in
           mercy
           gives
           it
           you
           ,
           that
           in
           time
           you
           may
           repent
           .
           But
           if
           you
           repent
           not
           ;
           as
           the
           flood
           drowned
           the
           old
           world
           ,
           so
           Hell
           will
           burn
           and
           torment
           you
           .
        
         
           But
           truly
           I
           have
           not
           come
           to
           the
           half
           of
           that
           which
           I
           intended
           .
        
         
           The
           Question
           will
           be
           ,
           What
           is
           the
           reason
           that
           men
           will
           not
           believe
           ?
           What
           ,
           but
           eight
           persons
           believe
           ,
           in
           a
           whole
           world
           ?
           But
           one
           Elijah
           in
           a
           whole
           Ten
           Tribes
           ?
           What
           ,
           but
           one
           Elijah
           ?
           No
           truly
           ,
           for
           ought
           that
           he
           knew
           .
           What
           ,
           but
           a
           remnant
           in
           the
           time
           of
           Christ
           ?
           No
           ,
           but
           a
           remnant
           .
           So
           but
           a
           few
           ,
           a
           very
           few
           in
           England
           .
           What
           is
           the
           reason
           of
           all
           this
           ?
           why
           the
           general
           reason
           of
           it
           all
           ,
           is
           this
           :
           Neither
           would
           the
           old
           world
           believe
           ,
           that
           God
           was
           in
           good
           earnest
           ;
           neither
           would
           Israel
           believe
           ,
           neither
           will
           England
           believe
           ;
           they
           don't
           believe
           what
           is
           said
           .
           No.
           What
           if
           God
           speaks
           by
           a
           Noah
           ,
           will
           you
           believe
           ?
           No.
           What
           
           if
           God
           speaks
           by
           a
           Moses
           ,
           will
           you
           believe
           ?
           No.
           VVhat
           if
           God
           appeareth
           upon
           a
           Mount
           ,
           and
           speaks
           signally
           ,
           will
           you
           believe
           now
           ?
           Yes
           ,
           for
           a
           little
           while
           ,
           but
           not
           long
           ,
           as
           they
           did
           not
           .
           VVill
           you
           believe
           by
           a
           Christ
           ?
           No.
           (
           Crucifie
           him
           .
           )
           Will
           you
           believe
           the
           Apostles
           ?
           No.
           Will
           you
           believe
           us
           that
           speak
           ?
           No
           ,
           No
           ,
           you
           will
           believe
           none
           ?
           What
           is
           the
           reason
           of
           it
           ,
           why
           wont
           you
           believe
           ?
           VVhy
           ,
           I
           think
           this
           is
           one
           reason
           :
        
         
           In
           very
           truth
           ,
           saith
           the
           poor
           carnal
           wicked
           world
           ,
           we
           do
           not
           believe
           that
           God
           is
           in
           good
           earnest
           ;
           none
           of
           them
           did
           ,
           till
           they
           found
           the
           judgment
           upon
           them
           .
           But
           why
           ,
           you
           poor
           sinners
           ,
           why
           do
           not
           you
           believe
           that
           God
           is
           in
           good
           earnest
           now
           ?
           VVhy
           I
           will
           tell
           you
           ,
           you
           flatter
           your selves
           thus
           ;
           surely
           God
           is
           a
           very
           good
           God
           ,
           and
           he
           hath
           done
           us
           good
           all
           our
           days
           ;
           he
           hath
           been
           my
           God
           twenty
           ,
           thirty
           ,
           forty
           years
           ;
           he
           hath
           fed
           me
           when
           hungry
           ;
           and
           when
           naked
           he
           hath
           clothed
           
           me
           ;
           and
           when
           sick
           ,
           he
           hath
           healed
           me
           and
           mine
           ;
           and
           when
           in
           danger
           he
           hath
           deliver'd
           ;
           and
           do
           you
           think
           that
           God
           will
           damn
           me
           ,
           and
           burn
           me
           (
           as
           you
           talk
           of
           )
           at
           last
           ?
           Ai
           ,
           but
           sinner
           !
           hath
           not
           God
           said
           he
           will
           ?
           Ai
           ,
           but
           say
           you
           ,
           God
           is
           not
           in
           good
           earnest
           ;
           he
           threatens
           us
           ,
           but
           as
           we
           threaten
           our
           Children
           .
           We
           threaten
           our
           Children
           sometimes
           what
           we
           will
           do
           !
           and
           then
           lay
           down
           the
           rod
           again
           .
           Ai
           ,
           but
           sinner
           !
           God
           is
           not
           like
           a
           man
           ,
           that
           he
           should
           change
           .
           But
           say
           you
           ,
           he
           is
           good
           .
           'T
           is
           true
           ,
           or
           else
           he
           would
           never
           have
           stayed
           so
           long
           ;
           but
           for
           you
           to
           say
           he
           is
           good
           ,
           and
           will
           not
           therefore
           be
           true
           to
           his
           Word
           ,
           that
           's
           absurd
           .
           Why
           should
           he
           not
           (
           notwithstanding
           all
           his
           goodness
           )
           damn
           such
           a
           rebel
           as
           thou
           art
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           damn
           an
           Angel
           ?
           Thou
           art
           his
           Creature
           ?
           so
           were
           the
           Angels
           .
           Does
           God
           give
           thee
           abundance
           
           of
           the
           glory
           of
           the
           earth
           ?
           so
           God
           gave
           him
           abundance
           of
           the
           glory
           of
           Heaven
           ,
           and
           yet
           notwithstanding
           all
           this
           ,
           for
           sin
           he
           threw
           the
           Angels
           down
           into
           Hell
           ,
           and
           now
           they
           are
           Devils
           .
        
