HOw many Distinctions soever may [...] made of Persons, all come [...] ­der that made by the Apostle, [...] Cor. 13. 5. Christ is in them, or they [...] ( [...]) Reprobates. And if now [...] Reprobate, whether not for ever so? [...] Lord knows. And 'tis a question so W [...] ­ty, as bespeaks utmost endeavour of asp [...] ­dy and happy Resolution. My present b [...] ­ness is with them in whom Christ is: Ye [...] would not pass the Christless, as if th [...] were no such in the World, seeing th [...] are the most by far; nor as if these we [...] not to be minded, who mind not themselve [...] Ah! My Heart is towards them, they [...] much longed for: And to see Christ as such a one Embrace, would be a joyful sigh [...] Give me leave to turn aside to speak a wo [...] to them, and to ask them how they [...] Poor Hearts! how is it with you? in wha [...] State are you? O that you would singly, s [...] ­riously ask; what am I? whose am I? whe [...] [Page 7] [...] I? what am I doing? whither am I go­ [...]g? what will my Eternity be? and O stay [...]or an Answer! never leave pursuing the situation till an answer of peace is gotten. [...] had you not need of a speedy answer too? O Death will be upon you! Eternity [...] hastening? are you ready? are you will­ing to go? Some poor Christless Creatures [...]oo often say, they are ready, and willing too. But Alas! They know not what they say. What Christless, and ready to [...]? that's impossible: Christless, and will­ing to dye? that's Irrational. To such I shall [...]ow add but this, O Labor to be sensible. [...]. What it is to be Christless, 2C. 13 5. Ep. 2. 12. word [...]. What it is to dye so, L. 16. 22, 23. Rev. 2015.

3. I refer them to the serious Considera­tion of what is elsewhere offered to such as make light of dying. And to Mr. Alleines [...]iseries of the unconverted.

But for other poor Carnal Worldly Christ­less Graceless ones, are they unwilling to d!ye? Ah! who can blame them? and O that their unwillingless did Spring from a due sense of their unfitness! It is not a light thing, to part with their Worldly good things, their Creature Comforts, their Por­tion in this life; yea natural life it self, for which a man will give all that he hath: And to make their Bed in darkness, and in the Pit [Page 8] of Corruption; yea, to cry to Corruptio [...] [...] Father! and to the Worm, O Mother! [...] Sister! And for an immortal Soul to [...] Wing for another World, and to Lanc [...] [...] Eternity, not knowing whither it is going [...] or what will become of it▪ To cry, as [...] that said, I have lived in care, I dye in dou [...] but whither I am going, I cannot tell: [...] as that other (Poor, tho Worldly gr [...] one) cryed, O my Poor, Litt [...] Trembling, wandring Soul, whit [...] art thou going! into I know not wh [...] P. p. Adrian. Rough, and horrid places? Thou [...] going where thou shalt never be Jovial, [...] merry more. O my Soul, whither art th [...] going! Or, to go to Resolve his Questi [...] who dying said, He should now be resol [...] ­ed, whether there were a God [...] whether there a Hell? a [...] P. p. Paul. [...]. whether the Soul were immortal▪ Of which he had ever before doubted: And was like then to be resolved to his cost: [...] sad Case! O Soul-Trembling adventures▪ But are they Unwilling from sense o [...] un­fitness? have they any sense of the Majesty of God? Of the Purity of his Nature? O [...] the Severity of his Justice? Of the odious­ness of Sin? And of the Fruit of the same▪ What 'tis to be Christless? And Graceless? An alien from, a Stranger, an Enemy to [Page] [...] and what it is to dye? And to fall [...]diately into the Hands of the living [...]: In such a condition? And do they [...] from Death? are they loath to dye? [...] appear in Judgement? to venture into E­ [...]ty? Who can blaim them? And, O [...]owing the Terrour of the Lord▪ who can [...] pitty them! And bemoan them!

Dear Souls! Is it thus with you in Rela­ [...] to a dying Hour? are the thoughts of [...] Terrible to thee? The apprehension [...] approach ready to put thee into a [...]zzer's Fit? Dan. 5. 6. O be perswad­ [...] to lay upon your Hearts, every one of [...] a few things; tendered in Love and [...]erness to your Souls. And the good [...]d use them in order to the Change of [...] State, and cure of your fears: That the [...] of Death may be more joyful, then [...] they were doleful to you.

