Israel had two sweet Singers, Moses and David. The first Song recorded in Scripture was penn'd by Moses, 15. Exod. And his last, just as he was climbing up Mount Nebo, mounting to the top of Pisgah, and in view of both Canaans, Terrestial and Celestial.
Israel had two sweet Singers, Moses and David. The First Song recorded in Scripture was penned by Moses, 15. Exod And his last, just as he was climbing up Mount Nebo, mounting to the top of Pisgah, and in view of both Canaans, Terrestrial and Celestial.
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There is one thing considerable in and about this Divine Hymn. It seems to have bin the Care and Practice of God's antient Church to learn it their Children by Heart.
There is one thing considerable in and about this Divine Hymn. It seems to have been the Care and Practice of God's ancient Church to Learn it their Children by Heart.
Sure I am they had God's express Order, his positive and peremptory Command for it. Cap. 31.19. Now therefore write ye this Song for you, and teach it the Children of Israel: put it in their Mouths;
Sure I am they had God's express Order, his positive and peremptory Command for it. Cap. 31.19. Now Therefore write you this Song for you, and teach it the Children of Israel: put it in their Mouths;
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This Song consists of three parts. 1. A Narration of God's Mercy, and the Churches Iniquities, from the 5. to the 18. vers. 2. Of God's Judgments, the Enemies Cruelties,
This Song consists of three parts. 1. A Narration of God's Mercy, and the Churches Iniquities, from the 5. to the 18. vers. 2. Of God's Judgments, the Enemies Cruelties,
and the Saints Sufferings, from 19. vers. to the 34. 3. Of God's Vengeance, and the Churches Deliverance, from 35. to 43. Our Text is fallen under the second Head, The Cruelties of their Enemies, and the Miseries of the Church.
and the Saints Sufferings, from 19. vers. to the 34. 3. Of God's Vengeance, and the Churches Deliverance, from 35. to 43. Our Text is fallen under the second Head, The Cruelties of their Enemies, and the Misery's of the Church.
God had threatned because of their Sins to heap Mischiefs upon them, to spend his Arrows upon them, to muster up Armies of Destroyers, to Commissionate the Sword without, and Terrors within against them, to Consume them with Hunger, to devour them with Flames, to root out Young and Old, the Virgin and the Suckling with the Man of Gray Hairs.
God had threatened Because of their Sins to heap Mischiefs upon them, to spend his Arrows upon them, to muster up Armies of Destroyers, to Commissionate the Sword without, and Terrors within against them, to Consume them with Hunger, to devour them with Flames, to root out Young and Old, the Virgae and the Suckling with the Man of Grey Hairs.
But in the midst of Judgments God remembers Mercy, His Soul is grieved for the Afflictions of his People, he remembers them in their low Condition, and his Bowels of Compassion yearn upon them:
But in the midst of Judgments God remembers Mercy, His Soul is grieved for the Afflictions of his People, he remembers them in their low Condition, and his Bowels of Compassion yearn upon them:
2. That they understood this, understood what? I answer, their present Duty under their present Circumstances, the consideration of their latter End What will be the end Sinners of all these Sins you are guilty of? what will be the end of your Corruptions and Perversness? of your unthankfulness and Idolatries? O! ye Fools, when will you learn Wisdom? Will you never be instructed and advised? an understanding man will take Counsel.
2. That they understood this, understood what? I answer, their present Duty under their present circumstances, the consideration of their latter End What will be the end Sinners of all these Sins you Are guilty of? what will be the end of your Corruptions and Perverseness? of your unthankfulness and Idolatries? OH! you Fools, when will you Learn Wisdom? Will you never be instructed and advised? an understanding man will take Counsel.
These sweet stolen Waters disemboguing themselves into the dead Sea, let them take heed they be not hurried with the Current into Destruction before they are aware.
These sweet stolen Waters disemboguing themselves into the dead Sea, let them take heed they be not hurried with the Current into Destruction before they Are aware.
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and speaks in the person of a Father, lamenting the Sottishness and Brutishness, the Stubbornness and Obstinacy of his Hairbrain'd Children, O! that they were wise!
and speaks in the person of a Father, lamenting the Sottishness and Brutishness, the Stubbornness and Obstinacy of his Hairbrained Children, OH! that they were wise!
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3. D. A Godly wise man is a thinking man, a thoughtful and considerate Person. O! that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider.
