appointed to all men once to dye but when God seems to catch them up in haste and to gather them by whole Clusters and that in the midst of their strength and service this is an ordinary Prognostick of approaching Judgment Gods withdrawing his presence is another sign that he hath a rod a making When he hath shut himself up and will not be spoken with I will go and return to my place till they acknowledge their offence and seek my face in their affliction they will seek me early Hos 5.15 This was the case with the Spouse Cant. 5.6 7. I opened to my beloved but my beloved had withdrawn himself and what then The watchmen that went about the City found me they smote me they wounded me the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me c. When God sayes to his Moses Let me alone that my wrath may wax hot against them and that I may consume them Exod. 32.10 Pray not thou for this people neither lift up a cry nor prayer for them neither make intercession to me for I will not hear thee Jer. 7.16 And what this did presage you may see Jer. 11.14 Pray not thou for this people c. for I will not hear them in the time that they cry unto me for their trouble And chap. 14.11 Pray not for this people for their good when they fast I will not hear their cry c. but I will consume them by the sword by the famine and by the pestilence Then said I Ah Lord God! the Prophets say unto them ye shall not see the sword c. Then the Lord said unto me both the Prophets and the people that believe them shall know that my word shall stand both the Flatterers and the Flattered shall perish together O England know it must not be as thy Prophets but as thy God will 3. Gods crossing the course of Nature is another sign that Judgment is hastning Numb 17.8 we read that Aarons Rod budded and blossomed and bare almonds and what was this a dumb sign No verse 10 And the Lord said unto Moses Bring Aarons Rod again before the Testimony to be kept for a token against the rebells c. What did all those prodigious signs which God wrought in Egypt portend I need not tell you What did the hand-writing on Belshazzars wall point at Dan. 5. Our Saviour himself argues a necessary connection between signes in the Sun and Moon and Starrs and upon earth distress with perplexity Luk. 21.25 And that which was here particularly intended was afterward fully accomplished by Titus Vespasian on Jerusalem that Abomination of Desolation being usher'd in by a multitude of signs and wonders as Christ had foretold and credible History doth abundantly certifie 4. A gradual beginning of Judgment is another presage that the full blow is coming God doth usually send some drops as the Harbingers of the storm of his wrath and layes not on with his full might at once lest he should crush us to pieces but he chides before he strikes and begins with gentler strokes and every stroke calls louder and louder for repentance as being loath to strike harder than needs he must First he removes from the Cherub to the threshold Ezek. 9.3 and there turns again and reasons the case and takes notice of every weeping eye and every sad heart Set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh Then from the threshold to the cherubims chap. 10.18 and then falls a threatning and a promising Yet will I be to them as a little sanctuary in the Countries where they shall come At last from the Cherubims he departed to the Mountains chap. 11.23 and thence he useth the utmost importunity if at length by any means he might reclaim and spare them Chap. 12.3 Therefore thou son of man prepare thee stuff for removing and remove by day in their sight It may be they will consider though they be a rebellious house Many shall come in my name sayes Christ saying I am Christ and shall deceive many and ye shall hear of warrs c. Nation shall arise against nation these are the beginning of sorrows Matth. 24.5 to 8. Now the beginning argues both the middle and the end to succeed 5. The joint cryes and warnings of the Prophets is another symptom of approaching misery These are called Gods Watchmen and his Seer Son of man I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel therefore hear the word at my mouth and give them warning from me Ezek. 3.17 I will stand upon my watch and set me upon the tower to see what he will say unto me and what I shall answer c. Hab. 2.1 God doth usually reveal his purpose first to them that they may publish it unto whom it doth concern and therefore he adds vers 2. Write the vision and make it plain that he may run that readeth it We are his Ambassadors and Heraulds he is wont to send out his Summons and bid battel by us When