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A77267	The penitent pilgrim bemoning his sinfull condition. Faith appeares vnto him affording him comfort hope seconds that comfort charity promiseth him in this vaile of missery to cover all his scarlett sins wth: [sic] ye white robe of mercy, & conduct him safly to ye kingdome of glory. By Io: Hall	Brathwaite, Richard, 1588?-1673, attributed name.; Hall, John, 1627-1656, attributed name.; Herdson, Henry, attributed name.; Le Blon, Christof, d. 1665, engraver.	1651 (1651)	Wing B4275aA; ESTC R224400	106,709	434

thou beleevest and tremblest and reason thou hast to tremble for how shalt thou be able to stand in his presence before whom even the heavens are uncleane O when the righteous shall scarcely be saved what wil become of the wicked when the axe of his judgement shall not spare the greene tree what will become of the dry O nothing but woe woe may befall thee miserable delinquent if hee deale not with thee in mercy but in judgement I believe in the Holy Ghost This ninth Article Saint Iames the lesse delivered And thou art taught to believe thus much by it that the Holy Ghost the third person in the blessed Trinity is the Spirit of comfort truth and unity without which it is impossible to please God For as hee promised unto his Apostles a Comforter so in the shape of a Dove and in the forme of cloven tongues there appeared unto them this promised Comforter But how is it that thou beleevest in the Holy Ghost and yet with thine hardnesse of heart and loosenesse of life grievest the Holy Spirit of God Thus to beleeve if thou be not penitent will rather bee a meanes to draw on thee then remove from thee Gods heavy judgement The holy Catholike Church This tenth Article of faith Saint Simon founded But how dost thou beleeve the holy Catholike Church or how is thy faith grounded if thou observe not what the Church has commanded How canst thou bee a Member of her so long as thou livest divided from her Or how canst thou truly call her Mother so long as thou hearknest not to her commands but becommest disobedient to her O then by a right faith knit thy selfe unto her or else disclaime thy being a Member of her But looke unto it for God thou canst not have for thy Father unlesse thou have his Church for thy Mother Neither canst thou ever hope to bee a Citizen in his Church triumphant unlesse thou bee first a Member of his Church Militant The Communion of Saints the forgivenesse of sinnes To this eleventh Article is Saint Iudas Thadaeus intitled And this Communion of Saints thou beleevest and for the forgivenesse of sinnes thou lookest And yet thou livest not as if thou desired to bee of this Communion Neither rendrest thou any such fruits of repentance as may cherish in thee the least hope of Remission The Resurrection of the body and the life everlasting Amen With this last Article Saint Mathias closeth our Creed And by it thou beleevest that thy body shall rise againe from the dust and that thy soule shall live with the just But hast thou not fed thy Body too delicately to rise againe to glory Hast thou not taken too much pleasure in sinning ever to enjoy life everlasting O thou blessed Trinity in unity and Vnity in Trinity thus have I made a confession of my Faith unto thee but my many faintings failings wants weaknesses and imperfections greatly discourage mee unlesse thou in thy mercy strengthen me I beleeve Lord O helpe my unbeleefe Give mee the shield of faith that here on earth I may acquit my selfe like a valiant Champion and in Heaven be made by thee a triumphant Citizen CHAP. 65. Having thus examined himselfe and found in the whole course of his life a fainting in faith and failing in Works He recalleth to mind those Quatuor Novissima or foure last Remembrances Memorials hourely necessary for all Christians THus hast thou laid thy selfe open to all discovery and there is no good thing to bee found in thee For in thy faith thou hast found a fainting and weaknesse and in all thy workes a failing and barrennesse Most freely went that blessed Father to worke and no lesse dangerous has beene thy walke when hee confessed himselfe in this sort Iinherit sin from my father an excuse from my mother lying from the Devill folly from the world selfe-conceit from the pride and arrogant opinion of my selfe Deceitfull have beene the imaginations of thine heart crooked have beene thy wayes malicious thy workes And yet hast thou taken the judgements of God in thy mouth Desiring nothing more then to blind the eye of the world with a counterfeit zeale But all such Hypocrites God will judge Hee will not be mocked with For as the Divell has his sive with which hee lets goe the good but keepeth the bad So the Lord has his Fanne by