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( 6 ) justice of God provoked! lest thou art called to the bar too soon, to answer for thy sins and certainly & serious meditation here must need provoke an unforeigned contrition.

III. Meditate on the cost and punishment of sin: Consider O stubborn sin ner: what will sin cost you? namely, those endless torments that cannot be conceived; hath not the God of heaven and earth with all his attributes passed before you; viz. his mercy his goodness' ahd patienece, his long suffering; hath not all these come to your hearts and whispered in your ears, and said, “Bounty" “ hath kept you, patience hath born with" “you; long-suffering hath endured you", “ mercy hath received you, the goodness" "of God- hath been gracious to you" All these will bid you all adieu, and then you will be sentenced to the bottomless pit, where year companions are devils, horror the language, brimstone and fire the torture; and eternal death the souls eternal life. Certainly my friends, serious meditations on this most break the heart; and cause sorrow for sin.

What a terrible day shall this be when thou halt leave this mansion and enter into an unknown region? Who can