THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL: The Excellency of CHRIST JESUS, treated on. Wherein the faithful people of God may find comfort for their Souls.  
By T. H.  
Published according to Order.  
LONDON, Printed in the year 1645.   

THE IMMORTALITY OF The SOUL.  
What will it profit a man to win the whole world and to lose his own soul? 
Mat. 16.26.  saith our glorious Lord and Saviour Christ Jesus, the soul of man is a spiritual, immortal, 
Psal. 31.8.  substance which did flow from God, 
Eccles. 22.7.  and cannot die with the body, but return to God that gave it, unless it rebel against his Father and Maker, his laws and true Church, and hath no true lively faith to save himself by applying Christ's righteousness to himself by a lively faith; then these souls must die the everliving death of torment, but God made the soul of man righteous, but he hath sought to himself many inventions: the bodies of all men must turn to dust again until the day of the Lord come, and then shall the dead hear the voice of the Son of God, 
Luke 23.43.  and shall stand up in more strength and spiritual power, and meet our Lord Jesus to be judged, every one according to our faith and works. The body of man hath five senses, seeing hearing, smelling, tasting and feeling; the living and immortal soul hath in him understanding and knowledge, the will and the remembrance, imaginptions, the affections and wisdom to rule the senses of the body and the evil lusts of the soul, which join with the body to sinful actions, but let wisdom, and grace and knowledge look hp to God for help and strength to withstand them, and as the body hath hands and feet, so hath the living soul in him many faculties: Faith is a virtue of the soul, unbelief is a vice, humility as a virtue of the soul, pride is a vice, the love of God and his Saints a virtue of the soul, hatred a vice, zeal for God's glory and true worship a virtue of the soul, coldness a vice, 〈◊〉 a virtue lying a vice there i● a virtue, ●●nely a vice 〈◊〉 a ver●●e of the soul, envy a vice, thankfulness a virtue of the soul, unthankfulness a vice, bounty and freeness of mind of the gifts which we have received of God, riches or knowledge are both of them a virtue of the soul, covetousness, and hiding Gods talems in the earth, avice spealing honourably of God, and of the word of God, a virtue of the soul: swearing cursing, blasphemy, and mocking of the word of God, great vices of the soul: wit, policy, valour, sound judgement and discerning of spirits are Gods good gifts, and should be used well: th●s the soul, the spiritual substance, the immortal soul, the holy Image of God before man's fall, which God did breath into man and made him righteous and excellent in knowledge, but now the children of wrath by Adam's fall and original sin, but the souls of the faithful are renewed by Jesus Christ our glorious Lord and Saviour, and shall be made perfect in heaven for ever more: For the souls of the Saints shall suddenly come from heaven again to the body in love and peace, saying, as it were, Arise, my loving friend and dear companion, the day of Christ our King is come, the dark winter of trouble and sorrow persecution, sickness, poverty and death itself is gons, come see thy glorious Lord and Saviour Christ Jesus which redeemed thee, with all his holy companion of Saints and Angels, come lift up thy head and receive thy acquistance from all thy sins, and live in glory for ever. But ungodly, faithless men which have done ill, grief, the worm of conscience shall by't them, saying, who shall hid us from the wrath of the Judge? but the godly redeemer shall comfort them saying Come ye blessed of my Father, receive and eternal Kingdom, and enter into jour Masters joy: All Glory, and thanks, and praise be unto God, for all his free mercy and gifts, both now and for ever more.   

The excellency of CHRIST JESUS.  