which he lets goe the bad and keepeth the good O when hee shall separate his goats from his sheepe his wheat from his tares when the Iust and the Wicked shall appeare before him and every man shall be put into the ballance O I feare mee then thou wilt bee found many graines too light It were well for thee then to prepare thy selfe against that great and fearefull day And to furnish thee all the better by making thee a true Convert of an impenitent Sinner recall to mind those Quatuor Novissima or Foure last Remembrances Memorials hourely to bee thought and so necessary to be reteined in thy memory as the Christian use of them may prepare thee before Death summon thee and in this vale of misery fit thee for thine heavenly voyage to eternity And yet while I speake thus unto thee I find thy condition to be wofull for if thou consider them the very thought of them cannot chuse but startle thee and if thou neglect them thou wilt stand in amaze when they encounter thee O my deare Lord remember me in thy mercy and so prepare my memory that these Foure necessary Remembrances may never depart from me Let mee be prepared for Death before it come that it may never take mee unprepared whensoever it shall come Let mee thinke of that fearefull day of Iudgement and judge my selfe before I be judged that J may not be found light in thy scale when I shall be weighed Let me O let me thinke how there is an Hell for the damned for better is it by timely fearing it to avoid it then by never dreaming of it head-long to fall into it Lastly let mee thinke of Heaven how it is the place of the Blessed and that none but those that are of a cleane heart shall dwell in it O cleanse thou mine heart that I may bee prepared for it and with much spirituall joy be received in it CHAP. 66. Death IT is strange that Death should bee such a stranger to thee when hee so daily visits those that neighbour neere thee Thou hast beene familiarly acquainted with many whose habitation is not now to bee found who have enjoyed the pleasures of sinne freely Others who have inlarged their Barnes and store-houses carefully others who have ruffled in their honours highly and could deliver a Word of Command bravely and now behold how all these being arrested at Deaths suit were enforced to veile to his surly command They have made their Beds in the darke They have left their Houses unto others they are gone unto their Graves and must

Moaths become feeding Thou hadst oyle and meale in thy Pitcher yea thy store-houses surfeted of plenty and thy wine-presses groaned in their fulnesse yet must the hungry soule perish rather then be relieved The thirsty die ere hee bee refreshed The naked be utterly starved ere hee be cloathed Look then and take a full view of thine inward man and see if there be any thing in him that may justifie thee by him Sift and search him the more thou shalt discover him the more thou shalt be ashamed of him Whence then thy pride whence thy vaine-glory Resolve thy selfe to teares fall prostrate before the Throne of grace If thou have a desire to be like thy Saviour love humility it is the best badge of Christian honour In whomsoever dwelleth the pride of life that soule cannot dwell in Christs love These are severall lodgings and are reserved for severall persons O my Redeemer give me a perfect knowledge of my present condition that by it I may learne true humiliation Let not the hand of the sinner move me nor the foot of pride draw neare mee Hee knowes not himselfe that can bee proud Oh keepe me from being proud that I may know my selfe CHAP. 11. How neither the Law of Nature nor of Grace could call him home from his wandring course THe wild Asse which runneth here and there and snuffeth the wind in the wildernesse was a tame and serviceable Creature in comparison of me a Runnagate to my Fathers house and a most rebellious sinner Wee account that Subject who owes allegeance to his Prince not fitting to live if hee at any time practise against him and worthily doe wee so account him Woe is me what have I then deserved Many yeares are now gone and past since I left my Fathers house since I divided my portion with Harlots since I rebelled against my Prince that Prince of Princes Meanes had hee made and sundry Messengers had hee sent to recall me Hee opened unto me the Law of Nature and there hee shewed before my face and unto my shame what Iustice and Temperance what Moderation and Continence what excellent morall vertues appeared even in those who were Heathens and knew no God These onely pertak't some weake glimpses of a naturall light They knew not what Eternity meant nor where that Heavenly City was to bee found yet hated these to wrong one another or to doe to another what they would not have done