[...] Consider, and Labour to be deeply sen­ [...], how sad and woful a State, the State of [...] is; both in respect of Sin and Mise­ [...] ▪ I cannot stay to open it here. Ponder [...] 3. to 20. Tit. 1. 15. 16. Ephe. 2. 1, 2, 3. [...] Rom. 8. 5, 6, 7, 8. and 6. 20, 21. 23. E­ [...] 4. 17. 18, 19. and see, Soul Sickness: [...] Mr. Alleines Alarm.

[...] Consider, that this dreadful S [...], is the [...] of all Adams. Children, till they [...] [Page 10] made new Creatures. It was the State [...] such as now are Saints, till they were ch [...] ­ed: And you being unchanged, it is your S [...] still. And therefore so look upon it, and [...] affected with it, Rom. 3. 9. 1 Cor. 6. 9. 10, 1 [...] Tit. 3. 3. 2. Cor. 13. 5. Joh. 3. 6. Rom 8. 9. [...]

3. Consider, that whosoever is not a [...] Creature, is not in Christ: Nor can lay cl [...] to any saving Benefit by him. 2 Cor. 5. 17. [...] 13. 5. Rom. 8, 9, 10. Gal. 5. 24. Tit. 2. 11, 1 [...] 13, 14. Joh. 13. 8. Acts 3. 19.

4. Consider, that whosoever is not [...] Christ, is in a State of Damnation. Un [...] wrath present, and bound over to wrath [...] come, Rom. 8. 1. Joh. 3. 36. Ephe. 2. 3. [...] Thes. 1. 10. Rom. 2. 4, 5, 6. 8, 9. Acts 4. [...]

5 Consider, that without a saving Cha [...] there is no Salvation. Whosoever is [...] changed, is not only in a State of Damnati­on, but without a Change can never be f [...] ­ed. Christ neither will, nor can save th [...] without changing thee. Joh. 3. 3. 5. and [...] 5, 6, 7. Thou must turn, or dye: Be Chang­ed, or Damned. Ezek. 18. 30, 31. and [...] 11. Acts 3. 19. 2 Thes. 2. 12. Joh. 3. 18, 19.

6. Consider, while thou livest, and art [...] an unchanged Christless, Gracless, State [...] be thy natural endowments never so excellent [...] thy life never so innocent, and spotless; th [...] temper, and carriage never so sweet; th [...] [Page 11] [...]ments, Profession and Practice in Re­ [...], and place in the Church never so E­ [...]t; be thou a Titus Vespatian, (Delitiae [...] Generis, the delight of mankind) in [...]e, and civil honesty; an unconverted [...] in Morality and Legal Piety; a Judas, [...] Disciple of Jesus; a Demas, a Paul's Com­ [...]ion, and Fellow Labourer in the profes­ [...]n, and Propagation of Christianity. Acts [...]6. 4, 5. Phil. 3. 5, 6. Acts 1. 16, 17. Philem. [...]4. with 2 Tim. 4. 10. Yea, be thou Paul's [...]pposed Blazing-Comet in the Christian [...]rch; 1 Cor. 13. 1, 2, 3. Yet, thou canst [...]lease God in nothing: Neither Person, Ser­vice no [...] Sacrifice, can ever be accepted; but all is abomination to him: Mic. 6. 67. Pro. 15. 8. and so thou art cut off from all hope of ever finding Mercy, or Favour with him, [...]ving or dying; here, or hereafter. 1 Cor. [...]. 14. Rom. 8. 8. Ephe. 1. 6. Heb. 11. 4, 5, 6. and 12. 28, 29. Phil. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.

7. Consider, what a sad thing it is, not to be able to look upon life or Death with com­fort: Not to be able to bid life farewell, or Death welcome with comfort. And is not this thy case? O sweet, and joyful thing, to be able to look back upon Life, and say, my rejoycing is this, the Testimony of my Con­science, that in Simplicity and Godly Since­rity, not with Fleshly Wisdom, but by the [Page 12] Grace of God, I have had my Conversatio [...] in the World! 2 Cor. 1. 12. And to look [...] ­ward upon Death, and say, I know, that [...] my Earthly House of this Tabernacle [...] dissolved, I have a Building of God, an [...] not made with Hands, Eternal in the [...] vens! 2 Cor. 5. 1. Yea, to look on both, [...] say, to me to live is Christ, and to dye [...] gain! Phil. 1. 21.