those Turtles which were wont to bring you the Olive-branch of peace the glad tidings of the Gospel come with a sword in their mouths be confident there is war preparing in heaven 2. Other grounds of Conjecture are drawn from man as 1. When sin is on the thriving hand God hath a double harvest a harvest of wheat and a harvest of tares and he will have both ripe before he cut them down the harvest of his Grace must be ripe before he will send in his Sickle Grace must have its full growth Job 5.26 Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age like as a shock of corn commeth in his season And the harvest of his wrath must be ripe too Put ye in the Sickle for the harvest is ripe the press is full their wickedness is great Joel 3.13 So that we may conclude according to Christs Parable of the Fig-tree Matth. 24.32 When his branch is yet tender and putteth forth leaves ye know that Summer is nigh 'T was sin that first opened the womb of misery and 't is sin that ripens and hastens Judgment Sin and suffering have the measures of their growth proportionable as the one ripens so doth the other too Now consider this ye that forget God your treasuring up of sin is a treasuring up of wrath unto your selves against the day of Gods wrath Rom. 2.5 O that blind sinners could but see what they are doing Tophet is ordained of old the pile thereof is fire and much wood Isa 30.33 Every sin brings its faggot to this pile Little did Perillus think what he was a doing when he was forging the Tyrant Phalaris his curious Instrument of Cruelty â—â—th 12.36 â— 4.24 â— 4.17 Every idle word every vain thought every neglect of a known duty like so many Infernal Locusts are daily flying from the dead carcase of thy heart where they breed unto the hive of a sad eternity crura veneno plena and
our Souls vvere filled vvith the Odours of thy sweet-smelling Myrrh On this Scent Lord vve follovv hard after thee vvhile our enemies Cant. 5.5 7. the VVatchmen that go about the City pursue O how long how â—ong wilt thou hide thy self in thy displeasure until we acknowledge our offence Hos 5.15 and seek thy face Lord thou knowest we freely acknowledge all that thou hast pleased to convince us of we seek thy face And now what doth the Lord require of us O VVhy is his chariot so long a coming Judg. 5.28 why tarry the wheels of his chariots Psal 68 13. How long shall thy Beloved lye among the Pots and thy children cry in vain O what is the Cloud that covers thee Surely 't is no little cloud that can hide so great a Presence no small offence that can provoke so patient so indulgent a Father Thou wilt not thou canst not be angry for trifles Who where iâ— he that hath been thâ— Make-bate between us â— Come Jon. 1.7 and let us cast lots that we may know for whosâ— cause this evil is come upon â—s Be it our Benjamin â— right hand or a right â—ye let it die and â—et us be the Lord's Bond-men This is the business that is before thy servants vve are come to cast lots on â—ur Selves this day that we may know who and what it is that hath troubled the Camp Give a perfect lot make a convincing Evidence though it be a Jonathan 1 Sam. 14.39 he shall surely dye be it a pleasant Daughter an only child that hath been wont to court us with Timbrels and dances Judg. 11.34 35. it shall be as the Daughter of Jephthah For we have opened our Mouth unto the Lord and vve wall not go back Lord Wilt thou make a Covenant this day with thy Servants that are unfeignedly willing to renevv their broken Covenant vvith the Lord their God Shall it once more be said that the Lord delighteth in England Wilt thou once more betroth us to thy self for â—ver yea Hos 2.19 betroth us unto â—hee in righteousness and in judgment and in loving-kindness and in mercies and in faithfulness Prune us lop us dig us dress us and then try us once more O vvhat a Garden what a Husbandry what a Workmanship mayst thou make of us vvhat a Temple vvhat a Tower mayst thou build to thy great Name in the midst of us hovv Fair how Beautiful mayst thou make us Dear God! Once more â— once more try vvhat thou canst do vvith and for poor England O â— let us once more look from the top of Amana Cant. 4.8 and Shenir and Hermon from the Lions dens from the Mountains of the Leopards and stay thy rough vvind Isa 27.8 in this the day of the East-wind And now that thy vvrath is gone out and thy Plague begun among thy people Numb 16.46 47 48. Suffer thy poor servant to take his Censer â—et thy Spirit put on â—â—e from the Altar and â—hy dear Son my dearâ—st Saviour put on Inâ—ense and so let him be one of those that stand between the dead and the liâ—ing to turn