         
           Why
           ,
           if
           God
           spared
           not
           an
           Angel
           ,
           dost
           thou
           think
           he
           will
           spare
           a
           man
           or
           woman
           ?
           Nay
           ,
           when
           thou
           hast
           provoked
           him
           to
           wrath
           more
           than
           the
           Devil
           ,
           dost
           thou
           think
           he
           will
           spare
           thee
           ,
           and
           not
           an
           Angel
           ?
           God
           never
           offered
           a
           Saviour
           to
           the
           Devil
           ,
           but
           he
           offered
           a
           Saviour
           to
           thee
           ,
           that
           if
           thou
           wilt
           repent
           and
           turn
           ,
           he
           will
           save
           thee
           :
           and
           wilt
           thou
           abuse
           all
           ,
           and
           go
           on
           in
           thy
           wickedness
           ?
           Why
           certainly
           ,
           as
           thou
           sinnest
           more
           in
           this
           respect
           than
           the
           Devil
           ,
           thou
           wilt
           as
           sure
           go
           to
           hell
           as
           he
           did
           ;
           't
           is
           not
           your
           relation
           to
           God
           as
           Creatures
           ,
           that
           will
           save
           you
           .
           What
           ,
           (
           I
           pray
           )
           was
           the
           old
           World
           ?
           Did
           not
           God
           drown
           them
           
           all
           ?
           were
           not
           they
           men
           and
           women
           as
           you
           ?
           and
           had
           not
           they
           Children
           as
           well
           as
           you
           ?
           and
           had
           not
           God
           bowels
           to
           them
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           you
           ?
           But
           was
           God
           loth
           to
           drown
           them
           ?
           Why
           ,
           first
           ,
           it
           repenteth
           me
           ,
           saith
           God
           ,
           that
           I
           made
           them
           ,
           I
           will
           drown
           them
           all
           ;
           Tush
           ,
           say
           they
           ,
           God
           is
           so
           good
           he
           will
           not
           .
           But
           I
           will
           ,
           says
           God.
           You
           say
           God
           hath
           done
           you
           good
           ,
           and
           heal'd
           you
           of
           many
           diseases
           ,
           and
           hath
           looked
           to
           you
           ,
           and
           blessed
           you
           ,
           and
           hath
           wrought
           wonders
           for
           you
           ,
           and
           that
           therefore
           he
           will
           never
           damn
           you
           .
           O
           poor
           sinner
           !
           how
           simply
           dost
           thou
           cheat
           thy self
           ?
           Single
           me
           out
           any
           blind
           Drunkard
           ,
           or
           unclean
           person
           ,
           or
           self-justiciary
           ,
           I
           would
           single
           thee
           out
           ,
           and
           reason
           with
           thee
           this
           day
           ;
           God
           hath
           wrought
           wonders
           for
           me
           ,
           he
           will
           not
           damn
           me
           (
           saist
           thou
           )
           .
           Alas
           !
           that
           's
           true
           ,
           says
           a
           poor
           drunken
           Water-man
           ,
           I
           was
           at
           Sea
           ,
           and
           was
           in
           danger
           to
           be
           
           drown'd
           ,
           and
           God
           saved
           me
           ;
           and
           do
           you
           think
           that
           he
           will
           damn
           me
           !
           And
           saith
           another
           ,
           such
           a
           time
           I
           was
           ready
           to
           fall
           off
           from
           a
           house
           ,
           and
           God
           prevented
           me
           .
           Why
           I
           tell
           thee
           now
           ,
           that
           though
           God
           does
           give
           many
           signal
           mercies
           and
           tokens
           of
           his
           long
           suffering
           to
           sinners
           ,
           he
           does
           not
           intend
           therefore
           to
           save
           them
           .
           When
           God
           brought
           Israel
           out
           of
           Egypt
           ,
           did
           God
           ever
           work
           such
           Miracles
           for
           you
           ,
           as
           he
           did
           for
           them
           ?
           Did
           God
           ever
           bring
           ten
           Plagues
           upon
           your
           enemies
           to
           deliver
           you
           from
           them
           ?
           Did
           God
           ever
           in
           a
           danger
           that
           you
           have
           been
           in
           ,
           make
           a
           Sea
           for
           you
           to
           pass
           through
           ,
           and
           your
           life
           saved
           ?
           And
           when
           you
           were
           hungry
           ,
           and
           had
           no
           bread
           ,
           did
           God
           ever
           rain
           bread
           down
           from
           heaven
           to
           you
           ?
           When
           you
           were
           thirsty
           ,
           did
           God
           ever
           bring
           water
           out
           of
           a
           Rock
           to
           quench
           your
           thirst
           ?
           These
           ,
           and
           such
           things
           as
           these
           did
           God
           do
           for
           Israel
           .
           Here
           now
           was
           some
           ground
           
           for
           them
           to
           plead
           ,
           and
           yet
           though
           God
           did
           this
           ;
           did
           he
           love
           Israel
           so
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           not
           destroy
           them
           ?
           No.
           