But doth not thy Conscience tell thee, th [...] this comfort is none of thine? That tho [...] may'st read these Scriptures backwards? [...] at least leave thee in the Dark; that th [...] knowest not what will become of thee in a d [...] ­ing Hour? Whither thou shalt go? whe [...] thou shalt be when gone hence, and gon [...] for ever? what thy Eternity will be when here thou shalt be no more? O dear Soul▪ It is a dreadful, a Heart-shaking thing, to be grabbling at the Door of Eternity, not know­ing whether it will open into Heaven or Hell! But how much more, if Conscience tell thee that the question is out of question, and tho [...] condemned already! Thy Sentence already past, that thou shalt not see life! Joh. 3. 18. 3 [...]. O the Fear, the Dread, the Terrours, the horrours, the Sorrows of Death, to such a poor Heart! O sad! not to be able to bid Death welcome! But how direful to come so unwel­come! Isa. 33, 14.

8. Consider, be it comfort or discomfort, [...] thou willing, or unwilling; ready, or un­ [...]ly, Christian, or Christless; dye thou [...]; dye thou shalt. Ah Soul! Death will [...]; and when it comes, it will neither go [...]out thee, nor yet stay for thee: Thou [...]er canst, nor shalt dye by a Deputy; or [...] respited to get ready. Then, go thou [...]st, and presently too: Go thou shalt, [...] all as thou art. Fit, or unfit; clean, or [...]; Cloathed, or Naked; changed, or un­ [...]anged; in Christ, or Christless; away thou [...]lt: All as thou art, all as thou art. O [...]well a little upon the thoughts of it! G [...]n. [...] 19. Job 7. 1. and 14. 5. and 16. 22. Prov. [...] 32. These Scriptures (amongst others) Confirm it: And not by a may-be, but a shall [...]. Take but one more, Job 18. 23, 14. 18.

9. Consider, whether thou mind it, or for­get it; Sleep, or Watch; look for thy Lord, [...] [...]ant it with the Rabble; Death will not [...]ly come, but it may be nearer then thou [...] aware. Dye thou must, dye thou shalt, [...] thou wilt say so too; but thou hopest it [...] far off yet: Well, but consider, Death is [...] more certain, than the time uncertain. Dye thou shalt, I, and it may be sooner than thou thinkest of. Death will be upon thee; [...] and may not, will not it be 'e [...]e thou look for it? Doth not the fatal stroak, use [...] [Page 14] a surprizing stroak? Job 21. 13. 23, 24. [...] 36. 14. Mat. 24. 37, 38, 39. 42. to the [...] 1 Thes. 5. 2, 3. Luke 12. 17, 18, 19. 40. Ma [...] 13. 35, 36, 37.

10. Consider, dying Christless; dye ri [...] or poor; young or old, sooner or later, [...] ­denly or languidly, thou wilt dye dreadf [...] ­ly. Ah poor Heart! thou art he, or [...] whoever thou art, that wilt dye at a [...] dreadful rate. The Death of the Body [...] no Trifle, yet what were dying, if the Dea [...] of the Body were all? dying is a commo [...] word, and commonly lightly spoken: [...] 'tis no light thing to dye. O Soul! dyin [...] work is Weighty work. Deut. 32. 29. The [...] blessed dying, and Curssed dying; Rev. 1 [...] 13. Isa. 65. 20. Joyful dying, and dreadfu [...] dying. Pro. 14. 32. There's dying, and do [...] ble dying; Psal, 89. 48. Rev. 2. 11. and [...] 6. 14. This sheweth that there is a differenc [...] in dying: And what ever the difference b [...] besure poor Christless ones, dye at the wor [...] rate. Dye when thou wilt, or how thou wil [...] ▪ thou ever dyest dreadfully. (See Mem [...] to Mori.)

