,transcriber's ,note3 ,biblical         
references were originally present as   
side  notes rather than footnotes4 ,the 
references for each stanza were         
collected into a single footnote1 as the
 references are mostly generic  to the  
action of the stanza4 ,the summaries1   
also present as side notes1  have been  
moved to precede the stanza to which    
they were attached4    ,,the ,,day ,,of 
,,doom2    ,or1 a  ,poetical            
,description  ,of the  ,great and ,last 
,,judgment3  ,with ,other ,poems4    ,by
    ,michael ,wigglesworth1 ,a4,m41     
,teacher of the ,church at ,malden in   
,new ,england1    #affb4    ,also a     
memoir of the author1 autobiography and 
sketch of his funeral  sermon by ,rev4  
,cotton ,mather4    ,acts #ag3ca4       
,because he hath appointed a ,day in the
 which he will judge  the ,world in     
,righteousness by that ,man whom he hath
 ordained4    ,mat4 #bd3cj4 ,and then   
shall appear the sign of the ,son of    
,man in ,heaven1  and then shall all the

 tribes of the ,earth mourn1 and they   
shall see the  ,son of ,man coming in   
the clouds of ,heaven with power and    
great glory4    ,,from ,,the ,,sixth    
,,edition1 #agae4    ,new ,york2        
,american ,news ,company4  #ahfg4       
,entered according to ,act of ,congress1
 in the year of our ,lord1 #ahfg1 by    
,wm4 ,henry ,burr1    in the ,clerk's   
office of the ,district ,court of the   
,united ,states1 for  the ,southern     
,district of ,new ,york4    ,c4 ,s4     
,westcott  ,co41 ,printers1 #gi ,john   
street4      ,memoir of the ,author4    
,the following is the substance of an   
article published in the 8,new  ,england
 ,historical and ,genealogical          
,register10 for ,april1 #ahfc1 written  
by ,john ,ward ,dean1 ,esq41 of ,boston3
    ,a century ago no poetry was more   
popular in ,new ,england than           
,wigglesworth's ,day of ,doom4 ,francis 
,jenks1 ,esq41 in an article in the     
,christian ,examiner for ,nov41 #ahbh1  
speaks of it as 8a work which was       

taught our fathers with their           
catechisms1 and which many an aged      
person  with whom we are acquainted can 
still repeat1 though they may not have  
met with a copy since they were in      
leading strings2 a work that was  hawked
 about the country1 printed on sheets   
like common ballads2 and1 in  fine1 a   
work which fairly represents the        
prevailing theology of ,new  ,england at
 the time it was written1 and which     
,mather thought might1  #8perhaps1 find 
our children till the ,day itself       
arrives4'0    ,the popularity of        
,wigglesworth dated from the appearance 
of his poem1  and continued for more    
than a century4 ,expressing in earnest  
words the  theology which they believed1
 and picturing in lively colors the     
terrors  of the judgment day and the    
awful wrath of an offended ,god1 it     
commended  itself to those zealous      
,puritans1 who had little taste for     
lofty rhyme  or literary excellence4    
,the imaginative youth devoured its     

horrors with  avidity1 and shuddered at 
its fierce denunciation of sin4 ,in the 
darkness of night he saw its frightful  
forms arise1 and was thus driven  to    
seek the 8ark of safety0 from the wrath 
of ,jehovah4 ,for the last  century1    
however1 the reputation of the ,day of  
,doom has waned1 and few  at the present
 day know it except by reputation4      
,the author of this book1 whose wand had
 summoned up such images of  terror1 was
 neither a cynic nor a misanthrope1     
though sickness1 which  generally brings
 out these dispositions where they      
exist1 had long been  his doom4 ,his    
attenuated frame and feeble health were 
joined to genial  manners2 and1 though  
subject to fits of despondency1 he seems
 generally  to have maintained a        
cheerful temper1 so much so that some of
 his  friends believed his ills to be   
imaginary4    ,rev4 ,michael            
,wigglesworth was born ,october #bh1    
#afca1 probably in  ,yorkshire1         
,england4 ,he was brought to this       

country in #afch1 being then  seven     
years old1 but in what ship we are not  
informed4 ,his father1  ,edward         
,wigglesworth1 was one of those resolute
 ,puritans who1 with their  families1   
found an asylum where they could enjoy  
their religion without  molestation in  
our then ,new ,england wilderness1 the  
distance of which  from their ,english  
homes can hardly be appreciated now4    
,here they  suffered the severe         
hardships of a rigorous climate1 the    
fearful dangers  from savage tribes     
around them1 while uniting to build up  
villages which  are now cities1 and     
which still retain some of the          
characteristics of  their ,puritan      
founders4 ,the determined purpose and   
strength of principle  that conquered   
every obstacle was a school of severe   
training for the  children of that      
period4 ,it was natural that a father   
who had endured so  much for conscience'
 sake should desire to see his only son 
a clergyman2  and1 although the father's

 means were not large1 the son was      
devoted to  the ministry and given a    
thorough education4 ,michael1 after     
nearly three  years of preparatory      
studies1 entered ,harvard ,college in   
#afdg4 ,here he  had the good fortune to
 have for a tutor the excellent         
,jonathan  ,mitchell1 8the glory of the 
college10 and famous as a preacher4 ,the
  friendship here begun appears to have 
continued after both had left the       
college walls4 ,probably the eight      
stanzas 8on the following work and its  
author10 signed ,j4 ,mitchel1 were      
written by that tutor and preacher1 who 
was a native of ,yorkshire1 the county  
in which ,wigglesworth is believed  to  
have been born4    ,in #afea ,mr4       
,wigglesworth graduated1 and was soon   
after appointed a tutor  in the         
,college4 ,some of his pupils were men  
of note in their day4 ,among  them were4
 ,rev4 ,shubael ,dummer1 of ,york1 ,me42
 ,rev4 ,john ,eliot1 of  ,newton2 and   
,rev4 ,samuel ,torry1 of ,weymouth2 but 

the chief of them1 it  will be admitted1
 was ,rev4 ,increase ,mather1 ,d4,d41   
pastor of the second  church in ,boston1
 and for sixteen years president of     
,harvard ,college4  ,that the tutor was 
faithful to his trust1 we have evidence 
from the  sketch of the funeral sermon  
appended to this work1 preached by      
,rev4 ,cotton ,mather1 ,d4,d41 son of   
,increase1 who probably derived his     
information from his father4    ,while a
 tutor1 he prepared himself for the     
ministry1 and before his  father's death
 he had preached several times4 ,he was 
invited1 probably  in the autumn of     
#afed1 to settle at ,malden1 as the     
successor of  ,rev4 ,marmaduke          
,matthews1 but owing to long-continued  
sickness was not  ordained there till   
#afef4 ,the precise date of his         
ordination is not  known1 but it must   
have been subsequent to ,august #be1    
#afef1 for his  letter of dismission    
from the church at ,cambridge bears that
 date4 ,this  letter1 addressing the    