away thy vvrath from Israel Accept of his pleading with Thee and give success to his pleading with Man That thy Rod may not leave us in our Ruins nor in our Sins Lord thou hast us now on the wheel mayest thou not novv fashion us on vvhat mould thou vvilt Thou hast us in the Furnace mayest thou not make of us vvhat thou pleasest Thou hast us in the Nets mayest thou not bind us to what thou wilt Thou hast found us in our Month vvilt thou novv take the advantage on us and bring us to thine ovvn terms O Lord Isa 62.3 4. Spare Jerusalem and see it a quiet habitation Say unto England Thou shalt be a Crovvn of Glory in the hand of the Lord and a royal Diadem in the hand of thy God thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken neither shall thy Land any more be termed Desolate but thou shalt be called Hephzibah and thy Land Beulah For the Lord delighteth in thee and thy Land shall be married Look down from Heaven and behold Isa 63.15 16 17. from the Habitation of thy Holiness and of thy Glory Where is thy zeal and thy strength the sounding of thy bowels and of thy Mercies towards me are they restrained Doubtless thou art our Father though Abraham be ignorant of us and Israel acknowledge us not Thou O Lord art our Father our Redeemer thy name is from everlasting O Lord why hast thou made us to err from thy from thy wayes and hardned our heart from thy fear Return for thy Servants sake the Tribes of thine Inheritance for thy Mercies sake for thy great Name 's sake for thy Covenant's sake for thy Christ's sake return return Even so Lord Amen! Amen! TO THE READERS Brethren MY hearts desire Rom. 80.1 and Prayer to God for Israel is that it might be saved Ier. 4.14 In order vvhereunto I have cast in this my Mite as so much Nitre to wash your hearts from wickedness For the Voice declareth from Dan and publisheth Affliction from Mount Ephraim Will the Lord sanctifie it and separate it unto this end I have been mending my broken Nets and now this once more I come to Shoot Scene the Lord bless the Venture I intend not to hold you here my Message to you is in that which follovvs If you seek for my Apology 1 Cor. 9.6 you may find it For Necessity is laid upon me yea Wo is unto me if I preach not the Gospel The style indeed is plain and unpolisht Fancies and Flourishes become not our mourning Weeds If thou art a Mourner in Zion thou canst not take it amiss to see a Text cloathed in Sackcloth I have nothing here to stay your eyes for my Errand is to your Hearts at these doors I am come to knock the Word knocks the Rod knocks the Spirit knocks Cant. 5.2 Open to me my Sister my Love my Dove my Undefiled for my head is filled with the dew and my Locks with the drops of the Night 'T was the Rich mans vain Request Luke 16.27 That one might be sent from the Dead to vvarn his brethren and 't was denyed him but in a sence granted you God hath sent you a Messenger from the Dead a Dry Bone to plead vvith you O Let the Dead praise the Lord on your account so shall our dry bones live 1 Thess 3.8 For now â—â—e live if ye stand fast â—n the Lord. Remember He that novv calls you will shortâ—y arraign you when Hills and Mountains shall not hold you Luk 23.30 nor hide you He that how entreats you shall â—hortly Judge you when these things shall be recognized and more fully and convincingly debated 2 Cor. 5.11 Knovving therefore the terrour of the Lord we perswade men And O Sirs be perswaded God's twenty
◠Sam. 23.5 the case is otherwise The Covenant is ordered in all things and sure This hath been my Trading time my sowing season my yeares of Service and now the Jubilee is at hand and the Fields look white to the harvest Awake then O North wind and come thou South fill my Sails and drive me once to shoar 2. Remember The persevering Christian is the only blessed Christian Ye shall be hated of all men for my names sake but he that shall endure unto the end the same shall be saved Mar. 13.13 All is well that ends well O that I could drive a nail here that might hold There 's no Fruit fit for Gods hoard but that which hangs till Gathering-time that which falls before is lost or sent to the Mill to be beaten to pieces If any man draw back my soul shall have no pleasure in him Heb. 10.38 If any man whatever he be whatever he hath been or seem'd to be whatever he intends to be in fairer weather and better leisure 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sayes the Original if the Righteous or Just man he that should live by Faith 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 if he draw back si se subduxerit if he shall slink away the word signifies aliqua ex parte dissimulare