whosoever he is that he is the very Picture of death he is in a spirituall lethargy dead in sinnes and trespasses yet sees it Ephes 2. 1. not feeles it not he sees not the hand writing upon the wall which made Belshazers knees Dan. 55. knock one against another hee sees not the hand writing in the scripture that the wages Rom. 6. 23 of sinne is death and thus it is with the drunkard he takes much pleasure in his Cups but if he did but consider that there was mors in olla death in the pot he would not take off his cups so roundly what is this more then to live in pleasure and wantonnesse to bee lovers of pleasures more then 2 Tim. 3. 4 lovers of God how sweete a name too do they give their pleasures sweete pleasures for my part I do wonder what they do or can sweeten can they sweeten death here or can they sweeten death hereafter can they sweeten the paynes of hell Solomon had as much pleasure as the world could afford hee had costly houses fayre Vineyands gardens Orchards hee had much cattel and much coyne hee had also men servants and mayde servants hee had men singers and women singers what his eyes delighted in hee witheld not from them but what was the issue of all this goodly pleasure hee looked on all his workes that his hand had wrought and that this was also vanity and vexation of spirit and there was no profit under the sunne Set Eccles 2. 11 then thy cheefest delight and pleasure in God at whose Right hand are pleasures and fulnesse of pleasures for ever Ps 16. 11. more Now I will shew thee the second impediment or hinderance in the way to salvation and that is golden Profit this it quid non mortalia pectora cogit is which draweth away many from the consideration of goodnesse their owne happinesse how many are there that like the foole in the Gospell sing Requiems to their soules and why because they have goods layd up for many yeares his goods were the ground of all his mirth his profit was the cause of all his pleasure but God made him a foole upon Record for Luk. 12. 19. his labour Thou foole this night shall thy soule bee taken from thee c. yet strange it Per marâ— per terras currit mercator ad Indos is to see what suing what running what riding what sayling what swimming and all to get a little profit which is no sooner had but presently betakes it selfe to it's wings and flyeth away but Prov. 23. 5. this is not to use the world as though they used it not not to 1 Cor. 7. have the conversation witbout covetousnesse not to have the 1 Pet. 1. 15 conversation in heaven from whence there is expectation of a Saviour Object I but sayth the carnall Philip. 3. 20. minded man if I should pray and follow this heavenly calling so much I should soone become a beggar Answer To stop this fond and fooish Objection and plea for advantage of sinne let him first tell me what advantage sinne hath at any time procured hee that winneth the whole world and looseth his owne soule hath but a poore Math. 16. 26. bargayne of it cannot a man live unlesse hee spend his whole life in carking and caring for the things of this world cannot a man have time for God and his calling too Religion must bee the unum the one thing of this life but not the unicum the only thing of this life to doe that and nothing else a man may serve God in Carking care forbidden the performance of his calling no man is forbidden to follow his calling but hee is desired to give God a place with it There is a great difference betwixt the Church bell and the market bell the market bell ringes but once yet at the sound of it what running is there to the market by troupes happy is hee that gets thither first but for the Church that may ring Peale after peale one Peale after another yet much a do to get a man to the Church and if his body bee rung into the Chureh yet a thousaud to one but his mind is gonne a wollgathering after the things of the world the very Math. 6. 21 desires of his heart are upon the world the world is his treasure and there his heart is Phil. 3. 8. also but it is otherwise with a child of God all things with None but Christ None but Christ is the Godly mans note him are but dung and drosse in comparison of Christ Jesus hee lives in this world but not according to this world hee lives in the flesh but not according to the lusts of the flesh hee so useth the Creature that hee alwayes hath an eye on the Creator but let thy conversation bee in heaven from Philip. 1. 23. whence thou expectest a Saviour first in thy meditations on God and heavenly things secondly in thy affections desiring to bee dissolved and to bee with Christ which is best of Act. 23. 