by an other to themselves These loved goodnesse without hope of reward Their ambitiō was only to be remembred after death or by their commendable lives leave to others examples how to live Yet were all their vertues but splendid vices nay meerly sin because whatsoever is not of faith is sin From these then taking me by the hand he brought me to the Law of Grace Where he shewed me what wondrous things he had done for mee How though I was bound infinitely bound unto his Majesty Even by the Law of Nature for my creation in distinguishing me from all others nay in setting me above all others in giving me a command over all others yet had it bin nothing to have created me had he not likewise redeemed me lost I was and eternally lost he spared not his own to make me one of his own Nor had althis sufficed me for everwas I failing and falling had he notlikewise sent his Holy Spirit to preserve me from a finall falling And now what heart so hard whom these many benefits would not soften And yet I the more miserable I carelesse of my owne state or what may hereafter befall my poore sinfull soule have not beene as yet either allured with his mercies or awaked with his judgements I had a Law in my Members that foolishly sent forth her Prohibition to stay proceedings in all other Courts I applied my eare to the Cimball and to the Timbrell I tooke my fulnesse of pleasure in sinne No sense could take delight in any Object wherein I strove not to satisfie her appetite Thus did I transgresse the Law of Nature and by that meanes made my selfe worse then an Heathen Thus did I reject the motions of Grace and so dishonour'd the style of a Christian O my good Shepherd call this thy lost sheep now back from wandring Bring him to thy Sheepfold where hee may find plenteous refreshing Write thy Law in his heart Let it be as a Frontlet unto his eyes As a chaine to his neck As a bracelet to his arme Let him looke into it and as in a Glasse correct himselfe by it O teach me thy Law that my soule may take delight in it and live CHAP. 12. He takes a view of the whole Decalogue and hee scarce finds in it one Commandement wherein either in part or in all he has not beene a most grievous sinner VVHo would not think it strange that any one should forget what the very sight of himselfe might make him remember I can neither looke upon mine hands nor feet but their number and account might cause me to call to mind that sacred number which was delivered to Moses in the Mount But admit I should lay this Holy Decalogue aside in mine owne house my private family yet when at any time I come into Gods house my very care cannot chuse but bring it to my memory The view whereof is heavy to mee For what one Commandement in all that Decalogue which in part or in all proves mee not an high delinquent A grievous Sinner and what is worse a slow Repenter O when that Booke shall be opened and my sinfull life compared to what is in it when this marke of distinction shall be set over my head Behold the man and his workes O how full of shame and confusion shall I stand before that just Iudge of the ten Tribes when that Lord of Lords that great God of Hosts who is powerfull in revenge when he sees the malice of men to abound when hee shall shout in the clouds when hee shall come openly when his fury shall break silence when round about him a fire shall burne and in his presence a strong tempest shall assaile us when hee shall call the Heaven from above and the earth to judge his people when lo before so many thousands of people all my iniquities shall bee laid naked when before so many legions of Angels all my offences shall be opened not only of my workes but even of my thoughts and words when before so many Iudges I poore delinquent shall stand as have gone before mee in good workes when I shall bee put to shame by such as rebuke me and by so many as have given me examples of living godly When before many witnesses shall my conscience be convinced as with their profitable instructions have admonished me or by their just actions have left themselves for examples to be imitated by me O in what case shall I then stand what shall I be able to answer in my