             He
             laid
             their
             Carcases
             as
             dung
             in
             the
             wilderness
             ,
             and
             swore
             in
             his
             wrath
             that
             they
             should
             never
             enter
             into
             his
             rest
             .
          
           I
           'le
           tell
           thee
           sinner
           ,
           if
           thou
           livest
           for
           forty
           years
           together
           upon
           bread
           out
           of
           the
           Clouds
           ,
           yet
           if
           thou
           livest
           and
           diest
           in
           thy
           sins
           ,
           thou
           wilt
           most
           certainly
           be
           damned
           .
           God
           can
           be
           good
           ,
           (
           man
           !
           )
           for
           all
           thou
           art
           damned
           ;
           for
           God
           is
           good
           to
           the
           Angels
           that
           stand
           ,
           though
           the
           rest
           that
           fell
           are
           in
           Hell
           ;
           so
           he
           will
           be
           good
           in
           his
           mercy
           to
           Saints
           and
           Angels
           ,
           when
           the
           wicked
           are
           thrust
           down
           into
           Hell.
           God
           can
           be
           good
           ,
           (
           man
           !
           )
           and
           God
           can
           do
           thee
           good
           ,
           and
           when
           he
           hath
           done
           ,
           he
           can
           hang
           thee
           up
           in
           flames
           .
           Alas
           ,
           you
           see
           that
           commonly
           among
           your
           malefactors
           ,
           Princes
           do
           allow
           their
           prisoners
           to
           have
           meat
           and
           drink
           ,
           while
           they
           are
           in
           prison
           ,
           they
           
           should
           not
           be
           starved
           ;
           and
           when
           condemned
           to
           be
           hanged
           ,
           there
           will
           be
           care
           taken
           ,
           that
           they
           should
           be
           fed
           and
           clothed
           ;
           but
           when
           the
           day
           comes
           ,
           away
           they
           are
           bound
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           cart
           and
           gallows
           they
           go
           .
           Thou
           prisoner
           !
           (
           for
           so
           thou
           art
           in
           the
           decree
           of
           God
           )
           before
           thou
           come
           to
           that
           prison
           of
           hell
           ,
           he
           will
           feed
           thee
           ,
           and
           clothe
           thee
           ,
           and
           yet
           all
           this
           while
           intends
           to
           destroy
           thee
           ,
           if
           thou
           repent
           not
           .
        
         
           Ai
           ,
           but
           say
           you
           ,
           there
           is
           another
           reason
           of
           our
           unbelief
           :
           why
           truly
           ,
           God
           hath
           threatned
           such
           great
           things
           that
           they
           are
           incredible
           .
           VVhy
           ,
           what
           are
           they
           ?
           God
           threatens
           prisons
           for
           Spirits
           ;
           Alas
           ,
           we
           can't
           understand
           how
           this
           spirit
           should
           live
           after
           our
           bodies
           are
           dead
           ,
           that
           when
           our
           bodies
           are
           rotting
           in
           the
           grave
           ,
           our
           souls
           should
           be
           roaring
           in
           flames
           .
           And
           then
           again
           God
           tells
           us
           of
           the
           Resurrection
           of
           our
           bodies
           ;
           How
           is
           it
           possible
           it
           should
           be
           so
           ?
           And
           then
           again
           ,
           
           God
           threatens
           to
           throw
           our
           bodies
           and
           souls
           into
           Hell
           ,
           to
           be
           burned
           for
           ever
           ;
           an
           incredible
           thing
           !
           who
           can
           believe
           this
           ,
           when
           we
           can
           hardly
           live
           fifty
           or
           threescore
           years
           ,
           How
           can
           we
           be
           alive
           for
           ever
           and
           ever
           ?
           And
           that
           Christ
           should
           judg
           the
           world
           ;
           it
           is
           now
           sixteen
           hundred
           years
           ago
           ;
           wonderful
           things
           !
           Here
           has
           been
           a
           great
           deal
           of
           talking
           ,
           but
           no
           performance
           .
           A
           company
           of
           fables
           !
           we
           can't
           believe
           them
           ;
           and
           who
           would
           go
           and
           venture
           to
           make
           themselves
           sad
           and
           miserable
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           with
           fear
           and
           repentance
           ;
           with
           fear
           of
           these
           things
           that
           are
           never
           like
           to
           come
           to
           pass
           .
           I
           know
           it
           ,
           sinners
           ,
           that
           these
           are
           the
           workings
           of
           thy
           heart
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           if
           I
           was
           within
           thee
           .
           VVhy
           ,
           do
           you
           think
           there
           are
           any
           such
           here
           ,
           that
           are
           of
           such
           a
           mind
           ?
           why
           truly
           ,
           it
           is
           likely
           ,
           for
           there
           were
           such
           in
           the
           Apostles
           days
           ,
           and
           of
           this
           sort
           of
           people
           the
           Apostle
           speaks
           in
           2
           Pet.
           3.2
           ,
           