3. D. A Godly wise man is a thinking man, a thoughtful and considerate Person. OH! that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would Consider.
That serious Thoughts about, and religious Preparations for our latter End, are an Argument and Evidence of saving Grace in us, of our heavenly Wisdom and Understanding.
That serious Thoughts about, and religious Preparations for our latter End, Are an Argument and Evidence of Saving Grace in us, of our heavenly Wisdom and Understanding.
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and religious Preparations, our latter End. 2. The Acts conversant about this Object, Understanding and Considering. 3. The Effect and Fruit of these Acts;
and religious Preparations, our latter End. 2. The Acts conversant about this Object, Understanding and Considering. 3. The Effect and Fruit of these Acts;
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As it is appointed for all men once to dy, so is it at last for all to come to Judgment. Ere long the Trump shall sound, the Graves shall be opened, the Dead shall live,
As it is appointed for all men once to die, so is it At last for all to come to Judgement. Ere long the Trump shall found, the Graves shall be opened, the Dead shall live,
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God hath now numberless Eyes and Spies upon you, which shall witness for God The Books then shall be opened, the Vollumes of mens own Hearts and Consciences,
God hath now numberless Eyes and Spies upon you, which shall witness for God The Books then shall be opened, the Volumes of men's own Hearts and Consciences,
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But when Christ comes to Judgment, Conscience shall speak the truth, the whole truth! It shall bring forth its Register, and demonstrate every particular;
But when christ comes to Judgement, Conscience shall speak the truth, the Whole truth! It shall bring forth its Register, and demonstrate every particular;
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In what a doleful taking wilt thou be, when thy despised Christ shall despise thee? when thy rejected Saviour shall reject thee? when this disbelieved and provoked Christ shall judge and damn thee? Besides, there are his precious Saints at his side, at his right hand, sitting upon the Bench with him, who joyn in the Sentence pronounced against thee:
In what a doleful taking wilt thou be, when thy despised christ shall despise thee? when thy rejected Saviour shall reject thee? when this disbelieved and provoked christ shall judge and damn thee? Beside, there Are his precious Saints At his side, At his right hand, sitting upon the Bench with him, who join in the Sentence pronounced against thee:
Know ye not that the Saints shall judge the World? They shall judge Angels, the Apostate Angels. This makes the proudest Devil that hears me, rage and tremble:
Know you not that the Saints shall judge the World? They shall judge Angels, the Apostate Angels. This makes the proudest devil that hears me, rage and tremble:
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That those very Saints whom He Tempted, Slandered, falsly Accused, caused to be Persecuted and Butchered, shall one day sit upon the Throne with Christ, and condemn Him.
That those very Saints whom He Tempted, Slandered, falsely Accused, caused to be Persecuted and Butchered, shall one day fit upon the Throne with christ, and condemn Him.
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and probably the Throne of Christ may be erected over the Valley of Jehosophat. Wherever it be that the Judge shall sit, his Throne and Person shall be Conspicuous.
and probably the Throne of christ may be erected over the Valley of Jehoshaphat. Wherever it be that the Judge shall fit, his Throne and Person shall be Conspicuous.
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It will be so Plain, so reasonable, so consonant to universal Justice, and the Dictates of their own now perfectly inlightned Consciences, that they must and shall cry out,
It will be so Plain, so reasonable, so consonant to universal justice, and the Dictates of their own now perfectly enlightened Consciences, that they must and shall cry out,
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The Wicked shall go into everlasting Punishment, but the righteous into Eternal Life. O! what a dear rate shall Sinners pay for their cheap Sins; everlasting Wages for short Work. Sirs!
The Wicked shall go into everlasting Punishment, but the righteous into Eternal Life. OH! what a dear rate shall Sinners pay for their cheap Sins; everlasting Wages for short Work. Sirs!
When I have discoursed with some condemned Malefactors, Thieves and Murderers, how have they sollaced themselves with this Notion? 'Tis but a quarter of an Hour,
When I have discoursed with Some condemned Malefactors, Thieves and Murderers, how have they solaced themselves with this Notion? It's but a quarter of an Hour,
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When Lysimachus sold his Kingdom for a Draught of Water; he cried out, how dearly have I bought a shortliv'd Pleasure! Sinners! you will say the same. Sin never quits Costs;
When Lysimachus sold his Kingdom for a Draught of Water; he cried out, how dearly have I bought a shortlived Pleasure! Sinners! you will say the same. since never quits Costs;
2. Let's a little consider the Acts conversant about this Object, and they be these two, Understanding and Considering. O! That they Understood this? O! that they would Consider Death and Judgment to come.