1. all Thirdly in thy practise living in a good conscience toward God and towards men though thy hand bee upon the Helme yet let thy eye bee upon the starres thy heart being thus planted in heaven thy hands thy head thy foote will become the happy instruments of Gods glory and all that is within thee praise his holy name This Enemy the world being thus layd open and discovered The Christian Soldier in battle agaynst the world stand ready armed and take unto thee the sword of the spirit which is the word of God take this I say into thy hand and strike with it If the world seeke to allure thee to pleasure hit him home with that saying of Solomon hee that loveth Pleasures shall bee a poore man Prov. 21. 17. and 1 Tim. 5. 6 agayne with the Apostle hee that liveth in pleasure is dead while hee liveth and at hin agayne with that of Job My delight must be in the Almighty Rom. 6. that the wages of sinne is death and therefore thou must not thou mayst not thou darest not doe this great trespasse and so sinne agaynst God but if the world shall still persist to tempt thee reach him with Gods promises which hee hath made to these that take pleasure in him that hee that delights in him he will give him his hearts desire Psalm 37. 4. If the world come upon thee agayne with profits and riches tell him that the treasures Prov 10. 2 of wickednesse profit not but Righteousnesse delivereth Esay 44. 9. from death Prov. 10. 2. and agayne that delectable things Math. 6. 26 shall not profit Esay 44. 9. and what were it for thee to winne the whole world and to loose thy owne soule But if for all this the world shal stil assault thee at him boldly tel him that Godlinesse
part sweare neither by heavan or earth nor by any other oath let thy toung be made the numpet of gods glory let thy communication be yea yea and 〈◊〉 so thou â—â—alt not fall into condemnation Math. 5. 34. To summe up all if the Ring-leader of all those â—roopes that Lust the Ring-leader of all the troopes is lust whether it be fornication uncleanes or wantonnesse shall set upon thee take notice that he is a deadly dangerous Enemy he that is lead by him shall set himselfe against God the Father who ought to be gloryfied in his body 1 Cor. 2. 20. Secondly against God the sonne as he is head of the Church Thirdly agaynst God the holy Ghost in regard of his body whose Temple it is 1 Cor. 6. 19. Fourthly against the Church no such thing saith Thamar to Ammon ought to be done in the Church 2 Sam. 13. 12. Fiftly against the Common-wealth Jerem. 23. 10. The sinne of lust aggravated Sixtly against the Party whose Chastity is violated Levi. 21. 7. Sevently against freinds his owne body whose vessell is to bee possest in holinesse and not in the lust of concupiscence 2 Thes 4. 4. here it is that many are visibly marked in the faces and are never without an Almanack in their bones Eightly agaynst his owne good name he that committeth Adultry shall find dishonor and his Reproach shall never he taken away Prov. 6. 34. Lastly agaynst his owne soule whoredome and wine have taken away their hearts Hos 4. 11. thus runnes hee on like a foole to the stocks for correction Prov. 7. 22. and so hee is excluded out of heaven Rev. 21. 8. Is it so then walke honestly as in the day not in chambering and wantonnesse Rom. 13. 13. the Corinthians held lust to bee such an indifferent Wicked men make a mock of sinne adversary that at the last they swallowed downe incest how common lust hath beene with the Romanists let the discovery of the dissolution of Abbyes testifye Erasmus observing it to bee usuall amongst great ones tearmes it Lusus magnificus the Noblemans Recreation what duels have beene about a base prostitute that 's the cause why such a fogge hath lately overspread us as for thy part when thou seest this man doe this or that if hee be patronus causae he shall be socius poenae and thou shalt never burne the lesse in hell for having such company then pray more earnestly refrayne bad company thus did Joseph or if thou chance to fall into such demeane thy selfe so that thou mayst bee like fish keeping it selfe fresh in the midst of salt water Secondly looke to thy Eyes else the Enemy will creepe in at those winÌ„dowes thus Job Job 31. 