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dition, there is nothing there but conſuming fire; no company but devils; no light but a mirk prison and darkness, bound hand and foot; a death ay beginning, but never ſhall have an end; a worm that ay ſhall gnaw thy conscience! Again, It were ſome case, if any part of the ſoul or body were free of torments; but there ſhall never be a part of thy body that ſhall not be filled with torments, and never a faculty of thy ſoul but it ſhall have its own torments; thy eye, that thou wouldest not open to behold the glory of God, it ſhall be compelled to look on that ugly fight! thy ear, that thou wouldest not apply to hear the voice of God, it ſhall be compelled to hear the howling and blaspheming of devils and reprobates; thy mind and understanding, which thou abusedst in this life, ſhall have their own torments.
Thirdly, There is an eternity of pain, and an eternity of loss. Ye know, were the traveller or mariner never ſo wearied, yet the hope of an end will bring him conſolation; but when thou knowest thy pain is endless, and when thou rememberest the eternity of thy punishment, and that as long as God lives, your pain ſhall last, this will ſpoil you of all consulation!
