and alluring Temptations as he came to our Saviour with all the Kingdoms of the World and all the Glory of them why an Eye set on unseen things sees greater things than all the Kingdoms of the World and the Glory of them Doth he come with terrifying and affrighting Temptations as Bonds or Banishment or Tortures why an Eye set on unseen things sees worser Unseen Glory in Heaven is greater than all the seen Excellencies on Earth and unseen Torments in Hell are worse than all the seen Tortures of this Life This is another Privilege of looking at unseen things would you be out of the way of Temptations Temptations that have cast many a one down and cost them much of their Peace and Comfort in the World then be much in this Duty keep an Eye on unseen things When a Temptation comes in its Power look before you as far as Death as Judgment as Heaven as Hell and while these are in your Eye they 'l keep your Heart and the Temptation asunder As long as the Bird keeps above in the Air she is out of the way of Snares her falling into these is by lighting on the Earth 6. A singular Remedy against Sin in these sinning Times wherein Iniquity abounds Solomon prescribes this to young Men Eccles 11.9 Rejoice O young Man in thy Youth and let thy Heart chear thee in the Days of thy Youth and walk in the ways of thy Heart and in the sight of thine Eyes but know thou that for all these things God will bring thee to Judgment Mark that they may be stopped in these Courses he calls them to look over their present ways to the unseen Judgment before them O Sirs these unseen unseen things have much weight in them if Christians would but carry them on their Hearts and look at them when Sin is at the Door I have read of a young Woman who being pressed by a Gallant to gratify his Lusts answered him if you 'l but grant me one request I will do what you desire What is that said he again why saith she it 's but this do but hold your Finger one Hour in the Blaze of this Candle he replied No then said she will you not for my sake hold your Finger one Hour in this Candle and would you have me throw my self into an everlasting Fire for you and this silenced him Why Christians pray try this Course when Sin is at the Door when you are ready to go out to any Evil take unseen things into your Eye look at Death Judgment Heaven and Hell and see if you can if you dare meet or meddle with that Sin with these in sight or while they are in sight Surely Sirs this would be a mighty great Preservative and if you would but walk more as seeing things invisible you should be more undefiled in the Way 7. It will make you more fit to live any where in any Place among any kind of Persons He that hath filled his Eye with unseen things is prepared to live among a Generation 1. Of profane Creatures without being drawn to run with them to the same excess of Riot 2. Among a Company of Worldlings that are crying up the Mammon of Unrighteousness without being enticed to approve their way by seeing them hurry and rake this World together by all means 3. Among Persons of mutable and temporizing Spirits that are off and on one thing at one time another at another time he that looks at unseen things has that in his Eyes which will keep him one and the same at all times and in all Places a Noah in the old World a Lot in Sodom a Job in Vz a God-fearing Person whereever he comes or is cast 8. Looking at unseen things will make you more willing to die and go to the seeing of unseen things whence is it that many Christians are so loth to leave and go from seen things to part with seen Relations and seen Possessions and seen Comforts is it not from a want of lively Apprehensions and believing Views of the unseen Provisions made for them in Heaven I remember I have read of a devout Pilgrim travelling to Jerusalem who in his way passing through many Cities and seeing many rare and choice Monuments yet took no content in any thing that he saw but would still say this is not Jerusalem this is not Jerusalem why so truly if we had but our Eye as the Apostle on things unseen we should among all our seen Comforts say this is not Heaven this is not seeing of God seeing his Face seeing him Face to Face this is not being before the Throne this is not the inheriting of all things and our Hearts and Souls would be more there more set on going thither Secondly This may serve to exhort us to prepare for unseen things for a seeing of things yet unseen are there such O then Sirs let it be your great Matter now Day and Night Night and Day to get into a readiness for a comfortable seeing of these things which are not seen This is the next word I would leave with you I pray take it up into your Practice and make it your Work Heb. 11.7 By Faith Noah being warned of God of things not seen as yet moved with Fear prepared an Ark to the saving of his House My Beloved I may say to you 1. You have been warned of God this Day by the Hand of one of his Messengers of things not seen as yet 2. You have been told that these things not seen as yet are certain and great greater than the things that Noah was warned of and unavoidable and near and Eternal O do as Noah here in this Case did i. e. 1. Believe the coming of these things not seen as yet 2. Fear fear being taken unready by them at their Coming And 3. prepare an Ark to the saving of your selves make Provision timely Provision for the Coming of these things that as Noah and his House were saved when the Deluge came so you may be saved in the Day when these things begin to come to pass I might tell you 1. That you are warned of them for this 2. That you are called to this to prepare an Ark. 3. That you have Means and Helps betrusted with you for this 4. That you have your Time for this 5. That you must not tarry long with seen things 6. That dreadful things will come in sight and continue for ever in sight if you have no Ark no Provision ready 7. That glorious things will appear at th s Appearing of things not seen as yet to them that have made due and seasonable Preparation for them only let me give you a word by way of Direction If you say but how may we prepare an Ark to the saving of our selves How may we provide and get into such readiness as when unseen things come into sight we may see God Why in a word I would tell you 1st Negatively 1. That seen
the Heart and struck them with their Meat in their Mouths Numb 11.33 We see daily some die a natural others a violent Death some by this some by that and some by the other kind of Sickness some go out of the World by a Death that gives them long Warning others short Warning and others none at all and in this respect I say Death is an unseen thing with you and me we know not which of the many kinds of it whether this or that or the other is a coming to let us into another World Rev. 6.8 there we have Death riding on his pale Horse described in the 7th verse we may see whence he came And when he had opened the fourth Seal I heard the Voice of the fourth Beast say Come and see and I looked and behold a Pale Horse and his Name that sate on him was Death Mark he came from under a Seal broke out upon the opening of a Seal Death is sealed thy Death and my Death are remaining under the Seal of the Everliving God concealed from thee and me and all Mortals and not to be known till he open the Seal and send them out Death I say is sealed and as no Man knows what is in a Letter till the Seal be opened so no more do we know at what Time or in what Place or by what manner of Death we must go out of this World before the Lord break open the Seal and send Death on Horseback to our Doors 4. I might add the nature of Death is unseen we hear much of the Name but alas we see little of the Nature of Death we are acquainted with the word Death O but we have little Acquaintance with the work or thing Death now we talk of it and discourse of it at a distance but verily Sirs when that which is called seeing Death and tasting Death meets us