2. Let's a little Consider the Acts conversant about this Object, and they be these two, Understanding and Considering. OH! That they Understood this? OH! that they would Consider Death and Judgement to come.
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I Answer. 1. Ignorance, Nescience of this Fundamental is positively condemned, he that knows not whether there be a Life after Death, a Day of Judgment for the Just and Unjust, is in a miserable case.
I Answer. 1. Ignorance, Nescience of this Fundamental is positively condemned, he that knows not whither there be a Life After Death, a Day of Judgement for the Just and Unjust, is in a miserable case.
and feed upon these Objects, Death and Judgment: Our Thoughts must not do as the Dogs of Egypt, that lap at the Nilus, and for fear of the Crocodyle are immediately gone;
and feed upon these Objects, Death and Judgement: Our Thoughts must not do as the Dogs of Egypt, that lap At the Nilus, and for Fear of the Crocodile Are immediately gone;
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This Consideration carries in it. 1. The Attention, and Intention of the Soul unto its Object. It must be as it were joyned and glewed to it, wedded and incorporated with it. 2. There must be awakened, melting Affections.
This Consideration carries in it. 1. The Attention, and Intention of the Soul unto its Object. It must be as it were joined and glued to it, wedded and incorporated with it. 2. There must be awakened, melting Affections.
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The thoughts of our latter End, the Consideration of Death and Judgment should rouse up our drousie Spirits from their sinful Lethargy's, and put us upon serious Inquiries, how to escape Eternal Death, how to subsist comfortably in the Day of Judgment: The Fear of this Wrath to come, the Terrors of that dreadful Day should be so potent upon our Souls, that Night and Day, we should be inquiring the way to Heaven.
The thoughts of our latter End, the Consideration of Death and Judgement should rouse up our drowsy Spirits from their sinful Lethargy's, and put us upon serious Inquiries, how to escape Eternal Death, how to subsist comfortably in the Day of Judgement: The fear of this Wrath to come, the Terrors of that dreadful Day should be so potent upon our Souls, that Night and Day, we should be inquiring the Way to Heaven.
3. Hereupon there must be holy Resolutions, and religious powerful Purposes to abandon all Sin, to get all Grace, to perform all Duties, to use all Ordinances, and to improve all the Providences of God.
3. Hereupon there must be holy Resolutions, and religious powerful Purposes to abandon all since, to get all Grace, to perform all Duties, to use all Ordinances, and to improve all the Providences of God.
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In short, there must be laborious, restless Indeavours to please and glorifie God, whatever you do in things Natural, Civil or Religious, in Secret or Publick, at Home or Abroad, you must do it ultimately and intentionally for his Glory. That must be the Mark and Butt at which you should always level in your Thoughts and Actions;
In short, there must be laborious, restless Endeavours to please and Glorify God, whatever you do in things Natural, Civil or Religious, in Secret or Public, At Home or Abroad, you must do it ultimately and intentionally for his Glory. That must be the Mark and Butt At which you should always level in your Thoughts and Actions;
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you should not as Balaam be full of good Wishes, and destitute of good Performances, you must not only desire to dye the Death, but endeavour to live the Life of the Righteous.
you should not as balaam be full of good Wishes, and destitute of good Performances, you must not only desire to die the Death, but endeavour to live the Life of the Righteous.
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Your Relations must be filled up with Grace, your Conditions with Grace, yea there must be a Vein and Stream of Grace running through all your Imployments:
Your Relations must be filled up with Grace, your Conditions with Grace, yea there must be a Vein and Stream of Grace running through all your Employments:
If ever you will consider your latter End to saving Ends and Purposes, if ever you will prepare for it seriously and religiously, you must be fixed, immoveable, always abounding in the Work of the Lord, unto all well pleasing.
If ever you will Consider your latter End to Saving Ends and Purposes, if ever you will prepare for it seriously and religiously, you must be fixed, immoveable, always abounding in the Work of the Lord, unto all well pleasing.
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3. The effect and Fruit of this Knowledg and Consideration had of our latter End, is, that it will evidence our being in a state of Grace, that we are possessed of Saving Wisdom.
3. The Effect and Fruit of this Knowledge and Consideration had of our latter End, is, that it will evidence our being in a state of Grace, that we Are possessed of Saving Wisdom.