many false witnesses stood up to condemne thee vouchsafe to be a witnesse for me that I now hate what sometimes I so unhappily loved and intend to love what I sometimes undeservedly hated To witnesse a truth were it for my deadliest Foe and to suppresse an untruth were it to the prejudice of my dearest Friend Deare Lord be thou my defender against the Devil my great Accuser CHAP. 11. His dis-esteeme of the Sixt and last in coveting what was an others and desiring to increase his owne with the losse of others FOolish wordling thine own experience had not long since told thee and thou mightst have remembred it had not thy folly so deluded thee how touching the world he had the least part in it who had the most of it Againe he had the most command over it who with most indifferency used it To love it was to be drowned in it to leave it was bravely to neglect it and in that neglect amply to be supplyed by it Where as such as be worldly are ever labouring of a Dropsy The richer they are in estate the hotter they are in pursuit These see and yet they will not credit their own sight what a very small portion of Earth must suffice them How their thirsty and unbounded desires must be then brought to a strait a very straite compasse And these things I oft times considered wondring much at the vanity of men that knowing how their mouths were to be filled with gravell how any thing could in reason be so deare unto them which should choake them And yet casting mine eye upon my selfe I found very well how I was one of this List One that could scatter his owne like a prodigall rioter and catch at an others like a covetous Miser One that could bee content that his Neighbours providence should maintaine his riot One that had a dangerous leering eye after his Neighbours Wife or more then a moneths mind to his maid or to such a parcell of ground which lay fitting for him or to some of his Cattell and these even any of these could he find in his heart to enjoy without returning satisfaction for them It is true very true that the Story of Ahab is old in respect of time but new in respect of daily practise Every day shall wee find an Ahab borne every day a Naboth dye His Vineyard must occasion a breach betwixt him and his Land-lord He must forego it or loose his life that owes it The anger of a Great man is violent His will is his Law his inferiour must bend or breake If the plot lye neare him it becomes an eye-sore to him Hee will either buy it or come any way by it that he may enjoy it O how can I utter this without remorse How may I endure my selfe when I heare these things These are they which wound mee for like poysonous Arrows they stick in my flesh neither can I answer one for a thousand How strong have beene my desires in shedding my owne bloud What dayes have I spent in carefull carking painefull toyling What nights in cunning compassing watchfull contriving how I might come by my purpose These cares made sleepe many nights a stranger to mine eyes And yet this my affliction seemed sweet unto me such was the strength of an inured misery O my Soule how tedious would one of these houres have seem'd had it beene employed in casting about for that inheritance which shal never perish Alas what could I imagine that this earthly Tabernacle of mine should never be dissolved That my indirect wayes should never bee brought to judgment That God had forgotten the poor and that he would not revenge their wrongs to my shame yes Lord I consider'd this and the more my sinne for I sought to put away thy judgements farre from my memory not to think of them lest they should startle me Thus was their doctrine deare unto me who sought to sow pillows under my elbow To fatten me in my transgressions with a tush God seeth not But O Lord holy and just thine eye is ever over mee and thine care is not shut from mee nor from those who cry for vengeance against mee This it is which causeth mee to walke heavily all the day long to chatter like a Craine and with much affliction of spirit to poure forth my complaint to thee my Lord and my God O when I remember how cunningly I sought to winde mee into the acquaintance of my Neighbour how smoothly I glozed with him what court'sies I offer'd him meerly to surprize him make my selfe a gainer by him how I seemed to esteeme least what I prized most that so my practises might be suspected lesse How I could easily dispence with any indirect way so I might by it be brought to mine owne end How I neglected no time to fit mine owne turne O while I remember these things I am utterly cast downe there is no breath in mee my flesh faileth mee and my strength decayeth within mee For I know Lord how thou hast these things in thy remembrance and if thou deale with mee according to thy justice there is no hope for such an incorrigible Sinner he is lost he is lost for ever And yet Lord there was a little Zacheus whom thou calledst from the Receipt of Custom and no doubt who knew the World and how to make gaine in the World who left his Calling for thee climb'd up into a Figtree to see thee and came downe speedily from thence to receive thee and that he might more fully confirme his love unto thee divided his goods that hee might wholly reserve himself for thee O deale so with mee my sweet Saviour that of a Covetous Sinner I may become a true penitent