Death will be another thing than now it 's commonly taken to be with many Deut. 32.29 O that they were wise that they understood this that they would consider their latter End Well this is the first Death as I told you in the entrance on the Particulars is the Door the Way to things which are not seen and I tell you here again in the close of it that this Door to things unseen is also unseen Pray think of it you that are here to day 1. You believe you must die 2. This thing that you call dying or Death is I tell you a Door an Inlet to unseen things things behind all that have ever been seen in the World 3. This Death that is thus a Door to those unseen things is it self an unseen thing the Time of it is unseen and the Place of it is unseen and the Kind of it is unseen you know neither when nor where nor how it will come upon any of you Therefore certainly Sirs it concerns you to look at this and to look how you are provided to meet this unseen thing that is the beginning of unseen things Unseen Judgment is next behind this an unseen Heaven or Hell Salvation or Damnation is next behind that you know not when or where you may see Death but as soon as ever you have seen Death you must see Judgment and as soon as ever you have seen Judgment you must see Heaven or Hell for ever I pray you think of it art thou not a Drunkard why the next Time thou goest to the Ale-house thou mayst see Death there and so never see House more but Hell-house Art thou a Fornicator or Adulterer Art thou a Swearer art thou a Profaner of the Lord's Day O remember Death that is now unseen may surprize thee in the very act of thy Sin this is the Porch and Door to the unseen things of another World and it 's also an unseen thing a thing not seen that leads to things not seen an invisible thing that is an Introduction to invisible things that are Eternal the things of Death I say are unseen SERMON II. 2 Cor. 4.18 While we look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen for the things which are seen are temporal but the things which are not seen are eternal SEcondly The things of the great Day of Judgment are unseen things things which are not seen There shall be such a Day as this a general Judgment of all Men Acts 17.31 Because he hath appointed a Day in which he will judg the World in Righteousness by that Man whom he hath ordained whereof he hath given Assurance unto all Men in that he hath raised him from the Dead 2 Cor. 5.10 For we must all appear before the Judgment-Seat of Christ that every one may receive the things done in his Body according to that he hath done whether it be good or bad Mat. 12.36 but I say unto you That every idle word that Men shall speak they shall give Account thereof in the Day of Judgment There shall then be such a Day a Day of Judgment and I say the things of that Day are unseen are things which do not appear therefore it is called the Day of Revelation Rom. 2.5 But after thy hardness and impenitent Heart treasurest up unto thy self Wrath against the Day of Wrath and Revelation of the righteous Judgment of God 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Patefactionis the Day of the Manifestation of the righteous Judgment of God in this Day the righteous Judgment of God shall be fully manifested and appear to all Men in this World Eccles 8.14 There be Just Men unto whom it happeneth according to the work of the Wicked again there be wicked Men to whom it happeneth according to the work of the Righteous And upon this the Justice and Equity of God is oft-times questioned and accused by the Rash and Preposterous Judgment of Men Good Men are apt to think they have hard Measure and ill Men are ready to think that God is such a one as themselves but there shall be such a Revelation of the righteous Judgment of God as shall set all Matters and Men too to Rights and it shall appear to all that the Judgment of God is Righteous and the Heavens shall declare his Righteousness for God is Judg himself Psal 50.6 i. e. as Diod. God's Justice shall in this Judgment of his be manifested to all the World as plainly as those things which from Heaven are seen here upon Earth And when these things are tried The Heavens shall record That God is Just and all must bide The Judgment of the Lord. It will be I say a Day of Revelation Ambae civitates terrena coelestis temporalibus vel bonis pariter utuntur vel malis pariter affliguntur donec ultimo Juditio separentur percipiat unaequaeque suum finem cujus nullus est finis Aug. De Civit Dei Lib. 18. Cap. 54. O the righteous Judgment of God shall be seen as clear as the Light at Noon-day in that
what we shall be In both these places we have a Discovery that is to be made of the Sons of God Behind all that is yet manifest or doth yet appear there is a Manifestation of the Sons of God it doth not yet appear what we shall be O Sirs the Sons of God shall be manifested with and appear in much Glory much internal Glory in their Souls and Bodies much external Glory in their Privileges and Possessions that is not yet manifest neither doth yet appear 3. Glory to be revealed Rom. 8.18 1 Pet. 5.1 And also a Partaker of the Glory that shall be revealed Here is a Glory to be revealed to be opened and uncovered that is yet covered and unseen a Glory to be thus revealed in us or among us us who are now suffering among Men. 4. Wrath to come on Sinners 1 Thess 1.10 Matth. 3.7 O Generation of Vipers who hath warned you to flee from the Wrath to come Wrath to come in another World and in an eternal Estate besides and behind all that comes and is seen in this World and present Time 5. Second Death that poor Creatures dead in Trespasses and Sins have to pass under when through the Door of the first Death Rev. 2.11 He that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second Death Rev. 20.6 Blessed and Holy is he that hath part in the first Resurrection on him the second Death shall have no Power There is then you see such a thing as a second Death O think on it poor Sinners it 's an unseen thing but an unquestionable thing there is such a thing certainly and it 's a dreadful thing the first Death is nothing the breadth of it is but a step the length of it is but a moment of Time or two but the second Death is something there are the Chambers of Death where you shall be led from one Misery to another and where you shall dwell for ever 3. The Being of unseen things is manifest from the special Distribution or Distinction that the Scripture makes of things into two ranks or sorts This is another thing that will yet put this Truth out of question We find the Holy Ghost distributing things 1. Into things present and to come Rom. 8.38 For I am perswaded that neither Death nor Life nor Angels nor Principalities nor Powers or things present or things to come c. 1 Cor. 3.22 there again you read of things present and to come 2. Into those of this Life and of the Life to come 1 Tim. 4.8 Godliness hath the Promise of the Life that now is and of that which is to come 3. Into things of this World and that to come Luke 20.34 35. The Children of this World marry and are given in Marriage But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that World and the Resurrection from the Dead c. Eph. 1.21 Every Name that is named not only in this World but in that which is to come 4. Into things Above and things on Earth Col. 3.2 Set your Affections on things above not on things on the Earth 5. Things in Heaven and in Earth Col. 1.16 For by him were all things created that are in Heaven and that are in Earth 6. Things Temporal and things Eternal 2 Cor. 4.18 The things which are seen are Temporal but the things which are not seen are Eternal 7. Things Visible and Invisible Col. 1.16 For by him were all things Created visible and invisible i. e. all the Creatures for they are all visible or invisible and as there are visible so there are invisible unseen Creatures Thus things are distinguished into things present