8,church of ,christ at ,maldon10 states 
that 8the  good hand of ,divine         
,providence hath so disposed that our   
beloved and  highly esteemed brother1   
,mr4 ,wigglesworth1 hath his residence  
and is  employed in the good work of ye 
,lord amongst you1 and hath cause to    
desire of us ,letters ,dismissive to    
your church1 in order to his joining  as
 a member with you40    ,the ill health 
which had delayed his ordination at     
,malden returned soon  after his        
settlement there1 and interrupted his   
ministry several years4  ,he took a     
voyage to ,bermuda1 sailing ,sept4 #bc1 
#affc1 and being absent  about seven    
months and a half4 ,but the tedious and 
stormy voyage seems  to have impaired   
his health so much that the change of   
climate afforded  him little relief1 and
 he returned much discouraged4 ,he met  
with a very  cordial welcome from his   
friends and parishioners4    ,while he  
was thus withheld from his ministry1 he 
employed his time in  literary labors4  

,his ,day of ,doom was published about  
#affb1 the year  before his voyage to   
,bermuda4 ,the first edition consisting 
of #a1hjj  copies1 was sold1 with some  
profit to the author1 within a year1    
which  considering the population and   
wealth of ,new ,england at that time1   
shows  almost as remarkable a popularity
 as that of ,uncle ,tom's ,cabin4       
,while absent on his voyage in search of
 health1 ,dec4 #i1 #affc1  ,rev4        
,benjamin ,bunker was ordained pastor of
 the church at ,malden4 ,it  seems that 
a distinction was observed at this time 
in ,new ,england  between pastor and    
teacher4 ,wigglesworth calls ,bunker    
8pastor0 in some  verses composed on his
 death1 while on the title-page of this1
 work he  calls himself 8teacher40      
,after ,wigglesworth became sole        
minister1 he was  probably considered   
the pastor4 ,bunker held this office    
over six years1  till his death1 ,feb4  
#c1 #affi-gj2 ,in the elegy on the death
 of his  colleague1 ,wigglesworth highly

 extols ,bunker's piety and usefulness4 
,the  next colleague of our author was  
,bev4 ,benjamin ,blackman1 settled about
  #afgd4 ,he supplied the desk four     
years and upward4 and left in the year  
#afgi4 ,his next colleague was ,rev4    
,thomas ,cheever1 son of his early      
teacher1 the celebrated ,new ,england   
schoolmaster1 ,ezekiel ,cheever1  author
 of ,latin ,accidence4 ,these three     
ministers were all educated at  ,harvard
 ,college1 ,bunker having graduated in  
#afeh1 ,blackman in #affc1 and  ,cheever
 in #afgg4 ,mr4 ,cheever began to preach
 at ,maiden ,feb4 #ad1 #afgi-hj1  was   
ordained ,july #bg1 #afha1 and was      
dismissed ,may #bj1 #afhf4              
,wigglesworth1 though long prevented by 
sickness from officiating1 never        
resigned his ministerial charge1 as     
appears from a letter which he          
addressed to ,samuel ,sprague1 ,july    
#bb1 #afhg4 ,he was now left alone as   
minister of the church4 ,he had1        
however1 recovered his health in a      

measure about this time1 which had      
suffered for nearly twenty years1 and   
for the remainder of his life he        
continued in public usefulness4    ,he  
died on ,sunday morning1 ,june #aj1     
#agje1 in the #gdth year of his age4    
,the epitaph on the last page of this   
work is believed to have been  written  
by ,cotton ,mather1 as it appears in the
 appendix to his funeral  sermon as by  
8one that had been gratified by his     
,meat out of the ,eater  and ,day of    
,doom40    ,mr4 ,wigglesworth had at    
least three wives3 ,mary1 daughter of   
,humphrey  ,reyner1 of ,rowley2 ,martha1
 whose maiden name was probably ,mudge2 
and  ,sybil1 widow of ,dr4 ,jonathan    
,avery1 of ,dedham1 and daughter of     
,nathaniel  ,sparhawk1 of ,cambridge4   
,by his first wife he had 7#a7 ,mercy b4
 ,feb41 #afee-f2 m4 #ast1 ,samuel8      
,brackenbury1 by whom she had at least  
one son1 ,william2 m4 #b;d1  ,rev4      
,samuel48 ,belcher4    ,by his second   
wife1 ,martha1 who d4 #aath ,sept41     

#afij1 a4 #bh1 he had3-- 7#b7  ,abigail1
 b4 #bjth ,march1 #afha2 m4 ,samuel     
,tappan1 #bc;d ,dec1 #agjj2-- 7#c7      
,mary1 b4 #bast ,sept41 #afhb 2 unm4 in 
#agjh2-- 7#d7 ,martha1 b4 #bast ,dec41  
#afhc2 m4 ,wheeler2-- 7#e7 ,esther1 b4  
#afth ,april1 #afhe2 m4 #ast1 ,john     
,sewall1 ,june #h1 #agjh1 who d4 #agaa2 
m4 #b;d1 ,abraham ,tappan1 ,oct4 #ba1   
#agac2-- 7#f7 ,dorothy1 b4 #bb;d ,feb41 
#afhg-hh2 m4 #b;d ,june1 #agji1 ,james  
,upham2-- 7#g7 ,rev4 ,samuel1 b4 #dth   
,feb41 #afhi-ij1 d4 #c;d ,sept41 #agfh4 
,by his  third wife1 ,sybil1 who d4 #fth
 ,aug41 #agjh1 a4 #ec1 he had3-- 7#h7   
,prof4  ,edward1 ,d4,d41 b4 about #afib1
 d4 ,jan4 #af1 #agfe4    ,rev4 ,samuel  
,wigglesworth1 the elder son1 was       
settled in ,hamilton ,parish1  in       
,ipswich1 ,mass41 in #agad4 ,he m4 #ast1
 ,mary1 dau4 of ,john ,brintnal1 of     
,winnisimmet1 #cjth ,june1 #agae1 who d4
 ,june #f1 #agbc1 a4 #bh1 having borne  
him four children1 ,mary1 ,michael1     
,martha1 and ,phebe4 ,he m4 ,march #ab1 