THe soul of man is a noble spiritual creature, created of God to obey him, as was Adam and Evah in Paradise, but the Devil by temptations, quickly spoilt his innocent righteous soul, defaced God's Image, and then his shining body became miserable and naked, his perfect soul became miserable, sinful and ignorant; then were their souls and bodies to die the death natural and eternal for ever: but then the mercy and love of God appeared and promised, that the seed of the woman should break the Serpent's head; this was our glorious Lord and Saviour Christ Jesus which came in due time to restore God's Image, and to destroy the works of the Devil, to suffer and satisfy God's justice for the sins of all the believing world, which lay hold on him by a lively faith, to in graft them into himself to adopt and make them his beloved children and heirs of the Kingdom of heaven: for Christ Jesus our glorious Lord and Saviour is the only Son of God, in whom alone he is well pleased; he is the natural son of God begotten begotten before the stars appeared, he is the graven form of God, the brightness of the glory, the Image of the invisible God, the first begotten Son of God; begotten before all worlds, God of God's very God of very God e●e●uall with the Father & with the holy Ghost, he is the head of the Church, and in him all fullness dwelleth; thy scent, a Christ! endureth for ever: the sceptre of thy Kingdom doth may●t am righteousness. The Lord said unto my Lord, sit on my right hand, until I make thy foes a stool whereon thy feet may stand: Christ Jesus is the mighty Lion of the tribe of Judah, which overcame the roaring and devouring Lion the Devil; He is the Lamb of God which was slain for our sins, and taketh away the sins of the world, he is the mighty God, the Prince of peace, which trod the winepress of the wrath of God alone, and conquered death, hell, and the grave, and the infernal spirits, and he arose and sustained himself by his own power and strength, and sits at the right hand of the glory of God for ever. Christ Jesus was promised to Adam and Evah, to Abraham and to David, he was prophesied by Enoch Jacob, Moses, Esay Jeremiah, Daniel Zachariah, by all the Prophets; and he was typed out by Isaak, Samson, Solomon Jonah, and the brazen Serpent in the Wilderness, Christ Jesus out Lord and Saviour was waited and looked for of all the faithful from the beginning of the World: and when he was come all his Apostles bear witness of him both in life, death and writing; the Angels from Heaven bring joyful tidings, and bear witness of him: Christ's wondrous works bear witness of him, God the Father from Heaven bear witness of him, his works bear witness of him, and shall judge men at the last day; thousands of Martyrs have shed their dearest blood in defence of this truth, Christ's Preachers by the holy Ghost preach his Word, and him the innocent blood of the children which Herod slew were Martyrs for him, Christ and his Apostles and Deacons, great works and miracles bear witness of him; Five hundred Brethren at once saw him risen again, the Angels bear witness of his resurrection. Christ's Apostles bear witness of him, and did eat and drink with him after he was risen. Again, before that Mary saw him, and cryeth out, Master, and Thomas felt his hands and his sides, and cryeth out, My Lord, and God; and after he had been seen of them the space of forty days, he gathered together his Apostles, and promised them to send the holy Ghost to comfort them, and then he ascends to Heaven before their faces, where he sits at the right hand of God in glory until he come again, to render vengeance to his enemies, which persecute and wrong his Saints, and will not obey the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ; and then will Christ Jesus gather his Saints and faithful people from the East to West, and from all places, with thousands of might, quick and strong Angels, and bring to rest in Heaven for ever: Christ Jesus our Lord and Saviour was also shadowed out by thousands of  offerings of Bullocks, Goats, Lambs and fruits for sin-offerings and peace-offerings in all ages from the beginning of the World before Christ's coming, whose blood and the blood of the paschal Lamb which were slain by hundred thousands every year, was a shadow and a finger of the precious blood of our glorious Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, which willingly offered up himself once for all, whose blood is a sufficient sacrifice for the sins of the whole World, if they had the grace to lay hold on him by a lively faith, but his death and merits shall save none of them but the faithful, and condemn the wicked Rebels because Christ was offered, and they would not regard him: Christ our High Priest is entered into Heaven, and maketh daily intercession for us: Now we need not to offer the blood of Bulls, Goats and Lambs. Now since Christ is risen, this is the Sacrifice God requireth at our hands to have his Laws written in our