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A Discourse of eternitie, collected and composed for the common good being necessary for all seasons, but especially for this time of calamitie and destruction.
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1646
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Wing D1597; ESTC R14406
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attain_v the_o end_n of_o our_o faith_n the_o salvation_n of_o our_o soul_n and_o the_o conscience_n of_o our_o well_o spend_a life_n shall_v at_o that_o dismal_a day_n replenish_v our_o soul_n with_o abundance_n of_o consolation_n then_o all_o our_o tear_n shall_v be_v wipe_v from_o our_o eye_n what_o we_o have_v sow_v in_o sorrow_n we_o shall_v reap_v in_o joy_n when_o we_o have_v finish_v our_o course_n and_o end_v our_o combat_n with_o sin_n and_o death_n then_o shall_v our_o crown_n be_v sure_a our_o victory_n glorious_a and_o our_o triumph_n eternal_a our_o grave_n shall_v be_v but_o as_o a_o sweet_a refresh_a place_n to_o our_o weary_a body_n and_o death_n shall_v be_v our_o daystar_n to_o everlasting_a brightness_n but_o on_o the_o other_o side_n if_o we_o have_v in_o the_o whole_a course_n of_o our_o warfare_n here_o expend_v our_o precious_a time_n in_o the_o service_n of_o sin_n and_o satan_n and_o crumble_v away_o the_o best_a and_o choice_a of_o our_o year_n in_o the_o desire_n of_o the_o flesh_n and_o sport_n of_o vanity_n if_o our_o lust_n have_v be_v our_o law_n and_o we_o have_v trade_v in_o pleasure_n all_o our_o day_n then_o hear_v our_o dreadful_a doom_n our_o mirth_n will_v be_v turn_v into_o wormwood_n and_o our_o joy_n into_o heaviness_n all_o our_o delight_n in_o this_o earth_n shall_v vanish_v as_o the_o flower_n our_o sun_n shall_v set_v in_o a_o cloud_n and_o our_o day_n of_o jollity_n and_o contentation_n shall_v irrecoverable_o be_v involve_v and_o turn_v into_o perpetual_a darkness_n chap._n v._o contain_v a_o short_a digression_n touch_v the_o eternity_n of_o the_o damn_a and_o here_o it_o will_v not_o be_v unseasonable_a nor_o any_o digression_n from_o the_o point_n in_o hand_n to_o consider_v with_o ourselves_o for_o our_o better_a encouragement_n to_o the_o way_n of_o holiness_n the_o condition_n of_o that_o eternity_n which_o the_o damn_a have_v in_o hell_n o_o the_o unhappy_a and_o ever_o deplorable_a state_n of_o those_o poor_a soul_n who_o feel_v nothing_o for_o the_o present_a but_o wrath_n and_o vengeance_n and_o can_v expect_v nothing_o to_o come_v but_o the_o vial_n of_o god_n indignation_n to_o be_v pour_v on_o they_o in_o a_o full_a measure_n for_o ever_o hereafter_o and_o that_o which_o add_v abundant_a weight_n to_o their_o misery_n 3_o nec_fw-la qui_fw-la torquet_fw-la aliquando_fw-la fatigatur_fw-la nec_fw-la qui_fw-la torquetur_fw-la aliquando_fw-la moritur_fw-la bernard_n meditat_fw-la cap._n 3_o be_v they_o shall_v burn_v but_o not_o diminish_v they_o shall_v lie_v bury_v in_o their_o flame_n but_o not_o consume_v they_o shall_v seek_v death_n but_o shall_v not_o find_v it_o they_o shall_v desire_v it_o but_o it_o shall_v flee_v from_o they_o their_o punishment_n consist_v not_o in_o the_o endurance_n of_o any_o proper_a or_o peculiar_a pain_n but_o in_o the_o accumulation_n and_o heap_n of_o innumerable_a torment_n together_o all_o the_o faculty_n of_o the_o soul_n all_o the_o sense_n of_o the_o body_n shall_v have_v their_o several_a punishment_n and_o that_o which_o be_v more_o unseparable_a and_o more_o than_o that_o eternal_a there_o shall_v be_v degree_n in_o their_o torment_n but_o the_o least_o shall_v be_v infinite_a for_o as_o the_o wrath_n and_o