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A47554	A knock at the door of Christless ones: or, Sixteen considerations for unchanged persons Poor Christless-soul! What wilt thou do? How canst to death, and judgment go? Quick, quick to Christ; do not thy self deceive: o when death comes, where wilt thy glory leave? Rest not, till Christ be form'd in thee: and thou thy self new-creature see. Transcribed for further use. T. H.	T. H.	1683 (1683)	Wing K700A; ESTC R217565	11,918	24

〈◊〉 all as thou art Fit or unfit clean or 〈◊〉 Cloathed or Naked changed or un●●anged in Christ or Christless away thou ●●●lt All as thou art all as thou art O ●well a little upon the thoughts of it G●n 〈◊〉 19. Job 7. 1. and 14. 5. and 16. 22. Prov. 〈◊〉 32. These Scriptures amongst others Confirm it And not by a may-be but a shall●● Take but one more Job 18. 23 14. 18. 9. Consider whether thou mind it or forget it Sleep or Watch look for thy Lord 〈◊〉 ●ant it with the Rabble Death will not ●●ly come but it may be nearer then thou 〈◊〉 aware Dye thou must dye thou shalt 〈◊〉 thou wilt say so too but thou hopest it 〈◊〉 far off yet Well but consider Death is 〈◊〉 more certain than the time uncertain Dye thou shalt I and it may be sooner than thou thinkest of Death will be upon thee 〈◊〉 and may not will not it be ' e●e thou look for it Doth not the fatal stroak use 〈◊〉 a surprizing stroak Job 21. 13. 23 24. 〈◊〉 36. 14. Mat. 24. 37 38 39. 42. to the 〈◊〉 1 Thes 5. 2 3. Luke 12. 17 18 19. 40. Ma●● 13. 35 36 37. 10. Consider dying Christless dye ri●● or poor young or old sooner or later ●●●denly or languidly thou wilt dye dreadf●●ly Ah poor Heart thou art he or 〈◊〉 whoever thou art that wilt dye at a 〈◊〉 dreadful rate The Death of the Body 〈◊〉 no Trifle yet what were dying if the Dea●● of the Body were all dying is a commo● word and commonly lightly spoken 〈◊〉 't is no light thing to dye O Soul dyin● work is Weighty work Deut. 32. 29. The●● blessed dying and Curssed dying Rev. 1● 13. Isa 65. 20. Joyful dying and dreadfu● dying Pro. 14. 32. There 's dying and do● ble dying Psal 89. 48. Rev. 2. 11. and ● 6. 14. This sheweth that there is a differenc● in dying And what ever the difference b● besure poor Christless ones dye at the wor●● rate Dye when thou wilt or how thou wil● thou ever dyest dreadfully See Mem●● to Mori 1. Thou wilt dye nocently dye guilty dye in thy Sins Ah poor Soul No Christ no Pardon no Conversion no Remission Acts 5. 31. No close with Christ no Benefit by Christ Therefore thou must bear thi●● own Burthen dye in thy Sins and canst thou ●●e worse Is not that dreadful dying Joh. ● 24. Job 20. 11. 2. Dye violently dye suddenly and hardly However any may think thou seemest ●o go away like a Lamb Death will hale and ●●rry thee away It will prey upon and de●our thee Pro. 14. 32. Psal 49. 14. Job 18. ●0 To the end Ah poor Heart Thou ●t like nay sure to know the Strength ●f Death Is not that a dreadful dying 3. Dye Cruelly dye Terribly There 's ●●tterness Fear Horrour Sorrow Pain Sting ●orment Poyson in Death None but Christ can fetch it out and take it away therefore it comes with all to Christless ●●es The Bitterness Fears Horrours Sorrows Pains Sting Torments Poyson of Death are all thine 1 Cor. 15. 