and to come Now the things present the things of this Life are visible are seen things and the things to come the things of the other Life are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 invisible and unseen 4. The Being of unseen things is evident from the Examples or Experience of those that have been brought within some sight of unseen things thus Peter James and John had a Praeludium a Prefiguration of the unseen Glory of Heaven in Christ's Transfiguration Mat. 17. So Stephen when dying saw the Glory of God and Jesus standing on the right Hand of God Acts 7.55 Mark he saw into Heaven and beheld Christ there in his Glory If any would enquire here de modo how the Heavens were opened and how he saw the Glory it 's both beside my present Work and above my Ability to satisfy their Curiosity Res patet modus latet Again Paul tells us that he was caught up into the third Heaven into Paradise the Place of God's Glory the Habitation of Saints and Angels and that there he heard wordless words things impossible to be uttered 2 Cor. 12.2 3 4. Mark pray he tells us again and again whether out of the Body or in the Body I can't tell God knoweth but this he can tell that he was in the third Heaven in Paradise and heard unspeakable words So on the other side as Stephen a little before his Death had a foresight of the unseen Glory above and dying went into the full Possession of it so Judas a little before his Death had a foretaste of the Woe and Worm below and dying went to the full Experience of it Acts 1.25 From which Judas by Transgression fell that he might go to his own place So the Sodomites are set out Jude 7. not only for an Example of Admonition to warn other Sinners but as an Example of Conviction to convince other Sinners that there is an eternal Fire or for an Example of this Truth that there are Sufferings not seen remaining for impenitent and secure Sinners as those that hear these words shall see and find one day if Repentance and Grace prevent not 5. From Scripture-Visions wherein the Lord hath made clear discoveries and visible representations of invisible things things not seen unto his Servants The unseen Judgment to come was thus seen by Daniel in a Vision Dan. 7.9 10. I beheld till the Thrones were cast down and the antient of days did sit whose Garment was white as Snow and the Hair of his Head like the pure Wooll his Throne was like the fiery Flame and his Wheels as burning Fire Verse 10. A fiery Stream issued and came forth from before him thousand thousands ministred unto him and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him the Judgment was set and the Books were opened By John in another Vision Rev. 20.11 12 13. And I saw a great white Throne and him that sat on it from whose Face the Earth and the Heaven fled away and there was found no place for them Ver. 12. And I saw the Dead small and great stand before God and the Books were opened and another Book was opened which is the Book of Life and the Dead were judged out of those things which were written in the Books according to their Works Ver. 13. And the Sea gave up the Dead which
Day So this Day is in Scripture called 1. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 2. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 3. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Revelation Appearing Manifestation of Christ All which Phrases import a detection and uncovering of Christ in that Day behind what has been or is seen in this Life It will be I say the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Revelation of Christ 1 Cor. 1.7 Waiting for the Revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ 2 Thess 1.7 The Lord shall be revealed from Heaven 1 Pet. 1.7 At the appearing of Jesus Christ ver 13. At the Revelation of Jesus Christ The original word in all these Places signifies an opening an uncovering a drawing the Vail from over that that 's covered that it may be seen Such will this Day be detectio occultarum rerum Christi an uncovering of his hidden Glory 2. The 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the appearing of Christ 1 Tim. 6.14 2 Tim. 4.1 The word signifies a bright or clear Appearing or shining out and it will be a glorious appearing or 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 as the words are Tit. 2.13 the glorious Appearing of the Great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ 3. The 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the Manifestation of Christ Col. 3.4 1 Pet. 5.4 1 John 3.2 But we know that when he shall appear we shall be like him for we shall see him as he is The Word imports an Illustration a Manifestation by clear Light of something hid in Darkness Christ shall at this Day come as out of Darkness into Light O Sirs there will be thus a glorious Revelation a glorious Appearing a glorious Manifestation of Christ in this Day such as was never seen in the World to this Day nor ever shall be seen before that Day Remember this my Friends there will be a great and notable Day of Judgment and the things of that Day are unseen things There was a great Discovery of things at Christ's first coming in the Flesh that had been hid from Men of all Times and Ages and kept unseen till then Rom. 16.25 According to the Revelation of the Mystery which was kept secret since the World began here 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 an opening of the Secret that there had been Silence about that there had been nothing said of in the World from the beginning to that Day So Col. 1.26 Even the Mystery which had been hid from Ages and Generations but now is made manifest to his Saints here again we have a Mystery which hath been 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 a hidden Secret Thus the Redemption of the World the calling of the Gentiles were a Mystery hid from Ages and Generations and either not known at all as among the Gentiles or opened more obscurely in the dark glass of Types Shadows Prophecies as to the Jews but this great Mystery thus covered from all was opened and uncovered at his first Coming and therefore Luke 10.23 24. saith Christ Blessed are the Eyes that see the things that ye see For I tell you that many Prophets and Kings have desired to see those things which ye see and have not seen them and to hear those things which ye hear and have not heard them 1 Tim. 3.16 God manifest in the Flesh the accomplishment of Types the fulfilling of Prophecies And as there was thus a great seeing of things before unseen at the first Coming of Christ in the Flesh so there shall be a greater opening of things at Christ's second Coming to Judgment that have been hid from all Ages 〈◊〉 mundi initio from the Beginning are hid from the present Age and that shall be hid from all following Ages and not be seen till that Day that Great Day of the Lord reveal them O Sirs the things which the Scripture reports unto us of this Day are all to us unseen things I. 1. The coming of Christ riding through the Clouds on his Chariot of Glory 2. The thousand thousands of Angels that shall minister unto him 3. The Multitude of Saints that he shall bring with him 4. The Glory that he shall appear in are things which are not seen II. 1. The great White Throne 2. His sitting upon the Throne of his Glory 3. The sounding of the Trumpet 4. The opening of the Graves 5. The rising of the Dead in numberless numbers all the Earth over When the Sea shall give up its Dead Rev. 20.13 are things which are not seen III. 1. The gathering of all Nations all Men that ever were now are or hereafter shall be before him 2. The separation of the Sheep 3. The Collocation the placing of them 4. The opening of the Books that will lay open all the Thoughts Words and Works of all Men. 5. The standing of the Dead both great and small at the Judgment-Seat of Christ 6. The Judging of the World in Righteousness 7. The Promulgation of the final Sentence 8. The Execution of