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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.
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ãâã all as thou art Fit or unfit clean or ãâã Cloathed or Naked changed or unââanged in Christ or Christless away thou âââlt All as thou art all as thou art O âwell a little upon the thoughts of it Gân ãâã 19. Job 7. 1. and 14. 5. and 16. 22. Prov. ãâã 32. These Scriptures amongst others Confirm it And not by a may-be but a shallââ 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 ãâã âant it with the Rabble Death will not ââly come but it may be nearer then thou ãâã aware Dye thou must dye thou shalt ãâã thou wilt say so too but thou hopest it ãâã far off yet Well but consider Death is ãâã more certain than the time uncertain Dye thou shalt I and it may be sooner than thou thinkest of Death will be upon thee ãâã and may not will not it be ' eâe thou look for it Doth not the fatal stroak use ãâã a surprizing stroak Job 21. 13. 23 24. ãâã 36. 14. Mat. 24. 37 38 39. 42. to the ãâã 1 Thes 5. 2 3. Luke 12. 17 18 19. 40. Maââ 13. 35 36 37. 10. Consider dying Christless dye riââ or poor young or old sooner or later âââdenly or languidly thou wilt dye dreadfââly Ah poor Heart thou art he or ãâã whoever thou art that wilt dye at a ãâã dreadful rate The Death of the Body ãâã no Trifle yet what were dying if the Deaââ of the Body were all dying is a commoâ word and commonly lightly spoken ãâã 't is no light thing to dye O Soul dyinâ work is Weighty work Deut. 32. 29. Theââ blessed dying and Curssed dying Rev. 1â 13. Isa 65. 20. Joyful dying and dreadfuâ dying Pro. 14. 32. There 's dying and doâ ble dying Psal 89. 48. Rev. 2. 11. and â 6. 14. This sheweth that there is a differencâ in dying And what ever the difference bâ besure poor Christless ones dye at the worââ rate Dye when thou wilt or how thou wilâ thou ever dyest dreadfully See Memââ 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 thiââ own Burthen dye in thy Sins and canst thou ââe worse Is not that dreadful dying Joh. â 24. Job 20. 11. 2. Dye violently dye suddenly and hardly However any may think thou seemest âo go away like a Lamb Death will hale and âârry thee away It will prey upon and deâour thee Pro. 14. 32. Psal 49. 14. Job 18. â0 To the end Ah poor Heart Thou ât like nay sure to know the Strength âf Death Is not that a dreadful dying 3. Dye Cruelly dye Terribly There 's ââtterness Fear Horrour Sorrow Pain Sting âorment Poyson in Death None but Christ can fetch it out and take it away therefore it comes with all to Christless ââes 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 ââd and feel it 's utmost cruelty And is âot 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 ãâã a thousand times told thou wilt dye Christless dye unready Mat. 24. 37 38. ãâã and 25. 10 11 12. Whoever love and ãâã for the appearing of Christ thou art sure he will come too soon for thee Wâââ ever are so fit as to stretch out their Nââââ look and wish desire and Paââ for Deaths coming to set thââ ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã ãâã Phil. 1. 20. 23. free and waât them home to ãâã Bosome of Jesus Thou art ãâã it will come ' ere thou want it Whoever ãâã sure of Heavenly Mansions 2 Cor. 5. 1. Tââ art sure to be turned out of Doors ' ere thââ have where to put thy Head ' ere thââ have any dwelling other than everlast ãâã Burnings Isa 33. 14. Whoever be Cloathââ thou art sure to be found Naked turned ãâã to outer darkness Mat. 22. 11 12 13. Wâââ ever be blameless found in peace 2 ãâã 3. 14. Thou wilt faulty be found in âââry Mat. 24. 50 51. Poor Heart whoeâââ be prepared Mat. 25. 10. Thou art uâââ still unready still and sure so to dye at ãâã Verse 11 12. And is not that dreadful dyinââ see unready dying dreadful dying 5. Dye Eternally Dye first and secoââ Death dye for ever Rom. 6. 23. Rev. ãâã 6. 14 15. The second Death Death Eââânal is the Extremity and perpetuity of ãâã Misery The Death of the Body is ãâã the Image the shadow of Death Tââ Death of poor Christless ones is an inviâââââ Death An inconceivable Death no To ãâ¦ã can tell it no Pencil Paint or delin ãâ¦ã ãâã âhe life what it is We may say O the Pains ãâã Pangs the Sorrows the Terrours the ââârours the Anguishes the Gripings the âââwing the Dolours the Stings the ââââs Ardoribus perpetuis the everlasting âââings of it But who can say what they ãâã To lye under the utmost Extremity that ââââpotent Justice and Fiery Indignation ãâã inflict To lye Eternally so to be thus âââng for ever Ever dying at the dreadfulest ãâã And yet never never never Dead ãâã dye Eternally thus all that dye Christâââ dye O dreadful dying See the Fuââal of Christless ones Consider in Christ or Christless ââoathed or Naked Weight or wanting ãâã Judgement thou shalt go There is no eââââing or evading it No appearing by an ââââney nor being reprieved till betâââ prepared O Soul 'T is not thou ââââst go but thou must go 'T is not âââs thou wilt but thou shalt In vain ãâã to cry to Rock or Mountain to hide ãâã cover thee Rocks will rent Mountains ãâã Hills flee away Alas Whither wilt thou ãâã what wilt thou do If thou wouldest ââââd into Heaven he is there from whom ãâã wouldest flee If thou make thy Bed in ãâã behold he is there also If thou couldst ââe the Wings of the Morning and dwell in the utmost parts of the Sea there ãâã his hand reach thee too if thou set ãâã Nest among the Stars thence will he ãâã thee down And if thou say surely the daââness at least shall cover me Lo the dâââness hideth not from him with whom ãâã hast to do but the Night shineth as the dâââ the darkness and the light are both ãâã to him Sea Death and Hell must ãâã shall deliver up their Dead to him ãâã whose Face the Earth and the Heavens ãâã away Fit or unfit Weight or wantâââ to Judgement thou shalt go at the ãâã and dreadful Tribunal thou shalt appâââ Eccle. 12. 14. Acts. 17. 31. Rom. 2. 6. 12. ãâã 2 Cor. 5. 10. Rev. 20. 11 12 13. 12. Consider Speak or speechless Coâââdent or confounded without a Chriââââ Judgement