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A65311 The righteous mans vveal and the vvicked mans vvoe by Thomas Watson. Watson, Thomas, d. 1686. 1662 (1662) Wing W1141; ESTC R38521 12,956 32

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fire of the Damned it is partly material and partly spiritual partly material to work on the body and partly spiritual which is the wrath of God to torment the soul that is the lake the burning fire Oh who knows the power of Gods anger Who can dwell with these burnings it is intollerable to endure them and impossible to escape them 3. In Hell there are chains chains of darkness Those sinners that would not be bound by any Law of God such shall have chains of darkness to bind them Quest. What should be the meaning of that phrase chains of darkness Answ. I suppose it may be this to intimate unto us that the wicked in Hell shall not have power to walk up and down which perhaps might be a little ease though very little but they shall be chained down fast not to stir they shall be fastned to that stake with chains of darkness Oh this will be terrible indeed Suppose a man should lye always on a Down-bed and might not stir out of the place it would be very painful unto him Oh but to lie as the damned upon the wrack always under the torturing scorchings of Gods wrath and to be tyed and not to move how dreadful are the thoughts of this and this is the condition of the wicked they are under fire and darkness and chains And to add unto the torment of Hell there are these two things more to shew you that it shall be ill with the wicked let them die when they will The first is the Worm The second is the Serpent First There is the Worm to torture the damned spirits and this is no other but the Worm of Conscience the 9th of Mark the 44. verse Where there worm never dieth Oh how dreadful will it be to have this worm Melancthon calls the tormenting Conscience A hellish Furie Conscience will be just as if a worm full of poyson were feeding on the heart of a man Those sinners that would never hear the voyce of Conscience they shall feel the worm of Conscience And then Secondly As there is the worm to torment so there is the Serpent that is the Devil who is called the old serpent Revel 9. As there i● the biting of the worm so there is the stinging of the Old Serpent First of all The damned shall be forced to behold the Devil I remember what Anselm saith saith he I had rather endure all the torments of this life then to see the Devil with bodily eyes But now this sight the wicked shall see whether they will or no and not onely see but they shall feel the stinging of this old Serpent the Devil Satan is full of rage against mankind and will show no mercy As he puts forth all his subtilty in tempting of man so he puts out all his cruelty in tormenting of mankind And this is not all There are Two things more to set out the torments of hell First These agonies and hell-convulsions they shall be for ever take that Scripture for proof Revel 14. 11. And the smoak of their torment ascendeth for ever and ever and they have no rest day nor night Thus it is in Hell they would die but they cannot the wicked shall be always dying but never dead the smoak of the furnace ascends for ever and ever Oh who can endure thus to be ever upon the wrack This word ever breaks the heart Wicked men now think the Sabbaths long When will the Sabbath be over and they think a Sermon long and think a prayer long but Oh how long will it be to lye in Hell for ever and ever After millions of years their torments are as far from ending as at the first hour they began Secondly Which is another aggravation of Hell torment the damned in hell have none to pity them it is some comfort some ease to have our friends to pity us in our sickness and want I but they have no friends Mercy will not pity them mercy is turned into fury Christ will not pitty them he is no more an Advocate for them The Angels will not pitty them but they rejoyce when they see the vengeance they insult and glory when they see the Justice of God executed upon his Enemies O how sad is this to lye in the scalding Furnace of Gods Wrath and none to pity them When thy cry out God will laugh at them O hear this all ye that go on in sin it will be ill with the Wicked O therefore turn from your sins least God tear you in peices as a Lyon and there be none to help you Now for Application O what an affrighting Word is this to all wicked men that go on desperately to sin to add drunkenness to thirst never such an inundation of Wickedness as now men sin as if they would spight God and dare him to punish them men sin so greedily as if they were affraid Hell Gates would be shut up ere they got thither Oh how manfully do many sin they go to Hell strongly in their wickedness O these are in a sad condition is it not sad at the hour of death and at the day of judgment and after judgment with them Wicked men Live Cursed and they Dye Damned Sinners are the very mark that God will shoot at his standing mark and he never misses this mark you know what the Scripture saith there shall be weeping and there shall be gnashing of toeth And saith Latimer that is sad fare where weeping is the first course and gnashing of teeth is the second course Quest. Whence is it that there is this gnashing of teeth Answ. First it doth arise from the extremity of torment the wicked suffer they are not able to bear it and know not how to avoid it Secondly the wicked gnash their teeth in Hell at the godly to see them in Heaven them whom they persecuted and scoffed and jeared to see them in Heaven and themselves in Hell they are mad at it Luk. 13. 28. When they shall see Abraham Isaac and Jacob and all the Prophets in the Kingdom of God and they themselves shut out they shall gnash their teeth at this How may this amaze a wicked man if all the curses in the Bible will make a man miserable he shall be made so The Second Use is This Take heed that none of you here be found among the number of the wicked take heed of being of this black regiment that wears the Devils colours and fight under his banner the sinner and the furnace shall never be parted Oh take heed of those sins which will bring you to Hell-fire There are saith Bernard fiery sins that bring men to hell fire What are those fiery sins why the fire of malice the fire of Passion and the fire of lust and concupiscence and the fire of revenge these fiery sins bring men to fiery plagues to Hell fire When thou art tempted to any wickedness think with your selves Oh how can I bear the fierceness of Gods wrath for ever how can I lye in the winepress of Gods wrath for ever Oh take heed of those sins that will bring you into this place of torment I have read a story of a Virgin who being tempted by a young man to commit folly saith she unto him Grant me but one request and I will do what thou desirest What is that saith he Do but hold your finger one hour in this burning candle No he would not do that Saith she will not you for my sake hold your finger an hour in the candle and will you have my soul lye burning in hell for ever Thus she rebuked the temptation Doth Satan tempt thee to wickedness hold out this text as a shield to the Devil to quench his fiery Darts Say thus Oh Satan do I embrace thy temptations I must be under thy tormentings to all eternity O therefore labour to be righteous it shall be well with the righteous But take heed of sin It shall be ill with the sinner I will conclude all with that saying of Austin When a man hath been vertuons the labour is gone but the pleasure remains when a man hath been wicked the pleasvre is gone but the sting remains FINIS