it in sending away one part with a Go ye Cursed into everlasting Fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels in welcoming another part with a Come ye Blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the Foundation of the World are things which are not seen O Sirs these these are unseeen things IV. 1. The Wailings of Sinners when they shall see the Lord Jesus revealed in flaming Fire from Heaven 2. The wringing of Hands when they shall see the Books opening before all the World 3. The fearful Tremblings when they shall hear themselves doomed to everlasting Burnings 4. The dreadful Cries and horrible Noise of Wailings and Lamentations that they shall go away with when they are going to the eternal Prison are unseen things We see enough and too much of the mad Mirth and ringing Shouts of Profane Creatures now when they are met about their Recreations O but we see not how their Chear will change the Cry the Cry the doleful Cry that will be among this sort of Persons in this great Day of Wrath and Revelation of the righteous Judgment of God Almighty These things Sirs and many other things of this great Day which the Scripture tells us of are to us things which are not seen This is the second thing pray remember it there shall be a Day of Judgment and there are great things to be seen at that Day which now are not seen which shall not be seen till this Day appear and bring them into Sight Saints shall see that they have never seen before Sinners shall see that they have never seen before all the World shall see that which was never seen before Thirdly The things of Heaven are unseen things things which are not seen these are chiefly meant in the Text by the things which are not seen as both the antecedent and consequent words shew and these are unseen things I say things within the Vail as the Apostle's Phrase is Heb. 6.19 an expression used in Allusion to the most Holy Place in the Tabernacle
you of this Temper Sirs do you live loosely and profanely securely and carelesly in a sinful State and Way and yet say we have made a Covenant with Death and are at an Agreement with Hell we fear not Hell we care not for Hell 1. Either it is not Or 2. we shall escape it Or 3. it will not prove so hot as we are told why I say your Covenant with Death shall be disannulled and your Agreement with Hell shall not stand you 'l find there is a Hell and this Hell will be what now you are told of Alas alas you have not seen what it is 1. To be turned into Hell 2. To go into Perdition 3. To be punished with everlasting Destruction from the presence of the Lord 4. To fall into the Condemnation of the Devil 5. To be thrown into the great Wine-press of the Wrath of God 6. To be cast alive into the Lake of Fire burning with Brimstone 7. To be tormented Day and Night for ever and ever 8. To feel an endless Rain of Snares Fire and Brimstone and a burning Tempest 9. To suffer the Vengeance of an Eternal Fire 10. And to have the Smoke of your Torment ascend for ever and ever You have not seen these I say you see not what is lying in their Womb but they will come in sight and know to day that as light as you make of them they will cause you change Chear for ever Mat. 25.30 There shall be Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth this is their Case who are now in outer Darkness and tho you may laugh at it now it will be your Case there there 's no laughing or jesting in Hell but only weeping and gnashing of Teeth Pray think of it you that are going for Hell you little think what a Place and Things you are going to what you shall both see and feel there the things thereof are things that are not seen and it 's not safe to make light of that you see not nor good to praise Hell before you have try'd it and wo to you if you come to try it once for that once will be for ever Thirdly The third Question under the Doctrine is how these things are unseen You see there are unseen things and what these unseen things are the things of Death Judgment Heaven and Hell Now the next inquiry may be this in order to the clearing of the Point viz. How they are unseen or what this imports or implies that they are not seen Now this Phrase implies these four or five things viz. That they are things which 1. Are not seen with Eyes of Flesh they are not seen that is they are not visible to our bodily Eyes not beheld with the Eye that looks upon visible Objects and things under the Sun Eye hath not seen them My Beloved your Eye hath seen a great Number and a great variety of Objects you are not able to tell how many Things and how many kinds of Things you have seen since you begun to look out at these Windows but I can tell you what you have not seen among all the Things which you have seen Day after Day you have never seen the things of Death the things of Judgment the things of Heaven nor the things of Hell these have all along been out of your sight 1. Hast thou seen great Things great Transactions great Revolutions thou hast seen no such great Things as the Things of the great Day of the Lord. 2. Hast thou seen good Things Things that were exceeding amiable lovely and desirable in thine Eye that thine Eye was much taken with yet thou hast seen no such good lovely and desirable Things as those of Heaven and Glory are 3. Hast thou seen ill Things Things that have been Dreadful Terrible Astonishing and Amazing to thee that have frighted thee that have put thee into a Consternation why yet for all that thou hast seen no such terrible or astonishing Things as the things of Hell and Damnation this is one these things are not seen by the Eye of the Body 2. It imports that these unseen things are n t known they are not seen that is they are not fully known and understood by us as they are things which are not seen by the Eye of Flesh so they are things which are not seen fully by the Eye of the Mind the Eye sees them not neither doth the Mind reach them proportionably to the Nature of them Alas it 's but a little that we understand of these things our Knowledg of them is mighty obscure dark confused and imperfect as Job says of the Knowledg of God Job 26.14 Lo these are but parts of his Ways and how little a Portion is heard of him the Thunder of his Power who can understand i. e. all that we hear and know and conceive of God is little low and nothing to what he is all our Thoughts Meditations Apprehensions are infinitely below his infinite Majesty So may I say of these unseen Things lo these are part of them these Things we have hinted at but how little a Portion is heard of them it's but little very little exceeding little that we do or can conceive of unseen Things to what they are and what we shall find them to be The Italians have a Proverb Qui Venetias non videt non credit qui aliquandiu ibi non vixit non intelligit So it is in this Case he that hath not seen these Things not seen cannot believe enough of them and he that hath not had some Experience of them cannot understand them as they are One of the Fathers branches things under three Heads 1. Things that are known 2. Things that are knowable that may be found out by Search and Enquiry 3. Things that are neither known nor knowable but reserved for another World and of this sort are these unseen Things they are not now known or knowable but the Knowledg of them is reserved for another World Alas the Secrets of Nature are much above us there are many thousand Things there that we either have no Knowledg of or know but very darkly the Secrets of Grace are more above us but the Secrets of Glory are most of all above us the Knowledg of them is too wonderful for us we cannot attain unto it Says Zophar Job 11.7 8 9. Canst thou by searching find out God canst thou find out the Almighty unto Perfection It is as high as Heaven what canst thou do deeper than Hell what canst thou know The Measure thereof is longer than the Earth and broader than the Sea It 's as high What 's as high Why God's Perfection this is as high So may I say here canst thou find out unseen Things by searching to Perfection alas no no they are as high as Heaven what can we do deep as Hell what can we know Paul who was a Man of eminent Attainments extraordinary Revelations and stood on a higher rise of Ground than any now living