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let it hurry you to the Bar of Christ you have made the Judge your Advocate, you are capacitated for the blessed Vision, and everlasting Fruition of God.
let it hurry you to the Bar of christ you have made the Judge your Advocate, you Are capacitated for the blessed Vision, and everlasting Fruition of God.
So did that Steward make Friends to himself against the Day of Expulsion from his Stewardship; and 'twas his Wisdom: So did Noah build his Ark before the Flood: So did Joseph lay up Food against the Years of Famine: So did the wise Virgins take Oyl in their Vessels before the Bridegroom came. Lastly.
So did that Steward make Friends to himself against the Day of Expulsion from his Stewardship; and 'twas his Wisdom: So did Noah built his Ark before the Flood: So did Joseph lay up Food against the years of Famine: So did the wise Virgins take Oil in their Vessels before the Bridegroom Come. Lastly.
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1. Use. Is this Wisdom from above to be mindful and careful about our latter End? then what Sots and Bruits are they who put the Thoughts and Considerations thereof far from them? Felix trembled at the hearing of such a Sermon,
1. Use. Is this Wisdom from above to be mindful and careful about our latter End? then what Sots and Bruits Are they who put the Thoughts and Considerations thereof Far from them? Felix trembled At the hearing of such a Sermon,
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In truth Malefactors can't indure the Thoughts of Judges or Assizes: Such serious Discourses must be deferr'd till to morrow, 'till a more convenient time.
In truth Malefactors can't endure the Thoughts of Judges or Assizes: Such serious Discourses must be deferred till to morrow, till a more convenient time.
1. Have you any business of greater Importance and Concern than those of Death and Judgment to come? Soul-Affairs certainly should have the Preheminence.
1. Have you any business of greater Importance and Concern than those of Death and Judgement to come? Soul-affairs Certainly should have the Pre-eminence.
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Wordly Matters are but Digressions, or Parentheses, things by the by in comparison of Spirituals. Charge them, saith the Apostle, that are rich in this World, not to be high-minded, nor trust in uncertain Riches:
Wordly Matters Are but Digressions, or Parentheses, things by the by in comparison of Spirituals. Charge them, Says the Apostle, that Are rich in this World, not to be High-minded, nor trust in uncertain Riches:
We look not, saith the same Apostle, we do not aim at, we do not make our Mark and end things which are seen, these are temporal; these are fleeting and fading, vanishing and perishing, uncertain and unsatisfying. No;
We look not, Says the same Apostle, we do not aim At, we do not make our Mark and end things which Are seen, these Are temporal; these Are fleeting and fading, vanishing and perishing, uncertain and unsatisfying. No;
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Worldly matters are unprofitable and impertinent as to our everlasting Estate, what are these to the purpose and business of Eternity? 'Tis but building Castles in the Air, projecting Fallacies and impossibilities, courting Fancies,
Worldly matters Are unprofitable and impertinent as to our everlasting Estate, what Are these to the purpose and business of Eternity? It's but building Castles in the Air, projecting Fallacies and impossibilities, courting Fancies,
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they cannot preserve from Death; they cannot secure you from Judgment; who then would busy himself about those lying Vanities, to the forsaking and forfeiting of Divine Mercies?
they cannot preserve from Death; they cannot secure you from Judgement; who then would busy himself about those lying Vanities, to the forsaking and forfeiting of Divine mercies?
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2. Have you time and strength enough to ensure the Concerns of your Souls? Time is short: We are but withering Grass, a fading Flower: Our Days upon Earth are a Shadow;
2. Have you time and strength enough to ensure the Concerns of your Souls? Time is short: We Are but withering Grass, a fading Flower: Our Days upon Earth Are a Shadow;
Now then in this short inch of time are you able to secure your everlasting Concerns? You have lost much of this little time, are you sure of any more!
Now then in this short inch of time Are you able to secure your everlasting Concerns? You have lost much of this little time, Are you sure of any more!
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Are you sure of another day to do the Businesses of your Souls? A wise Man will not do that to morrow, which may and must be done to Day. Boast not of to Morrow;
are you sure of Another day to do the Businesses of your Souls? A wise Man will not do that to morrow, which may and must be done to Day. Boast not of to Morrow;
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3. Are you certain that hereafter you shall have an Heart to prepare for Death and Judgment? Suppose God should give you a longer time, you are not assured that he will give you more Grace.