1. made a Covenant with his eyes have a care of reading Iascivious bookes viewing wanton pictures freqâ—enting stage playes c. Thirdly cast off Idlenesse The way to shun lusts that 's the pillow of lust for hee that is busy in his calling shuts the doore upon many a wicked temptation Lastly meditate on Gods Iudgments fast often make good use of what hath beene all ready discovered thus goe on and prosper I wish thee good luck in the Lord up and bee doing and the Lord God of heaven be with thee The third grand Enemy to The third Grand Enemy the Devill Mans salvation is the Devill his dominion is great the other two the world and the flesh are under his command whereas the one is within thee and the other without thee so this is alwayes about thee the holy spirit of God hath set him out by divers names and titles but more especially hee is tearmed 1 A roaring Lyon 1 Pet. 4. 8. 2 A Murtherer Joh. 8. 44. 3 A Prince of the Ayre Eph. 2. 3. 4 The accuser of the faythfull Rev. 12. 10. First hee is a roaring Lyon The Devil a roaring Lyon seeking whome hee may devoure and very fitly is hee called a Lyon for what the world can not doe by alluring objects and 1 Pet. 1. 8. the flesh by its inticing allurements the Devill if hee can will doe by his Lyonlike invasions he is also a roaring Lyon for as a Lyon when hee looseth his prey doth swell and roare for very anger so this roaring Lyon when hee doth but loose or rather when any child of God doth make an escape out of his pawes then hee roares then hee maketh new fetches then hee is ready to fly in the very face of God himselfe how many assaults did hee make upon the patience of Job how many Job 1. crosse blowes did hee give him one in the neck of another if the Sabeans theft and Vers 16. murther of his Cattle and servants cannot moove him then the Chaldeans shall fill Vers 17. up the measure of their theevery if this will not take then the mercilesse flames of fire shall consume his sheepe and remaynder of his Cattle Vers 18. nay the stone and timber out of the wall shall silence his sonnes and daughters in the midst of their eating and drinking onely one shall bee left a live to torment his patience with the sad Relation thereof yet further if none of all these will doe it then hee sets out a higher throate and Nebuchad nezar like heates the oven of his malice seaven times hotter then before he drawes an arrowe out of his owne bosome to shoote at him sets his wife upon him on one side to pervert him and his kinred on the other side to revile him yet for all this Job sinned not with his lippes nâ—r charged God foolishly Job 1. 22. this is that which made the Devill roare aloude The Ezek. 22. 25. scriptures every where set out the roaring of the Lyon to Esay 31. 4. bee extraordinary the Hart thirsteth after the brookes of Ps 42. 1. water the yonge Ravens cry unto God for meate and all Ps 147. 9. other creatures in theyr kindes seeke their meate at Gods hand onely the Lyon hee roares when hee hath no pray and the Devill Amos 3. 4. hee roares too when he hath not some pretious soule or other to feede on nay the Devill is worse then a Lyon The Devil more cruel then a Lyon who if credit may bee given to history spareth those that fall downe flat before him but if hee should once catch thee at that advantage hee would trample thee under his feete and teare thee into a thousand peeces Secondly as hee is a roaring The Devil a Murtherer Lyon so hee is a Murtherer Joh. 8. 44. not a murtherer of one man or of the men of one Towne one City one Kingdome but of the whole world of all Mankind It was the Devils malice that brought Invida diaboli mors intravit Bonavent death into the world it was hee that brought sinne first into the world and sinne ushered in death even eternall death as for thy life naturall how doth this
have none of these troubles my heart is at ease I have no griping in my conscience but all goes well with mee but let mee tell them it is a signe that sinne is the cheifest copesmat and The carnall mans security companion with them that their fellowship is with the unfruitfull workes of darknesse put then on a holy resolution not to warr after the flesh noâ— to be lead by the lusts of the same thou knowest how usuall a thing it is if that a friend would have thee to doe Ephes 5. 11 any thing or goe any whither which having resolved with thy selfe not to go or not to do thou answerest I am resolved otherwise and so forbearest the action accordingly how could I wish that thou wouldest but resolve if the flesh provoke thee not to fulfill the lusts thereof from henceforth to know no man after the flesh 2. Cor. 5. 16. and as no man so nothing that may draw away thy mind from God or lead thee to the performance of thy fleshly defires but rather to have no fellowship with them and to reprove them Eph. 11. 