1. Thou wilt dye nocently, dye guilty, dye in thy Sins. Ah poor Soul! No Christ, no Pardon, no Conversion, no Remission. Acts 5. 31. No close with Christ, no Benefit by Christ. Therefore thou must bear thi [...] [Page 15] own Burthen, dye in thy Sins, and canst thou [...]e worse? Is not that dreadful dying? Joh. [...]. 24. Job 20. 11.

2. Dye violently, dye suddenly, and hard­ly: However any may think, thou seemest [...]o go away like a Lamb; Death will hale and [...]rry thee away: It will prey upon, and de­ [...]our thee, Pro. 14. 32. Psal. 49. 14. Job 18. [...]0. To the end. Ah poor Heart! Thou [...]t (like, nay,) sure to know the Strength [...]f Death. Is not that a dreadful dying.

3. Dye Cruelly, dye Terribly. There's [...]tterness, Fear, Horrour, Sorrow, Pain, Sting, [...]orment, Poyson, in Death: None but Christ can fetch it out, and take it away, therefore it comes with all to Christless [...]es. The Bitterness, Fears, Horrours, Sorrows, Pains, Sting, Torments, Poyson of Death, are all thine! 1 Cor. 15. 56. Who­ever dye sweetly, thou wilt dye bitterly: Whoever find Deaths Clemency, thou wilt [...]d and feel it's utmost cruelty. And is [...]ot that dreadful dying?

4. Dye unready, dye untimely, dye when thou wilt, thou wilt dye unfit, unready. Should'st thou live the Age of Methusalah, [...] a thousand times told, thou wilt (dye Christless) dye unready. Mat. 24. 37, 38. [...] and 25. 10, 11, 12. Whoever love, and [...] for the appearing of Christ; thou art [Page 16] sure he will come too soon for thee▪ W [...] ever are so fit, as to stretch out their N [...] look, and wish, desire, and Pa [...] for Deaths coming to set th [...] [...]. Phil. 1. 20. 23. free and wa [...]t them home to [...] Bosome of Jesus: Thou art [...] it will come 'ere thou want it. Whoever [...] sure of Heavenly Mansions. 2 Cor. 5. 1. T [...] art sure to be turned out of Doors, 'ere th [...] have where to put thy Head; 'ere th [...] have any dwelling other than everlast [...] Burnings. Isa. 33. 14. Whoever be Cloath [...] thou art sure to be found Naked, turned [...] to outer darkness, Mat. 22. 11, 12, 13. W [...] ever be (blameless) found in peace, 2 [...] 3. 14. Thou wilt (faulty) be found in [...] ­ry. Mat. 24. 50, 51. Poor Heart! whoe [...] be prepared, Mat. 25. 10. Thou art u [...] still; unready still, and sure so to dye at [...] Verse 11, 12. And is not that dreadful dyin [...] (see unready dying, dreadful dying.)

5. Dye Eternally; Dye, first and seco [...] Death; dye for ever, Rom. 6. 23. Rev. [...] 6. 14, 15. The second Death, Death E [...] ­nal, is the Extremity, and perpetuity of [...] Misery. The Death of the Body is [...] the Image, the shadow of Death. T [...] Death of poor Christless ones, is an invi [...] Death: An inconceivable Death; no To [...] can tell it, no Pencil Paint or delin [...] [Page 17] [...] [...]he life what it is. We may say, O the Pains, [...] Pangs, the Sorrows, the Terrours, the [...]rours, the Anguishes, the Gripings, the [...]wing, the Dolours, the Stings, the [...]s, (Ardoribus perpetuis) the everlasting [...]ings of it! But who can say what they [...] To lye under the utmost Extremity that [...]potent Justice, and Fiery Indignation [...] inflict! To lye Eternally so! to be thus [...]ng for ever! Ever dying at the dreadfulest [...] And yet, never, never, never Dead! [...] dye Eternally! (thus, all that dye Christ­ [...] dye,) O dreadful dying! (See the Fu­ [...]al of Christless ones.)