to desire to be excused under some fair it may be religious yet falso Pretence to run away behind one's back a◠a Coward or Traitor from his Colours if any man thus draw back my soul shall have no pleasure in him Here is a Liptote under this calm Negative lies a Taboroh Num. 11.3 even the fire of the Lords Jealousie q. d. It is the highest affront and displeasure that can be offer'd unto my very soul speaking after the manner of men and so I take it and shall record it unto the Judgment of the Great Day No man having put his hand to the Plough and looking back is fit for the Kingdome of God Luk. 9.62 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 looking on those things which are behind the Fish and the Cucumbers and the Melons of Egypt or which tend to a sinful Retrogradation for so much the words Grammatically import therefore sayes Christ Remember Lot's wife Luk. 17.32 This one thing I do Hoc ago sayes the Apostle forgetting 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 those things which are behind and reaching forth to those things which are before I press toward the mark Phil. 3.13 14. O my brethren if ever you intend to press forward take heed of looking backward as ever you hope to reach the mark take heed you fall not by the way Remember Christian thou art under bonds and Covenants with God for thy faithfull and constant service during the whole and full term of thy life Thou art under List with him as thy lawful Captain and commander Thou hast his Presse-mony and his Livery and he hath thy Name and thy Hand and Seal too for thy loyal and impartial obedience be sure God will find thee out among the trees of the Garden and woe be to thee when he begins to manage such a Tryal against thee either he will whip thee home by weeping Cross the highest favour thou art capable of in such a case or else which is more to be feared will let thee alone till thy measure be full and then reckon with thee for all together O remember Gifts are nothing Duties are nothing all external Priviledges are nothing Truth and Perseverance is that which crowns all 3. Consider As tall Cedars in Gods Lebanon as thou or I have fallen and are daily falling In the later dayes some shall depart from the Faith 1 Tim. 4.1 Under the sixth Seal the Starrs of heaven fell unto the earth even as a Fig-tree casteth her untimely figs when she is shaken with a mighty wind Rev. 6.13 Is not God now opening this seal and shaking the fig-tree What year what age had the Devil gotten such windfalls as of late he hath gotten The third part nay more than the third part of the starrs are smitten If it were possible they shall deceive the very elect Matth. 24.24 But blessed be God who hath made it impossible Who are kept by the power of God through Faith unto Salvation 1 Pet. 1.5 We are kept but not by our own power We live yet not we but Christ liveth in us Gal. 2.20 O take heed how you adventure away on your own feet Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall 1 Cor. 10.12 Many nay most of those that fall never rise more but are of them who draw back unto perdition 'T is true A Peter may fall a Noah a Lot a David a Solomon may fall 〈◊〉 the Devil may lay snares and stumbling blocks in their path and get them down But though he fall he shall not be utterly cast down for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand Psal 37.24 Though he fall yet he shall rise again and observe though he rise yet not by his own power for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand O take heed then if you fall there you must lye nay there you must dye unless that Grace which you have abused help you up thou mayst rise but thy losses will almost undo thee Peter got up again with good help but he wept bitterly for it Gods choisest children have fallen but it cost them dear to rise yet 't was well they did rise nay and it may be well that it cost them so dear O let these be your warnings even those thousands that stumble at and fall and break their necks over the Cross which they should and might have taken up and carried on both with ease and honour and those hundreds that thus fall and break their peace Now all these things hapned unto them for ensamples and are written for our admonition upon whom the ends of the world are come 1 Cor. 10.11 O take warning by others that others may not hereafter take warning by you 4. Let me ask thee Is there not enough in Hell to soure all thy present comforts and enough in Heaven to sweeten all thy present crosses Tell me Christian if thou art not asham'd to tell What is it thou art at a stand about whether thou mayest go forward or backward Is it that which is not common to Man Hath God made thee no way to escape with it unless thou take one of the Devils blind wayes to escape from it What Lions are these that it should seem impossible to pass them Are the pleasant looks of the World so fair so ravishing so real so beatifying that the eternal frowns of the Almighty God can't daunt nor change them Hast thou gotten a heaven on this side Heaven and entail'd it on the other World too Hast thou procured an Act of Repeal on all those Scriptures and unalterable Statutes of Heaven which have provided the Contrary As Job 3.21 Eccles 5.15 1 Tim. 6.7 Psal 49.17 c. Oh! how soon will all