Convert in bestowing the small remainder of my dayes to thine honour CHAP. 23. Hee takes a view of those Seven Spirituall workes of mercy and acknowledgeth his failings in each of them THou hast taken now a full view of those two Tables delivered by God unto Moses by him to us And thou canst not to thy great griefe finde one the breach whereof may not justly accuse nay convict thee Goe on yet a little further and thou wilt find thy selfe ever worser and worser Tell mee doest thou hope to receive mercy Thou doest well to hope for without hope the heart would break but what hast thou done that might become so acceptable in his sight as may bring thee in a full hope or assurance of receiving this mercy at his hands Thou knowst well that wee are to worke out our salvation with feare and trembling That not unto him that cryeth Lord Lord but for him that doth the will of his Father which is in Heaven is the place of blisse prepared For if workes be the fruits of faith to make a fruitfull faith thou should'st apply thy selfe to bee plentuous in good works Thou knowest how the barren Fig tree became accursed how the barren Wombe in the

that they may perform their proper offices to the good both of my soule and body making it ever their absolutest ayme to promote thy glory CHAP. 62. Being thus encompassed with danger hee prepares himselfe for prayer VVHat Sanctuary have I now to retire to or what Refuge may I fly to when I have nothing within mee but practiseth rather to betray mee then free me nothing without mee that may any way availe mee now when dangers of all sorts and on all sides thus encompasse me O my good God I have one in readinesse for thou hast prepared it for mee and by it shall I in due time receive comfort from thee The direction is short and soveraigne If any bee afflicted let him pray and if hee be merry let him sing Psalmes I am afflicted Lord I am inwardly afflicted I will therefore take the wings of the morning and fly with the Dove till I may find some resting place for the soale of my foot till I may bring an Olive-branch in my bill and so bring glad tydings to my poore Soule that the floods of waters are returned backe which have not onely for many dayes but many years encompassed me Those bitter waters of Marah those swelling floods of affliction which have gone over my Soule In the old world when Noahs Arke was builded and all the inhabitants of the earth to the number of eight reduced fifteene cubits onely did the waters prevaile upward and covered the Mountaines But the waters of my affliction have mounted higher they have bound in my soule and brought her downe to the depths High time then is it to fly for succour lest the water-floods swallow mee up and the remembrance of mee bee no more I will direct therefore my Prayer unto God for hee is a God of mercy and all consolation he will take pitty of my affliction and in his appointed time rid me of all my feares But alas though I know the way where comfort is to bee received and the doore of the Sanctuary be open to receive mee in it yet so long have I estranged my selfe from it and so unacquainted am I with the exercise of Prayer as I know not in what forme or manner to make it For when I looke upon my selfe and consider how luke-warme has beene my conversation how earthly my affection how feigned my confession how short and rare my compunction how my obedience has been without devotion my prayer without intention my reading without edification my speech without circumspection I grow ashamed of my condition acknowledging nothing to bee due unto mee but reproach and confusion For when at any time I pray I mind not what I pray nor to whom I pray how may I then hope for any helpe from him to whom I pray or that my prayer shall bee heard by him seeing I my selfe doe not heare my selfe in the prayer which I make unto him The pretious stone Diacletes though it have many rare and excellent properties in it yet it loseth them all if it be put in a dead mans mouth So Prayer which is the only soveraigne pearle and Iewell of a Christian though it have many rare and exquisite vertues in it many promises conferred on it yet it loseth them every one if it be put into a mans mouth or into a mans heart either that is dead in sinne and doth not knock with a pure heart For Prayer without devotion is like the bellowing of Oxen. O where am I then whose imaginations have beene evill from my youth whose life has beene a sinke of sinne and whose heart has beene a stranger to devotion how and in what manner may I pray in hope to be heard how shall I render up my Supplication that it may be received how shall I offer my Sacrifice of thanksgiving that it may be accepted O my deare Lord as thou hast taught me to pray