displeasure_n of_o god_n towards_o they_o be_v everlasting_a so_o shall_v their_o pressure_n be_v they_o enjoy_v a_o eternity_n like_o the_o saint_n but_o not_o the_o saint_n eternity_n for_o their_o eternity_n shall_v begin_v in_o horror_n and_o proceed_v in_o confusion_n their_o eternity_n shall_v purchase_v and_o yield_v to_o they_o no_o other_o fruit_n but_o yell_n and_o lamentation_n and_o woe_n their_o eternity_n be_v such_o as_o turn_v all_o thing_n into_o its_o own_o nature_n for_o all_o thing_n where_o the_o damn_a do_v inhabit_v be_v eternal_a the_o fire_n be_v eternal_a for_o the_o breath_n of_o god_n like_o a_o river_n of_o brimstone_n have_v kindle_v it_o and_o it_o shall_v never_o go_v out_o night_n nor_o day_n but_o the_o smoke_n thereof_o shall_v ascend_v for_o ever_o the_o worm_n be_v eternal_a for_o the_o conscience_n of_o the_o damn_a shall_v be_v everlasting_o torment_v with_o the_o sense_n of_o their_o sin_n their_o worm_n die_v not_o say_v the_o prophet_n and_o their_o fire_n never_o go_v out_o the_o prison_n wherein_o they_o be_v enclose_v be_v eternal_a the_o prayer_n of_o the_o church_n can_v open_v the_o prison_n door_n to_o peter_n but_o no_o prayer_n can_v pierce_v these_o wall_n no_o power_n can_v overthrow_v they_o no_o time_n can_v ruin_v they_o out_o of_o hell_n be_v no_o redemption_n no_o ransom_n no_o delivery_n cruciantur_fw-la damnati_fw-la cruciantur_fw-la in_o aeternum_fw-la this_o be_v the_o last_o sentence_n of_o the_o judge_n his_o irrevocable_a decree_n his_o immutable_a and_o eternal_a judgement_n on_o the_o damn_a which_o shall_v nevever_o be_v reverse_v impossibile_fw-it adesse_fw-la intolerabile_fw-la abesse_fw-la impossibile_fw-it there_o be_v no_o appeal_n will_v lie_v from_o this_o judge_n there_o be_v no_o reverse_v this_o judgement_n when_o the_o sentence_n be_v once_o past_a it_o stand_v for_o eternity_n hence_o it_o be_v that_o the_o ancient_a church_n repeat_v this_o sentence_n often_o in_o their_o divine_a service_n peccantem_fw-la i_o quotidie_fw-la &_o non_fw-la penitentem_fw-la timor_fw-la mortis_fw-la conturbat_fw-la quia_fw-la ex_fw-la inferno_fw-la nulla_fw-la est_fw-la redemptio_fw-la while_o i_o daily_o sin_n but_o repent_v not_o daily_o as_o i_o ought_v the_o fear_n of_o death_n amaze_v i_o because_o after_o this_o life_n end_v out_o of_o hell_n be_v no_o redemption_n the_o blood_n of_o christ_n shed_v on_o golgotha_n be_v full_o sufficient_a to_o save_v all_o mankind_n but_o it_o belong_v not_o to_o the_o damn_a if_o therefore_o the_o yoke_n of_o repentance_n seem_v not_o sweet_a to_o thou_o say_v st_n bernard_n think_v on_o that_o yoke_n which_o thou_o shall_v be_v sure_a to_o suffer_v which_o be_v go_v you_o curse_v into_o eternal_a fire_n but_o the_o most_o deplorable_a thing_n which_o be_v eternal_a in_o hell_n be_v the_o irrevocable_a loss_n of_o the_o beatifical_a presence_n of_o god_n the_o eternal_a privation_n of_o god_n sight_n the_o uncomfortable_a want_n whereof_o do_v more_o grieve_v their_o heart_n and_o wound_v their_o afflict_a soul_n than_o all_o their_o bodily_a torment_n thus_o we_o see_v the_o unhappy_a estate_n and_o condition_n of_o the_o damn_a in_o the_o other_o world_n and_o how_o the_o high_a link_n in_o all_o this_o chain_n of_o sorrow_n wherewith_o they_o be_v environ_v be_v the_o miserable_a perpetuity_n of_o their_o torment_n when_o their_o restless_a thought_n have_v careful_o run_v through_o many_o thousand_o of_o year_n yet_o will_v they_o not_o then_o enjoy_v one_o day_n one_o little_a hour_n one_o minute_n of_o rest_n and_o respiration_n everlasting_a darkness_n be_v their_o portion_n they_o begin_v and_o