11. In the second place to adde Second Motive to be armed against the flesh more courage unto thee that thou mayst bouldly stand out in defiance of the flesh consider the end of all the end I say proves all and indeede Finis corâ—nat opus the end will be without end never to end till thou coÌ„mest to Hell there to be in endlesse torment for ever flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdome of heaven there is an impossibility in it it cannot for in that place entereth no unclean thing no dunghil cogitations can bring thee thither then dost thou thinke to sowe to the flesh and reape in the spirit thou canst not do it be not deceived with such windy hopes if thou sowest to the flesh thou shalt of the flesh reape corruption Gal. 6. 8. 1 Cor. 15. 5 not the Crowne of immortality which is the fruit of the spirit it is playne then that he which makes his heaven here upon earth not bettering himselfe in the way to the tâ—ue heaven is the worse and so the neerer to Hell O what a miserable condition that man is in that makes his flesh his guide there are too many wofull examples already be not deceived thy corrupt lust being sinfull the Rom. 6. 23 wages thereof must needs â—e death cozen not thy owne soule to expect any better reward to winne the world to pamper thy flesh and to loose thy own Soul will be but a sory bargaine in the coâ—clusion Now having prepared and encouraged thee to the The Christian Souldier in battle against the flesh Combat I will put the sword into thy hand wherewith I would have thee to lay about thee for the Enemy stands upon his defiance and resolves to stand it out to the Adultery the first Champion of the flesh utmost if he shall set upon thee with one of his prime Champions Adultery feare him not he shall be surely put to death Lev. 20. 10. if this will not serve the turne answer him that God is on thy side and as he is the great Judge both of heaven and earth so he will come to Judgement against him and all his Companions Mat. 3. 5. But if the Enemy shall be so audacious as to lift up his head againe let him know that thou hast nothing to do with him that thy conversation is in Heaven from whence Phil. 3. 22. thou expectest a Saviour but for his part thou art sure that he hath no interest therein God hath spoken it you will beleeve it that no Adulterer 2 Cor. 6. 9. shal inherit the kingdom of heaven if Idolatry should appeare in the second ranke turne not to him Lev. 19. 4. but flye from him 1 Cor. 10. 14. and keep â—ot thy self from him 1 Joh. 5. 21. againe if this great Enemy shall at any time bring Idolatry a second Champion of the flesh that great Generall of his Army against thee which is drunkennesse tell him that he is a woefull wretched leader wo to the drunkards of Ephraim Esay 28. 1. bid him awake weepe and howle Joel 1. 5. as for thy part thou art resolved Drunkennesse the great Generall of the Army to take heed not to be overprest with him Joel 1. 5. nor to be drunke with wine wherein there is excesse Ephes 5. 18. But if any of his pot company shall yet stand out tell them boldly that there are twelve miserable discommodityes that will arise from their society Imprimis The soule is endangered The body is infected Reason is troubled Understanding dulled 12 Discommodityes of inordinate drinking Commendations banished Sustenance wasted Letchery provoked Man-hood defaced Beastlynesse resembled And lastly God sayth no drunkard shall inherit the kingdome of Heaven Over and besides It spends the time vainely Consumes money wickedly It causes the dropâ—ie and other diseases It is the high way to beggery It causes freinds forsake them The godly to abhor them Neighbours to shunne them Youth to mock them Their own houshould to despise them None to regard them God to forsake them And the Devill to take them Then who would be a Drunkard This raging drunken Adversary with his staggering troopes hath like a large tree almost overspread the whole kingdome nay almost the whole world I could wish it to be cut down to the Root that neither stock stemme nor stump of it might once appeare above Toto grassatur in Orhe ground I could wish that there were some course taken with those that make a trade of drunkenesse if there were a mulct set on every sutling boothe belonging to the Comp I meane a fine set on every Taverne and Alehouse out of which any were seen to come Drunke then there would be speedy Reformation if the house were thus punished for selling of dunken cups there would be fewer drunkards if there were no Receivers there would be no theeves It was a strange law that if the Parent brought in his child drunke before the Magistrate he was to be stoned Deut. 12. 