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 me hereafter. As long as thou refuſeſt to hear Chriſt's voice, thou has a hell upon earth as it is not the multitude of companions that to thither ſhall any whit leſſen thy torments, but rather increaſe them; thy life, that have been full of worldly joys, ſhall end in daily Woe.

All you, into whoſe hands this little book ſhall come, let me beg you to conſider, in thoſe bowels of love you have to your own ſouls how your hearts can endure to think of being that out of heaven, out of bleſſedneſs for ever: aſk your hearts theſe queſtions. Can I burn? Can I endure the vegeance of eternal fire? Will boiling oil, burning brimſtone, ſcalding lead, a glowing oven, a ſcorching furnace, be an eaſy lodging for me? o, why, my ſoul, wilt thou not be perſuaded to repent is their too much pain in that? Thou art ready to ſay, I cannot bear a croſs nor any affliction, a leoff, or a reproach: talk thee, of crucifying the fleſh, of parting with thy worldly companions, of entering in at the ſtraight gate: O theſe are hard ſayings, who can bear them?

But how wilt thou do, to dwell in with devouring fire? How wilt thou do to dwell with everlaſting burnings? Whatſoever thou thinkeſt now. think what hell will be when the day comes thou muſt deſcend into it; thou mayeſt drink or laugh away the fear of it: but what will it be to thee when thou feeeſt thyſelf wrapped in the flames of it, and not a drop of water to cool thy tongue ! think on hell, O, ſoul and then think on Chriſt, and conſider, if a Redeemer from ſuch miſery be not worth the ac cepting of. Think on hell, and think on ſin and carnal pleasures and delights, conſider how they will reliſh with thee, whe thus falted with everlasting fire: Are theſe the price for which