are to plow and to â—â—w for the supply of the whole Family Sirs this is your charge from the God of Heaven and Earth in this honourable and burdensome Office God hath placed you through what mediation soever your secular Deputations have been obtained It is God that puttetâ— down one and raiseth up another 2. Consider I beseech you for whom it is you bear the Sword Must not the Judge proclaim his Commission in the name of him from whom he received it Doth not the Fountain return through all the Creeks and passages of its Circuit to the Ocean from whence it came forth this then is both Legal and Natural Who dares say that he rules for himself whoâ— but God can claim an Independant Government Heathens indeed may boast themselves after this rate Is not this great Babylon thâ— I have built by the might of my power and for the honour of my Majesty But far be it from Christians so to blaspheme the Authority oâ— Heaven We may take this for granted thenâ— that 't is for God you profess to bear thâ— Sword but bear with me now in this one word more 3. How have you born the Sword O Sirs I humbly beseech you censure not my loyal 〈◊〉 Cor. 5.11 though familiar boldness with you Knowing the terrour of the Lord we cannot but perswade men The day of Judgment 〈◊〉 shortly coming and methinks I should neeâ— to say no more Rulers are not a terrour 〈◊〉 good work but to the evil for he is the minister of God to thee for good Rom. 13.3 4. Your Honours are not your own but God's whose Stewards you are and it is required 〈◊〉 Stewards that a man be found faithful Yoâ— five Talents had need be ten in the day of Account For unto whom much is given of him shall be much required Luk. 12.48 That the Judgments of God are several wayes gone forth against us I hope is not only felt but in some measure acknowledged on all sides That Sin is the cause of this displeasure methinks should not be doubted That both High and Low are guilty before God I hope will not be denied For Nemo sine crimine vivit There is not a just man upon earth that liveth and sinneth not Eccles 7.10 Great men have great Temptations and oftentimes great miscarriages too the greatness whereof is much augmented by their personal or relative greatness 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 sayes Aristot It is a very hard matter for poor Mortals rightly to deport the burdens of their Honour or Happiness 'T was Plato's answer once to the Cyrenians who had desired him to write them some Political and Moral Institutions for the Settlement of their decaying Estate Perdifficile est condere leges tam felicibus It is a very hard matter to lay the obligation of a Law on those that are in their own account so happy Sirs the Lords Oyl is upon you I may not I dare not I will not touch the Lords Anointed nor blaspheme that Authority under whose wings I expect Protection Rebuke not an Elder but entreat him as a Father 1 Tim. 5.1 Far be it from me for ever to speak evil of Dignities or any way to kindle or abett Seditious Principles or Practices either in my self or others Yet give me leave in all humility from the Word of God to assure you that the only way to a true and lasting Peace is to make Peace with the God of Peace When a mans wayes please the Lord he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him Proverbs 16.7 The only way to have Judgment effectually removed is to remove it in the Cause of it and in happy order unto this blessed End I shall say no more here but The Lord awaken and direct both the Rulers and Ruled 2. To the Ecclesiastical or Ministerial Heads of the Church and 1. To those in present being 2. To those that are laid aside 1. To those in present Being I dare not pass you by unsaluted though I have no Court-Complement for you I beseech you duly to consider the Charge of your holy Office and your Discharge of it These things Sirs you are better able to instruct me in than I you therefore let my Silence plead my Modesty while I humbly pass by with the