#agcj1 ,martha ,brown1 and had nine     
children4    ,edward ,wigglesworth1     
,d4,d41 the younger son1 took his degree
 of ,bachelor  of ,arts in #agaj1 and   
applied himself to the study of         
,divinity4 ,he  preached for some time  
in different parishes1 and in #agbb was 
installed  ,hollis ,professor of        
,divinity of ,harvard ,college4 ,not    
long afterward he  was chosen one of the
 fellows of the corporation4 ,he left an
 only son1  who succeeded him as ,hollis
 ,professor in the same college1 and an 
only  surviving daughter1 who married   
,prof4 ,sewall4    ,the following are   
the various editions of the ,day of     
,doom1 so far as  we have been able to  
ascertain3    ,the first edition was    
published in #affa or #affb1 and the    
second four  years after4 ,these facts  
are obtained from memoranda by the      
author1  which are printed in the       
,historical ,magazine for ,december1    
#ahfc4 ,an  edition was printed in      
,london1 ,england1 without the author's 

name1 in  #afgc4 ,this was1 probably1   
the third impression2 the date of the   
fourth  is unknown4 ,the fifth edition  
is said to have been published in #agja4
  ,mr4 ,dean has made diligent search   
and repeated inquiries1 but can only    
find two or three copies of the edition 
of #afgc1 and several fragments  which  
must have been parts of some of the     
other editions4    ,there was an edition
 published at ,newcastle1 in ,england1  
in #agaa4 ,the  next edition was        
published in #agae1 called 8the #fth    
edition1 enlarged1  with ,scripture and 
marginal notes0--8printed by ,john      
,allen1 for ,benjamin  ,eliot1 at his   
shop in ,king street40 ,from this       
edition1 which was  evidently the       
seventh1 the present one is reprinted1  
being carefully  compared with that of  
#afgc4 ,another edition appeared in     
#agea1 8,printed  and sold by ,thomas   
,fleet1 at the ,heart and ,crown1 in    
,cornhill10 ,boston4  ,the next edition 
appeared in #ahaa1 8,published by ,e4   

,little  ,company1  ,newburyport10      
,mass4 ,the last edition1 prior to the  
present1 was  published in ,boston in   
#ahbh1 by ,charles ,ewer4    ,besides   
the ,day of ,doom ,mr4 ,wigglesworth    
published1 in #affi1 8,meat out  of the 
,eater2 or1 ,meditations concerning the 
necessity and usefulness of             
,afflictions unto ,god's ,children40    
,the 8fourth edition0 appeared in #afhi1
  and subsequent editions in #agag and  
#aggj4 ,in #afhf he preached an         
,election ,sermon1 which was printed by 
the colony4 ,among his unpublished      
writings is a poem entitled 8,god's     
,controversy with ,new ,england1 written
  in the time of the great ,drought1    
,anno #affb4 ,by a lover of ,new        
,england's  prosperity40    ,mr4        
,wigglesworth borrowed little from other
 poets1 and what he borrowed  was       
probably from the commentaries and      
theological treatises with which  his   
library abounded1 rather than from the  
poets4 ,not that his style is  wholly   

prosaic1 for there are passages in his  
writings that are truly  poetical1 both 
in thought and expression1 and which    
show that he was  capable of attaining a
 higher position as a poet than can now 
be claimed  for him4 ,the roughness of  
his verses was surely not owing to      
carelessness or indolence1 for neither  
of them was characteristic of the  man4 
,the true explanation may be1 that he   
sacrificed his poetical taste  to his   
theology1 and that1 for the sake of     
inculcating sound doctrine1  he was     
willing to write in halting numbers4    
,the author of the ,day of ,doom1       
belonging to the straitest sect of      
,puritans1 was1 like many others of that
 sect1 a man of generous feeling  toward
 his fellows4 ,rev4 ,dr4 ,peabody calls 
him 8a man of the  beatitudes40         
,obedience to the supreme law gave a    
heavenly lustre to his  example and a   
sweet fragrance to his memory4 ,the     
clergy of his day  possessed a deep     
religious earnestness and a fervent     

piety4 ,they were  ,bible students and  
men of prayer4 ,even many who consider  
them erroneous  in doctrine1 are willing
 to allow that they were strict in      
morals2 that1  if they were wrong in    
faith1 they were right in life2 that1 if
 their  creed was opaque1 their hearts  
were luminous2 and that1 if their vision
  did not discern the additional light  
which the saintly ,robinson had         
prophesied was yet to break forth from  
,god's ,word1 they sincerely  accepted  
the light they saw4 ,they were patient1 
hopeful1 humble1  believing1 faithful4  
,they stood on a higher plane than their
 successors1  and exercised a           
proportionally higher power over their  
hearers4 ,their  people revered them1   
were constant in attendance on their    
services1 and  submitted gladly to their
 sway4      ,autobiography    ,i was    
born of ,godly ,parents1 that feared ye 
,lord greatly1 even from  their youth1  
but in an ungodly ,place1 where ye      
generality of ye people  rather derided 

than imitated their piety2 in a place   
where1 to my  knowledge1 their children 
had ,learnt wickedness betimes2 in a    
place that  was consumed with fire in a 
great part of it1 after ,god had brought
 them  out of it4 ,these godly parents  
of mine meeting with opposition and     
persecution for ,religion1 because they 
went from their own ,parish church  to  
hear ye word and ,receiv ye ,lords      
supper c1 took up resolutions to  pluck 
up their stakes and remove themselves to
 ,new ,england3 and  accordingly they   
did so1 ,leaving dear ,relations1       
friends and  acquaintance1 their native 
,land1 a new built house1 a flourishing 
,trade1  to expose themselves to ye     
hazzard of ye seas1 and to ye           
,distressing  difficulties of a howling 
wilderness1 that they might enjoy       
,liberty of  ,conscience and ,christ in 
his ordinances4 ,and the ,lord brought  
them  hither and ,landed them at        
,charlstown1 after many difficulties and
  hazzards1 and me along with them1     

being then a child not full seven  years
 old4 ,after about #g weeks stay at     
,charlstown1 my parents removed  again  
by sea to ,new ,haven in ye month of    
,october4 ,in our passage thither  we   
were in great ,danger by a storm which  
drove us upon a ,beach of sand  where we
 lay beating til another ,tide fetcht us
 off2 but ,god carried us  to our port  
in safety4 ,winter approaching we dwelt 
in a cellar partly  under ground covered
 with earth the first winter4 ,but ,i   
remember that  one great rain1 brake in 
upon us and drencht me so in my bed1    
being  asleep1 that ,i fell sick upon   
it2 but ye ,lord in mercy spar'd my life
  and restored my health4 ,when ye next 
summer was come ,i was sent to  school  
to ,mr4 ,ezekiel ,cheever1 who at that  
time taught school in his own  house1   
and under him in a year or two ,i       
profited so much through ye  blessing of
 ,god1 that ,i began to make ,latin and 
to get forward apace4  ,but ,god who is 
infinitely wise and absolutely soverain1

 and gives no  account concerning any of
 his proceedings1 was pleased about this
 time  to visit my father with ,lameness
 which grew upon him more and more to   
his dying ,day1 though he liv'd under it
 #ac years4 ,he wanting help was  fain  
to take me off from school to follow    
other employments for ye space  of #c or
 #d years1 until ,i had lost all that ,i
 had gained in the ,latin  ,tongue4 ,but
 when ,i was now in my fourteenth year1 
my ,father1 who ,i  suppose was not wel 
satisfied in keeping me from ,learning  
whereto ,i had  been designed from my   
infancy1 and not judging me fit for     
husbandry1  sent me to school again1    
though at that time ,i had little or no 
disposition to it1 but ,i was willing to
 submit to his authority therein  and   
accordingly ,i went to school under no  
small disadvantage and  discouragement1 
seing those that were far inferior to   
me1 by my  discontinuance now gotten far
 before me4 ,but in a little time it    
appeared to be of ,god1 who was pleased 

