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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A59748	A sermon preached at the funeral of Mr. William Ladson, Junior, at Tichmarsh in the county of Northampton by William Sheppard ...	Sheppard, William, d. 1675?	1694 (1694)	Wing S3220; ESTC R9656	20,694	29

down dead immediately they fall into Hell and there are crying and roaring scrieching and howling cursing and banning Oh! hath my secure Godless life brought me hither Hath my false peace brought me hither Is this the end of my Christless Prayerless Life O that I had spent all my days and nights in the World in mourning for my sins crying for a Christ O that I had been a Dog or a Toad then when I had dyed my misery had been ended but now this is but the beginning of my woe which will never end Man Woman Child that readest these Lines do these things affect thy heart and bring thee down at the foot of Christ O labour to do now as thou wilt then wish that thou hadst done or as damned Souls now wish that they had done 6 Deluding Hopes Now the Word tells Men and Ministers tell them of their danger and call upon them to seek a Christ repent believe be godly but they flatter themselves and they have sometimes some convictions and stirrings in their Souls but they lick themselves whole with false hopes we hope we may be saved without so much adoe God is merciful Christ dyed for Sinners Is not this thycase thou that readest these lines Know thou that these are but vain hopes as long as thou art out of Christ and these hopes of thine will fail thee Hear what God saith about it It is not I but God that speaks it Prov. 11. 7. When a wicked Man dyeth his expectation shall perish And the hope of unjust Men perisheth Hear this Sinner old or young thou mayst keep thy false hope as long as thou livest but thou canst keep it no longer Job 11. 20. The eyes of the Wicked shall fail and they shall not escape and their hope shall be as the giving up of the ghost O what terrour this speaks to Christless Souls The giving up of the ghost is sudden in a moment so these false hopes when Death comes shall be gone in a moment The Life is not given up without great pain so when these false hopes are gone the Soul will be full of horrour the Soul and Body part and never meet here more to live in this World so then Sinners lose their hopes and shall never have hope more Then Oh what cries and howlings will there be that the hopes are gone and gone for ever Oh the cries and howlings I was told of this but I mad wretch would not believe it but I see now I am most miserable Now I have no hope of a dram of Mercy for ever As it was with Corah Dathan and Abiram Numb 16. 31 32 33 34. Israel fled at their cry when they went down into the Pit It is now with Men and Women as it was with them in the days of Noah Mat. 24. 37 38 39. They were eating drinking marrying 'till Noah entred into the Ark and the floud came and took them all away Noah was a Preacher of Righteousness moved with fear prepared an Ark gave them warning but they would not take warning what cryes do you think there were when the Floud came Then they would have got into the Ark but could not they might climb upon Trees or Mountains but all in vain Sinners are now warned by the preachers of the word to get into the Ark Christ but will not Oh then the horror when the deluge of misery overflows them I might have had the Ark Christ and would not What cries were there in Sodom when the Storm of Brimstone and Fire came upon them Oh the cries and howlings when you are tormented with fire and brimstone in Hell Oh mad Wretch I was offered a Christ and I would not Now you say let us say what we will you will hope if it were not for hope the heart would break now your false hopes keep your hearts whole but then your hearts will break in pieces and break for ever Vse 2. Be Exhorted then to get a Christ while you may To the Old To the Young 1. To the Old You are greatly concern'd to get a Christ you cannot have much time before you you have one foot in the Grave therefore you have need to bestir you Ecl. 11. 8. If a Man live many years and rejoice in them all yet let him remember the days of darkness for they shall be many The days of darkness which follow shall be more than the years of joy which went before Hosea 7. 9 10. It is said of Ephraim Strangers have devoured his strength and he knoweth it not yea gray hairs are here and there upon him yet he knoweth not And they do not return to the Lord nor seek him for all this Oh what a wretched thing is this Strange lusts strange practices strange ways are found with him Gray hairs Old Age is found with him yet he considers it no What an Old Man and a graceless Man an Old Man and yet a prayerless Man and yet not seek the Lord for a Christ What a vile thing is this what a miserable condition is this Isa 65. 20. The Sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed What a miserable case is this for a Man to have many years given him to get a Christ in and yet at last dye Christless he must needs be cursed When Alexander Besieged a City he was wont to set up an inch of Candle and if they came in and made their peace in that time well and good if not there was no quarter for them Just so it is here with you Old Men you have an inch of time given you to get a Christ and Mercy if you now get a Christ make your peace with God while this inch of time lasts happy are you but if not there is no peace to be made for you no Christ to be had nor mercy for ever O therefore as you love your Souls close in with the Apostle's Councel Heb. 3. 7. To day if you will hear his voice harden not your hearts This is the voice of God to you get a Christ to day Christ offers himself to you if you will take him take him to day cry to God for him and if you do not it is the hardness of your hearts And that is an hard heart indeed that will not have a Christ when offered to him though he must be damned for ever without him Jerom said Whether I eat or drink or sleep methinks I hear the Trumpet sound Arise ye dead and come to Judgment Old ones let this awaken you to set to your work speedily and ply it in good earnest day and night to get a Christ while you may and account it infinite mercy that it is not too late 2. To the Young Now the Lord speaks to you labour to get a Christ while you may Eccles 12. 1. Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy Youth remember to get Christ now in thy Youth God saith Now do not drive it off 'till hereafter If you