20. By this it may appeare what hatred God hath to drunknesse As for those that will not be reclaymed I could wish that as the poore BP being taken by the Donatists had two dead dogs tyed unto him so they might have the like tyed â—nto them and led about the streetes for he that gives himselfe to drinke is no better then a dog that returneth to his vomit againe Justice for these things is already fallen on her knees and it is to be feared will ere long fall upon her face in the continuance of such wicked and debauched courses Sweairng with his Ruffians If swearing with his ruffians shall affâ—â—nt thee in the next place let him know that the land mournes under him and therefore he shall be cut Jer. 23. 10 off Zach. 5. 3. as for thy
plague of pestilence in the yeare 1625 and in the last yeares 1636. 1637. besides many others so that now this kingdome sitteth like the Queene of nations every man in peace Rev. 17. 8. under his owne vine and under his owne figtree this is the Lords doings and it is wonderfull in our eyes but to come yet nearer home to our selves I appeale unto any man living that hath not at one time or other had a large taste of Gods protection and deliverance from some danger or other how many had beene swallowed up quick whilst men rose up against them if God had not beene on their side what shall I say then Our fathers saith David Ps 22. 4. trusted in God they trusted and hee delivered them they called upon him and were delivered they trusted on him and were not confounded goe thou thy wayes and doe likewise depend on Gods protection recount what he hath done for thy soule blesse the Lord god of thy salvation who leadeth thee thus with his benefits Ps 68. 19. blesse him in his infinite essence and power blesse him in his unbounded and just soveraignty blesse him in his preservations blesse him in his deliverances take heed of offering hollow observances to the searcher of hearts they that proclamed Christ at Jerusalem had not onely Advice to blesse God for al his deliverances Hosanna in their mouths but palmes in their hands too if thy hand blesse not the Lord thy tongue is an Hypocrite away with the vast complements of vaine formalityes let thy lowd actions drowne the language of thy words for God is thy deliverance hee is the God of thy salvation thus the bitter waters of Mara shall bee made as sweete as hony crosses shall bee made blessings corrections made instructions to fortifie thy selfe against all the deceipts of the world the flesh and the Devill when thou lookest to thy owne fleshly hands there is nothing but discouragement when thou lookest to thy Spirituall enemyes there is nothing but terror but when thou castest up thy eyes to thy mighty God there is nothing but confidence nothing but comfort comfort thee comfort thee therefore ô thou feeble soule send thy bold defiâ—nces to the Prince of Darkenesse heaven is high and hard to reach hell is steepe and slippery thy Flesh is earthly and impotent Sathan strong and rancorous sinne subtle the world aluring all those yet God is the God of thy salvation let those infernall Lyons roare and rampe upon thee let the gates of hell doe their worst let the world be a cheater thy flesh a Traytor the Devill a Tyrant faithfull is hee that hath promised who will also doe it God is the God of thy Salvation blessed bee his holy name world without end AMEN Thus having shewed the use of every peece of Armor belonging to the Christian warfare the furious assaults and subtle carriage of the severall Enemyes the time of their onset and the meanes how to come off with credit I will now use three motives that may stirre thee up to take armes and being in the field to lay about thee First the consideration of death that thou must dye then there wil be no time to fight Secondly to consider the cruell torments of hell that Motives to take up armes they may enforce thee to fight Lastly to consider the Crowne and Reward the joyes of heaven that they may allure thee to fight There is an Act of Parliament First motive in heaven never to be repealed Statutum est omnibus semel mori dye thou must death knocks equally at the hatch of a cottage and the gates of a Palace hee can top the highest Cedar as well as the lowest shrub there is no man but is naturally walking downe to the chambers of death every sinne is a pace thither only Death unavoyable the gracious hand of God stayes him every man living must bee reduced to the first principles of dust and ashes from whence hee was first taken dust thou art and to dust thou must return Is there not an oppoynted time Gen. 3. 