to facilitate my work and bless  my     
studies that ,i soon recovered what ,i  
had lost1 and gained a great  deal more1
 so that in #b years and #c quarters ,i 
was judged fit for ye  ,colledge and    
thither ,i was sent far from my parents 
and acquaintance  among strangers4 ,but 
when father and mother both forsook me  
then ye ,lord  took care of me4 ,it was 
an act of great self denial in my father
 that  notwithstanding his own lameness 
and great weakness of ,body which       
required ye service and helpfulness of a
 son1 and having but one son to  be ye  
staff of his age and supporter of his   
weakness1 he would yet for  my good1 be 
content to deny himself of that comfort 
and ,assistance ,i  might have ,lent    
him4 ,it was also an evident proof of a 
strong ,faith in  him1 in that he durst 
adventure to send me to ye ,colledge1   
though his  estate was but small and    
little enough to maintain himself and   
small  family left at home4 ,and ,god   
let him ,live to see how acceptable to  

himself this service was in giving up   
his only son to ye ,lord and  bringing  
him up to ,learning2 especially ye      
,lively actings of his faith  and self  
denial herein4 ,for first1              
notwithstanding his great weakness of   
body1 yet he ,lived til ,i was so far   
brought up as that ,i was called to  be 
a fellow of ye ,colledge and improved in
 ,publick servdce there1 and  until ,i  
had preached several ,times2 yea and    
more than so1 he ,lived to  see and hear
 what ,god had done for my soul in      
turning me from ,darkness  to light and 
from ye power of ,sathan unto ,god1     
which filled his heart  full of joy and 
thankfulness beyond what can be         
expressed4 ,and for his  outward estate1
 that was so far from being sunk by what
 he spent from  year to year upon my    
education1 that in #f years time it was 
plainly  doubled1 which himself took    
great notice of1 and spake of it to     
myself  and others1 to ye praise of     
,god1 with ,admiration and thankfulness4

 ,and  after he had lived under great   
and sore affliction for ye space of #ac 
years a pattern of faith1 patience1     
humility1 and heavenly mindedness1      
having done his work in my education and
 receiv'd an answer to his  prayers1    
,god took him to his ,heavenly ,rest1   
where he is now reaping ye  fruits of   
his ,labors4 ,when ,i came first to ye  
,colledge1 ,i had indeed  enjoyed ye    
benefit of ,religious and strict        
education1 and ,god in his  mercy and   
pitty kept me from scandalous sins      
before ,i came thither and  after ,i    
came there1 but alas ,i had a naughty   
vile heart and was acted by  corrupt    
nature1 therefore could propound no     
,right and noble ends1 but  acted from  
self and for self4 ,i was indeed        
studious and strove to outdoe  my       
compeers1 but it was for honour and     
applause and preferment and such  poor  
,beggarly ends4 ,thus ,i had my ,ends   
and ,god had his ,ends far  differing   
from mine1 yet it pleased him to ,bless 

my studies1 and to make  me grow in     
,knowledge both in ye tongues and       
inferior ,arts and also in  ,divinity4  
,but when ,i had been there about three 
years and a half2 ,god in  his ,love and
 ,pitty to my soul wrought a great      
change in me1 both in  heart and ,life1 
and from that time forward ,i learnt to 
study with ,god  and for ,god4 ,and     
whereas before that1 ,i had thoughts of 
applying myself  to ye study and        
,practice of ,physick1 ,i wholy laid    
aside those thoughts1  and did chuse to 
serve ,christ in ye work of ye ministry 
if he would  please to fit me for it and
 to accept of my service in that great  
work4    ,note4--,in the foregoing      
,autobiography the original spelling is 
retained4  ,in the following poems the  
spelling is modernized4 ,the use of the 
acute  accent 7'7 to indicate the former
 pronunciation of the final ed as a     
separate syllable will be obvious2 in   
other exceptional cases the old         
apostrophe is retained4 ,in a few       

instances the termination tion is       
divided by a hyphen1 to indicate its    
pronunication as two syllables          
7she-on74 ,the modern double commas are 
also used to mark quotations4    ,w4 ,h4
 ,b4      ,to the ,christian ,reader4   
,reader1 ,i am a fool1  ,and have       
adventurd  ,to play the fool this once  
for ,christ1  ,the more his fame to     
spread4  ,if this my foolishness  ,help 
thee to be more wise1  ,i have attaind  
what ,i seek4  ,and what ,i only prize4 
,thou wonderest1 perhaps1  ,that ,i in  
,print appear1  ,who to the ,pulpit     
dwell so nigh1  ,yet come so seldom     
there4  ,the ,god of ,heaven knows      
,what grief to me it is1  ,to be        
withheld from serving ,christ2  ,no     
sorrow like to this4    ,this is the    
sorest pain  ,that ,t have felt or feel2
  ,yet have ,i stood some shocks that   
might  ,make stronger men to reel4  ,i  
find more true delight  ,in serving of  
the ,lord1  ,than all the good things   
upon ,earth1  ,without it1 can afford4  

,and could my strength endure  ,that    
work ,i count so dear1  ,not all the    
,riches of ,peru  ,should hire me to    
forbear4  ,but ,i'm a ,prisoner1  ,under
 a heavy ,chain2  ,almighty ,god's      
afflicting hand  ,doth me by force      
restrain4    ,yet some 7,i know7 do     
judge  ,mine inability  ,to come abroad 
and do ,christ's work4  ,to be          
,melancholly2  ,and that ,i'm not so    
weak  ,as ,i myself conceit3  ,but who  
in other things have found  ,me so      
conceited yet8    ,or who of all my     
,friends  ,that have my trials seen1    
,can tell the time in sevn years  ,when 
,i have dumpish been8  ,some think my   
voice is strong1  ,most times when ,i do
 ,preach2  ,but ten days after1 what ,i 
feel  ,and suffer few can reach4    ,my 
prison'd thoughts break forth1  ,when   
open'd is the door4  ,with greater force
 and violence1  ,and strain my voice the
 more4  ,but vainly do they tell  ,that 
,i am growing stronger1  ,who hear me   
speak in half an hour1  ,till ,i can    