             That
             in
             the
             latter
             days
             there
             should
             
             come
             scoffers
             ,
             walking
             after
             their
             own
             lusts
             :
          
           one
           after
           the
           lust
           of
           uncleanness
           ,
           another
           after
           the
           lust
           of
           drunkenness
           :
           VVhat
           are
           these
           walkers
           ?
           Scoffers
           .
           VVhat
           do
           they
           scoff
           at
           ?
           why
           they
           scoffed
           at
           the
           burning
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           the
           day
           of
           Judgment
           .
           VVhy
           do
           these
           men
           scoff
           at
           it
           ?
           why
           ,
           I
           will
           tell
           you
           ;
           they
           scoff
           because
           the
           Scripture
           does
           threaten
           the
           eternal
           burning
           of
           these
           sort
           of
           men
           that
           walk
           after
           their
           own
           lusts
           ,
           and
           they
           cry
           ,
           Tush
           ,
           we
           believe
           no
           such
           thing
           .
           VVell
           ,
           and
           thus
           they
           argue
           ,
           saying
           ,
           
             Where
             is
             the
             promise
             of
             his
             coming
             ?
          
           Christ
           said
           ,
           
             He
             would
             come
             ,
             and
             he
             would
             come
             quickly
             .
          
           Here
           is
           a
           talk
           of
           his
           coming
           ,
           but
           here
           is
           no
           Christ
           come
           ;
           when
           will
           this
           Trumpet
           sound
           ?
           No
           ,
           no
           ,
           
             for
             since
             the
             fathers
             fell
             asleep
             ,
             all
             things
             continue
             as
             they
             were
             from
             the
             beginning
             of
             the
             Creation
             :
          
           The
           Sun
           rises
           as
           it
           did
           ,
           and
           the
           Moon
           observes
           its
           course
           ,
           we
           have
           Summer
           
           and
           VVinter
           ,
           and
           we
           see
           all
           things
           just
           as
           they
           have
           been
           for
           these
           five
           thousand
           years
           ,
           and
           we
           see
           no
           change
           .
           No
           ?
           (
           saith
           the
           Apostle
           )
           don
           't
           you
           ?
           But
           ,
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             if
             you
             are
             ignorant
             of
             this
             one
             thing
             ;
             you
             are
             wilfully
             ignorant
             :
          
           VVhat
           is
           that
           ?
           why
           saith
           he
           ,
           
             That
             by
             the
             Word
             of
             God
             ,
             the
             heavens
             were
             of
             old
             ,
             and
             the
             earth
             standing
             out
             of
             the
             water
             and
             in
             the
             water
             ,
             whereby
             the
             world
             that
             then
             was
             ,
             being
             overflowed
             with
             water
             ,
             perished
             .
             But
             the
             heavens
             and
             the
             earth
             which
             are
             now
             ,
             by
             the
             same
             word
             are
             kept
             in
             store
             ,
             reserved
             unto
             fire
             against
             the
             day
             of
             judgment
             ,
             and
             perdition
             of
             ungodly
             men
             .
          
           I
           'le
           tell
           thee
           ,
           thou
           scoffer
           ,
           and
           walker
           after
           thy
           lusts
           ,
           Dost
           thou
           not
           know
           that
           God
           once
           drowned
           the
           world
           ?
           if
           thou
           art
           ignorant
           ,
           't
           is
           a
           wilful
           ignorance
           .
           And
           I
           pray
           you
           scoffers
           ,
           is
           it
           not
           as
           easie
           a
           thing
           to
           conceive
           how
           God
           should
           burn
           the
           world
           ,
           as
           drown
           the
           world
           ?
           he
           hath
           
           done
           one
           already
           ;
           the
           Lord
           open
           your
           ears
           and
           hearts
           to
           understand
           it
           .
           You
           scoff
           now
           ,
           as
           the
           old
           world
           scoffed
           at
           Noah
           ;
           but
           they
           found
           that
           
           Noah's
           words
           were
           true
           ;
           and
           you
           will
           find
           that
           our
           words
           are
           true
           too
           .
           The
           Lord
           strike
           you
           with
           the
           authority
           of
           the
           VVord
           ,
           that
           you
           may
           receive
           it
           as
           the
           Oracle
           of
           God.
           This
           is
           the
           VVord
           of
           God
           ,
           and
           do
           you
           oppose
           it
           ,
           and
           rebel
           against
           it
           ,
           and
           slight
           it
           if
           you
           dare
           .
           But
           I
           know
           you
           have
           that
           impudence
           to
           do
           it
           .
           But
           then
           I
           summon
           you
           to
           answer
           it
           at
           the
           day
           of
           judgment
           ;
           do
           you
           remember
           it
           then
           .
        