3. are you certain that hereafter you shall have an Heart to prepare for Death and Judgement? Suppose God should give you a longer time, you Are not assured that he will give you more Grace.
If you let this Season of Grace once slip away, who knows but that the Bridge of Mercy may be drawn up? And the Gate of Glory fast shut against you? God now displays the Banner of his Love, holds out a white Flag of Truce and Peace unto you:
If you let this Season of Grace once slip away, who knows but that the Bridge of Mercy may be drawn up? And the Gate of Glory fast shut against you? God now displays the Banner of his Love, holds out a white Flag of Truce and Peace unto you:
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4. Suppose you should have more time, would your Preparations be effectual and succesful? How many climbed about the Ark, and desired admission into it,
4. Suppose you should have more time, would your Preparations be effectual and successful? How many climbed about the Ark, and desired admission into it,
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An Old Sinner crying unto God for Mercy on his Death-Bed, heard this Voice from Heaven, where thou hast spent thy Wheat, there spend thy Brann, where thou hast spent thy Floure, there spend thy Chaff; I will not be put off with the Devil 's Leavings,
an Old Sinner crying unto God for Mercy on his Death-Bed, herd this Voice from Heaven, where thou hast spent thy Wheat, there spend thy Brann, where thou hast spent thy Flower, there spend thy Chaff; I will not be put off with the devil is Leavings,
God doth not compute your time by Years, but Days: Do not you put Cyphers for Figures, and instead of Substraction and Reduction become guilty of Additions and Multiplications. Live every day as if it were your last. Be prudent and thoughtful.
God does not compute your time by years, but Days: Do not you put Ciphers for Figures, and instead of Substraction and Reduction become guilty of Additions and Multiplications. Live every day as if it were your last. Be prudent and thoughtful.
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Where shall you be a thousand years hence? Where in the hour of Death? Where in the day of Judgment? In what place? In Heaven, or Hell? With what Company? With God or Devils? O! My Friends you have great receipts, a very great Steward-ship, think and think again with the greatest seriousness upon your Accounts.
Where shall you be a thousand Years hence? Where in the hour of Death? Where in the day of Judgement? In what place? In Heaven, or Hell? With what Company? With God or Devils? OH! My Friends you have great receipts, a very great Stewardship, think and think again with the greatest seriousness upon your Accounts.
Since you must die, since you must be dissolved, since you must suddenly appear at the Judgment seat of Christ, O! What manner of Persons should you be in all holy Conversation and Godliness, looking for, and hastning to the coming of the great God and our Saviour.
Since you must die, since you must be dissolved, since you must suddenly appear At the Judgement seat of christ, OH! What manner of Persons should you be in all holy Conversation and Godliness, looking for, and hastening to the coming of the great God and our Saviour.
because he painted for Eternity. You are now living for Eternity, live with the greatest strictness and Seriousness, live as those that believe and see it, live as those that are at the very Door of Eternity. Our Lord commended the Wisdom of the Unjust Steward, tho he acted wickedly yet he acted prudently in providing against an evil Day.
Because he painted for Eternity. You Are now living for Eternity, live with the greatest strictness and Seriousness, live as those that believe and see it, live as those that Are At the very Door of Eternity. Our Lord commended the Wisdom of the Unjust Steward, though he acted wickedly yet he acted prudently in providing against an evil Day.