speak no longer4    ,some for because   
they see not  ,my clieerfulness to fail1
  ,nor that ,i am disconsolate1  ,do    
think ,i nothing ail4  ,if they had     
borne my griefs1  ,their courage might  
have fail'd them1  ,and all the ,town   
7perhaps7 have known  7,once and again7 
what ail'd them4    ,but why should ,i  
complain  ,that have so good a ,god1    
,that doth mine heart with comfort till 
,ev'n whilst ,i feel his ,rod8  ,in ,god
 ,i have been strong1  ,but wearied and 
worn out4  ,and joy'd in him1 when      
twenty woes  ,assail'd me round about4  
,nor speak ,i this to boast4  ,but make 
,apology  ,for mine own self1 and answer
 those  ,that fail in ,charity4  ,i am1 
alas6 as frail4  ,impatint a creature1  
,as most that tread upon the ground1    
,and have as bad a nature4    ,let ,god 
be magnified4  ,whose everlasting       
strength  ,upholds me under sufferings  
,of more than ten years' length2        
,through whose ,almighty pow'r          
,although ,i am surrounded  ,with       

sorrows more than can be told1  ,yet am 
,i not confounded4    ,for his dear sake
 have ,i  ,this service undertaken1     
,for ,i am bound to honor him  ,who hath
 not me forsaken4  ,i am a ,debtor too1 
,unto the sons of ,men1  ,whom1 wanting 
other means1 ,i would  ,advantage with  
my ,pen4    ,i would1 but ah6 my        
strength4  ,when trid1 proves so small1 
,that to the ground without effect  ,my 
wishes often fall4  ,weak heads1 and    
hands1 and states1  ,great things cannot
 produce 2  ,and therefore ,i this      
little ,piece  ,have publish'd for thine
 use4    ,although the thing be small1  
,yet my good will therein4  ,is nothing 
less than if it had  ,a larger ,volume  
been4  ,accept it then in love1  ,and   
read it for thy good2  ,there's nothing 
in 't can do thee hurt1  ,if rightly    
understood4    ,the ,god of ,heaven     
grant  ,these ,lines so well to speed1  
,that thou the things of thine own peace
  ,through them may'st better heed2     
,and may'st be stirrd up  ,to stand upon

 thy guard4  ,that ,death and ,judgment 
may not come  ,and find thee unprepar'd4
    ,oh get a part in ,christ1  ,and    
make the ,judge thy ,friend2  ,so shalt 
thou be assurd of  ,a happy1 glorious   
end4  ,thus prays thy real ,friend  ,and
 ,servant for ,christ's sake1  ,who1 had
 he strength1 would not refuse  ,more   
pains for thee to take4    ,michael     
,wigglesworth4      ,on the ,following  
,work and its ,author4    ,a verse may  
find him who a sermon flies1  ,saith    
,herbert well4 ,great truths to dress in
 ,meter4  ,becomes a ,preacher1 who     
men's ,souls doth prize1  ,that ,truth  
in ,sugar roll'd may taste the sweeter4 
,no cost too great1 no care too curious 
is    ,to set forth ,truth and win men's
 ,souls to bliss4    ,in costly ,verse1 
and most laborious ,rhymes1  ,are dish'd
 up here ,truths worthy most regard3    
,no ,toys1 nor ,fables 7,poets' wonted  
crimes7  ,here be1 but things of worth1 
with wit prepar'd4    ,reader1 fall to1 
and if thy taste be good1    ,thou'lt   

praise the ,cook1 and say1 ',tis        
choicest ,food4    ,david's affliction  
bred us many a ,psalm1  ,from ,caves1   
from mouth of ,graves that ,singer sweet
  ,oft tun'd his ,soul-felt notes3 for  
not in 's calm1  ,but storms1 to write  
most ,psalms ,god made him meet4        
,affliction turn'd his ,pen to ,poetry1 
,whose serious strains do here before   
thee lie4    ,this man with many griefs 
afflicted sore4  ,shut up from speaking 
much in sickly ,cave1  ,thence painful  
seizure hath to write the more4  ,and   
send thee ,counsels from the mouth o'   
th' ,grave4    ,one foot i' th' other   
world long time hath been1    ,read1 and
 thou'lt say1 ,illis heart is all       
therein4    ,oh1 happy ,cave1 that's to 
mount ,nebo turn'd6  ,oh1 happy prisoner
 that's at liberty  ,to walk through th'
 other ,world6 the ,bonds are burn'd1   
7,but nothing else7 in ,furnace firy4   
,such fires unfetter ,saints1 and set   
more free    ,their unscorch'd ,souls   
for ,christ's sweet company4    ,cheer  

on1 sweet ,soul1 although in briny tears
  ,steept is thy seed2 though dying     
every day2  ,thy sheaves shall joyful be
 when ,christ appears4  ,to change our  
death and pain to life for aye4    ,the 
weepers now shall laugh2 the jovial     
laughter    ,of vain ones here shall    
turn to tears hereafter4    ,judge      
right1 and his restraint is our         
,reproof4  ,the ,sins of ,hearers       
,preachers' ,lips do close1  ,and make  
their ,tongue to cleave unto its roof4  
,which else would check and cheer full  
freely those    ,that need4 ,but from   
this ,eater comes some ,meat4    ,and   
sweetness good from this affliction     
great4    ,in those vast ,woods a       
,christian ,poet sings  7,where whilom  
,heathen wild were only found7  ,of     
things to come1 the last and greatest   
things  ,which in our ,ears aloud should
 ever sound4    ,of ,judgment dread1    
,hell1 ,heaven1 ,eternity1    ,reader1  
think oft1 and help thy thoughts        
thereby4    ,j4 ,,mitchel4      ,a      

,prayer ,unto ,christ the ,judge of the 
,world4    ,o ,dearest1 ,dread1 most    
glorious ,king6  ,i'll of thy justest   
,judgments sing3  ,do thou my head and  
heart inspire1  ,to ,sing aright1 as ,i 
desire4  ,thee1 thee alone ,i'll        
invocate1  ,for ,i do much abominate    
,to call the ,muses to mine aid3  ,which
 is th' ,unchristian use and trade  ,of 
some that ,christians would be thought1 
,and yet they worship worse than naught4
  ,oh6 what a deal of ,blasphemy  ,and  
,heathenish ,impiety  ,in ,christian    
,poets may be found1  ,where ,heathen   
gods with praise are crown'd6  ,they    
make ,jehovah to stand by  ,till ,juno1 
,venus1 ,mercury1  ,with frowning ,mars1
 and thund'ring ,jove1  ,rule ,earth    
below1 and ,heav'n ahove4  ,but ,i have 
learn'd to pray to none1  ,save unto    
,god in ,christ alone4  ,nor will ,i    
laud1 no1 not in jest1  ,that which ,i  
know ,god doth detest4  ,i reckon it a  
damning evil4  ,to give ,god's ,praises 
to the ,devil4  ,thou1 ,christ1 art he  

to whom ,i pray2  ,thy ,glory fain ,i   
would display4  ,oh6 guide me by thy    
sacred ,sprite1  ,so to indite1 and so  
to write4  ,that ,i thine holy ,name may
 praise4  ,and teach the ,sons of ,men  
thy ways4      ,the ,day of ,doom       
,the security of the world before       
,christ's coming to judgment4    ,i4 #a 
,still was the night1 serene and bright1
    when all ,men sleeping lay2  ,calm  
was the season1 and carnal reason       
thought so 'twould last for aye4        
8,soul1 take thine ease1 let sorrow     
cease2    much good thou hast in store38
  ,this was their ,song1 their ,cups    
among1    the evening before4    ,,ii4  
#b    ,wallowing in all kind of ,sin1   
vile ,wretches lay secure2  ,the best of
 men had scarcely then    their ,lamps  
kept in good ure4  ,virgins unwise1 who 
through disguise    amongst the best    
were number'd1  ,had clos'd their eyes2 
yea1 and the ,wise    through sloth and 
frailty slumber'd4    ,,iii4 #c    ,like
 as of old1 when men grew bold1         

