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Certainly it would make one’s heart; to bleed to hear the sounding away of such a man, that the sword of the Almighty hath pierced his heart, and he lies breathing, out his sorrow, as though he was going down to hell. It is a sign that soul is marked for destruction of himself who harboureth such a desperate design against poor wounded souls. Oh could you see Job all smitten with broils, be lying miserably, forlorn in the eye of men; and would you not lend him a hand nor a mouth to help him? Can you endure to see them pricked to the heart? roaring and staring under the heavy yoke and burden of their sins, crying out, “What shall we do to be saved: O what shall we do to escape hell and damnation, and those unsupportahle and unquenchable flames of the wrath of God?" Canst thou stand still and say or do nothing, or rather canst thou upbraid them? O soul! assuredly the Lord will remember thee in the day of thy death; and as thou hast shewed no mercy, so shall thou receive no mercy in that day; such willing and violent opposers of God’s grace, the Lord will bring them one day on a bed of languishings and make them roar by force under the violence of his wrath. "O