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In what a doleful and deplorable Condition must that Soul be that is hurried out of the Body into Eternity unprepared, unconverted? None ever dropt into that other World and got Grace there:
In what a doleful and deplorable Condition must that Soul be that is hurried out of the Body into Eternity unprepared, unconverted? None ever dropped into that other World and god Grace there:
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The Dead and Damned had once the Wisdom of God Crying, Preaching, Wooing, Courting, and beseeching them to become Converts, to be reconciled unto God, to be molded into the Image of God,
The Dead and Damned had once the Wisdom of God Crying, Preaching, Wooing, Courting, and beseeching them to become Converts, to be reconciled unto God, to be moulded into the Image of God,
Read and Understand, Read and Muse upon that Scripture, 21. Prov. 16. The Man that wanders out of the way of Understanding shall remain in the Congregation of the Dead, of the Rephaim, of the Gyants of the Old World. God's holy Spirit wrestled with them for many Years together by the Ministry of Noah, but they slighted and despised all his Sermons, they rejected all his Counsels, they would not build their Ark, and at last the Flood came suddenly upon them,
Read and Understand, Read and Muse upon that Scripture, 21. Curae 16. The Man that wanders out of the Way of Understanding shall remain in the Congregation of the Dead, of the Rephaim, of the Giants of the Old World. God's holy Spirit wrestled with them for many years together by the Ministry of Noah, but they slighted and despised all his Sermons, they rejected all his Counsels, they would not built their Ark, and At last the Flood Come suddenly upon them,
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that now hear me, beware of despising God's Word, beware of setting at nought God's Counsel, lest he laugh at your Calamity, and mock when your Fear cometh,
that now hear me, beware of despising God's Word, beware of setting At nought God's Counsel, lest he laugh At your Calamity, and mock when your fear comes,
2. Cast your Eyes upon the inestimable worth and value of your Souls, will you lose these for ever, these pretious Jewels? that all the Gold and Silver, all the Treasures of this World are never able to retrieve out of the Hands of Divine Justice:
2. Cast your Eyes upon the inestimable worth and valve of your Souls, will you loose these for ever, these precious Jewels? that all the Gold and Silver, all the Treasures of this World Are never able to retrieve out of the Hands of Divine justice:
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What will it profit you to gain the whole World and lose your Souls? Or what will you give in exchange for your Souls? Nothing can buy you out of the hands of Wrath,
What will it profit you to gain the Whole World and loose your Souls? Or what will you give in exchange for your Souls? Nothing can buy you out of the hands of Wrath,
'Twould be a singular Comfort if at last there might be a Release, a coming forth of that Dungeon: Here is a Gaol-Delivery. A Prisoner may become a Free-Man: But from the Gaol of Hell there is no Discharge;
'twould be a singular Comfort if At last there might be a Release, a coming forth of that Dungeon: Here is a Gaol delivery. A Prisoner may become a Free-Man: But from the Gaol of Hell there is no Discharge;
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And the Papists do but Fable when they talk of Judas his Frydays Happyness: There is no Remission nor Intermission of their Torments. O, Eternity! Eternity!
And the Papists do but Fable when they talk of Judas his Frydays Happiness: There is no Remission nor Intermission of their Torments. Oh, Eternity! Eternity!
4. What abundance of pretious Time have you lost, and mispent already? All the Years that you have lived unconverted, you have bin dead whilest you are alive.
4. What abundance of precious Time have you lost, and Mis-spent already? All the years that you have lived unconverted, you have been dead whilst you Are alive.
This, if ever the Lord work savingly upon you, this very Consideration, that you have given away from God your Fat and Blood, the Prime of your time, the Cream and Flower of your Youth,
This, if ever the Lord work savingly upon you, this very Consideration, that you have given away from God your Fat and Blood, the Prime of your time, the Cream and Flower of your Youth,
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I was ashamed, yea and Confounded, for that I bore the Reproach of my Youth, saith penitent Ephraim. 31. Jer. 18, 19. 5. How impossible is it to provide for Eternity upon a Sick-bed, or in your declining times? Aches, Pains and Sicknesses will take you off then from that Work.
I was ashamed, yea and Confounded, for that I boar the Reproach of my Youth, Says penitent Ephraim. 31. Jer. 18, 19. 5. How impossible is it to provide for Eternity upon a Sickbed, or in your declining times? Aches, Pains and Sicknesses will take you off then from that Work.
and opposing the dreadful Assaults of the King of Terrors? A Minister had this Answer from one he visited on her Death-Bed, tho she had been a full year upon it, " Sr. I am not able to bear good Discourses, I am not at leasure to entertain good Thoughts.
and opposing the dreadful Assaults of the King of Terrors? A Minister had this Answer from one he visited on her Death-Bed, though she had been a full year upon it, " Sr. I am not able to bear good Discourses, I am not At leisure to entertain good Thoughts.
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If once Vanity be come habitual, customary, and predominant in your Minds and Affections, and be not mortified and subdued by the Power of Victorious and Heart-changing Grace, you will be as vain and foolish,
If once Vanity be come habitual, customary, and predominant in your Minds and Affections, and be not mortified and subdued by the Power of Victorious and heart-changing Grace, you will be as vain and foolish,
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Besides, what and if you should lose your Sences, your Reason and Understanding? what and if through the Violence of your Disease you should grow Delirious, Mad and Raving,
Beside, what and if you should loose your Senses, your Reason and Understanding? what and if through the Violence of your Disease you should grow Delirious, Mad and Raving,
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or Foolish and Childlish, would you be then able to redeem lost Time? to level your Accounts with God? to prepare effectually for your great and last Change? I speak to young Men, and young Women; make use of your Reason; have your Wits about you:
or Foolish and Childlish, would you be then able to Redeem lost Time? to level your Accounts with God? to prepare effectually for your great and last Change? I speak to young Men, and young Women; make use of your Reason; have your Wits about you:
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you will find it the most rational thing in the World to be Religious betimes. 6. Consider the Inevitable necessity of Death, and yet it's Uncertainty.