,god's threat'nings to contemn4  ,who   
stopt their ,ear1 and would not hear    
when ,mercy warnd them1  ,but took their
 course1 without remorse1    till ,god  
began to pour  ,destructi-on the ,world 
upon1    in a tempestuous show'r2       
,,iv4 #d    ,who put away the evil day1 
and drown'd their cares and fears1      
,till drown'd were they1 and swept away 
by vengeance unawares2  ,so at the last1
 whilst men sleep fast    in their      
security1  ,surpris'd they are in such a
 snare    ,as ,cometh suddenly4    ,the 
suddenness1 ,majesty and ,terror of     
,christ's appearing4    ,v4 #e    ,for  
at midnight breaks forth a light1       
which turns the night to day1  ,and     
speedily an hideous cry    doth all the 
,world dismay4  ,sinners awake1 their   
hearts do ache1    trembling their loins
 surpriseth2  ,amaz'd with fear1 by what
 they hear1    each one of them ariseth4
    ,,vi4 #f    ,they rush from beds    
with giddy heads1    and to their       
windows run4  ,viewing this light1 which

 shines more bright    than doth the    
noon-day ,sun4  ,straightway appears    
7they see't with tears7    the ,son of  
,god most dread1  ,who with his ,train  
comes on amain    to judge both ,quick  
and ,dead4    ,,vii4 #g    ,before his  
face the ,heav'ns give place1    and    
,skies are rent asunder4  ,with mighty  
voice and hideous noise1    more        
terrible than ,thunder4  ,his           
,brightness damps ,heav'n's glorious    
,lamps    and makes them hide their     
heads2  ,as if afraid and quite         
dismay'd1    they quit their wonted     
steads4    ,,viii4    ,ye sons of men   
that durst contemn    the ,threat'nings 
of ,god's ,word1  ,how cheer you now8   
,your hearts1 ,i trow1    are thrill'd  
as with a sword4  ,now ,atheist blind1  
whose brutish mind    a ,god could never
 see1  ,dost thou perceive1 dost now    
believe    that ,christ thy ,judge shall
 be8    ,,ix4    ,stout ,courages1      
7whose hardiness    could ,death and    
,hell outface17  ,are you as bold1 now  

you behold    your ,judge draw near     
apace8  ,they cry1 8,no1 no1 ,alas6 and 
woe6    our courage all is gone3  ,our  
hardiness 7fool hardiness7    hath us   
undone1 undone68    ,x4 #h    ,no heart 
so bold1 but now grows cold1    and     
almost dead with fear2  ,no eye so dry  
but now can cry1    and pour out many a 
tear4  ,earth's ,potentates and pow'rful
 ,states1    ,captains and ,men of      
,might1  ,are quite abasht1 their       
courage dasht1    at this most dreadful 
sight4    ,,xi4 #i  ,mean men lament1   
great men do rent    their ,robes1 and  
tear their hair2  ,they do not spare    
their flesh to tear    through horrible 
despair4  ,all kindreds wail2 all hearts
 do fail2    ,horror the ,world doth    
fill  ,with weeping eyes and loud       
out-cries1    yet knows not how to kill4
    ,,xii4 #aj    ,some hide themselves 
in ,caves and ,delves1    in places     
under ground3  ,some rashly leap into   
the ,deep1    to 'scape by being        
drown'd3  ,some to the ,rocks 7,o       

senseless blocks67    and woody         
mountains run4  ,that there they might  
this fearful sight1    and dreaded      
,presence shun4    ,,xiii4    ,in vain  
do they to ,mountains say1    8,fall on 
us and us hide  ,from ,judge's ire1 more
 hot than ,fire1    for who may it      
abide88  ,no hiding place can from his  
,face    sinners at all conceal1  ,whose
 flaming ,eye hid things doth spy1      
and darkest things reveal4    ,,xiv4 #aa
    ,the ,judge draws nigh1 exalted high
    upon a lofty ,throne1  ,amidst the  
throng of ,angels strong1    lo1        
,israel's ,holy ,one6  ,the excellence  
of whose ,presence    and awful         
,majesty1  ,amazeth ,nature1 and every  
,creature    doth more than terrify4    
,,xv4 #ab    ,the ,mountains smoke1 the 
,hills are shook1    the ,earth is rent 
and torn1  ,as if she should be clear   
dissolv'd    or from her center borne4  
,the ,sea doth roar1 forsakes the shore1
    and shrinks away for fear2  ,the    
wild beasts flee into the sea1    so    

soon as he draws near1    ,,xvi4 #ac    
,whose ,glory bright1 whose wond'rous   
,might1    whose ,power ,imperial1  ,so 
far surpass whatever was    in ,realms  
,terrestrial1  ,that tongues of men 7nor
 ,angel's pen7    ,cannot the same      
express2  ,and therefore ,i must pass it
 by1    lest speaking should transgress4
    ,resurrection of the ,dead4         
,,xvii4 #ad    ,before his ,throne a    
,trump is blown1    proclaiming th' ,day
 of ,doom2  ,forthwith he cries1 8,ye   
,dead arise    and unto ,judgment come48
  ,no sooner said1 but 'tis obey'd2     
,sepulchers open'd are2  ,dead bodies   
all rise at his call1    and's mighty   
,power declare4    ,,xviii4    ,both    
,sea and ,land at his command1    their 
,dead at once surrender2  ,the ,fire and
 ,air constraind are    also their dead 
to tender4  ,the mighty ,word of this   
great ,lord    links ,body and ,soul    
together1  ,both of the ,just and the   
unjust1    to part no more for ever4    
,the living changed    ,,xix4 #ae       