56. Whoever dye sweetly thou wilt dye bitterly Whoever find Deaths Clemency thou wilt ●●d and feel it 's utmost cruelty And is ●ot that dreadful dying 4. Dye unready dye untimely dye when thou wilt thou wilt dye unfit unready Should'st thou live the Age of Methusalah 〈◊〉 a thousand times told thou wilt dye Christless dye unready Mat. 24. 37 38. 〈◊〉 and 25. 10 11 12. Whoever love and 〈◊〉 for the appearing of Christ thou art sure he will come too soon for thee W●●● ever are so fit as to stretch out their N●●●● look and wish desire and Pa●● for Deaths coming to set th●● 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Phil. 1. 20. 23. free and wa●t them home to 〈◊〉 Bosome of Jesus Thou art 〈◊〉 it will come ' ere thou want it Whoever 〈◊〉 sure of Heavenly Mansions 2 Cor. 5. 1. T●● art sure to be turned out of Doors ' ere th●● have where to put thy Head ' ere th●● have any dwelling other than everlast 〈◊〉 Burnings Isa 33. 14. Whoever be Cloath●● thou art sure to be found Naked turned 〈◊〉 to outer darkness Mat. 22. 11 12 13. W●●● ever be blameless found in peace 2 〈◊〉 3. 14. Thou wilt faulty be found in ●●●ry Mat. 24. 50 51. Poor Heart whoe●●● be prepared Mat. 25. 10. Thou art u●●● still unready still and sure so to dye at 〈◊〉 Verse 11 12. And is not that dreadful dyin●● see unready dying dreadful dying 5. Dye Eternally Dye first and seco●● Death dye for ever Rom. 6. 23. Rev. 〈◊〉 6. 14 15. The second Death Death E●●●nal is the Extremity and perpetuity of 〈◊〉 Misery The Death of the Body is 〈◊〉 the Image the shadow of Death T●● Death of poor Christless ones is an invi●●●●● Death An inconceivable Death no To 〈…〉 can tell it no Pencil Paint or delin 〈…〉 〈◊〉 ●he life what it is We may say O the Pains 〈◊〉 Pangs the Sorrows the Terrours the ●●●rours the Anguishes the Gripings the ●●●wing the Dolours the Stings the ●●●●s Ardoribus perpetuis the everlasting ●●●ings of it But who can say what they 〈◊〉 To lye under the utmost Extremity that ●●●●potent Justice and Fiery Indignation 〈◊〉 inflict To lye Eternally so to be thus ●●●ng for ever Ever dying at the dreadfulest 〈◊〉 And yet never never never Dead 〈◊〉 dye Eternally thus all that dye Christ●●● dye O dreadful dying See the Fu●●al of Christless ones Consider in Christ or Christless ●●oathed or Naked Weight or wanting 〈◊〉 Judgement thou shalt go There is no e●●●●ing or evading it No appearing by an ●●●●ney nor being reprieved till bet●●● prepared O Soul 'T is not thou ●●●●st go but thou must go 'T is not ●●●s thou wilt but thou shalt In vain 〈◊〉 to cry to Rock or Mountain to hide 〈◊〉 cover thee Rocks will rent Mountains 〈◊〉 Hills flee away Alas Whither wilt thou 〈◊〉 what wilt thou do If thou wouldest ●●●●d into Heaven he is there from whom 〈◊〉 wouldest flee If thou make thy Bed in 〈◊〉 behold he is there also If thou couldst ●●e the Wings of the Morning and dwell in the utmost parts of the Sea there 〈◊〉 his hand reach thee too if thou set 〈◊〉 Nest among the Stars thence will he 〈◊〉 thee down And if thou say surely the da●●ness at least shall cover me Lo the d●●●ness hideth not from him with whom 〈◊〉 hast to do but the Night shineth as the d●●● the darkness and the light are both 〈◊〉 to him Sea Death and Hell must 〈◊〉 shall deliver up their Dead to him 〈◊〉 whose Face the Earth and the Heavens 〈◊〉 away Fit or unfit Weight or want●●● to Judgement thou shalt go at the 〈◊〉 and dreadful Tribunal thou shalt app●●● Eccle. 12. 14. Acts. 17. 31. Rom. 2. 6. 12. 〈◊〉 2 Cor. 5. 10. Rev. 20. 11 12 13. 12. Consider Speak or speechless Co●●●dent or confounded without a Chri●●●● Judgement