19. for man on the earth yea but when is that time hora nihil incertius nothing more uncertaine that 's in Gods hand hee that is the Lord of life hath set the period of thine his omnipotence so contrives all events that neyther Enemy nor casualty nor disease can prevent the houre of his appoyntment there is no holding of the breath if God call for it a Nothing more uncertaine then the houre of death man may have some power over his outward members but none at all over the inward hee may command the eye to see the eare to heare the hand to worke but hee cannot command the heart to move the liver to sanguine the longues to blow breath hee may swallow downe meate but cannot make the stomack to digest it that 's Gods peculiar a payre of bellowes will fall of themselves but never rise to blow againe without assistance the houre glasse will God is the Lord of life runne out of it selfe but never runne againe except it bee turned a man may send out his breath at his pleasure but not take it in againe without God for in his hand is the breath of all mankind Job 12. 10. if that King of feare death bee charged with a warrant from God hee doth not returne with a non est inventus sometimes hee is sent in the night when man is most secure thus hee came upon all the first borne in the Land of Egipt at midnight Exod. 12. 29. sometimes in the height of power thus he came also upon the Egyptians in the midst of all strength whilst they were pursuing the poore Israelites even then when they were in the ruffe of all their glory their charriot wheeles drew heavy and they were all choaked in the red Sea Exod. 14. 27. Sometimes death comes whilst a man is at his Table he comes indeed to many great mens tables but he is welcome to a few thus did he salute Belshazar in the midst of his Cups quaffing in the bowles of the sanctuary Dan. 5. 3. as a surgeon hides his lancet in a sponge or his sleeve that he may the more secretly use it so death hides himselfe sometimes in meate other whiles in drinke sometimes Gen. 7. he lyes under the Table when they of the old world were eating and drinking then came the floud and overwhelmed them in the morning was the King of Israel destroyed Hos 10. 25. the shunamites child dyed at noone 2 King 4. 20. Ezekiels wife dyed in the Evening Ezek. 24. 18. Sometimes death comes as he did upon the Rich foole witha Stulte hac nocte so whether it be in the day or night in the morning or evening in prosperity or Adversity whether full or fasting the time is still uncertayne some are taken away sodainely many in their infancy some in their youth others in age many dye younge
he quite forgot the day of his martirdom holy S. Hilary having spent 70 yeares in devout contemplation was yet afraid of the Judgment-day the Remembrance Job 23. 15. of that day was Jobs trouble and terrour if these be in such a case ad quos Index to whom the Judg appeares in mercy what shal they doe contra quos against whom he comes in Iudgment if starres of such a magnitude beginne to twincle what dimnesse will there be then in those of a lesser body if such pillars shrinke under the burthen what will become of slender tressles surely they'lbe crush't in pieces if this be done in the sappy greene tree what will be done in that which is more zere dry my advice shall be that of Moses to the Israelites be ready on the third day and on the third day when it was morning there was thunders and lightnings and a thick cloud upon the Mount and the sound of the Trumpet exceeding lowd so that all the People that were in the Campe were afraid though there be many dayes Exod. 19. 15. assigned to Man yet there are three dayes in especiall his birth life and death that of his ingresse into the world progresse in the world egresse out of the world but this last day is the third day looke to that day aboue all dayes stand ready for it then it is that God who formerly came as a loving Father will appeare as the great Judg both of heaven and earth then shall be heard the thunderings of accusations then shall be seene the very flashy lightning of hell fire in the consciences of most men then shall the thick Cloud of their sinnes interpose betwixt them and the throne of grace the Trumpet shall sound the aire shall rattle the noise shall be the awakening of all flesh in so much that the very elect who are within the campe of Gods predestination shall be afraid what then will become of them which are without the Campe such as never tooke up armes against the common Enemy they shâ—ll then stand