         
           There
           are
           several
           other
           workings
           of
           carnal
           hearts
           ,
           by
           which
           they
           encourage
           themselves
           in
           their
           wicked
           lives
           .
        
         
           What
           are
           they
           ?
           Come
           let
           me
           name
           them
           .
        
         
           O
           say
           you
           ,
           we
           don't
           deny
           ,
           but
           God
           will
           condemn
           men
           ,
           and
           we
           don't
           deny
           but
           God
           can
           make
           good
           
           all
           his
           threatnings
           :
           But
           say
           you
           ,
           we
           are
           in
           such
           a
           body
           ,
           and
           our
           bodies
           are
           in
           such
           want
           ;
           you
           know
           we
           must
           not
           starve
           ,
           and
           suffer
           our
           poor
           wives
           and
           children
           to
           famish
           for
           want
           of
           bread
           ;
           and
           truly
           we
           are
           poor
           ,
           and
           must
           work
           for
           our
           livings
           ;
           and
           we
           are
           so
           taken
           up
           ,
           that
           we
           have
           no
           leisure
           to
           hear
           what
           God
           says
           ,
           or
           what
           Christ
           says
           ;
           we
           have
           scarce
           leisure
           to
           read
           or
           hear
           the
           word
           of
           God
           :
           This
           is
           another
           thing
           .
        
         
           I
           know
           you
           would
           fain
           be
           gone
           ,
           but
           I
           will
           tell
           you
           why
           I
           stay
           you
           so
           long
           ;
           I
           would
           fain
           (
           before
           you
           go
           out
           of
           them
           doors
           )
           have
           you
           to
           believe
           .
           If
           Gods
           Ministers
           do
           so
           compassionate
           you
           ,
           you
           should
           compassionate
           your selves
           :
           Ah
           ,
           But
           say
           you
           ,
           I
           can't
           attend
           it
           ,
           I
           must
           be
           gone
           ,
           my
           dinner
           waits
           for
           me
           ;
           no
           ,
           nor
           to
           morrow
           neither
           .
           I
           have
           no
           time
           at
           all
           to
           think
           of
           these
           
           things
           .
           No
           ?
           Have
           you
           no
           time
           to
           think
           of
           them
           ?
           Do
           you
           think
           that
           they
           don't
           deserve
           your
           thoughts
           ?
           Why
           ,
           What
           are
           your
           poor
           bodies
           (
           for
           which
           you
           labour
           so
           much
           )
           ,
           in
           a
           compare
           to
           your
           souls
           ?
           I
           tell
           thee
           (
           man
           )
           if
           it
           were
           put
           to
           thy
           choice
           ,
           that
           thou
           shouldst
           either
           starve
           ,
           or
           make
           use
           of
           the
           means
           of
           Grace
           ;
           thou
           shouldst
           rather
           go
           and
           read
           ,
           and
           kneel
           ,
           and
           pray
           till
           thou
           art
           faint
           ,
           and
           canst
           scarce
           rise
           up
           :
           If
           one
           must
           perish
           ,
           soul
           or
           body
           ;
           let
           the
           body
           starve
           .
           Thou
           poor
           creature
           !
           Thy
           soul
           is
           more
           worth
           than
           thy
           body
           ;
           't
           is
           a
           thousand
           times
           better
           that
           thy
           body
           should
           starve
           ,
           than
           that
           thy
           poor
           soul
           should
           be
           damned
           .
           But
           ,
           Starve
           !
           Thou
           poor
           unbeliever
           !
           Thy
           wretched
           heart
           of
           unbelief
           deceives
           thee
           .
           I
           tell
           thee
           (
           man
           )
           !
           (
           but
           that
           thou
           hast
           no
           faith
           to
           entertain
           what
           I
           say
           ,
           I
           tell
           thee
           )
           if
           thou
           wilt
           but
           set
           thy self
           ,
           first
           to
           mind
           this
           
           great
           work
           of
           saving
           thy
           soul
           ,
           and
           preparing
           thy
           Ark
           ;
           if
           thou
           wilt
           set
           thy self
           to
           look
           upon
           thy
           ways
           ,
           and
           confess
           thy
           sins
           ,
           to
           turn
           to
           the
           Lord
           ,
           to
           cry
           mightily
           ,
           and
           to
           pour
           out
           thy
           soul
           in
           secret
           to
           God
           ,
           that
           he
           would
           pardon
           thee
           ,
           and
           sanctifie
           thee
           ,
           and
           reform
           thee
           ,
           and
           give
           thee
           grace
           :
           I
           tell
           thee
           ,
           I
           dare
           promise
           thee
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           thou
           shalt
           live
           more
           comfortably
           as
           to
           this
           world
           ,
           than
           ever
           thou
           didst
           in
           all
           thy
           life
           .
           Why
           ,
           will
           you
           promise
           that
           we
           shall
           grow
           richer
           by
           it
           ?
           This
           I
           will
           promise
           thee
           in
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Lord
           ,
           (
           and
           I
           am
           sure
           't
           is
           true
           )
           that
           either
           thou
           shalt
           thrive
           more
           in
           the
           world
           ,
           or
           else
           thou
           shalt
           be
           better
           contented
           with
           what
           thou
           hast
           :
           and
           besides
           ,
           it
           shall
           be
           blessed
           to
           thee
           ,
           that
           thou
           wilt
           say
           ,
           it
           is
           far
           better
           to
           thee
           than
           abundance
           .
           