unseen things that is they are not begun with us we are not entred on them you and I are not yet entred on the things of Death or the things of Judgment on the things of Heaven or on the things of Hell O Sirs the Saints Heaven Harvest and Happiness is not yet begun but to begin the Saints Kingdom is not yet come but to come Tertullian in his Book de Spectaculis disswading the Servants of God from them hath this Motive Nostrae coenae nostrae nuptiae nondum sunt So I say the Saints Happiness is not yet it 's yet out of sight and to come And so Sirs the Sinners and Ungodly's Hell and Horror and Torment is not yet begun but to begin Do you see them Ranting and Revelling Swaggering and Gallanting it out from Day to Day O think it not strange for I say their Hell is not yet begun they are yet in their Heaven and their Hell is to begin their Time nay their Eternity of Darkness and Chains and Fire and Weeping and Gnashing are yet to enter on O consider it you that live ungodly I may say to you as the Apostle James 5.5 Ye have lived in Pleasure on the Earth and been wanton and nourished your Hearts as in a Day of Slaughter Ay but where is it Sirs that you have lived is it not on Earth that you have lived thus in Pleasure is it not on Earth that you are living it's on Earth it 's on Earth only and beyond Earth there 's an unseen Hell How will you live there will you live in Hell as you have lived on Earth in Pleasures in Jollity in Delicacy will you take up a sensual Life a delicate way of living when you are in Chains in everlasting Burnings suffering the Vengeance of an eternal Fire and drinking whole Cups nay Rivers of the Wine of the Wrath of God Almighty O those will be no Delicacies then your Heaven will be past as Luke 16.25 Thou in thy Life-time receivedst thy good Things and Lazarus evil Things but now he is Comforted and thou art Tormented 5. I may add this Unseen things are things which are not considered observed or regarded they are not seen that is they are not minded and regarded or taken notice of by many This Phrase of seeing is used thus for taking notice of and care about a Matter Psal 66.5 Come and see the Works of God observe and mark them So Mat. 22.11 And when the King came in to see the Guests he saw there a Man which had not on a Wedding-Garment when he came in to take notice of his Guests Mat. 27.4 See thou to that i. e. take thou care about that look thou to that So also verse 24. See ye to it And so here we look saith the Apostle at things not seen that is we look at things that are little look'd at in the World that are out of sight and out of mind with many that many ne'r regard or once trouble themselves about This is another and in this respect also these things of Death Judgment Heaven and Hell are as to many unseen things they mind them not they take no more notice of them than if they were not among the multitude of Thoughts that are within them and pass through them every Day there are none of this sort no serious pondering Thoughts of the things of Death the things of Judgment of Heaven or Hell O Sirs how many be there who have gone over twenty thirty forty Years and yet it may be feared the Time is yet to come that ever they spent one single Hour Day or Night Night or Day one time or another in serious Thoughts about unseen things pray look home Sirs to your own selves and see what you have done in this Case These are I say with many unseen things things they are mindless of and careless about SERMON III. 2 Cor. 4.18 While we look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen for the things which are seen are temporal but the things which are not seen are eternal FOurthly We shall inquire what Looking at these unseen things imports and implies You see 1. That there are unseen things 2. What these unseen things are 3. How they are unseen Now the next inquiry may be what it is to look at unseen things or what this looking at unseen things which is the great Concern of Christians includes and implies Now this Phrase includes and carries many things in it I shall only at this Time point at these five that are bound up in it To look at thâ—ngs which are not seen is a Phrase that implies 1. A real Valuation or Estimation of unseen things as things meet to be minded and deserving to be regarded by us This Phrase is thus used to denote that which deserves to be regarded and valued 2 Kings 3.14 And Elisha said As the Lord of Hosts liveth before whom I stand surely were it not that I regard the Presence of Jehoshaphat the King of Judah I would not look towards thee nor see thee that is I would not have matter'd nor set by thee it 's Jehoshaphat that I look at and regard in the Matter So here to look at unseen things is to reckon of them as valuable things as things to be mattered and made account of by us And this now Sirs is our Concern and Duty it concerns thee and me and lies on us not to slight these unseen things as many do as if they were poor worthless inconsiderable Matters not worthy to be taken notice of or regarded take heed of this reckon not of Death of Judgment of Heaven of Hell as sorry as inconsiderable things as things too little and mean to be minded but look at them that is make them Matters of Moment Matters of Concernment of greatest Moment and Concernment of any Matters in all the World for so they are and such they will be found with every one of us another Day If there be nothing in Death Judgment Heaven Hell to be minded or matter'd by us who are on the way towards Death Judgment Heaven or Hell then there 's surely nothing nothing in the World nor any thing out of the World to be made any Matter of What is it that you make a Matter of that you look on as valuable if these be nothing with you surely Sirs these are things to be look'd at And this is one we must look at unseen things that is get and keep a home a lively and affecting Impression upon our Hearts of the Weight and Concernment of unseen things Art thou a gracious Person look at that is get and keep a-foot an affecting an abiding Sense of the Height of unseen Glory thou art going to of the Depth of unseen Wrath thou art delivered from and it will teach thee whatever comes to reckon as the Apostle our light Afflictions c. If Shame if Loss if Tribulation if Persecution O what
's on a Journey looks at the End of his Journey or as a Runner that 's in a Race looks at the Scope or Mark he is to come to the one runs with speed and the other rides with haste and both make towards the Mark. Thus I say and on this fashion we should look at things not seen as those that are travelling or running towards them by earnest Endeavour in a diligent Use of all Means and Ways leading unto them O Sirs we have many that are running and riding that are up early and late that are toiling and moiling all the Day long and of whose Labour there is no end But what is all this about what is it for why alas seen seen things these are the Matters they are seeking and as for unseen things they either look not at them or only so coldly and remiâ—ly as if they cared not which end goes forward but Sirs it concerns you and me to be up and doing about unseen things to be looking i. e. taking great Care and seeking by all Means early and late to get a sure-Title to and to assure our Interest in the unseen things of Heaven and Glory O these are the great Matters that Men and Women should be 1. tirring about 2. Striving about 3. Labouring for And 4. pressing after in this World This is another unseen things are the things we should look at that is seek for and pursue 5. It implies earnest Expectation that we look at them as the great Object