end_v alike_o with_o weep_v and_o gnash_n of_o tooth_n now_o since_o this_o be_v certain_o true_a be_v it_o possible_a for_o man_n so_o to_o degenerate_v into_o a_o beast_n as_o to_o believe_v these_o thing_n and_o not_o to_o tremble_v can_v the_o knowledge_n of_o these_o thing_n swim_v in_o our_o brain_n without_o a_o serious_a and_o find_v digestion_n of_o they_o into_o our_o heart_n when_o we_o know_v and_o stand_v convince_v that_o inexplicable_a eternal_a endless_a easeless_a horror_n without_o true_a and_o unfeigned_a repentance_n abide_v we_o hereafter_o and_o on_o the_o other_o side_n we_o know_v not_o nor_o can_v possible_o discern_v with_o how_o speedy_a and_o swift_a a_o foot_n our_o end_n approach_v nor_o how_o sudden_o we_o shall_v be_v summon_v to_o give_v the_o world_n our_o everlasting_a farewell_n how_o can_v so_o sad_a and_o important_a consideration_n as_o this_o possess_v our_o thought_n &_o not_o torment_v they_o or_o how_o can_v this_o choose_v but_o embitter_v our_o dear_a pleasure_n and_o cross_v our_o indulgence_n to_o our_o sensual_a affection_n do_v we_o but_o reason_v a_o while_n with_o our_o soul_n and_o every_o one_o of_o we_o in_o a_o particular_a application_n say_v within_o himself_o i_o be_o here_o float_v like_o a_o ship_n in_o the_o sea_n of_o this_o world_n ballast_v on_o every_o side_n with_o the_o care_n and_o disquieting_n and_o misery_n of_o this_o life_n and_o i_o sail_v on_o with_o full_a course_n towards_o the_o haven_n of_o eternity_n one_o little_a blast_n be_v able_a to_o plunge_v i_o irrecoverable_o into_o this_o bottomless_a gulf_n where_o one_o hour_n torment_n will_v infinite_o exceed_v for_o the_o pain_n of_o it_o a_o hundred_o year_n bitter_a repentance_n and_o shall_v i_o now_o thus_o stand_v upon_o the_o very_a battlement_n of_o hell_n melt_v in_o my_o delight_n cheer_v up_o myself_o in_o the_o day_n of_o my_o youth_n shall_v i_o tire_v out_o my_o spirit_n trifle_v out_o my_o precious_a time_n rob_v my_o eye_n of_o their_o belove_a sleep_n for_o such_o 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have_v no_o eye_n to_o look_v after_o he_o no_o heart_n to_o embrace_v he_o no_o foot_n to_o follow_v he_o no_o tongue_n to_o glorify_v he_o but_o lie_v woeful_o plunge_v in_o the_o dregs_o of_o their_o pollution_n oh_o the_o unspeakable_a goodness_n of_o our_o god_n who_o have_v so_o gracious_o invite_v those_o sheep_n who_o be_v so_o unhappy_o stray_v from_o he_o nay_o who_o do_v with_o a_o vita_fw-la a_o omnipo_n tentissima_fw-la facilitate_v homines_fw-la ad_fw-la seipsum_fw-la convertit_fw-la deus_fw-la &_o volentes_fw-la exnolentibus_fw-la facit_fw-la aug._n ad_fw-la vita_fw-la love_a violence_n irresistable_o call_v those_o who_o have_v trample_v on_o his_o grace_n and_o reject_v his_o love_n but_o what_o shall_v move_v the_o creator_n of_o all_o thing_n who_o have_v be_v thus_o infinite_o provoke_v who_o be_v arm_v both_o with_o power_n to_o strike_v and_o mean_n to_o be_v avenge_v to_o compassionate_v his_o enemy_n certain_o there_o be_v there_o can_v be_v no_o other_o reason_n allege_v but_o that_o which_o david_n so_o often_o iterate_v because_o he_o be_v gracious_a and_o his_o mercy_n endure_v for_o ever_o but_o i_o think_v i_o hear_v the_o afflict_a soul_n bewail_v itself_o here_o be_v a_o fountain_n of_o mercy_n indeed_o have_v i_o heart_n to_o draw_v out_o of_o it_o can_v his_o goodness_n extend_v to_o i_o who_o be_o nothing_o but_o worm_n and_o dust_n and_o wound_n and_o sore_n and_o corruption_n who_o can_v give_v he_o no_o oblation_n but_o my_o sin_n no_o sacrifice_n but_o my_o sorrow_n what_o confidence_n now_o can_v i_o have_v in_o