             Seek
             ye
             first
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             God
             and
             his
             righteousness
             ,
             and
             all
             other
             things
             shall
             be
             added
             to
             you
             .
          
           Do
           
           but
           set
           thy self
           to
           pray
           mightily
           to
           God
           ,
           that
           whatever
           he
           does
           ,
           he
           would
           save
           thy
           soul
           ;
           and
           then
           for
           thy
           care
           ,
           thou
           mightest
           cast
           thy
           care
           upon
           him
           ;
           your
           care
           distracts
           you
           ,
           it
           is
           Gods
           setting
           in
           with
           you
           ,
           that
           makes
           your
           care
           succesful
           .
           O
           poor
           sinners
           ,
           if
           you
           were
           but
           acquainted
           with
           God
           and
           Christ
           ,
           you
           would
           have
           a
           God
           to
           cast
           your
           care
           upon
           .
           You
           Masters
           of
           Families
           ;
           begin
           your
           day
           with
           God
           ,
           bring
           your
           Families
           to
           God
           ,
           make
           it
           your
           great
           business
           to
           serve
           God
           ;
           and
           then
           trust
           God
           for
           his
           blessing
           upon
           your
           endeavours
           .
           There
           is
           another
           Reason
           .
        
         
           What
           is
           the
           reason
           that
           you
           do
           not
           believe
           ?
           That
           you
           believe
           not
           God
           that
           speaks
           by
           his
           Son
           ,
           and
           by
           his
           Prophets
           ?
           Why
           truly
           I
           dare
           not
           believe
           .
           For
           (
           to
           speak
           plainly
           )
           I
           am
           so
           in
           love
           with
           my
           sins
           ,
           that
           I
           cannot
           think
           to
           part
           wirh
           them
           ;
           and
           I
           do
           profess
           ,
           if
           I
           must
           be
           damn'd
           for
           them
           ,
           
           I
           must
           run
           the
           hazard
           .
           Such
           desperate
           slaves
           are
           Satan's
           slaves
           ,
           though
           they
           see
           Hell
           before
           them
           ,
           and
           in
           they
           must
           ,
           if
           they
           repent
           not
           ;
           saith
           Christ
           ,
           
             Light
             is
             come
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             men
             love
             darkness
             rather
             than
             light
             ,
          
           Why
           ?
           
             because
             their
             deeds
             are
             evil
          
           .
           They
           love
           their
           
             evil
             deeds
          
           ,
           and
           
             love
             darkness
          
           ,
           and
           hate
           the
           light
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           they
           hate
           my
           word
           ,
           because
           my
           word
           threatens
           their
           deeds
           of
           darkness
           with
           Hell
           ;
           they
           can't
           endure
           to
           see
           what
           is
           at
           the
           end
           of
           sinning
           .
           I
           have
           kept
           you
           a
           long
           while
           ;
           and
           so
           God
           kept
           them
           above
           a
           hundred
           years
           .
           I
           have
           spent
           one
           hour
           (
           perhaps
           half
           an
           hour
           more
           )
           ,
           but
           if
           it
           were
           possible
           that
           I
           could
           Preach
           an
           hundred
           years
           to
           an
           unbelieving
           heart
           ,
           it
           would
           never
           work
           upon
           him
           ,
           without
           Gods
           Grace
           :
           O
           therefore
           resist
           not
           Crace
           :
           When
           I
           have
           done
           all
           ,
           't
           is
           God
           that
           singles
           out
           one
           at
           one
           time
           ,
           and
           another
           at
           another
           
           time
           ,
           and
           then
           another
           ,
           and
           sometimes
           many
           at
           once
           ,
           and
           opens
           their
           eyes
           and
           hearts
           ,
           and
           makes
           such
           a
           Sermon
           bear
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           commandeth
           their
           hearts
           to
           strike
           in
           with
           the
           word
           :
           And
           if
           the
           Lord
           does
           but
           bless
           the
           word
           ,
           to
           take
           hold
           of
           some
           poor
           youth
           ,
           whether
           man
           or
           maid
           ;
           it
           is
           worth
           all
           my
           labour
           that
           I
           have
           spent
           in
           Preaching
           :
           If
           the
           Lord
           would
           but
           bring
           some
           poor
           soul
           to
           believe
           ,
           that
           the
           word
           of
           God
           is
           true
           ,
           and
           that
           it
           is
           as
           certain
           that
           they
           will
           be
           damn'd
           ,
           if
           they
           repent
           not
           ,
           as
           is
           was
           certain
           that
           the
           old
           world
           was
           drown'd
           :
           This
           might
           be
           the
           beginning
           of
           a
           new
           life
           .
           O
           't
           is
           an
           hour
           well
           spent
           ,
           and
           thou
           wilt
           bless
           God
           for
           it
           ,
           if
           he
           will
           come
           in
           with
           light
           upon
           thee
           ,
           and
           make
           thee
           