Consider, in Christ, or Christless; [...]oathed, or Naked, Weight or wanting; [...] Judgement thou shalt go. There is no e­ [...]ing, or evading it: No appearing by an [...]ney, nor being reprieved till bet­ [...] prepared. O Soul! 'Tis not, thou [...]st go, but thou must go: 'Tis not, [...]s thou wilt, but thou shalt. In vain [...] to cry to Rock or Mountain, to hide [...] cover thee; Rocks will rent, Mountains [...] Hills flee away Alas! Whither wilt thou [...] what wilt thou do? If thou wouldest [...]d into Heaven, he is there from whom [...] wouldest flee: If thou make thy Bed in [...] behold, he is there also: If thou couldst [...]e the Wings of the Morning, and dwell [Page 18] in the utmost parts of the Sea, there [...] his hand reach thee too: if thou set [...] Nest among the Stars, thence will he [...] thee down: And if thou say, surely the da [...] ­ness (at least) shall cover me, Lo, the d [...] ­ness hideth not from him with whom [...] hast to do: but the Night shineth as the d [...] the darkness and the light are both [...] to him. Sea, Death, and Hell, must, [...] shall deliver up their Dead to him, [...] whose Face the Earth and the Heavens [...] away. Fit, or unfit; Weight, or want [...] to Judgement thou shalt go: at the [...] and dreadful Tribunal thou shalt app [...] Eccle. 12. 14. Acts. 17. 31. Rom. 2. 6. 12. [...] 2 Cor. 5. 10. Rev. 20. 11, 12, 13.

12. Consider, Speak, or speechless; Co [...] ­dent or confounded; (without a Chri [...] Judgement thou wilt be condemned) W [...] ever stand, thou art sure to fall; whoever [...] acquitted, thou art sure to be cast; whoever [...] absolved, thou art sure to be condemn [...] Plal. 1. 5. The ungodly shall not stand in [...] Judgement. John 3. 18. But he that believe [...] not is condemned already; and can'st th [...] hope to be cleared then? No, poor Hear [...] Whoever be justified, thou art sure to [...] doomed: Mat. 22. 12. 13. Whoever hav [...] Come thou Blessed, thou art sure of a Go th [...] Cursed. Mat. 25. 34. 41. What droop [...] [Page 19] [...]t soever be raised, cheared, with a thou [...] mine, thine is sure to be sunk, and cool­ [...] with an I know thee not: Mat. 25. 11. [...]. Luke 13, 25, 26, 27. What poor Trem­ [...]ng, fainting Heart soever be revived, and [...]oyced with a Sentence of Eternal Salvati­ [...]; thine (Poor Soul) is sure to be struck [...] and dead, with a Doom to Everlasting [...]struction from the presence of the Lord, [...] from the Glory of his Power, 2 Thes. 1. 8. [...] And consider further, tolerable, or into­ [...]able, Damnation is Eternal. 'Tis Ever­ [...]ing Destruction, 2 Thes. 1. 9. Everlasting [...]ishment, Mat. 25. 46. Everlasting Fire, [...]rse 41. Everlasting Burnings, Isa. 33. 14. [...] Gnawing Worm is immortal, and the [...]ormenting Fire is unquenchable, Mark 9. 44.

13. Consider, if thou perish Eternally, thy [...]ood will be upon thine own Head. Thou [...]lt have none to charge with the loss of a [...]l more precious then a World, but only [...] self. And what a Hell of Hells will that [...]? Ezek. 33. 11. Mat. 23. 37. Luke. 19. 41, [...]. John 4. 40.

14. Consider, how thou wilt answer the [...]fusal and rejection of a tendered Tender [...]viour. If thou Perish, thou wilt have not [...]ly thy own life to answer for, but also the [...]tempt and rejection of an Offered Saviour, [...]d Salvation, to answer for: And how dread­ful [Page 20] will these things be? John 3. 16. 18, 1 [...] Heb. 2, 3. (See, Excitation to Soul-Concer [...] ­ing)