hearts, to obey him, to love him, to honour him with our souls and bodies, in our holy Assemblies, and to keep his Sabbaths, to give him praise for his love unto us, to trust in him to pray unto him upon all occasions, to love mercy and to do right, and justly, and to speak truth out of an honest heart: for the increase of Christ's Kingdom of grace upon earth, and for the right of the innocent, poor and fatherless children and widows, and oppressed people, and to pray unto God for all good things, in the name of Jesus Christ, and for his sake alone to forgive us our sins; these sacrifices are more pleasing unto God then thousand rivers of Oil or the blood of all the cattle on a thousand hills. For now seeing Christ Jesus our High Priest is entered into heaven there remaineth no more blood to be shed for sins, for Christ Jesus the eternal Son of God hath once shed his precious blood for the sins of all that lay hold on him by a lively faith, and maketh daily intercession for he is the only Mediator between God and man, for peace and salvation; for he loves us, and will give eternal life to all that with faith labour to keep his commandments: Christ Jesus our glorious Lord and Saviour is the way to Heaven, he is the truth and the light, No man can come to the Father but by him, he hath God the Father sealed, and in him stands the covenant and the right to the faithful which love him, even the Kingdom of Heaven, and all good things which he sees needful for them by sure promises of the mighty God which cannot be broken: and if God cast gold and silver, corn, wine and Oil, and government, and the use of all the creatures, upon Turks, Infidels and unfaithful Christians, because he made them reasonable men: Yet it is not blest unto them without the word of God, and prayer in the name of Christ Jesus, wheresoever Christ hath been preached unto them, for they must give account for government, for their riches, for their honour, for all their wrong and blasphemous words, for all their abused knowledge of conjuring, witchcraft and for their abuse of their knowledge of sea and land, the Sun, Moon and Stars, and all God's works of order and mercy, and his providence unto them and the light of their conscience, all these shall witness against heathen people, which will not follow the light of conscience, which they have written in their hearts, and give honour thanks, and worship to the great God of heaven and earth that gave them their being but they will worship vain Idols stocks stones, and dumb creatures kill and devour one another, such heathen people shall be turned into hell with all that forget God: Such Popish Christians as confess Christ Jesus our Lord and Saviour, to be the only Son of God, and yet if they do deny him to be the only mediator between God and man, and pray to Saints departed, and trust to their own merits, and their own righteousness and good works, and consider not the Law of God to be holy and pure, so right and straight that no mortal man can wholly keep without the help of Christ Jesus who was God and man, he keepeth Law perfectly, and did good all his life, and was obedient to God his Father, unto the very death: he hath abundance of grace and good works, he loveth righteousness and hateth iniquity, but mortal man is weak and sinful. The opening of the Law by our Saviour Christ jesus in the fifth, sixth and seventh chapters of Saint Matthew's Gospel, showing man's weakness plainly, when we have done all the good we can, we must say we are unprofitable servants we must repent of the ill works we have done, and desire with tears and sorrow Christ Jesus to wash them away with his precious blood, and with a lively faith, desire him to accept of our good works, and to cover them with his good works, and then they will please God, and he will have delight in us; but if Popish Christians hid God's Word, the bread of life from many millions of men and women, which for want of true knowledge perish, and cannot come to drink of the water of life freely the spiritual stock Christ Jesus as they should do, this is an evil work, and if they persecute and murder harmless people for their holy and spiritual worshipping of God, which deny their own righteousness, and desire with tears, faith and joy, to be clothed with the righteousness of Christ Jesus, than this is an evil wicked work also: For Christ Jesus fulfilled the Law of God in everything wholly, for the faithful men and women which love him, and obey him, for in Christ Jesus the holy Trinity, and blessed unity of God immortal and only wise is well pleased, and his justice satisfied for the sins of all the faithful which love him with an upright heart, and God will not give the glory of his spiritual worship of mankind to Saints or Angels not yet the adoration of her bodies to dumb Images, for God is a jealous God of his glory and true worship, and will visit the sins of all idolaters without repentance, with eternal death and punishment in hell fire.  