so teach mee how to pray Put sweet incense into the Censor and that it may burne the better inflame my heart with spirituall fervor Behold Lord I fly unto thee open the doore of thy Sanctuary unto mee that I may enter and offer up my prayer to thee after that absolute forme of prayer which thou thy selfe hast taught 〈◊〉 CHAP. 63. He repeats the Lords prayer and in every particular he finds himselfe a great Offender OVr Father which art in heaven Oh make a stoppe here poore Pilgrim before thou goest any farther Hast thou a Father in Heaven where is the duty thou shouldst tender Dost thou use him like a Father much lesse like an heavenly Father when thou preferrest the pleasures of sin before his honour Hallowed bee thy name Oh with what tongue canst thou utter hallowed seeing his name hath been by thee so much dishonoured Thy Kingdome come O shake and tremble fearefull to thee will bee the comming of his Kingdome seeing thou by ascribing to thy selfe what was due unto him shalt bee accused of seeking to rob him of his Kingdome When the foundation of the earth shall be shaken the whole world dissolved and thou brought forth naked to be publikely judged Thy will be done Oh dissembling wretch dost thou pray that his Will may be done when thou never yet with thy Will didst that which thou shouldst have done nor what thou knewest well was his Will to be done In Earth as it is in Heaven And yet has it beene the least of thy care on Earth to doe his will as it is done in heaven Give us this day our daily bread Oh has he not granted thy suite has he not strengthned thee with the staffe of bread But hast thou walked in the strength thereof to his honour or requited him with an offering of his owne by sowing thy bread upon the waters And forgive us our trespasses Oh they are many many in quantity heavy in quallitie yet as a sparke in the Sea so has hee drowned them in the Ocean of his mercy As wee forgive them that trespasse against us O consider well the particle of this petition examine thine heart whether thou hast or no performed the condition Thou desirest but to be forgiven as thou dost forgive oh forgive then that thou maiest bee forgiven Few be the areeres which thou canst demand of thy Brother in comparison of those which are owing by thee to thy Maker And lead us not into temptation And yet thou wilt not stick to lead thy selfe into temptation He is ready to bestow his grace upon thee to send his Holy Spirit to guide thee to spread his Banner over thee yet while thou prayest not to bee led into temptation thou willingly leadest thy selfe into that which thou in thy prayer desirest to prevent But deliver us from evill Oh how many deliverances has he shewn unto thee How often has hee snapped in pieces the Speare which might have dispatched thee Broken those Arrowes which might have wounded thee Taken thy foot out of the snare which had intrapped

not returne againe Their substance they have left unto others and strangers are become their Heires They are rooted out from the face of the earth and now they consider the vanity of their desires how they who lay land to land while they were here find now what a small scantling has suffic'd them in this their returne to their last home Poore shell of corruption what dost thou thinke of these things I know well that great revenues swelling honours smiling pleasures are dangerous and fearefull eye-sores to a dying man He lookes back upon his Honours and askes of them if they cannot relieve him but like false hearted Reteiners they fly from him and present their service to another so quickly have they forgot their dying Master Hee looks backe then upon his Revenues those household Gods of his his inchisted treasures and askes of them if they cannot redeeme them But alas they have no such power these reserve themselves for his prodigall Successour or succeeding Rioter they were so poorly used and employed by him as they have quickly forgot their dying Master At last he looks back upon his pleasures unhappy pleasures which now torment him more then ever they did delight him and he askes them if they can allay his paine or any way succour him but alas they soone leave him for they find nothing in him nor about him that may entertaine them An easie farewell then have these taken of their dying Master But thou poore Pilgrim hast no honours to transport thee no fortunes to detaine thee no pleasures to ensnare thee For the first the count'nance of greatnesse never shone upon thee for the second worldly wealth could never yet so burden thee and for the last though thy youth might affect them the infirmities of age have now estrang'd them from thee And yet the voyce of death is more terrible to thee then the noise of a Canon No note more