amazed at the barre being accused by the Heavens and the Earth and all the Creatures therin coÌ„tained convicted by a Jury of Heavenly Earthly Inhabitants the blessed Saints and Angels their consciences pleading guilty in stead of a Conscintia mille testes thousand witnesses then doth the Devill sinne the world and the flesh cry out for sentence to be pronounced against the Offenders at the barre which is no sooner desired but performed Go ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devill and his Angels a sentece most fearefull because intolerable because irrevocable intolerable because of the quality of the punishment pinching cold scorching heat more greevious then the cursed water to the suspected woman that caused her thigh to rot her belly to swell and made her detestable to all the People ibi erit fletus c. there shall be Num 5. 18. weeping for the fire that shall never be quenched gnashing of teeth for the worme that never Paines of hell intollerable dyeth if wee be sick here in this life wee may haue soft beds to lie on Phisitions to advise our health friends and kindred to come by way of comfortable visits though all these faile yet there is to be had a good and gracious God to haue mercy on us one that will lay his hand under our heads and comfortably support us but there 's no soft beds but fire the most cruell of all other elements to wallow in and not a drop of cold water to coole the scorched tongue no Phisition to advize but Devils to torment no God to haue mercy on us but hell and dispaire to seaze upon us thus shall it be with them that forget God miserable shall they be at their first ingresse into hels torments there to heare the yelling the howling the crying of damned spirits there 's no comfort no solace no ease no helpe but horror and vexation on every side Bern. Med. cap. 19. alwayes burning yet never consumed alwayes dying and never dead the best sights and cheefest companions shall be Legions of damned ghosts and furies the dyet and fare shall be pinching hunger and famine the drinke shall be lakes of fire and brimstone Rev. 14. 10 mingled with the pure wine of Gods wrath and to make up the meale there shall be musick too curses shall he the Hymnes houling the tunes blasphemy the ditties lachrymae the notes lamentation shall be the song and shricking the straines sighs sobs and teares shall bee the dolefull descant and division the Purple Rayments shall there be flames of fire the hand shall there be seared the heart wounded the eyes blinded the eares dulled the feet scorched and Paena sensus all the body utterly confounded this shall be the state of the body in that day but shall the soule go free No It was to the body as Simeon to Levi a brother in iniquity and shall therefore participate of punishments with the body The memory shall call to mind that which is past the understanding shall consider that which is present and doth shall joyne together to disquit themselves then shall it be thought upon how many good motions have beene neglected how often God knocking at the doore hath beene disregarded what joyes are Paena damni lost what sorrowes are found how easily they might have beene avoyded and how impossible it is to abtayne the least mitigation this of all is the greevous punishment of the damned in hell hitherto I have shewed but the skirts and suburbs of hell but this is the entrance within the walls and the very gates of hell that punishment of the body was paena sensus a payne sensible enough but this of the soule paena damni though it be but a privative punishment yet it hath a miserable positive effect if ever misery deserved weeping of eyes if ever losse deserved Horresco referens gnashing of teeth this is the misery that there shall be No losse like the losse of Gods favour never any comfortable fight of the blessed face of God and this is the losse that there shall be an exclusion from all society with saints and Angels if when the Arke of God was taken old Eli was so overtaken with griefe that he fell backward and dyed what a losse shall they be at that have lost the presence 2 King 14. of God Adam did but Gen. 2. 15. see the apple to be good for the taste but to be turned out of Paradise he found it very distastfull what greater griefe even in this life then to live in Mâ—sheck and Psalm 84. sojourne in the tents of Kedar it was Davids well day so to do can the Israelites be merry in their Captivity there 's no musick with them Psalm 127 they cannot sing under a strange king their harpes hang upon the willowes as sad and silent as themselves