15. Consider, Seeing they that are no choice Saints, were once in thy conditio [...] why may'st not thou (being yet alive) [...] into their condition? O Poor Soul! W [...] doest thou do? is not thy case most wo [...] and Deplorable? Is it to be rested in one M [...] ­ment? Why lyest thou still, in the Lake [...] Sodom? In the mire of Sin? In the Gul [...] of Misery? and at the Mouth of Hell? [...] way! away escape for thy life! the life [...] thy Soul escape for eternity, or thou art [...] for Eternity! O! to Christ! to Chris [...] Flee to Christ! See'st thou not how ma [...] that were once in thy case are now escap [...] and gone? Got into Christ? Got into a St [...] of Grace? got aloft? Got out of danger [...] Tit. 3. 3. 1 Cor. 6. 11. Ephe. 2. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, [...] Rom. 8. 1. Alas, Poor Heart! Wilt thou ly [...] and starve, and dye in thy Sin, and Perish [...] ­ever: When thou mightest be happy for [...] ­ver? O! who hath bewitched thee! Retu [...] return, Poor Prodigal! Wilt thou not awa [...] when others are gone? How safe are they How well have they sped? Luke 15. 20 & [...] Where are they got? How happy is the [...] State? Col. 1. 12, 13, 14. Wilt thou not g [...] when Heaven and Earth call thee? Isa. 5 [...] [Page 21] [...] 2, 3. Rev. 22. 17. And when Creator, and [...]reatures, Heaven and Earth, would Rejoyce [...]er thee? Luke 15. 7. 10. 23, 24. 32. Zeph. [...] 17. Wilt thou not away, when God, and [...]sus Christ Beseech, woo, intrea [...] and Pray [...]ee? 2 Cor. 5. 20. Wilt thou not Rowse up, [...]lt thou not bestir thee, in thy-day? Luke 9. 42. In a Good-day? 2 Cor. 6. 2. In the [...]ay? The Day when the Door of Mercy is [...]et open? When the Gate of Heaven stands [...]pen? Mat. 11. 28. and 23. 37. and 22. 2, [...], 4. Prov. 9. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 2 Cor. 6. 2. [...]sal. 24. 7, 8, 9, 10. The only-day? The [...]ay that has no Morrow? Heb. 3. 7. 8, 9, [...]0, 11. The Ending-Day? The Closing-Day, [...]hen the Door is even shutting, when the Table is withdrawing, when the Market is [...]nding? O, Start now! Put in for one now! [...]tep in now! Now, or never! Heb. 4. 1. 7. JOhn 7. 33, 34. 37. and 12. 35, 36. Mat. 25. [...]0, 11, 12.

Once more, poor Soul! How many are there now in Heaven, that were once in thy condition? How many that were once in thy case, are now in Glory: Singing, as in Rev. 5. 9. 10. and 7. 9, 10. and 14. 3. and 15. 3? Now in his presence where is fulness of Joyes? Now, Swimming in Pleasures at the Lords right Hand for evermore? O! why may'st not thouescape as well as they? Why [Page 22] may'st not thou be changed as well as they? Find M [...] as well as they? and be one day as happy as they; if [...] slip not thy present Season; if thou lose not thy [...] sent opportunity? Delay not then one Moment lo [...] But up, and away! Put on, for a State of Grace! [...] out for Salvation and Glory! be not content to P [...] for ever; To be a Child of Perdition; To be lost [...] Eternity! O never be content to go Christless! and G [...] ­less! and Graceless! and Gloriless, for ever! [...] lye and Perish, and lose happiness for ever, wh [...] thers are got into a blessed State! and when tho [...] sure to be welcome as well as they, if thou do but [...] John 6. 37. (See the Prodigals welcome.)

16. Consider, now to close up all the former [...] ­derations, and all that I shall now say to Christless [...] I say consider; what Christ, Grace, and Salvation, [...] be worth one day. Is an Offered Jesus worth noth [...] But what will a Lost Jesus be worth? John 7. 33, 34, [...] 8. 21. Is a saving change worth nothing now? But, [...] will it be worth when thou art fallen under that Do [...] Rev. 22, 11? He that is unjust let him be unjust [...] and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still. [...] the things of thine everlasting Peace worth [...] thing while tendered to thee? But, what will they [...] worth when they are for ever gone? Luke 19. 42. Offered-Salvation worth nothing? But Soul! W [...] will lost Salvation be worth? Ponder Acts 13. 46. [...] 2. 2, and 3. 11. Well Soul! 'Ere it be too late; [...] down, and seriously consider these things. Lay th [...] upon thy Heart. And whatever thy thoughts of th [...] things are now, think what thoughts thou shalt h [...] of them one day.