,the same translates from ,mortal states
    to ,immortality1  ,all that survive 
and be alive1    in th' twinkling of an 
eye2  ,that so they may abide for aye1  
to endless weal or woe3  ,both the      
,renate and ,reprobate    are made to   
die no moe4    ,all brought to          
,judgment4    ,,xx4 #af    ,his wingd   
,hosts fly through all coasts1          
together gathering  ,both good and bad1 
both ,quick and ,dead1    and all to    
,judgment bring4  ,out of their holes   
those creeping ,moles1    that hid      
themselves for fear1  ,by force they    
take1 and quickly make    before the    
,judge appear4    ,the ,sheep separated 
from the ,goats4    ,,xxi4 #ag    ,thus 
every one before the ,throne    of      
,christ the ,judge is brought1  ,both   
righteous and impious1    that good or  
ill hath wrought4  ,a separation and    
diff'ring station    by ,christ         
appointed is  7,to sinners sad7 'twixt  
good and bad1    'twixt ,heirs of woe   
and bliss4    ,who are ,christ's ,sheep4

    ,,xxii4 #ah    ,at ,christ's right  
hand the ,sheep do stand1    his holy   
,martyrs1 who  ,for his dear ,name      
suffering shame1    calamity and woe4   
,like ,champions stood and with their   
,blood    their ,testimony seald2       
,whose innocence without offence    to  
,christ their ,judge appeald4           
,,xxiii4 #ai    ,next unto whom there   
find a room    all ,christ's afflicted  
ones1  ,who being chastis'd1 neither    
despis'd    nor sank amidst their       
groans2  ,who by the ,rod were turn'd to
 ,god1    and lovd him the more1  ,not  
murmuring nor quarrelling    when they  
were chast'ned sore4    ,,xxiv4 #bj     
,moreover1 such as lovd much1    that   
had not such a trial4  ,as might        
constrain to so great pain1    and such 
deep self-denial4  ,yet ready were the  
,cross to bear1    when ,christ them    
called thereto1  ,and did rejoice to    
hear his voice1--    they're counted    
,sheep also4    ,,xxv4 #ba    ,christ's 
flock of ,lambs there also stands1      

whose ,faith was weak1 yet true1  sound 
,believers 7,gospel receivers7    those 
,grace was small1 but grew2  ,and them  
among an ,infant throng    of ,babes1   
for whom ,christ died2  ,whom for his   
own1 by ways unknown    to ,men1 he     
sanctified4    ,,xxvi4 #bb    ,all stand
 before their ,savi-or1    in long white
 ,robes yclad1  ,their countenance full 
of pleasance1     appearing wond'rous   
glad4  ,o glorious sight6 ,behold how   
bright    dust-heaps are made to shine4 
,conformd so their ,lord unto1    whose 
,glory is ,divine4    ,the ,goats       
described1 or the several sorts of      
,reprobates on the left hand4           
,,xxvii4 #bc    ,at ,christ's left hand 
the ,goats do stand1    all whining     
,hypocrites  ,who for self-ends did seem
 ,christ's friends1    but foster'd     
guileful sprites2  ,who ,sheep          
resembled1 but they dissembled1         
7their hearts were not sincere17  ,who  
once did throng ,christ's ,lambs among1 
but now must not come near4    ,,xxviii4

 #bd    ,apostates base and run-aways1  
such as have ,christ forsaken1  ,of whom
 the ,devil1 with seven more evil1      
hath fresh possession taken2  ,sinners  
ingrain1 reserv'd to pain1    and       
torments most severe1  ,because 'gainst 
light they sinn'd with spite1    are    
also placed there4    ,,xxix4 #be       
,there also stand a num'rous band1      
that no profession made  ,of ,godliness1
 nor to redress    their ways at all    
essay'd2  ,who better knew1 but 7sinful 
,crew7    ,gospel and ,law despisd4     
,who all ,christ's knocks withstood like
 blocks1    and would not be advisd4    
,,xxx4 #bf    ,moreover1 there with them
 appear    a number1 numberless1  ,of   
great and small1 vile wretches all1     
that did ,god's ,law transgress2        
,idolaters1 false worshippers1          
,profaners of ,god's ,name1  ,who not at
 all thereon did call1    or took in    
vain the same4    ,,xxxi4 #bg           
,blasphemers lewd1 and ,swearers shrewd1
    scoffers at ,purity1  ,that hated   

,god1 contemn'd his ,rod1    and lov'd  
,security2  ,sabbath-polluters1         
,saints-persecutors1    presumptuous men
 and proud1  ,who never lov'd those that
 reprov'd2    all stand amongst this    
crowd4    ,,xxxii4 #bh    ,adulterers   
and ,whoremongers    were there1 with   
all unchast2  ,there ,covetous and      
,ravenous1    that riches got too fast3 
,who us'd vile ways themselves to raise 
t' ,estates and worldly wealth1         
,oppression by or knavery1    by force1 
or fraud1 or stealth4    ,,xxxiii4 #bi  
,moreover1 there together were          
children flagiti-ous4  ,and ,parents who
 did them1 undo    by nurture vici-ous4 
,false-witness-bearers and              
self-forswearers1    ,murd'rers and ,men
 of ,blood1  ,witches1 ,enchanters1 and 
,ale-house haunters1    beyond account  
there stood4    ,,xxxiv4 #cj    ,their  
place there find all ,heathen blind     
that ,nature's light abus'd1  ,although 
they had no tidings glad    of ,gospel  
grace refus'd  ,there stand all ,nations

 and ,generations    of ,adam's         
,progeny1  ,whom ,christ redeem'd not1  
whom he esteem'd not1    through        
,infidelity2    ,,xxxv4 #ca    ,who no  
,peace-maker1 no undertaker1    to      
shroud them from ,god's ire4  ,ever     
obtain'd2 they must be pain'd    with   
everlasting fire4  ,these num'rous      
bands1 wringing their hands1    and     
weeping all stand there4  ,filld with   
anguish1 whose hearts do languish1      
through self-tormenting fear1           
,,xxxvi4 #cb    ,fast by them stand at  
,christ's left hand1    the ,lion fierce
 and fell4  ,the ,dragon bold1 that     
,serpent old1    that hurried ,souls to 
,hell4  ,there also stand1 under        
command1    legions of ,sprites unclean4
  ,and hellish ,fiends1 that are no     
friends    to ,god1 nor unto ,men4      
,,xxxvii4 #cc    ,with dismal chains1   
and strongest reins1    like ,prisoners 
of ,hell1  ,they're held in place before
 ,christ's face1    till ,he their ,doom
 shall tell4  ,these void of tears1 but 

fill'd with fears1    and dreadful      
expectation  ,of endless pains and      
scalding flames1    stand waiting for   
,damnation4    ,the ,saints cleared and 
justified4    ,,xxviii4    ,all silence 
keep both ,goats and ,sheep    before   
the ,judge's ,throne2  ,with mild aspect
 to his ,elect    then speaks the ,holy 
,one3  8,my ,sheep draw near1 your      
,sentence hear1    which is to you no   
dread1  ,who clearly now discern and    
know    your sins are pardond4          
,,xxxix4 #cd    8',twas meet that ye    
should judgd be1    that so the ,world  
may spy  ,no cause of grudge1 when as ,i
 judge    and deal impartially4  ,know  
therefore all both great and small1     
the ground and reason why  ,these ,men  
do stand at my right hand   and look so 
cheerfully4    ,,xl4#ce    8,these ,men 
be those my ,father chose    before the 
,world's foundation1  ,and to me gave1  
that ,i should save    from ,death and  
,condemnation2  ,for whose dear sake ,i 
flesh did take1    was of a ,woman born4