this_o love_n what_o strength_n in_o this_o mercy_n who_o ever_o thou_o be_v that_o be_v thus_o and_o no_o better_a dispose_v to_o receive_v the_o grace_n of_o thy_o god_n bring_v forth_o this_o small_a provision_n offer_v this_o sacrifice_n upon_o the_o altar_n since_o thou_o have_v nothing_o else_o to_o part_v with_o surrender_v up_o thy_o sin_n yield_v he_o thy_o lust_n renounce_v thy_o whole_a interest_n in_o thy_o sinful_a delight_n in_o thy_o immoderate_a affection_n alsted_n affection_n nullius_fw-la rei_fw-la tantum_fw-la in_o inferno_fw-la est_fw-la quantum_fw-la propriae_fw-la voluntatis_fw-la alsted_n and_o then_o thy_o sorrowful_a spirit_n shall_v be_v a_o sacrifice_n to_o god_n thy_o wound_a and_o break_a heart_n he_o will_v not_o despise_v i_o be_o with_o he_o say_v the_o lord_n who_o be_v of_o a_o humble_a spirit_n &_o that_o tremble_v at_o my_o word_n we_o have_v his_o own_o word_n for_o his_o mercy_n we_o have_v his_o promise_n for_o it_o we_o have_v his_o oath_n for_o it_o he_o be_v faithful_a say_v the_o apostle_n who_o have_v promise_v he_o be_v faithful_a he_o can_v deny_v himself_o deserendo_fw-la himself_o supe_fw-fr rate_n seipsum_fw-la potest_fw-la desertos_fw-la miserando_fw-la negare_fw-la seipsum_fw-la non_fw-la potest_fw-la miscricordiam_fw-la deserendo_fw-la he_o may_v overcome_v himself_o by_o pity_v the_o forsake_a one_o but_o he_o can_v deny_v himself_o by_o forsake_v his_o pity_n for_o how_o can_v he_o deny_v himself_o to_o we_o who_o have_v give_v himself_o for_o we_o how_o can_v he_o deny_v we_o his_o mercy_n who_o have_v give_v we_o his_o life_n the_o end_n of_o the_o first_o book_n the_o second_o book_n of_o eternity_n chap._n i._o contain_v a_o exhortation_n to_o holiness_n ground_v upon_o the_o consideration_n of_o eternity_n the_o very_a soul_n and_o life_n of_o christianity_n consist_v in_o the_o life_n of_o a_o christianâ—_n as_o for_o outward_a formality_n they_o plausible_o serve_v to_o show_v forth_o a_o good_a man_n to_o the_o eye_n of_o the_o world_n but_o can_v make_v he_o such_o it_o be_v true_a external_a action_n adorn_v our_o profession_n but_o it_o be_v where_o grace_n and_o goodness_n season_v they_o otherwise_o where_o the_o sap_n and_o juice_n and_o vigour_n of_o religion_n be_v not_o settle_v in_o the_o soul_n a_o man_n be_v but_o like_o a_o goodly_a heart-shaken_a oak_n who_o beauty_n will_v turn_v into_o rottenness_n and_o his_o end_n will_v be_v the_o fire_n it_o be_v the_o say_n of_o machiavelli_n that_o the_o appearance_n of_o virtue_n be_v more_o to_o be_v desire_v then_o virtue_n in_o self_n but_o socrates_n â—meer_a naturalist_n advise_v better_o who_o say_v the_o good_a man_n be_v only_o wise_a certain_o our_o glorious_a show_n and_o high_a applause_n and_o exaltation_n among_o the_o son_n of_o man_n will_v prove_v but_o miserable_a comforter_n in_o the_o close_a of_o our_o age_n when_o the_o day_n of_o darkness_n come_v o_o then_o as_o we_o respect_v the_o eternal_a welfare_n of_o our_o poor_a soul_n let_v we_o be_v what_o we_o will_v seem_v letus_fw-la tume_n our_o word_n into_o action_n med._n qâ—alis_fw-la videri_fw-la vis_fw-la talis_fw-la esse_fw-la debes_fw-la gerh_n med._n our_o knowledge_n into_o affection_n and_o our_o speculation_n into_o practice_n let_v we_o not_o only_o in_o a_o general_a and_o confuse_a manner_n acknowledge_v god_n but_o rather_o labour_v to_o know_v he_o own_o he_o let_v we_o not_o think_v it_o enough_o to_o believe_v that_o christ_n come_v as_o a_o saviour_n into_o the_o world_n but_o endeavour_v rather_o by_o a_o peculiar_a personal_a and_o applicative_a faith_n to_o make_v he_o our_o own_o alas_o