             believe
             the
             Gospel
          
           ,
           that
           Christ
           is
           willing
           to
           save
           every
           penitent
           sinner
           that
           is
           brought
           thus
           to
           believe
           in
           him
           .
           O
           that
           God
           would
           be
           pleased
           to
           convince
           you
           that
           he
           is
           
           in
           good
           earnest
           to
           damn
           the
           wicked
           and
           impenitent
           sinner
           ;
           but
           to
           bless
           and
           crown
           with
           eternal
           life
           ,
           every
           obedient
           soul
           .
        
         
           
             I
             am
             forced
             to
             cut
             off
             many
             things
             that
             I
             have
             to
             say
             ;
             But
             the
             Lord
             in
             heaven
             bless
             this
             word
             unto
             you
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             quenching
             the
             Spirit
             ;
             the
             evil
             of
             it
             by
             
               Theophilus
               Polwheile
            
             .
          
           
             The
             sure
             way
             to
             Salvation
             ;
             or
             a
             Treatise
             of
             the
             Saints
             mystical
             Union
             with
             Christ
             ;
             by
             
               Richard
               Stedman
            
             .
             M.A.
             
          
           
             Sober
             Singularity
             ,
             by
             the
             same
             Author
             .
          
           
             Heaven
             taken
             by
             Storm
             .
          
           
             The
             mischeif
             of
             sin
             :
             both
             by
             
               Tho.
               Watson
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Childs
             Delight
             ;
             together
             with
             an
             English-Grammar
             .
          
           
             Reading
             and
             Spelling
             made
             easie
             ;
             both
             by
             
               Tho.
               Lye.
            
             
          
           
             
             Asop's
             Fables
             ,
             with
             morals
             thereupon
             in
             English-Verse
             .
          
           
             The
             Young-mans
             Instructor
             ,
             and
             the
             Old-mans
             Remembrancer
             .
          
           
             Captives
             bourd
             in
             Chains
             ,
             made
             free
             by
             Christ
             their
             Surety
             ;
             both
             by
             
               Tho.
               Doolittle
            
             .
          
           
             Eighteen
             Sermons
             preached
             upon
             several
             Texts
             of
             Scripture
             by
             
               William
               Whitaker
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Saints
             care
             for
             Church-Communion
             ;
             declared
             in
             sundry
             Sermons
             ,
             preached
             at
             St.
             
               James
               Dukes-place
            
             ,
             by
             
               Zach.
               Crofton
            
             .
          
           
             The
             life
             and
             death
             of
             
               Edmund
               Stanton
            
             D.D.
             To
             which
             is
             added
             a
             Treatise
             of
             Christian
             conference
             ;
             and
             a
             D●alogue
             between
             a
             Minister
             and
             a
             Stranger
             .
          
           
             
             Sin
             the
             Plague
             of
             plagues
             ,
             or
             sinful
             sin
             the
             worst
             of
             Evils
             ;
             by
             
               Ralph
               Venning
            
             .
             M.A.
             
          
           
             Cases
             of
             Conscience
             practically
             resolved
             ;
             by
             
               J.
               Norman
            
             .
          
           
             The
             immortality
             of
             the
             Soul
             explained
             and
             proved
             by
             Scripture
             and
             Reason
             ;
             to
             which
             is
             added
             Faiths-triumph
             over
             the
             fears
             of
             death
             ,
             by
             
               Tho.
               Wadsworth
            
             .
          
           
             A
             Treatise
             of
             the
             incomparableness
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             his
             Being
             ,
             Attributes
             ,
             Works
             ,
             and
             Word
             ;
             by
             
               George
               Swinnock
            
             ,
             M.A.
             
          
           
             The
             generation
             of
             Seekers
             ;
             or
             the
             right
             manner
             of
             the
             Saints
             addresses
             to
             the
             throne
             of
             Grace
             ,
             with
             an
             Exposition
             on
             the
             Lords-Prayer
             .
          
           
             An
             Essay
             to
             facilitate
             the
             Education
             of
             Youth
             ,
             by
             bringing
             down
             the
             rudiments
             of
             Grammar
             to
             the
             sense
             of
             seeing
             ,
             which
             ought
             to
             be
             improved
             by
             Syncresis
             ;
             by
             
               M.
               Lewis
            
             of
             Totenham
             .
          
           
             An
             Artificial
             Vestibulum
             ;
             wherein
             the
             sense
             of
             
               Janua
               Linguarum
            
             is
             contained
             ,
             compiled
             into
             plain
             and
             short
             sentences
             in
             English
             ,
             for
             the
             great
             ease
             of
             Masters
             ,
             and
             Expeditious
             progress
             of
             Scholars
             ,
             by
             
               M.
               Lewis
            
             .
          
