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44 ^-^ Serwon Preachedpidity may make our hearts to quake,end ourflcfhfotremble,andaftoni{hourfenfcs5 O then pity yourowne fouks, pity the fowles ofwretched finners, andbcintreated(brethren)bythervveeiemerciesofGoDjbyallihefuffeiingsofouL- Saviour, by allthejoyesof heaven to fetke theLoKD while he may he foftnd if.-the danger of lin was onely to he hond-men andhond-wO'men.zs Queene Efier faid to Ahajl-^verm ^ I wotdd haveheld my tongue, or I ^\ould have beene kfTe importunatewith youjbut the punifhment is athoufand timesgreater, and I am at this time Gods Meffenger,bring heavy tidings imco finners,toand I will tell youwhat you fliall find true by experience hereaftcrjthacyouwhoaredefpifers and contemners of G^Di Ordinances,formall profefTors having a fliew, not anypower of godlineffe, malicious per{ons>«S^c.(hall afceranttletime,yeaa very Httletime, cry out, Wo^wo,wb. Ah what an unfortunate wretch am I, that haveloft all hopes of heaven ! time was when happineffewas offered to me, but I ( foole that I w^s) rejc(5led ir,now alasfliali I wecpeand waileforever.. A little Ci-.ty as I have fomewherc read ,refiftcd tj^llexAndcr, helighted a torch and vowed that ifthey fubmittednotthemfclves before the torch was burnt, he wouldburne their Cityinto afliss; our life is like the burningofa torch ; now mud thou yeeld up thyfclfe toberuled by the Lord,or burne in heU,notasthatCityfor a fliorttime,but for ever: the evei lading flamesofhell cannot burne out one ftaine of fin out of thyfoule: What great benefits didft thou receive of theworldto allure thee to loofe heaven ^ and what ifthou hadft gained much riches and many pleafures,and