become of it To cry as 〈◊〉 that said I have lived in care I dye in dou●● but whither I am going I cannot tell 〈◊〉 as that other Poor tho Worldly gr●● one cryed O my Poor Litt●● Trembling wandring Soul whit●●● art thou going into I know not wh●● P. p. Adrian Rough and horrid places Thou 〈◊〉 going where thou shalt never be Jovial 〈◊〉 merry more O my Soul whither art th●● going Or to go to Resolve his Questi●● who dying said He should now be resol●ed whether there were a God 〈◊〉 whether there a Hell a●● P. p. Paul ● whether the Soul were immortal Of which he had ever before doubted And was like then to be resolved to his cost 〈◊〉 sad Case O Soul-Trembling adventures But are they Unwilling from sense o● unfitness have they any sense of the Majesty of God Of the Purity of his Nature O● the Severity of his Justice Of the odiousness of Sin And of the Fruit of the same What 't is to be Christless And Graceless An alien from a Stranger an Enemy to 〈◊〉 and what it is to dye And to fall ●●●●diately into the Hands of the living 〈◊〉 In such a condition And do they 〈◊〉 from Death are they loath to dye 〈◊〉 appear in Judgement to venture into E●●●ty Who can blaim them And O ●●owing the Terrour of the Lord who can 〈◊〉 pitty them And bemoan them Dear Souls Is it thus with you in Rela●●●● to a dying Hour are the thoughts of 〈◊〉 Terrible to thee The apprehension 〈◊〉 approach ready to put thee into a ●●●zzer's Fit Dan. 5. 6. O be perswad●● to lay upon your Hearts every one of 〈◊〉 a few things tendered in Love and ●●●erness to your Souls And the good ●●d use them in order to the Change of 〈◊〉 State and cure of your fears That the 〈◊〉 of Death may be more joyful then 〈◊〉 they were doleful to you 〈◊〉 Consider and Labour to be deeply sen●●● how sad and woful a State the State of 〈◊〉 is both in respect of Sin and Mise●●● I cannot stay to open it here Ponder 〈◊〉 3. to 20. Tit. 1. 15. 16. Ephe. 2. 1 2 3. ● Rom. 8. 5 6 7 8. and 6. 20 21. 23. E●●● 4. 17. 18 19. and see Soul Sickness 〈◊〉 Mr. Alleines Alarm 〈◊〉 Consider that this dreadful S●●●● is the 〈◊〉 of all Adams Children till they 〈◊〉 made new Creatures It was the State 〈◊〉 such as now are Saints till they were ch●●●ed And you being unchanged it is your S●●● still And therefore so look upon it and 〈◊〉 affected with it Rom. 3. 9. 1 Cor. 6. 9. 10 1●● Tit. 3. 3. 2. Cor. 13. 5. Joh. 3. 6. Rom 8. 9. ●● 3. Consider that whosoever is not a 〈◊〉 Creature is not in Christ Nor can lay cl●●● to any saving Benefit by him 2 Cor. 5. 17. 〈◊〉 13. 5. Rom. 8 9 10. Gal. 5. 24. Tit. 2. 11 1● 13 14. Joh. 13. 8. Acts 3. 19. 4. Consider that whosoever is not 〈◊〉 Christ is in a State of Damnation Un●●● wrath present and bound over to wrath 〈◊〉 come Rom. 8. 1. Joh. 3. 36. Ephe. 2. 3. ● Thes 1. 10. Rom. 2. 4 5 6. 8 9. Acts 4. 〈◊〉 5 Consider that without a saving Cha●●● there is no Salvation Whosoever is 〈◊〉 changed is not only in a State of Damnation but without a Change can never be f●●●ed Christ neither will nor can save th●● without changing thee Joh. 3. 