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 are ſo near at Hand, and ready to be poured in upon us; eſpecially when we conſider, Secondly The deplorable Condition of an intellectual Being who feels no other Effects from his Maker's preſence, but ſuch as proceed from Divine Wrath and Indignation!

We may aſſure ourſelves, that the great Author of Nature will not always be as one who is indifferent to any of his Creatures. Thoſe who will not feel him in his Love, will be ſure at length to feel him in his diſpleaſure. And how dreadful is the Condition of that Creature, who is only ſenſible of the Being of his Creator by what he ſuffers from him! He is as eſſentially preſent in Hell as in Heaven, but the Inhabitants of thoſe accurſed Places behold him only in his Wrath, and ſhrink within the Flames to conceal themſelves from him. It is not in the Power of Imagination to conceive the fearful Effects of Omnipotence incenſed.

But I ſhall only conſider the Wretchedneſs of an intellectual Being, who in this Life, lies under the Diſpleaſure of him, that at all Times and in all Places is intimately united with him. He is able to diſquiet the Soul, and vex it in all its Faculties. He can hinder any of the greateſt Comforts of Life from refreſhing us, and give an Edge to every one of its ſlighteſt Calamities. Who then can bear the Thought of being an Out-