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thou lie, weeping and gnashing of thy
teeth, for ever! then thou there shalt lie
blaspheming, with Gud’s wrath like a pile
of fire upon thy soul, burning with floods
and seas of tears, which thou mayest shed
but shalt never quench it. Which way
soever thou lookest, thou shalt see matter
and cause of everlasting grief. Look
up to heaven, and there thou shalt see,
that God is good for ever. look about
thee, and thou shalt see devils quaking
and cursing God, and thousands, nay
millions of sinful damned.creatures, crying
and roaring out with doleful shrieks,
“O the day that ever I was born!” look
within thee, there is a guilty conscience
continually gnawing thee: Look on the
time past, O those golden days of grace,
and sweet seasons of mercy are gone!
Look to the time to come, and there
shalt thou behold devils, troops, and
swarms of sorrows and woes, and raging
waves, and, billows of wrath come roaring
upon thee. Fly from, it, O fools, bewail
yourselves m the sight of the Lord,
be pricked to the heart; go tell God you
cannot bear your sins, they are too heavy
for you, much more the punishment:
companion to him who is able to ease you:
O vex not the righteous soul of the