But O England! and all Reformed Churches which have the Word of God to read in, which have faithful Preachers to preach Christ and amendment of life unto us, which have wholesome and 〈◊〉 Books to read in, which have the Lords day kept and maintained amongst us, which have the Sacraments the Seals of Christ Jesus love, giving unto us which have godly and needful Prayers, Conf●ssions, and Thanksgivings appointed and set out in the name of Christ Jesus for to help the weak and confirm the strong, which have had the example of many Martyrs in times of persecutions under Bishops and learned Doctors men and women of all conditions and estates; which have had godly Kings and Queens, which have been nursing Fathers and nursing Mothers unto Christ Jesus true Church militant hereupon earth and have defended the true faith with the Word of God, with the sword of God, and maintained true virtue, and punished vice O England! how merciful is God unto us? if we will embrace his mercy, and know them 〈◊〉 times of his visitation and love unto us: the name of the Lord God of Heaven and earth be praised, honoured, and sanctified for evermore. Which hath sent his mighty Word, the glad tidings of his Gospel unto us, and caused it to be made more plainly read and preached in our own language; so that men and women need not sit in darkness, not walk in darkness, except they suffer their understanding to be blinded with the Devil, and so become wilful sinners, worse than Turks, or Popish ignorant Christians, and some we have which are larger in their opinions then the Word of God, or the Church of God teacheth them, and so cause the Lord to chastise them with temporal punishment and sin, are too curious and nice, not contented with the wholesome and pure doctrine of Christ Jesus, which is preached in most places; but take offence at every trifle, and sometime at that which is very good through their ignorance, or else their pride and self-conceitedness, and so make more divisions and rents than need: these our brethren cause the Lord God to chastise them with temporal punishment also: and some do what they can to serve the Lord God with an upright heart, and to maintain the true worship of God peaceably, and so of weak and strong the Lord God be praised: we doubt not, but that we have hundred thousands of faithful Christians in these Northwest parts of the World; yea, CHRIST JESUS lovingly calleth all men to his Marriage and Noble Banquet, for ever to be betrothed to him in faith and love, here in this world militant to obey him, and to trust unto him, and to receive all things needful from him, who knows our wants better than we, and after this short life to be spiritually married to him in heaven for ever. But alas, unbelieving, ungodly men and women, have out of their foolishness desired excuses, they love this world and the vain things thereof, of short continuance, better than everlasting Christ Jesus full of all riches and glorious excellent dignity: One hath married a wife and cannot come, another hath bought a farm and cannot come, another hath bought oxen and cannot come, poor silly excuses all these things they have received of God for Jesus Christ his sake and they should be helps for them to trust in Christ, who having received good things from him already, but blind foolish worldlings content themselves so they may have mammon and worldly vanities rather than they will obey Christ jesus and trust to him for everlasting glorious possessions and so such foolish men and women shall never be married to Christ which will not believe his word and obey him here, but they shall be divorced from him for ever, and sent to eternal misery, but yet the name of the Lord God of heaven and earth be praised and glorified for his own gracious promise, who hath promised that many shall come from the East and from the West, from the North and from the South, and shall sit down in the Kingdom of heaven with Abraham, Isaac and jacob, yea, many thousands of men and women are very joyful, glad and willing to come and prepare themselves with faith and amendment of life, for God hath chosen them, and those whom CHRIST JESUS hath chosen, and giving a lively faith, which worketh by love in him, there shall neither men nor devils be ever able to pull them out of Christ hands for as many as believed in him to them he gave power to be the Sons of God, and Christ Jesus will not lose one of them, but will glorify them all in their tentations and infirmities, their slips and falls shall not pull them out of Christ Jesus his hands, God the Father gave them to him, and he is stranger than all: and in this world he will make them willing to come to Christ Jesus by faith and repentance.   

Of the Joys of HEAVEN.  
GOD will give an eternal Kingdom of glory in heaven for ever, where there shall be rest, love, joy, peace, riches, honour, plenty and great knowledge, health, strength, beauty, and fullness of pleasure for evermore; and God will wipe away all tears from their eyes, and place them in blissful plight in heavenly and glorious Mansions, where we shall behold our glorious, excellent and mighty God and Father and his eternal love in jesus Christ shining upon us to our everlasting joy and comfort, and there we shall behold thousand thousand millions of men women and children changed like Angels, shining as bright as the Sun in their Father's Kingdom all the good works and godly fruits all the Prayers, Humiliations Fast and Tears which which we have shed for our sins, and for the sins of others; and in prayers for grace for others in obedience to Christ jesus Commandments, shall be rewarded in Heaven with eternal crowns of glory: all the good works of almesdeeds, charity and love, which we have done in giving to the poor, and in giving for the increase of Christ jesus Kingdom of grace here upon earth by our good example shall be rewarded in Heaven with eternal crowns of glory, all the contending and striving for God's true worship and godly truth, and studying for acuity mercy, true justice and judgement in men that are called thereto, 
Mal. 3.16.  all the good works that men do through faith in obedience to Christ jesus, shall be rewarded in Heaven with eternal crowns of glory, all that have been faithful unto death will God give a crown of life for ever; 