Prayer of the Church for you That God at length would work that Great Marvel in sending down upon you the healthful Spirit of his grace So farewel until I meet you on even ground at the day of Judgment 2. To those that are laid aside My Reverend Fathers and Dear Brethren Though I am but a Child yet suffer me to speak as a Child whose aftections are great though his strength and deserts be small The Message is sent unto the Angels of the Churches and these are called the seven starrs in the right hand of God Rev. 1.20 Now give me leave but to paraphrase on this Emblem 1. Starrs are heavenly Creatures 'T is true there are Starrs Meteors or Comets rather who are heavenly only as to their present Site or appearance These are the Wandring Stars Jude speaks of Jude v. 13. Exhalations whose Composition is Earthy and Unclean whose Elevation is Ominous not only to themselves out to the places where they Aspect But these are none of the Fixed Stars in the right and of God Oh what manner of persons â—ught we to have been in all holy and heavenly conversation No man that warreth â—â—tangleth himself with the affairs of this â—â—fe that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a Souldier 2 Tim. 2.4 Our Call from Heaven our Employment is Heavenly our Lord our Home our Happiness our Hopes our All is in Heaven should not then our Affections have been Heavenly our Minds and â—ims Heavenly our Words Devotions and actions Heavenly And hath it been indeed 〈◊〉 with us I am speaking now I hope 〈◊〉 such as know how how to set Conscience on â—ork in the serious and penitent Reflection â—n these things Oh Sirs why may not this 〈◊〉 one great part of Gods Controversie with 〈◊〉 Pride and Covetousness was the great Cry the World hath taken up against us the Lord knows it hath been too true of too many of us Han't we been too thoughtful and Gentile-like what to eat and what to drink and wherewithal to be cloathed while we have preachâ— and press't the contrary on our Hearers Why Hath God broken the Staves in our hands and stript us of our coats and Scrip without which we could not trust him in our journey Was not our temporizing with the Modes and Manners of the World both in our Persons and Families become the open and just scandal of our holy Calling Where was that Charity that Humility that Self-denial that Mortification that heavenly Hearn and Life that holy and strict Godliness without which we were condemning others to the Pit of Hell Was it not time for God to take down such foul Vessels and to
Patience and Constancy and Resolution anâ— Heavenly-mindedness had been the only thing 〈◊〉 had been offended with and resolv'd to revenge with all possible Indignation as you â—â—ere The time cometh saies Christ that whoâ—â—ever killeth you shall think that he doth God â—ervice Joh. 16.2 But how is it possible â—â—ey should ever think so Why These things â—â—ill they do unto you because they have not â—nown the Father nor me ver 3. It proceeds from their wilful mistake They are not aware â—â—at our God is the Holy one of Israel Psal 68.35 Exod. 1â— 11 That is â—â—rrible out of his holy places A God glorious 〈◊〉 holiness Alas Sinner God is never the â—â—holier for that he bears with thy unholiness â—â—l these thy mistakes will shortly be corrected 〈◊〉 another world 2. They are mistaken in his Justice I knew thee that thou art an hard man saies the unfaithful servant Math. 25.24 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a shrewd difficult man to please â—â—aping where thou hast not sown and gathering where thou hast not strawed Such are the â—ard thoughts of the poor blind prejudic'd â—orld They think it an impossible matter to talk by God's prescribed Rule unto wellâ—â—â—asing that walking by the Spirit is but â—â—ancy or Schism and therefore better let all â—â—one They hope whatever they are told on â—â—e contrary that God will pity them on their â—â—eath-beds that his Justice will not be so â—â—exorable but that they may be heard when â—â—ey call upon him Indeed were God such a â—â—udge as they conceit him to be Were he who â—â—des the Circuits of Heaven a respecter of Persons Fallible and Mutable of the Generation of those that ride the Circuits of the Earth iâ— might fare better with them than it is like to do But alas a few daies more will open their eyes and then they shall see what a Justice that is that dwells in Heaven Justice and Judgment are the Habitation of his Throne Psal 89.14 3. They are mistaken in his Mercy They have heard that he is a God of great Mercy and thereupon are bold that they may perswade him to what they will at last They have heard that