that we expect and desire to obtain and come to Looking is thus put for Expecting Isa 5.2 He looked that it should bring forth Grapes Verse 7. He looked for Judgment but behold Oppression Jer. 8.15 We looked for Peace but no good came and for a time of Health and behold Trouble 2 Pet. 3.13 We look for a new Heaven and a new Earth In all which places Looking is put for Expecting So here to look at unseen things is to look for unseen things we look not at the things which are seen that is we expect not seen and Temporal things as the things that our Portion and Happiness lies in but unseen and Eternal things are the things we are looking at i. e. that we are waiting for that we are in expectation of that we are tarrying for and this is also our Duty to look at that is make things not seen our Expectations Many look at seen things and no further having nothing either beside them or beyond them that they do indeed look for seen things something or other that 's seen is the utmost thing that they have in their Eye but Sirs our looking should be over beyond past all that is seen to that that is not seen 1 Cor. 1.7 Waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ Phil. 3.20 We look for the Saviour the Lord Jesus Christ 2 Pet. 3.12 Looking for the coming of the day of God Why thus we should look over look past all that we are seeing to that which is unseen as the great Matter we are in Expectation of This now is the fifth thing you see what looking at unseen things imports it carries these things in it 1. A valuing of 2. Thinking on 3. Aiming at 4. Seeking for 5. Expecting of things not seen It 's our Duty to look at things not seen and to look at them is to value them to think on them to aim at them to seek after them and to live in expectation of them then we look at these things when we make Account of them as Matters of the greatest Moment when we mind them as Matters of such Moment when we propose them to our selves as our great Business in the World when we pursue them as our great Matter and when we expect them as our Portion all these are bound up in this looking and meet in this great Duty from which we may see by the way that this Duty is a Duty that very few are living in at this Day Fifthly Why is it the Part and Duty of Christians to look at unseen things You have seen 1. That there are unseen things 2. What these are 3. How unseen 4. What Looking imports Our next Inquiry may be this Why is it a Duty and doth so much concern us to look at i. e. to eye aim at seek after and to expect things which are not seen Now this is our Duty because these unseen things are 1. Certain and indubitable they are not imaginary things that consist in Notion and Speculation only but certain Verities it 's true they are to us invisible but it 's as true that they are as indubitable and unquestionable we see them not now but it is as sure that they remain to be seen as that there was a World to be seen when we were lying in the Womb of our Mothers and saw it not Our Parents then saw a World that we were coming into but we saw not a Heaven an Earth a Sun these were out of our sight and many of them are now also seeing a World that we are going into but see not Sirs there is a great certainty in these unseen things as in any thing that you see 1. Are you sure there is a Sun in the Firmament because you see it with your Eyes 2. Are you sure there is an Earth under your Feet because you see it and feel it 3. Are you sure there are Men and Women besides your selves on this Earth because you see them and converse with them every Day Why I tell you it 's not more sure that there is a Sun an Earth a Man or Woman besides your selves than this is that there is an unseen Death Judgment Heaven and Hell before you I have before hinted at many things of Heaven and many things of Hell that are unseen that there is a Paradise House City Crown Kingdom reserved for Saints in Heaven and that there is a Darkness Chains Worm Wrath Fire prepared for the wicked in Hell and Sirs these are no Dreams or Fancies but most certain things it 's not more sure that I am speaking of them that you are hearing of them at this Time than it is that there are such things tho we have never seen them as we are now speaking and hearing of Therefore this may be one Reason why we should look at them they are certain therefore certainly it concerns us to look at them If it were a Matter only probable that there are unseen things if as much might be said against them as for them then mindlessness of them and carelessness about them might be somewhat excusable tho in that case it would be a wise Man's part to take the surest side and say well I see it 's a Question it 's a Matter that is doubtful and dark but I 'll carry it so as I may not be at a loss and not know what to do if things prove so I say if these things were thus doubtful yet it would
be the part of a Wise Man to look at them and then what shall we do when they are unquestionable what shall we do I say dost thou believe Soul that these unseen things are certain are unquestionable and dost thou not think it concerns thee to look at them how can it be but thou must think so Think on this unseen things are sure things all that I have been telling thee of is sure see thou to it 2. Unseen things are very great great in themselves of great Moment and Concernment to us yea the greatest things and of greatest Concernment to us this may be another Reason Sirs unseen things are not only sure but they are also very great things they are no poor and trivial Matters no light and inconsiderable things that are unworthy to be regarded which are yet unseen yet invisible but I say great greater than any thing that is seen has been seen or shall be seen before they come into sight This you may see sufficiently from what is gone before 1. The Day of Judgment will be a great Day Acts 2.20 The Sun shall be turned into Darkness and the Moon into Blood before that great and notable Day of the Lord come O it will be such a Sight as this World never saw to see Christ riding through the Clouds on his Chariot of Glory to see the thousands ten thousands of Angels and all his Attendants 2. The things of Heaven are great things to see God and to see his Face and to see him Face to Face will be another manner of sight than any of the things that are now seen 3 The things of Hell are great things the most tremendous things that have ever been seen in the World are but very Nugae to the Darkness and Chains Worm and Fire of Hell This I say may be another reason why you and I should look at them that is mind them they are very great things if you be not looking at them you are looking at something else and whatever it is that you have in your Eye I tell you that it is very low little and inconsiderable yea nothing to those things out of your sight go over all visible things under Heaven and the greatest of them is less than the least of those invisible things the greatest of the things called Good in this World are nothing to the Good things of Heaven and Glory Minima aeternae vitae Corona praestantior erit quam mille mundi omnia ibi clara omnia ibi chara omnia ibi rara ad illud coelum coeli etiam terrae nostrae coelum terra est The Apostle Col. 1.16 having divided all things into visible and invisible does again divide things invisible the things of Heaven into Thrones Dominions Principalities Powers mark here he subdivides the Invisibilia quae etiam exornat as Beza in locum iis nominibus quibus summa quaeque inter homines significantur And 1 Cor. 2.9 Eye hath not seen nor Ear heard neither have entred into the Heart of Man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him There is scarce any thing more vast and boundless than the Thoughts of Man yet the things of Heaven are not only above what we see but also above what we can think and go beyond all our thoughts of them And as to the greatest of the things called ill in this World