Rev, 2.10.  Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of 〈◊〉 every m●n according to his works; all our patiented sufferings reproofs slanders for Christ jesus sake; allour godly meekness and peacemaking in obedience to Christ jesus Laws shall be rewarded in Heaven with glorious crowns of hap●●nesse all the little good works which we have done in obedience to Christ jesus Laws through faith and love in Christ jesus, w●●● make them all well pleasing to God, and he will reward them with exceeding great rewards: never did man imagine, nor his tongue able sufficiently to speak of the joys which God hath prepared for them that love him; there shall all the godly Kings and Q●eenes come which have maintained Gods true worship, and loved the right; and have peace and rest, and satisfying joys with full content, in beholding the glorious vision of God Almighty for ever: there shall the godly Priests and Ministers come which have preached Christ jesus, and his Laws purely with an upright heart, and shine as bright as the Stars in Heaven: there shall godly Magistrates which have prayed to God, and studied to find out the truth and so proceed in justice or mercy according to God's Laws; for Christ jesus sake find rest and joy for ever, there shall the rich, bountiful men which have clothed Christ poor, miserable and distressed members hereupon earth; and giving meat to them that wanted for Christ jesus sake, they shall receive treasure in Heaven, plenty for ever, there shall the poor man which hath been patiented in his poverty, and prayed to God to supply his wants and trusted in God's providence, and used the means that God hath appointed, and served God with an upright heart in Heaven, he shall have r●ches, plenty and honour enough; unto that City shall ●…ll faithful married people come, and chaste virtuous single people which have loved Christ jesus, and his excellent righteousness to Heaven, also shall thousands of innocent children come by God's mercy which knew not their right hand from their left, by the meritorious humble works of Christ Jesus the means to be used, baptising; and God requireh the faithful prayers of the parents; yea, many of all Nations shall come from the East, and from the West, and from the North and from the South; and shall sit down in the Kingdom of Heaven with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and the rest of the Saints in that great and excellent City of our God, the heavenly Jerusalem so large, beautiful and great, that some of the Learned have said, the womb of the mother is not so straight for the child, in respect of this large World, as is the Kingdom of Heaven in greatness and excellency above this World: and others affirm, that some of the Stars are greater than all the earth, the description of the heavenly Jerusalem, 
Revel. 21.16.  in the Revelation of Saint John saith that it is twelve thousand furlongs long, and twelve thousand furlongs broad, and twelve thousand furlongs high; which maketh fifteen hundred miles every way: yet this place of Scripture doth not deny but that it may be infinite larger. O fear Jerusalem, how fair and beautiful is the City of our God? heaven is his throne, and earth is his footstool heaven is his house wherein are many mansions for dwelling places for the sons and daughters of men in pleasure and joy for ever more. There would be much joy among a ship load of men, which at sea were almost drowned with storms and tempests, in want of all good things should presently come to an Haven where they should have all entertainment with joy and hearty courtesy of the King, Princes and Nobles of the Country, and have gold and silver, and lands given them for ever: but a thousand times more joy will it be, when the wand'ring sons of men in the sea of this world, have almost been drowned with temptations, the waves of despair, the rocks of pride, the number of vain desires and worldly lusts, and yet though the love of God and their faith in Jesus Christ shall not be cast away, but shall come to the haven of heaven, where they shall be entertained with all joy, the Lord God himself will entertain them saying Come ye blessed of my Father, receive the Kingdom prepared for you, the heavenly Angels will be very joyful to see heavy sinful flesh and blood to have ●pa●sed this mortal death and trouble, and now changed so royally, and come to dwell with them in joy for ever, exceeding great joy will there be among the Saints when they shall see one mother there, yea, their dearest friends and acquaintance: O the love, joy and hearty good will that there will be when we shall see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and all the Prophets and Martyrs, Adam and Evah, and all our ancient predecessors, and our children and successors which have lived godly, and trusted in Jesus Christ; exceeding great joy and comfort will there be when all the Saints from the beginning of the world to the ending of the same are all come together to this heavenly Jerusalem which is above, to see their glorious, excellent, great and beautiful Lord God, and their redeemer and sanctifier, the glorious vision of almighty God, and his love unto them shall give them such joy, that they shall praise him with delight for ever, and love one another most dear for ever, because they shall all be loved of God, and drink of the full torrent and ocean of pleasure for ever, the pure river of water of life is there ever flowing, the pleasant tree of life is there ever growing, and yielding always forth pleasant fruit, the gate, and walls of that City of diamonds, pearls, and precious stones, 
Revel, 21.  the houses and streets of that City, more pure than gold; all the cities of this heavenly Jerusalem more glorious than Kings: but into that City shall no unclean person come no murderers, nor adulterers nor idolators nor covetous nor thiefs, nor enviers of goodness nor slanderers, nor such as love lies, nor careless people of God's true worship, except they be washed clean by faith and repentance in the blood of Christ Jesus our Lord and Saviour. But O Lord, for Jesus Christ his sake, give us grace to love, fear and honour thy holy name, that we may enter into thy holy Kingdom there to praise thy holy name for ever more Amen.   