he is ready to forgive a God gracious and merciful and that keepeth not angeâ— for ever Psal 73.11 They believe that his mercie is all sufficient and that he will not take any great notice of those things that are so far beneath him Such are the thoughts that keep their carnal hopes alive and please their beguileâ— souls with a Fools-Paradise Indeed were God as mutable as he is merciful they had somâ— ground for their hopes It may be some 〈◊〉 them have laid their heads on this Pillow Rom. 11.32 For God hath concluded them all 〈◊〉 unbelief that he might have mercy upon all or on Rom. 5.18 Therefore as by the offence of one Judgment came upon all men unâ—â— condemnation even so by the righteousness 〈◊〉 one the free gift came upon all men unâ—â— Justification of life or on some such like place and there have dreamt of an universal Redemption and by this means all their care â— over But they may know when they awake nay to their terrour they shall know if they awake not before they awake to Judgment â—ow God will hav mercy upon all and yet they left out Abstract the consideration of â—â—ercy from this present life wherein all are â—â—artakers of the riches of his mercie in common and all things happen alike as to outward appearance to all and then I 'le tell them that God will have mercy supra omnes but not supra singulos upon all sorts or some of all â—orts Gentiles as well as Jews but not upon â—very one of either Election is but of some and â—ot of all But I will not stand here to confute 〈◊〉 unreasonable and anti-Scriptural an assertion seeing this Dagon hath been already battered to the ground by far abler Engins than â—â—ine The day is at hand that will for ever â—â—cide the Controversie and unravel all those Querks of the Devils knitting Few there are but will confess though they â—re but half-convinc'd that there is a Hell and â—â—at it is prepar'd for some whom God hath â—â—presly condemn'd in his Word Hypocrites â—â—nd unbelievers they acknowledge are gon in â—â—e Forlorn hope 1 Tim. 5.24 Some mens sins are open â—â—fore-hand going before to Judgment Hyâ—â—crites such as their Father hath taught them â—â—re-baptize with the Nick-name of Phanaticks â—â—r the names are synonymous and vnbelieâ—â—ers such as can't believe as they do and â—â—uzzle their Consciences as they can Well â—â—en Sinner Let me reason with thee from â—â—y own Concessions If Hypocrites and Unbelievers are the undoubted Heirs of Hell I wâ—â— tell thee not to stand on the Justification 〈◊〉 any Party who are their Coheirs Matth. 2â—â— from ver 48. to the end The evil servant that saith in his heart my Lord delayeth hâ—â— coming He that lives in the height of his security that thinks 't is time enough yet to provide for another world And shall begin to smiâ—â— his Fellow-servants Either with the slander and reproaches of the tongue or with the fiâ—â— of wickedness And to eat and drink with the drunken The Lord of that servant shall come as secure as he is in a day when he looketh 〈◊〉 for him and in an hour that he is not aware of and shall cut him asunder and appoint him 〈◊〉 portion with the Hypocrites there shall 〈◊〉 weeping and gnashing of teeth And Luk. 1â— 46 He will cut him asunder his Soul from his Body and both Body and Soul from all hâ—â— worldly comforts and hopes he will irresistibly and irrecoverably destroy him and appoiâ—â— him his portion with vnbelievers If the unbâ—â— I eving are condemn'd then pray see who aâ—â— cast with them and must partake with them 〈◊〉 the Execution Rev. 21.8 The fearful and unbelieving and the abominable and muâ—â— derers and whoremongers and sorcerers aâ—â— idolaters and all lyars If you question 〈◊〉 truth of this look back but to the fifth verse aâ—â— you shall see it seal'd with an express Authoriâ—â— from Heaven And he said unto me Writâ—â— for these words are true and faithful Know 〈◊〉 not that the unrighteous shall not inherit tâ—â— Kingdom of God Be not deceived neither Fornicators nor Idolaters nor Adulterers nor Effeminate nor Abusers of themselves with Mankind nor Thieves nor Covetous nor Drunkards nor Revilers nor Extortioners shall inherit the Kingdom of God 1 Cor. 6.9 10. Nay Flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God 1 Cor. 15.50 This cannot be understood literally as if our Souls only were capable of eternal Salvation and not our Bodies which is contrary to the Apostle's Argument Contrary to one great Design of Christs Incarnation nay contrary to visible and ocular Demonstration For Christ himself hath visibly ascended and in the names and behalf of his Mystical Members hath entred with real Flesh and Blood and is