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 they have not finned alone, but drawn  into the ſnare. If religious acquainance, it ſtrikes a freſh gaſh into their hearts, think of never ſeeing them any more,  only at an unapproachable diſtance,  by the unpaſſable gulph.

At laſt, perhaps, they begin to pray: But have they deferred, ſo long deferred their  to ? Why have they deſpiſed all counſels, and ſtood incorrigible under his  reproofs? How often have they been of theſe terrors, and moſt  entreated to ſeek the LORD, while  might be found?—I wiſh they may  mercy at the eleventh, at the laſt hour. , alas! who can tell, whether affronted will lend an ear to their complaint? the holy One will work a miracle of in behalf of ſuch tranſgreſſors? He may, aught any mortal knows, "laugh at their, & mock when their fear cometh."

Thus they lie groaning out the poor of life; their limbs bathed in ſweet;  heart ſtruggling with convulſive throes;  unſupportable throbbing thro' every ; and innumerable darts of agony  their conſcience.

Happy diſſolution! were this the period their woes. But, alas! all these are only the "beginning of ſorrows;"  ſmall drop only from that cup of trembling  is mingled for their future portion.——No ſooner has the laſt pang diſlodged