they are nothing to the Ills of Hell and Damnation this one word Hell or Damnation Sirs comprehendeth greater and more dreadful things in it than all the amazing things that were e'r seen in this World O Sirs we speak much of unseen things every Day but the Truth is we speak little of them as they are our Expressions our Apprehensions our Thoughts of them are low many of them unworthy none of them reaching their Perfection The Queen of Sheba had heard much of Solomon's Glory and Magnificence such things had been reported to her as were very wonderful nay incredible she could not believe them till she came and her Eyes had seen them but then when she saw she was forced to confess that the one half was not told her 1 Kings 10.6 7. Why thus the Ambassadors of Christ tell us much of Death and Judgment and Heaven and Hell such things as I fear many look on as incredible and not to be believed by them But alas when we come and our Eyes have seen them we shall cry out O the one half the thousandth part was never reported to us of that we now see if thou go for Heaven chuse what thou hast heard or may hear e'r thou come thither of the Glory of the Place Company Enjoyments and Imployments it 's not the one half nay not the thousandth part of what thou shalt see if thou go for Hell chuse what thou hast heard or may hear e'r thou come thither of the Shame and Sufferings there is not the one half nay not the thousandth part of what thou shalt see there Thus these unseen things are Magna maxima Great and greater than all other therefore certainly it is our Duty and Concernment to look at them that is to mind them 3. Unseen things are unavoidable as they are certain in themselves and as they are very great so they are also unavoidable Unseen things will come into sight are things that must be seen you and I must see them as it 's unquestionable that there are things lying out of our sight so it 's as indubitable that they will all come into sight and you and I must see the unseen things of Death of Judgment of Heaven or of Hell 1. Death is inevitable Psal 89.48 What Man is he that liveth and shall not see Death shall he deliver his Soul from the Hand of the Grave What Man no Man Psal 49.6 They that trust in their Wealth and boast themselves in the Multitude of their Riches Ver. 7. None of them can by any means redeem his Brother nor give to God a Ransom for him Ver. 8. For the Redemption of their Soul is precious and it ceaseth for ever Ver. 9. That he should still live for ever and not see Corruption 2. As it is appointed for all Men once to die so for them after Death to go to Judgment Heb. 9.27 1. The particular Judgment of every Man immediately after Death 2. The general Judgment of all Men at the great Day and as there is no way to avoid the seeing of Death and Judgment after Death no more 3 Is there any way to miss seeing Heaven or Hell after Death and Judgment Of all that are gone before us from the beginning of the World to this Day thorow so many Generations there is not one that hath not seen what we see not that is not seeing Salvation or Damnation this Day and of all that are here to Day there is not one Son or Daughter not one Man or Woman that shall never see them no no we must all see
great Concern lies in but on by-Businesses and inconsiderable things that are all nothing to the main Pray Sirs let us think of it we are all busy every day one is planting another is building another is purchasing another is trading another is tilling one is doing this another is doing that and every Body upon the Matter is taken up with something or other of the things which are seen yet alas Sirs our great Matters our great Concerns lie neither in one or another of these seen things that are temporal but in unseen things which are eternal Think on it Soul to day I say to thee that whatever it is which thou art about and most taken up with amongst things which are seen this is not thy Matter this is not thy Business this is not thy Great Concern thou hast a greater Matter a greater Concernment than this to mind and tend viz. thy future unseen eternal Estate I say Soul the thing is what shall be thine eternal Condition what thou shalt see in another World for ever Thy great Concernments lie in the things that are yet out of sight This is one thing we may learn hence and O that you would take it into your Thoughts and say to your selves where are we what are we doing what is this we are busying our selves about are we not out and off our great Concernment O our Matter is not 1. Where we dwell what our Habitation is while among seen things but where we shall take up our Lodging and make our Abode when we are come to unseen things 2. Nor how we are accommodated with Lands Meat Drink Clothes Money and other Conveniencies now while seen things are present but how we shall be accommodated what shall be our Portion and where our Lines shall fall when we go to enter on and begin with things not seen that we shall never end with 3. Nor who are our Neighbours our Friends and Relations that we are now living and sojourning among conversing and companying with but who we must come to see and be in Company of and spend Eternity with when we go to change seen Neighbours Friends and Relations for others that are yet unseen They are thus our unseen things and not our seen things our eternal things and not our temporal things that are our great Concernments our main Matters lie in Matters that are beyond all that our Eyes see under the Sun Alas Sirs it 's a common thing with many to say upon meeting with some smarting Cross or sad Loss in their Estates Comforts or Relations O now I am undone I am quite broken and on the other side if they meet with any special Success in any of their Matters or compass any of their Designs according to their Desire to say O now I am made now I shall be happy But truly this is a great Mistake and you are much out when you say or think on this fashion for seen things can neither make you nor undo you no body to this day was ever made or undone by them they are unseen things that will be a making or undoing to you the unseen things of Death and Judgment of Heaven and Hell are the making and the undoing things and when these come in sight then you 'l indeed be made or undone and that for ever 2. We may hence see that we have been and are a great way out of the way of our Duty many of us it has been our Duty to be much in looking at unseen things O but Sirs have we not been little in our lookings this way and to these things Pray Sirs look a little back and take a serious review of what is past and what you have been eying and minding all along and then tell me if among the many things that you have look'd at these unseen things have not had the least room in your Eye and then I fear there will be but few very few exceeding few if they 'l deal truly who must not confess that they have been very guilty in this particular Alas Sirs not only our Rabble of profane and dissolute Persons or our Crouds and Companies of mere Worldlings have been Strangers to the Practice of this Duty but many that have looked towards Religion have yet looked little towards this Duty the Truth is Sirs there is little looking at unseen things O who almost 1. Puts a Price on these 2. Who carries them in his Thoughts 3. Who set them before them as their Mark and Aim 4. Who goes after them Or 5. Who is waiting with an earnest expectation for them Alas seen things stand between us and unseen things and as they stand between us and unseen things so they come between us and looking at them we look but little over them or behind them This is another thing this Truth may convince a great many of us that we are not looking the right Way we are not looking at the right Object or that which is our grand Concernment Alas Sirs do we not Dine and Sup at our accustomed Times go to Bed and rise at our Hours Converse and Commune one with another as we were wont