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24 of wrath will be eruptied upon theſe wretched creatures: The law they have violated, and the goſpel they have flighted, the power they have defied, and the goodneſs they have abuſed: will all get themſelves honour in their examplary deſtruction. Then God, the Cod to whom vengeance belongeth, will draw the arrow to the very head, and ſet them as the mark of his inexhorable diſpleaſure.

Reſurrection, will be no privilege to them, but immortality itſelf their everlaſting curſe—Would they not bleſs the grave, ''that land! where all things are forgotten'', and wiſh to be eternally hid in its deepeſt gloom; but the duſt refuſes to conceal their perſons, or draw a vail over their practices. They alſo muſt awake, muſt ariſe; muſt appear at the bar, and meet the Judge, a Judge before whom the pillars of heaven tremble, and the earth melt away; a Judge once long-ſuffering and very compaſſionate, but now unalterably determined, to teach ſtubborn offenders what it is to provoke the Oninipotent Godhead, what it is to trample in the blood of his Son, and offer deſpite to all the gracious overtures of his holy Spirit, to whom be glory, honour, and immortal praiſe, now, and for evermore. Amen.