The pain of loss and suffering.  
BUt yet, alas, with sorrow I am forced to mourn in this world when I see wicked and ungodly men to run headlong to hell, and destruction: for hell is prepared for wilful rebellious sinners; assure as Heaven is prepared for faithful repenting sinners; our Saviour, the Prophets and the Apostles, proves it plainly, the fearful punishment and torment which our Lord and Saviour Christ jesus hath foretold shall come to ungodly, unfaithful, and obstinate sinners, should make them fear and repent, and seek for mercy, while they are in this world before that fearful day of judgement to come when there shall be no more mercy for them that would not seek it in this life, but the foolish worldlings of this world will not repent, The fool hath said in his heart there is no God, the fool hath said that the All-seeing God doth not see all his bad works, and the evil thoughts of his heart he will not repent; the fool hath denied in his heart God's power, will and justice; he thinks God will not raise up the dead bodies of mankind spiritually restored in more strength and nimbleness, the good and faithful to be partakers of his mercy in Heaven for ever; and the unfaithful, the fearful, the adulterers, the slanderers, the murderers, the covetous the envious the Idolaters, the unthankful, the careless people of God's true worship, and such like to be punished in hell torments for ever, except they repent and amend their lives, and r●n to God for mercy in the name of Christ jesus his well beloved Son and then will Christ jesus gather them as the Hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and save them from the wrath of God and from the power and envy of the Devil: and Christ jesus will wash away their sins in his precious blood, and make them as white as snow and wool, beloved to God for ever: bet if rugodly men will not repent their sins and return to God for mercy and judge themselves worthy to die for their sins, than those woeful threaten and cursing which are written in the word of God must needs fall upon them, Go you cursed into everlasting hell fire prepared for the Devil and his angels, and take the unprofitable servant, and cast him into utter darkness, where shall be weeping wailing and gnashing of teeth. And again, take the man which had not on the wedding garment of faith and repentance or the righteousness of Christ jesus, bind him hand and foot and cast him into utter darkness, where shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth: It is better for thee to pull out thy right eye, and to cast it from thee, that is thy dearest, darling and best belovedst sins that will offend and displease thee: then having thy sins to be cast into hell fire, where the worm dyeth not, and the fire never goethout. And again, Tophet is prepared of old for ungodly, faithless men, the burning of it is great, and the wrath ●f the Lord like a river of brimstone shall kindle it. And again Hell beneath is moved to meet thee, and the wicked people go down to Hell: and all the people that forget God; and God will wound the hoary scalp● of him that goeth on in his wickedness, and upon the ungodly God will rain snares of fire and brimstore, storm and tempest; this is their 〈◊〉 to drink, and tribulations horror and anguish shall be upon the head of every one that doth evil: Hell is a dark prison large and great, and the wrath of the Lord doth afflict divers torments upon them, besides the pain of loss, whereof cometh the w●●me of conscience, which grief is as great as the other when they shall remember the loss of Heaven that large, great and glorious place of pleasure and refreshing, which they justly and madly have lost by their greedy sins, and have sold their birthright to Heaven for trifles, if they world have trusted in Christ and have loved his laws, and now they know all is gone, because they loved lying vanities and lose behaviour: now all hope is gone for ever too late repentance will do them no good, at this remembrance grief the worm of conscience will bite them, and they will curse themselves, and curse their wicked acquaintance which drew them on to sins in this world, and wish that their torment might make an end of them, but that is impossible they must lie in prison for ever: Death gnaweth upon them for ever; the second death of body and soul: so straight was Dives in Hell, that he asked but for a drop of water to cool his tongue, and could not have it, whose fare in this world was delicious, and his drink of the best wine: also The Lord jesus will come from Heaven in flaming fire, rendering vengeance to them that obey not his Gospel: and another grief followeth to the damned, God and his Angels, and his Saints shall laugh them to scorn; for in this world they grieved the good spirit of the holy ghost which put God's thoughts in their hearts, and they gave place to the Devil and his evil motions, they grieved the good Angels with their sins in this world, and they grieved and vexed the Saints in this world, the godly Ministers that taught them the word of God, wept and prayed for them, they vexed their godly Neighbours and godly friends, which gave them good counsel, and mourned for them in this world: but when the day of judgement came, and when the Angel of the covenant hath sworn that that time shall be no more, than the Saints and Angels shall all rejoice at God's righteous judgements: For in Heaven is no mourning, although they see their brothers, sisters, fathers, sons and acquaintance sent to hell by God's justice, but they shall say; Just and true are thy judgements, o Lord God, King of Saints! for their destruction is from themselves, they have made themselves the children of the Devil: but while time lasteth in this world, wisdom stretcheth out her hand all the day long, saying, Turn ye from your evil ways, Why will ye die, 