Trade and Till and tend our Occasions and Matters in the World Day after Day but among all suffer Death to creep on us Judgment to come towards us and another World approach and hasten every Day without taking them at all into our Eye or looking at them on that manner that Matters of that Moment deserve to be looked at Truly Sirs this Text and Truth speaks enough to shame us all for where are the Men the Women the Christians the Professors Young or Old in one Condition or another that can say we look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen 3. We may hence learn that there are other things to be seen than those that we have yet seen or are seeing we have not seen all that we must see it was Solomon's Observation in his Time that there was no new Thing under the Sun Eccles 1.9 The Thing which hath been is that which shall be and that which is done is that which shall be done and there is no new thing under the Sun q. d. All things in this World have in all Ages been the same for Nature and Substance there has been no Diversity Variety and Novelty save in outward Circumstances and Appearances of things that that is now is but the same o're again in another dress which has been afore and that which shall be will be no more but the same o're again which now is and there is nothing new under the Sun This he puts to Men that may seem otherwise minded viz. to name the thing that may seem to be new Ver. 10. Is there any thing whereof it may be said see this is new and then constantly affirms that it hath been in former time it hath been already of old Time which was before us and only
secret Curse in them 2. Their Possessions have a Curse resting on them Prov. 3.33 The Curse of the Lord is in the House of the Wicked These seen things are left to be as Fuel to their Lusts as Food to their Pride and Covetousness and Luxury as Snares to their Souls Now Sirs is it not a foolish thing for Men to set their Eye on nothing but a Babylonish Garment an Achan's Golden Wedg an accursed thing 5thly Seen things are Fuel prepared for Burning combustible Stuff that Dooms-day will make an end of all these things that are now seen are things that must all be burnt up before our Eyes 2 Pet. 3.7 The Heavens and the Earth which are now are reserved unto Fire against the Day of Judgment Ver. 10. The Earth also and the Works that are therein shall be burnt up Thus all these seen things are kept for Fire a Fire is kindling in their Bowels that will turn them into cold Ashes think on this pray a Fire is coming a Fire is coming upon all the Gain of the World a Fire is coming upon all the Glory of the World a Fire is coming upon all the Possessions of the World a Fire is coming upon all the Habitations of the World nothing shall be left nothing saved not a penny of thy Money not a Stick or Stone of thy House not a Foot of thy Land Well this is a fourth thing this Course is a foolish Course for all these seen things are but the Footstool of God the Devils Walk the World's Portion the Subject of God's Curse Fuel for the Fire at Dooms-day and is it not a very poor sorry Business for Men and Women then to look no further than these no further than the Footstool O that Men should so far lose themselves is both sad and strange 5. This is a ruining and an undoing Course many have been undone by it and it 's marked out as a way to Perdition Phil. 3.18 19. For many walk of whom I have told you often and now tell you even weeping that they are the Enemies of the Cross of Christ whose End is Destruction whose God is their Belly and whose Glory is in their Shame who mind earthly things Here the Apostle shews that there were many who were walking towards Destruction and whose Way would end therein And he doth further particularly name several sorts of them and among the rest you see this sort of Persons are one who mind earthly things who are wise about earthly things Thus minders I pray you take notice of it of earthly things are marked for Destruction that is such as only look after are busy about taken up with and aim at these Presents and Visibles O Sirs this looking at seen things is the losing of the Soul and unseen things for ever It was a Saying that Sir Thomas Moore used There is a Devil called Negotium Business that carrieth more Souls to Hell than all the Devils in Hell besides O this Business this minding of earthly things this looking at seen things undoes thousands Sirs if you could speak with many now in Hell and ask them what was their undoing they would surely tell you it was this O this this was our ruin 1. We were thinking what we should eat and drink and wherewithal we should be clothed when we should have been making provision for our Souls 2. We were plodding for Posterity when we should have been preparing for Eternity 3. We were surveying our Estates when we should have been looking into our Hearts 4. We were casting how to drive on our Bargains to contrive our Business and compass our Ends when we should have been working out our Salvation And these these things were our undoing while we were thus busy early and late about Earth we lost Heaven When we were in the World we minded seen things we loved seen things we were set on seen things and when we came to leave the World God told us we had that which we chose this would be the Language of many a Soul And now Sirs will you take the way that many have met with ruin in that is marked as a way to Destruction This is the first Word by way of Reproof to those who look only at seen things at things which are in sight You see it is a Brutish a Paganish a Faithless a Foolish an Undoing Course Will you continue in such a Course will you follow Pagans and Brutes will you live as Men without Faith and without Knowledg O learn this Lesson this Duty to look not at the things which are seen but at the things which are not seen Secondly Those are to be reproved by this Doctrine who live as if there were no unseen things no Judgment to come no Heaven no Hell nothing but what is seen and what is present My Beloved there are multitudes of these in our Day you shall not meet with many who will say there are no unseen things But as one saith Impurissima profanissima illa vita quam maxima pars hominum sectatur perspicuè indicat quod non sentiant esse vitam post hanc They live just as if they had no more to do than to rant and drink and roar and revel and die and so an End of all for ever or as if they had nothing to do but rake as much as they can of the World together whether by Right or Wrong and then die behind which there is nothing My Friends are any of you of this Make of Persons such as are lying in Wickedness as giving your selves up to Profaneness Pray tell me what have you thought what are you thinking of Have you ever thought or do you ever think in earnest of unseen things or that there are any unseen things that there is any such thing as a Judgment to come or a Hell that the Wicked are to be turned into I say what do you think Are there any unseen things or are there not If you say that there are and be perswaded that there are things out of sight as you are told of and as have been hinted to you from this Subject then how can you dare you live on such a fashion Do you believe that the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from Heaven with his mighty Angels in flaming Fire taking Vengeance on them that know not God and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ who shall be punished with everlasting Destruction from the Presence of the Lord and from the Glory of his Power as you have it 2 Thess 1.7 8 9. Do you believe that the Kings of the Earth and the great Men and the rich Men and the chief Captains and the mighty Men and every Bond-man and every Free-man shall hide themselves in the Dens and in the Rocks of the Mountains and say to the Mountains and Rocks Fall on us and hide us from the Face of him that sitteth on the Throne and from the Wrath of the Lamb