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serious meditation here must needs pro an unfeigned contrition.
I. Meditate on the cost and punishment sin. Consider, O stubborn sinner, what sin cost you! namely, those torments that cannot be conceived. 'Hath not God of heaven and earth, with all his attributes, passed before you, viz. his longsuffering; hath not all these come to your, hearts and whispered in your ears, and said bounty hath kept you, patience hath borne with you, long-suffering hath endured you, mercy hath relieved 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 thy companions will be devils, horror the language, brimstone and fire the torture, and eternal death the soul’s eternal life. Certainly, my friends, serious meditation on this must break the heart, and cause sorrow and sin.
What a terrible day shall this be when thou shall leave this mansion and enter into an unknown region! Who can defend me from those hellish monsters? God is incensed, hell prepared, justice threatened, holy mercy must prevent or the soul is damaged O miserable news the soul committed