Prov. 1.20, 21, 22, 23.  o ye sons of men, The Lord desires not the death of a sinner, but that he should turn from his evil ways, and lay fast hold on the promises of his Son Christ Jesus, and if thou wilt turn away from thy evil works, and love all God's laws with an upright heart, thou shalt surely live, and have all thy sins forgiven thee; for the Lord jesus suffered most cruel torments, and shed his most precious blood for those people which are truly humbled before him, and which do see their sins and confess them to God, and are weary of them, and desire God for Jesus Christ sake, his only son to forgive them all, and pray to God for help and grace, to stand in his fear and love to all those people, the Lord jesus our Seviour hath made most great and precious promises, wherein stands our very life and comfort, and an assured hope of eternal life and salvation, if we take heed unto them, then be not fearful to obey Christ Jesus commandments, o doubtful soul, For he calleth all those that be weary and heavy laden with their sins, and he will refresh them: and again, Fear not little flock, it is your Father's will to give you a Kingdom: and again, If the Son of God shall make you free, you shall be free indeed: and again, The hour cometh when all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they shall arise, the good that have done good to the resurrection of life eternal, the bad that have done evil to the resurrection of condemnation: and again, I go the Father to prepare a place for you, that where I am, there you may be also: and again, I am the living bread which came down from Heaven, if any man eat of this bread with the spirit of faith, he shall live for ever: and again, I am the good shepherd, the good shepherd giveth his life for his sheep, and I give unto them eternal life, and they shall never perish, ne●ther shall any man pluck them out of my hand, the Father which gave them to me is greater than all, and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand: and again, Peace I leave with you my peace I give unto you, not as the World giveth, give I unto you: Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid, as my Father hath loved me, so have I loved you, continue you in my love if you keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love, these things I command you, that you love one another: and Saint Peter saith, Give all diligence to make your calling and election sure, add to your faith virtue, and to your virtue knowledge, and to knowledge temperance, and to temperance patience, and to patience godliness, 
2 Pet. 1.5, 6, 7.  and to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness charity, for if these things be in you, and abound, they will make you that you shall not be barren nor unfi●●full in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. But he that lacketh these things is blind and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins: Wherefore, Brethren, give all diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if you do these things ye shall never fall, for so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour jesus Christ; and Saint Paul saith, That the fruits of the spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, godly meekness, temperance; against such there is no law, the more men have of these graces in faith, in Christ Jesus, the more the holy Ghost doth witness unto us our assured hope of eternal salvation; God in mercy will bring also to Heaven many innocent children born within the covenent of grace by the virtue of Christ jesus meritorious works; and many men and women of all Nations, whose graces were but few, and their faith but small; If their faith were true, and if they used their small knowledge, or two talents well, Christ jesus will have them enter into their Master's joy, yet Christ jesus saith. Not every one which 〈◊〉, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but he that doth the will of my Father which is in Heaven, and many will say in that day unto Christ jesus, We have done great work in thy name, but he will say unto them, 
Matth. 7 21, 22.  Depart from me ye workers of iniquity, your works were vain, counterfeit and false; depart from me, I know you not: but, o Lord for jesus Christ sake grant us true humble hearts, upright before thee, that when the Bridegroom Christ jesus shall come with thousands of Angels, that we with the rest of his Church; 
Matth. 25.  the Bride may enter in with him: where we may behold his most glorious Majesty, 
Psal. 17.  to praise and magnify his holy blessed and name for evermore. Amen.   