you will find it the most rational thing in the World to be Religious betimes. 6. Consider the Inevitable necessity of Death, and yet it's Uncertainty.
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As there is a time to be Born, a time to Live, so there is a fixed and determinate time for Death. There is an appointed time for Man upon Earth by God, beyond this you shall not pass:
As there is a time to be Born, a time to Live, so there is a fixed and determinate time for Death. There is an appointed time for Man upon Earth by God, beyond this you shall not pass:
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You are young, and yet know not the Day, the Place, nor the manner of your Death. Take heed you Die not in your Sins, beware you get not into Hell before you think on't.
You Are young, and yet know not the Day, the Place, nor the manner of your Death. Take heed you Die not in your Sins, beware you get not into Hell before you think oned.
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Young Saints are God's chiefest Favourites. God sets a Remark of Honour upon King Josiah, That whilest he was yet Young he began to seek after the God of his Father David.
Young Saints Are God's chiefest Favourites. God sets a Remark of Honour upon King Josiah, That whilst he was yet Young he began to seek After the God of his Father David.
So Timothy is honoured, for learning the Scriptures in his Child hood, and Mnason for being an old Disciple. And the Godly young Son of wicked Jeroboam, went to his Grave in Peace, when the rest of his Father's House were destroyed Root and Branch.
So Timothy is honoured, for learning the Scriptures in his Child hood, and Mnason for being an old Disciple. And the Godly young Son of wicked Jeroboam, went to his Grave in Peace, when the rest of his Father's House were destroyed Root and Branch.
'Tis good to bear the Yoak of Christ in your Youth, and betimes to seek and serve the Lord, you will reap the Benefits and Blessings thereof in your old Age.
It's good to bear the Yoke of christ in your Youth, and betimes to seek and serve the Lord, you will reap the Benefits and Blessings thereof in your old Age.
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why are thy Charet VVheels so long a coming? 9. By preparing for your latter End, your worldly Businesses will go on the smoother, and succeed more prosperously.
why Are thy Chariot VVheels so long a coming? 9. By preparing for your latter End, your worldly Businesses will go on the smoother, and succeed more prosperously.
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You know not what Blessings God may accumulate upon you, by your Obedience and Godlyness. Godlyness hath the Promises of this Life, and that which is to come.
You know not what Blessings God may accumulate upon you, by your obedience and Godliness. Godliness hath thee Promises of this Life, and that which is to come.
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Dives could get no Relief, no Release, not one Hour, not one Moment more in this World, not one Drop of Refreshment, not one Beam, not the least glimpse of Hope. This is exceeding Terrible.
Dives could get no Relief, not Release, not one Hour, not one Moment more in this World, not one Drop of Refreshment, not one Beam, not the least glimpse of Hope. This is exceeding Terrible.
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Answer. Sirs, so young as you are, you are old enough to Die. How many younger and stronger than your selves, have got the Start of you into Eternity? Roses are oftentimes nipt in the Bud: 'Tis an Observation of that Noble and Judicious Lord Verulam, that more die before they be one and twenty than after:
Answer. Sirs, so young as you Are, you Are old enough to Die. How many younger and Stronger than your selves, have god the Start of you into Eternity? Roses Are oftentimes nipped in the Bud: It's an Observation of that Noble and Judicious Lord Verulam, that more die before they be one and twenty than After:
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Answer. But will God count thee so? will the Lord thy Soveraign Judge repute thee one? will the Holy Angels of God? will the Wise and Judicious Saints of God reckon thee for one? will thine own inlightned Censcience Accuse and Condemn thee for a Fool? will these very Sinners and Devils at last do it? No, they will laugh at thee in Hell (if there be any laughing there) for thy Folly and Madness in leaving Heaven and Glory to be lodged among them in that Lake of Easeless and Endless Torments.