dolefull no summons more fearefull And in this thou art not much to bee blamed for Death is fearefull to all flesh But so to plaint thine hopes on Earth as if thou mightst never goe from earth nor returne to earth albeit thou canst find nothing on earth worthy to entertaine thee is the unhappiest condition that may befall thee O thinke then of that time even now while thou hast time when thy soule poor languishin soule finding thy eyes shut thy mouth closed and all those senses of thy body perished by which shee used to goe forth and be delighted in these outward things whereto shee was affected shall returne unto her selfe and seeing her selfe all alone and naked as one afflicted and affrighted with exceeding horror shall through despaire faile in her selfe and fall under her selfe O whither wilt thou fly in hope of succour to comfort thy poore soule in a time of such danger Even to thee will I fly O God of my salvation for thou wilt not suffer my soule to descend to corruption Nay such is thy loving kindnesse as thou wilt make my bed in my sicknesse And because nothing is more certaine then death nothing more uncertaine then the houre of Death prepare mee continually against the houre of Death And that Death may appeare lesse fearefull unto mee send thy Holy Spirit to comfort me that being inwardly armed by thee against the assaults of Death and fury of my Ghostly Enemy I may fight a good fight and cry O Death where is thy sting O Hell where is thy victory CHAP. 67. Iudgement VVOe is mee I tremble to thinke of it and yet I cannot thinke how to avoid it Iudged I must bee and who will speake for me A fearfull witnesse I have within me to accuse me sinnes of omission sinnes of Commission to impeach me sinnes of ignorance sinnes of knowledge sinnes of malice to convict mee though one were sufficient to condemne mee But thou wilt aske mee of what art thou to bee brought to account for what art thou to be brought to Iudgement Even for all thy thoughts words and workes For God will bring every worke into Iudgement with every secret thing whether it be good or whether it be evill And that it may appeare that thou shalt be accountable for all these first touching thy thoughts Of these thou shalt be judged for froward thoughts separate from God And hee shall judge the secrets of men With their conscience also bearing witnesse and their thoughts the meane while accusing or else excusing one another Secondly thou shalt give account of all thy words Of every idle word that men shall speake they shall give account in the day of Iudgement Thirdly thou shalt be accountable for all thy workes For we must all appeare before the Iudgement 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 O my poore afflicted Soule canst thou heare these things and not melt thy selfe into teares seeing that not onely in the bed of thy sicknesse by a secret divine power all those workes which thou hast done be they good or evill shall appeare before thee and be presented to thee but in that fearefull day of Account when all flesh shall come to Iudgement all these in Capitall Letters shall appeare written before thee Not one privie bosome sinne were it never so closely committed or subtilly covered or cunningly carried but must bee there discovered Adam shall bee brought from his bushes and Sarah from behind the doore and man miserably perplexed man shall say to his conscience as Ahab said to Elias Hast thou found me O mine Enemy O what numberlesse numbers of Bils of Inditement shall bee then and there preferred against thee And of all these to be found guilty O how art thou falne into the gall of bitternesse and all misery For what can the thoughts and Imaginations of thine heart say for themselves but that they have beene evill continually what can the words of thy mouth say for themselves but that they have beene full of all filthinesse and scurrility Lastly what can the workes of thine hands say for themselves but that they have beene loaden with transgressions and iniquity But perchance thou hast some hope of a pardon and so like some of our deluded Delinquents here on earth by flattering thy selfe with a vaine hope of life estrangest thy thoughts from thinking of a better life But doe not so deceive thy selfe for if it be not by faithfull repentance sought for here there is no hope for any pardon there to bee procured nor for any Appeale to be there admitted nor for one minutes Repreve to bee there granted nor for that heavy sentence of Death to be one moment adjourned That sentence of eternall Death Depart from me this shall bee the sentence To lose whose countenance and to Depart from his presence is to bring thy soule into endlesse torments eternall anguish O my God thou who hast appointed