what_o avail_v it_o my_o soul_n that_o christ_n shed_v forth_o his_o blood_n for_o the_o sin_n of_o many_o iâ—_n he_o die_v not_o for_o i_o what_o joy_n to_o my_o heart_n that_o christ_n be_v rise_v for_o the_o justification_n of_o sinner_n if_o he_o be_v not_o my_o portion_n what_o comfort_n to_o my_o distress_a conscience_n that_o christ_n be_v come_v a_o light_n into_o the_o world_n if_o i_o sit_v in_o darkness_n and_o in_o the_o shadow_n of_o death_n what_o confidence_n of_o protection_n can_v i_o have_v from_o hence_o parria_fw-la non_fw-la prodest_fw-la christi_fw-la resurrectio_fw-la nisi_fw-la in_o te_fw-la quoque_fw-la christus_fw-la resurgat_fw-la gerh._n med._n sitscopus_fw-la aquavitae_fw-la christus_fw-la quem_fw-la s_o quaris_fw-la in_o via_fw-la ut_fw-la assequaris_fw-la in_o parria_fw-la that_o christ_n be_v a_o careful_a shepherd_n over_o his_o flock_n if_o i_o be_o none_o of_o that_o sheep_n fold_n other_o let_v it_o be_v the_o chief_a desire_n of_o our_o soul_n and_o the_o utmost_a extent_n of_o our_o endeavour_n not_o only_o to_o confess_v christ_n but_o to_o bring_v he_o home_o to_o our_o heart_n to_o feel_v he_o to_o affect_v he_o to_o live_v in_o he_o to_o depend_v on_o he_o to_o be_v conformable_a to_o he_o let_v we_o willing_o hear_v and_o cheerful_o follow_v the_o voice_n of_o that_o sweet_a guide_n who_o be_v both_o the_o way_n and_o the_o journey_n end_n that_o love_a physician_n who_o come_v to_o our_o wound_a conscience_n with_o heal_v in_o his_o wing_n that_o meek_a and_o tender_a lamb_n who_o pour_v forth_o for_o we_o tear_n of_o anguish_n and_o tear_n of_o love_n tear_n of_o anguish_n to_o redeem_v our_o soul_n and_o tear_n of_o love_n to_o compassionate_v our_o misery_n now_o what_o a_o press_a persuasion_n have_v we_o here_o to_o live_v unto_o he_o who_o thus_o die_v for_o we_o to_o make_v he_o our_o joy_n who_o have_v bear_v our_o sorrow_n to_o fix_v he_o in_o our_o heart_n who_o for_o our_o sake_n be_v fix_v to_o the_o cross_n câ—uce_fw-la cross_n â—otus_fw-la tibi_fw-la figatur_fw-la in_o cord_n qui_fw-la totu_fw-la sprote_n figebâ—tur_fw-la in_o câ—uce_fw-la how_o shall_v we_o mourn_v in_o our_o soul_n and_o weep_v in_o secret_a for_o he_o quem_fw-la totus_fw-la mundus_fw-la tota_fw-la element_n lugebant_fw-la at_o who_o suffering_n the_o grave_n open_v the_o sun_n shut_v in_o his_o light_n the_o earth_n tremble_v and_o the_o whole_a frame_n of_o heaven_n in_o his_o nature_n and_o kind_n express_v its_o sorrow_n one_o of_o the_o rabin_n when_o he_o read_v what_o bitter_a torment_v the_o messiah_n shall_v suffer_v when_o he_o come_v into_o the_o world_n cry_v out_o veniat_fw-la messiah_n at_o egâ—_n non_fw-la videam_fw-la let_v the_o messiah_n come_v but_o let_v i_o not_o see_v he_o do_v his_o torment_n seem_v so_o dismal_a to_o the_o spectator_n what_o be_v they_o then_o in_o the_o sufferer_n if_o so_o ghastly_a to_o the_o sight_n what_o be_v they_o in_o the_o sustain_n but_o what_o shall_v we_o do_v now_o shall_v we_o rail_v on_o judas_n that_o betray_v he_o or_o on_o peter_n that_o deny_v he_o or_o the_o jew_n that_o pierce_v he_o or_o the_o apostle_n that_o forsake_v he_o no_o no_o let_v we_o look_v into_o our_o own_o heart_n examine_v our_o own_o way_n do_v we_o not_o make_v his_o wound_n bleed_v afresh_o with_o our_o sin_n do_v we_o not_o nail_n he_o to_o the_o cross_n again_o with_o our_o pollution_n do_v we_o not_o grind_v he_o in_o our_o oppression_n and_o as_o it_o be_v massacre_v he_o in_o our_o murder_n what_o sin_n have_v we_o ever_o forsake_v for_o his_o sake_n what_o inordinate_a affection_n have_v we_o abandon_v for_o his_o love_n can_v we_o say_v and_o