What will Christ, and Grace, and Glory, be wor [...] one Day? Are they of no value now? But O! Wh [...] will they be worth when all lost? Are they worth [...] thing now they come a▪ Begging? But, what will th [...] be worth when thou goest a-Begging? Prov. 1. 24, 2 [...] [Page 23] [...] [...]7, 28, 29. Mat. 25. 11, 12. Luke 25, 26, 27. Canst [...] content to go without them now? Can'st spaer [...] now? Can'st make light of them now? But, can'st [...] for ever? Can'st thou be content to go without [...] all for ever? Wilt thou have the same thoughts [...] them, in a dying Hour? In a Dooming Day? and [...] Eternity hath swallowed thee up? Numb. 23. 10. [...] 6. 15, 16, 17. Mat. 25. 41. 46. Well Soul! what­ [...] value thou hast of them now, what will Oyl in thy [...], and a Wedding-Garment on thy Back, be worth [...] Day? Worth, when not to be had? What will Oyl [...] worth having for taking now) be worth when [...] King comes in to see the Guests? Mat. 22. 11, 12, [...] And, yet once more, whatever account thou make of [...]; sit down, and consider; what Christ, Grace, a [...]edding Garment, Oyl, Substance, Solidity, Weight, [...] Life of Grace, the Power of Godliness, Sincerity, [...] Holiness, and perfect Holiness will be worth one [...]! Worth, when for ever lost! When never more to [...] had! When for ever hid from thine Eyes! Luke 19. [...]. And truly Soul! It will not be long first. It will not [...] [...]g that they will be Offered: T'will not be long [...] thou wilt be intreated: that thou wilt be waited on, [...] thou wilt be tryed further; it may be, not once [...], John 8. 21. Luke 19. 42. and 14. 24. It will not be [...] (if any longer then this once) that they will be [...] for receiving, for imbracing; no, nor yet be had [...] Prayers, Cryes, Tears, Knocking, Begging, Pleading, [...]postulating, and all that ever thou can'st say, or do; [...], tho thou sweat, Bleed, break thy Heart, Dye, and [...]ish to all Eternity, Mat. 25. 11, 12. Luke 13. 24, 25, [...], 27. (See Soul-Seasons, Critical-Seasons, and Soul- [...]sons, oft short-Seasons.)

And now, poor Christless, Graceless, Unchanged- [...]! What wilt thou do? Wilt thou without delay [...] Moment more, one Minute more, Bestir thee [...] for Christ? For a change? and to get into a State of Grace [Page 24] before it be too late? What wilt thou do? What [...] have all these things upon thee? Are they all [...] Do none of these things move thee? shall all [...] nothing? Can'st Read, and Hear, and Bear, and [...] all? The Lord pluck thee as a Brand out of the [...] Well poor Soul! Whatever thou do; how m [...] there that have Embraced Christ? That are [...] Christ? and into an Holy and Happy State? Ye [...] [...] many shalt thou one Day see come from the No [...] [...] from the South, and sit down with Abraham, Is [...] [...] Jacob, and all the prophets in the Kingdom of [...] And wilt thou be none of them? Wilt thou [...] thrust out? O How dreadful will tha [...] then be! [...] bear all now, and never stir? O, but Poor Heart! [...] wilt thou break that then? Can thine Heart endure [...] thy H [...]nds be strong then? Luke 13. 28, 29, 30. [...] thus I leave these few things with thee; together [...] that Scripture, Prov. 9. 12. If thou be wise, thou [...] be wise for thy self, But if thou scornest, thou [...] shalt bear it. But I would especially leave it in the Lo [...] Hand for thy good.

And now O mighty God of Jacob! The Lord [...] Omnipotent! make these (and my other) poor [...] a word of Life and Power to every poor Christless [...] that shall Read or Hear them. Yea of some use both [...] changed, and unchanged; Christless, and Christia [...] That the one may yet obtain Christ and [...] and the other be Quickened to make their State [...] and to make sound and through Work of Christia [...] Even so O Lord! For precious Souls sakes; Yea, [...] the Glory sake! and for thy Christ his sake! Amen Ame [...] Also, Read Mr. Alleines Alarm to the unconverted. And [...] Funeral of Christless ones. Soul-Alarms. Issacha [...]s Wisdo [...] Soul-Seasons, Critical-Seasons. And the da [...]ger of hereaf­ters in Soul-matters.

Brethren, my Hearts, desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved. Rom. 10. 1.