3. 5. and 〈◊〉 5 6 7. Thou must turn or dye Be Changed or Damned Ezek. 18. 30 31. and 〈◊〉 11. Acts 3. 19. 2 Thes 2. 12. Joh. 3. 18 19. 6. Consider while thou livest and art 〈◊〉 an unchanged Christless Gracless State●● be thy natural endowments never so excellent●● thy life never so innocent and spotless th●● temper and carriage never so sweet th●● ●●●●●●ments Profession and Practice in Re●●●●●● and place in the Church never so E●●●●t be thou a Titus Vespatian Delitiae 〈◊〉 Generis the delight of mankind in ●●●●e and civil honesty an unconverted 〈◊〉 in Morality and Legal Piety a Judas 〈◊〉 Disciple of Jesus a Demas a Paul's Com●●●ion and Fellow Labourer in the profes●●●n and Propagation of Christianity Acts ●6 4 5. Phil. 3. 5 6. Acts 1. 16 17. Philem. ●4 with 2 Tim. 4. 10. Yea be thou Paul's ●pposed Blazing-Comet in the Christian ●●●rch 1 Cor. 13. 1 2 3. Yet thou canst ●lease God in nothing Neither Person Service no● Sacrifice can ever be accepted but all is abomination to him Mic. 6. 67. Pro. 15. 8. and so thou art cut off from all hope of ever finding Mercy or Favour with him ●●ving or dying here or hereafter 1 Cor. ● 14. Rom. 8. 8. Ephe. 1. 6. Heb. 11. 4 5 6. and 12. 28 29. Phil. 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11. 7. Consider what a sad thing it is not to be able to look upon life or Death with comfort Not to be able to bid life farewell or Death welcome with comfort And is not this thy case O sweet and joyful thing to be able to look back upon Life and say my rejoycing is this the Testimony of my Conscience that in Simplicity and Godly Sincerity not with Fleshly Wisdom but by the Grace of God I have had my Conversatio● in the World 2 Cor. 1. 12. And to look ●●●ward upon Death and say I know that 〈◊〉 my Earthly House of this Tabernacle 〈◊〉 dissolved I have a Building of God an 〈◊〉 not made with Hands Eternal in the 〈◊〉 vens 2 Cor. 5. 1. Yea to look on both 〈◊〉 say to me to live is Christ and to dye 〈◊〉 gain Phil. 1. 21. But doth not thy Conscience tell thee th●● this comfort is none of thine That tho●● may'st read these Scriptures backwards 〈◊〉 at least leave thee in the Dark that th●● knowest not what will become of thee in a d●●ing Hour Whither thou shalt go whe●● thou shalt be when gone hence and gon● for ever what thy Eternity will be when here thou shalt be no more O dear Soul It is a dreadful a Heart-shaking thing to be grabbling at the Door of Eternity not knowing whether it will open into Heaven or Hell But how much more if Conscience tell thee that the question is out of question and tho● condemned already Thy Sentence already past that thou shalt not see life Joh. 3. 18. 3● O the Fear the Dread the Terrours the horrours the Sorrows of Death to such a poor Heart O sad not to be able to bid Death welcome But how direful to come so unwelcome Isa 33 14. 8. Consider be it comfort or discomfort 〈◊〉 thou willing or unwilling ready or un●●●ly Christian or Christless dye thou 〈◊〉 dye thou shalt Ah Soul Death will 〈◊〉 and when it comes it will neither go ●●●●out thee nor yet stay for thee Thou ●●●●er canst nor shalt dye by a Deputy or 〈◊〉 respited to get ready Then go thou ●●●st and presently too Go thou shalt