Answer. But will God count thee so? will the Lord thy Sovereign Judge repute thee one? will the Holy Angels of God? will the Wise and Judicious Saints of God reckon thee for one? will thine own enlightened Conscience Accuse and Condemn thee for a Fool? will these very Sinners and Devils At last do it? No, they will laugh At thee in Hell (if there be any laughing there) for thy Folly and Madness in leaving Heaven and Glory to be lodged among them in that Lake of Easeless and Endless Torments.
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Hell from beneath is moved for thee, to meet thee at thy coming, it stirreth up all the Damned for thee, all of them shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also such a Fool to become one of us!
Hell from beneath is moved for thee, to meet thee At thy coming, it stirs up all the Damned for thee, all of them shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also such a Fool to become one of us!
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You are upon the Skirts and Borders of Death, you tread upon the Territories of the King of Terrors, you have one Foot in the Grave already, your Grashopper is a Burden, your Almond Tree Blossoms, the Pillars of your House Tremble, Come dig your own Graves, enter into a Charnel House, present your selves before the Judgment Seat of Christ.
You Are upon the Skirts and Borders of Death, you tread upon the Territories of the King of Terrors, you have one Foot in the Grave already, your Grasshopper is a Burden, your Almond Tree Blossoms, the Pillars of your House Tremble, Come dig your own Graves, enter into a Charnel House, present your selves before the Judgement Seat of christ.
Let your first Thoughts in the morning, and last at night be of your latter End: Feed as the Egyptians did at their Feasts upon a Deaths-Head. Remember you have lived long enough to the World, to Self and Sin, begin now to live to God at last.
Let your First Thoughts in the morning, and last At night be of your latter End: Feed as the egyptians did At their Feasts upon a Death's head. remember you have lived long enough to the World, to Self and since, begin now to live to God At last.
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See then that you walk Circumspectly, not as Fools, but as Wise, redeeming the Time. Remember there is but one Step between you and your unchangable Condition:
See then that you walk Circumspectly, not as Fools, but as Wise, redeeming the Time. remember there is but one Step between you and your unchangeable Condition:
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I will shut up all with a short Story: Three Slaves in Turkey ran away from their Patron into the Wilderness, where they were pursued by a Lyon: The poor Wretches flee for their Lives, to a tall Tree that hung over a fearful Precipice;
I will shut up all with a short Story: Three Slaves in Turkey ran away from their Patron into the Wilderness, where they were pursued by a lion: The poor Wretches flee for their Lives, to a tall Tree that hung over a fearful Precipice;
These Slaves, Sirs, are you and I, Young and Old, every Mothers Child of us, who have ran away from God our Heavenly Master; the Wilderness in which we are wandering is the World; the Lyon that pursues us is Death; the Tree to which we run for Shelter, is the false Hopes of long Life; The Honey on which we feed, are the Pleasures, Profits, and Honours here below, which whilest we are feeding immoderately upon,
These Slaves, Sirs, Are you and I, Young and Old, every Mother's Child of us, who have ran away from God our Heavenly Master; the Wilderness in which we Are wandering is the World; the lion that pursues us is Death; the Tree to which we run for Shelter, is the false Hope's of long Life; The Honey on which we feed, Are the Pleasures, Profits, and Honours Here below, which whilst we Are feeding immoderately upon,
Touching our Brother, who lieth in this Coffin before us, there is but one Person I think in the Congregation that hath known him longer than my self, who have known him from a Child.
Touching our Brother, who lies in this Coffin before us, there is but one Person I think in the Congregation that hath known him longer than my self, who have known him from a Child.
But he knew Christ must be taken with his Cross, if he would have his Crown, and that the way to Heaven is not strowed with Roses, nor paved with Pleasures:
But he knew christ must be taken with his Cross, if he would have his Crown, and that the Way to Heaven is not strowed with Roses, nor paved with Pleasures:
Most of his Sickness was spent in Prayer, and he died Praising. One thing I may not omit, his Gratitude to that most Noble Lady, to whom he had the Honour of Retaining;
Most of his Sickness was spent in Prayer, and he died Praising. One thing I may not omit, his Gratitude to that most Noble Lady, to whom he had the Honour of Retaining;
He had been a good Servant unto God, and therefore unto that illustrious Personage. But his Work being done on Earth, The Lord called him home unto himself, that he might receive his Wages;
He had been a good Servant unto God, and Therefore unto that illustrious Personage. But his Work being done on Earth, The Lord called him home unto himself, that he might receive his Wages;