           
             Baptism
             no
             bar
             to
             Communion
             ;
             by
             
               Jo.
               Bunnian
            
             .
          
           
             The
             
             Dutch-dispensatory
             ;
             shewing
             the
             vertues
             ,
             qualities
             and
             properties
             of
             Simples
             ;
             the
             vertue
             and
             use
             of
             Compounds
             ;
             whereto
             
             is
             added
             the
             Compleat
             Herbalist
             .
          
        
         
           
             Small
             Octavo
             .
          
           
             A
             defence
             against
             the
             fear
             of
             Death
             ;
             by
             
               Zach.
               Crofton
            
             .
          
           
             Gods
             Soveraignty
             displayed
             ;
             by
             
               William
               Gearing
            
             .
          
           
             The
             godly
             mans
             Ark
             ,
             or
             a
             City
             of
             Refuge
             in
             the
             day
             of
             his
             distress
             ,
             in
             five
             Sermons
             ;
             with
             Mrs.
             Moors
             Evidences
             for
             Heaven
             ;
             by
             
               Edmund
               Calamy
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Almost-Christian
             discovered
             ,
             or
             the
             false
             Professor
             tried
             and
             cast
             ;
             by
             
               M.
               Mead.
            
             
          
           
             A
             Plea
             for
             the
             godly
             ,
             or
             the
             Righteous
             mans
             Excellency
             .
          
           
             The
             holy
             Eucharist
             ,
             or
             the
             Sacrament
             of
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             .
          
           
             A
             Treatise
             of
             Self-denial
             .
             All
             three
             by
             
               Tho.
               Watson
            
             .
          
           
             The
             life
             and
             death
             of
             
               Tho.
               Wilson
            
             of
             Maidstone
             in
             Kent
             .
          
           
             The
             life
             and
             death
             of
             Doctor
             
               Sam.
               Winter
            
             .
          
           
             Worthy-walking
             press'd
             upon
             all
             that
             have
             heard
             the
             Call
             of
             the
             Gospel
             .
          
           
             The
             Spirit
             of
             Prayer
             ;
             by
             
               Nath.
               Vincent
            
             .
          
           
             The
             inseparable
             Union
             between
             Christ
             and
             a
             Believer
             ;
             by
             
               Tho.
               Peck
            
             .
          
           
             A
             discourse
             of
             Excuses
             ;
             setting
             forth
             the
             variety
             and
             vanity
             of
             them
             :
             the
             sin
             and
             misery
             brought
             in
             by
             them
             ;
             by
             
               John
               Sheffield
            
             .
          
           
             Invisible
             realities
             ,
             demonstrated
             in
             the
             holy
             
             life
             and
             triumphant
             death
             of
             Mr.
             
               J.
               Janeway
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Saints
             encouragement
             to
             diligence
             in
             Christs
             service
             ;
             by
             Mr.
             
               James
               Janeway
            
             .
          
           
             
               Convivium
               caeleste
            
             ;
             a
             plain
             and
             familiar
             discourse
             concerning
             the
             Lords
             Supper
             ;
             by
             
               R.
               Kidder
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Saints
             perseverance
             asserted
             in
             its
             Positive-ground
             against
             Mr.
             Ives
             .
          
           
             A
             Wedding-ring
             fit
             for
             the
             Finger
             ;
             by
             
               Will.
               Secker
            
             .
          
           
             An
             Explanation
             of
             the
             shorter
             Catechism
             of
             the
             Assembly
             of
             Divines
             ;
             by
             
               Tho.
               Lye.
            
             
          
           
             The
             Childs
             Delight
             with
             Pictures
             ;
             by
             
               Tho
               Lye.
            
             
          
           
             The
             life
             and
             death
             of
             
               Tho.
               Hall.
            
             
          
           
             The
             flat
             opposition
             of
             Popery
             to
             Scripture
             ;
             by
             J.N.
             Chaplain
             to
             a
             Person
             of
             Honour
             .
          
           
             The
             Weavers
             Pocket-book
             ,
             or
             Weaving
             spiritualiz'd
             ;
             by
             
             J.C.D.D.
             
          
           
             Two
             disputations
             of
             Original
             sin
             ;
             by
             
               Richard
               Baxter
            
             .
          
           
             The
             ready
             way
             to
             prevent
             sin
             ;
             by
             
               William
               Bagshaw
            
             .
          
           
             The
             Little-peace-maker
             ,
             discovering
             foolish
             Pride
             ,
             the
             Make-bate
             .
          
           
             Philadelphia
             ;
             or
             a
             Treatise
             of
             Brotherly-love
             ;
             by
             Mr.
             Gearing
             .
          
           
             Reformation
             or
             Ruine
             ,
             being
             certain
             Sermons
             on
             Levit.
             26.23
             ,
             24.
             by
             
               Tho.
               Hotchkis
            
             .
          
           
             FINIS
             .