A PRAYER.  
O Most high and everliving and everlasting God, beyond all thoughts most high and mighty Lord God, which dwellest in pure brightness and excellent Majesty, all glorious in thyself, and hast no need of the glory of any of thy creatures, but they receive their glory and excellent parts from thee: What then are men or women in themselves before thee or the sons of men, that thou shouldst regard them, for they are weak and sinful? but thou, o Lord! art holy and mighty, righteous, just and merciful, and giving unto mankind just and righteous laws which are good for themselves: and thou, o merciful Lord God hast made merciful, temporal promises unto the sons of men, and keepest them sure and constant, in preserving, the whole World, in keeping it from firing and drowning in restraining the rage and fury of wicked men, and evil spirits that would destroy it, thy mercy is seen, o Lord! also mightily in sending food and raiment sufficient for the whole World, fit for their habitation: so that if there be any want, it is commonly the cruelty or foolishness of man. In mercy, o Lord! thou sendest Summer and Winter, day and night, Seedtime and Harvest, the ebbing flowing and of the Seas, the fish abiding and coming to several Countries in their season! thy mercy is seen, o Lord! in blessing the fowls of the air, and the beasts of the field unto mankind, the corn, flowers, grass, herbs, with the fruits of the trees: so in mercy, o Lord! thou sendest Gold, Silver, Brass, Iron, and all metals for the use and benefit of man: Silk from Worms, Wool from Sheep, Leather and Furs from beasts great and small, Diamonds and all kind of Pearls from Sea and Land: for the seating of mankind in their several degrees, not to puff them up with pride, to abuse their brethren, but rather to raise up their thoughts to praise their Creator, and to desire with humility the grace to serve God here in this world, that they may come to the glorious everlasting place, which God hath prepared for his people, o Lord God thou art our Creator, there is no good to be had but from thee and thy providence: we were nothing, o Lord God, and thou madest us men and women, we fell from thee, and became worse than nothing: and thou o holy and blessed Trinity tookst pity on us: and thou, o merciful Jesus, becamest a loving and merciful Saviour unto us, thy mercy, o glorious and excellent sweet Jesus is more greater in redeeming mankind, than any men are Abel: to express o glorious heavenly Father, thou hast made us thy children, thy holy Son Jesus will make us holy: o holy and blessed spirit, thou sanctifiest thy people, and teachest them the way and the truth: and thou o blessed spirit makest them strong and valiant to hold out in thy fear, and serves to the end of our lives, o holy, holy, holy, and blessed Trinity, and Lord God, high and Almighty, to thee be all glory forever. All thy works praise thee, o Lord God, and magnify thy holy name for ever: and now, o most holy and everliving God and most merciful Father in Jesus Christ, we humbly beseech thee for Jesus Christ sake to give us grace to live godly, soberby, lovingly, and zealous of Gods true worship, and glory. And grant, o Lord! for Jesus Christ sake that we may bring forth godly and charitable fruit in Christ Jesus; to the honour and glory of thy name: and make us, o Lord, for Jesus Christ truly thankful unto thee, for the free and true preaching of thy word in all these Northwest parts of the World. And we beseech thee, o Lord God, for Jesus Christ sake, in thy goodtime, to send again thy true, plain and lively word to be preached, to be believed and maintained in the other parts of the World, that they and we may at the last through thy exceeding great and wonderful mercy in Jesus Christ, come to thy Kingdom to praise thy Name with joy for evermore: Amen. All glory, praise and thanks be given unto thee, o eternal, and everliving Almighty Lord God, both now and for evermore, World without end. Amen.  
FINIS.