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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A28587	Man's great duty, or, A discourse of the care every man should take to make sure the salvation of his own Soul by Samuel Bold, rector of Styple in Dorsetshire.	Bold, S. (Samuel), 1649-1737.	1693 (1693)	Wing B3481; ESTC R34369	57,671	141

Dread and Horror of that Sinner be who sleeping securely in his Sins will take no warning but at last is rafted out of his Sleep by the Flames of Hell and finds himself as soon as ever he awakes in unquenchable Burnings and his Estate becomes one dreadful Schriek continued if I may so phrase it to the utmost length of Eternity 6. Remember we must every one be concerned for our own Salvation and we must every one try our selves and examin our own Estate for none can do these things effectually for us without our concurrence and we must every one answer before God for our selves and be Saved or Damned in our own Persons Others may advise and counsel us give rules and directions to assist us in the Work but they cannot peremptorily determin the Case for our Hearts may be false and rotten and corrupt prophane hypocritical and proud when we are performing the outward parts of Duties yea when we perform them to the great liking and admiration of others If it appear at last that we have been unconcerned for our Souls and died impenitently in our Sins who shall answer for us Will any one take off the blame from us Alas we must answer for our selves and bear our own Sins Witnesses and Accusers there will be enough against us but not one Advocate Not one of all those Multitudes who follow some wicked Mens Corpses to the Grave either can or dares go along with the Soul to God's Tribunal to plead for and answer God on its behalf If thou art wicked and unconcerned for thy own Salvation and diest Impenitent no other Person will go to Hell in thy stead but thou must bear thy own guilt perish and be Damned and Tormented everlastingly in thy own Person Search therefore speedily into your Estate and leave not Matters of such weight to all Adventures and at Uncertainties Let us be prevailed with to set about this work in all sincerity and without delay that we may every one be acquainted with our own Estate and learn how we are to manage and behave our selves for the future and what course we are to apply our selves unto further in order to our everlasting Wellfare Some of you have past over a great many Years and have no reason to expect that you should live many more Now if you have been regardless of your Souls and have hitherto neglected to examin your Estate how ought you to be troubled for so great faults What Sins might you have avoided What Good might you have done What Comfort might you have treasur'd up for your selves had you begun and faithfully gone through this Enquiry some Years ago Take heed of continuing your Neglect refuse not to comply with this present Entreaty lest God should give you over in Judgment and you should be hardned and sealed to a most just and dreaful Condemnation Why will you refuse and sin against your own Mercies Why will you bring your own Gray Hairs to the Grave with Sorrow Why will you pierce your own Hearts thorough with Sorrow Why will you ruin and destroy your own selves Is it not yet high time for you to know and understand what you have been doing Whom you have been serving And what is like to become of you for ever And you who are not so much stricken in years even the youngest of you who are come to years of Discretion it behoves you to be very inquisitive about the State of your Souls What Consternation and Amazement will seize you if you should be cut off in the midst of your Years and then eternally upbraid your selves with having spent the best of your Years and the choicest of your Strength yea your whole time in a way of Hostility and War against God You have no more assurance of time than the oldest Man has and if you die in the flower of your Age in an un-reconciled Estate wholly unconcerned for the salvation of your Souls you must as infallibly be Sentenced unto Hell as the oldest and most overgrown Sinner in the World The infernal Flames will prey as violently on you who are thrown into them in your greener Age as they will on those who are cast into them in their decayed and withered Age. A strong Fire burns the greenest Log as well as the driest tho the green may make a little more noise for a while Whatever your outward State and Circumstances may be in this World be you Rich or Poor High or Low Learned or Unlearned Master or Servant you are equally concerned in this Business He that lives and dies in an un-regenerate Estate wholly regardless of and unconcerned for his Salvation will lose his Soul his whole self and what hath any Man More Or if he have What is all the World to one who is Damned and in Eternal Torments Good Lord open the Hearts of Sinners now that they may entertain Advice And so improve what hath been said that it may produce some good Effect Let not every one continue in a groundless Soul-destroying Presumption Let not Satan triumph that he carries all away headlong and unconcernedly unto Hell in defiance of all perswasion to Consideration and Enquiry Lord let not the Exhortation be wholly lost but cause some one Self-deluding Wretch to be awakened and brought to a right Mind Friend what dost thou intend to do Wilt thou stubbornly shut thy Eyes and slumber till Vengeance doth actually seize on thee Till infinite Wrath come upon thee and surround thee so that there shall be no escaping Canst thou be contented to be reproached by multitudes of forlorn undone Souls that thou art the Monster that would'st not hearken and consider but would'st voluntarily Damn thy Self in opposition to all Perswasion Search and try thy self now at last and take heed lest there be in thee a Root that beareth Gall and Wormwood and do not whilst thou hearest these words Bless thy self in thy Heart saying I shall have Peace tho I walk in the Imagination of my Heart to add Drunkenness to Thirst Deut. 29.18 c. Know thou who ever thou art the Lord will not spare thee but the Anger of the Lord and his Jealousie shall smoke against thee and all the Curses that are written in his Book shall lye upon thee the Lord shall separate thee unto Evil according to all the Curses of the Covenant that are written in his Book Sirs have some pity upon your selves What hurt have your precious Souls ever done you that you should thus neglect and cast them out of your thoughts that you should revenge your selves on them in this manner How can you think to escape if you still neglect this Enquiry What will you say for your selves at the Great Day of the Lord Sure you will not pretend you were never warned or perswaded And would not those Powers and Faculties you employ in examining other matters serve you to much better purpose on this account And hath not God given you a Rule