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And what would you have more? What will not all this do ? Will not mercy allure you; Will not love conſtrain you ? Then give me leave to reprove you, and fright you, (if it be poſſible) out of theſe depths of Satan, into which you are fallen ; however, I am reloſved, whether you will or not, and the Lord faſten it upon your ſouls.
In the bowels of love and mercy, let me beg thee to aſk thy ſoul this queftion how long will this life, and the comfort of it laſt? The foul is immortal, and moſt never die, but muſt have a being ſome where to all eternity.
Queſt. 2 What will become of thee, when this life and all the comforts thereof are gone? Oh, hard hearted ſinners! this broad way which thou walkeſt in, will never lead thee to the promiſed land; thy gold and ſilver key will never open heaven’s gate for thee; thy care of this world's good,will never plead for thee before the Judge; all thy friends and acquaintances, with whom thou had ſpent many joyful hours, their good works will ſtand thee no ſtead.
Then thou wilt be ready to cry, Oh, where is the Chriſt that I have deſpited? O, where is the Jeſus that I have reſiſted ? Will he plead for me? No ſurely : but go to the gods whom thou haſt choſen O, what will become of me? muſt I not die? O whether will death carry me? into which of the regions of the world will death land me, either of light or darkneſs? To which of the two regions am I now travelling? Certainly the way of pleaſure, or worldly profit, the broad way of the world, is not the way to tranſport me to heaven and everlaſting happineſs. Say, O ſinner, to thy ſoul, What, muſt I be taken from all glory and greatneſs, from all the dilligence, and thrown, like Luſifer ſon of the