  ,and did inure myself t' endure       
unjust reproach and scorn4    ,,xli4 #cf
    8,for then it was that ,i did pass  
through sorrows many a one2  ,that ,i   
drank up that bitter ,cup    which made 
me sigh and groan4  ,the ,cross's pain  
,i did sustain2    yea more1 my         
,father's ire  ,i underwent1 my ,blood  
,i spent    to save them from           
,hell-fire4    ,,xlii4 #cg    8,thus ,i 
esteemd1 thus ,i redeemd    all these   
from every ,nation1  ,that they may be  
7as now you see7    a chosen            
,generation4  ,what if ere while they   
were as vile    and bad as any be4  ,and
 yet from all their guilt and thrall    
at once ,i set them free8    ,,xliii4#ch
    8,my grace to one is wrong to none2 
none can ,election claim2  ,amongst all 
those their souls that lose1   none can 
,rejection blame4  ,he that may choose1 
or else refuse1    all men to save or   
spill1  ,may this ,man choose1 and that 
refuse1    redeeming whom he will4      
,,xliv4 #ci    8,but as for those whom  

,i have chose    ,salvation's heirs to  
be1  ,i underwent their punishment1     
and therefore set them free4  ,i bore   
their grief1 and their relief    by     
suffering procur'd4  ,that they of bliss
 and happiness    might firmly be       
assur'd4    ,,xlv4 #dj    8,and this my 
grace they did embrace1    believing on 
my ,name2  ,which ,faith was true1 the  
fruits do shew    proceeding from the   
same2--  ,their ,penitence1 their       
,pati-ence1    their ,love and          
,self-denial1  ,in suff'ring losses and 
bearing ,crosses1    when put upon the  
trial2--    ,,xlvi4 #da    8,their sin  
forsaking1 their cheerful taking    my  
,yoke1 their ,charity  ,unto the ,saints
 in all their wants1    and in them unto
 me2--  ,these things do clear1 and make
 appear    their ,faith to be unfeignd1 
,and that a part in my desert    and    
purchase they have gaind4    ,,xlvii4   
#db    8,their debts are paid1 their    
peace is made1    their sins remitted   
are2  ,therefore at once ,i do          

pronounce1    and openly declare1  ,that
 ,heav'n is theirs1 that they be ,heirs 
of ,life and of ,salvation2  ,nor ever  
shall they come at all    to ,death or  
to ,damnation4    ,,xlviii4 #dc         
8,come blessed ,ones and sit on         
,thrones1    judging the ,world with me2
  ,come and possess your happiness1     
and bought felicity2  ,henceforth no    
fears1 no care1 no tears1    no sin     
shall you annoy1  ,nor any thing that   
grief doth bring3    ,eternal ,rest     
enjoy4    ,they are placed on ,thrones  
to join with ,christ in judging the     
wicked4    ,,xlix4 #dd    8,you bore the
 ,cross1 you suffer'd loss    of all for
 my ,name's sake2  ,receive the ,crown  
that's now your own2    come1 and a     
,kingdom take48  ,thus spake the ,judge3
 the wicked grudge    and grind their   
teeth in vain2  ,they see with groans   
these plac'd on ,thrones1    which      
addeth to their pain3    ,l4 #de        
,that those whom they did wrong and     
slay1    must now their ,judgment see6  

,such whom they slighted and once       
despited1    must now their ,judges be6 
,thus 'tis decreed1 such is their meed1 
and guerdon glorious2  ,with ,christ    
they sit1 judging it fit    to plague   
the ,impious4    ,the wicked brought to 
the ,bar4    ,,li4 #df    ,the wicked   
are brought to the ,bar4    like guilty 
,malefactors1  ,that oftentimes of      
bloody ,crimes    and ,treasons have    
been ,actors4  ,of wicked ,men1 none are
 so mean    as there to be neglected2   
,nor none so high in dignity    as there
 to be respected4    ,,lii4 #dg    ,the 
glorious ,judge will privilege    nor   
,emperor nor ,king2  ,but every one that
 hath misdone    doth unto judgment     
bring4  ,and every one that hath        
misdone1    the ,judge impartially      
,condemneth to eternal woe1    and      
endless misery4    ,,liii4    ,thus one 
and all1 thus great and small1    the   
,rich as well as ,poor1  ,and those of  
place1 as the most base1    do stand the
 ,judge before4  ,they are arraign'd1   

and there detain'd    before ,christ's  
,judgment seat1  ,with trembling fear   
their ,doom to hear1    and feel his    
,anger's heat4    ,,liv4 #dh    ,there  
,christ demands at all their hands    a 
strict and straight account  ,of all    
things done under the ,sun1    whose    
number far surmount  ,man's wit and     
thought3 they all are brought    unto   
this solemn ,trial1  ,and each offense  
with evidence1    so that there's no    
denial4    ,,lv4    ,there's no excuse  
for their abuse1    since their own     
,consciences  ,more proof give in of    
each ,man's sin1    than thousand       
,witnesses4  ,though formerly this      
faculty    had grossly been abusd1      
7,men could it stifle1 or with it       
trifle1    when as it them accusd17     
,,lvi4    ,now it comes in1 and every   
sin    unto ,men's charge doth lay2  ,it
 judgeth them and doth condemn1         
though all the 8,world say nay4  ,it so 
stingeth and tortureth1    it worketh   
such distress1  ,that each ,man's self  

against himself1    is forcd to confess4
    ,secret sins and works of darkness  
brought to light4    ,,lvii4 #di        
,it's vain1 moreover1 for ,men to cover 
the least ,iniquity2  ,the ,judge hath  
seen1 and privy been    to all their    
villainy4  ,he unto light and open sight
    the work of darkness brings2  ,he   
doth unfold both new old1    both known 
and hidden things4    ,,lviii4 #ej      
,all filthy facts and secret acts1      
however closely done4  ,and long        
conceal'd1 are there reveal'd    before 
the mid-day ,sun4  ,deeds of the night1 
shunning the light1    which darkest    
corners sought4  ,to fearful blame1 and 
endless shame1    are there most justly 
brought4    ,,lix4 #ea    ,and as all   
facts1 and grosser acts1    so every    
word and thought1  ,erroneous notion and
 lustful motion1    are unto ,judgment  
brought4  ,no ,sin so small and trivial1
    but hither it must come2  ,nor so   
long past but now at last    it must    
receive a doom4    ,an account demanded 

of all their actions4    ,,lx4 #eb      
,at this sad season1 ,christ asks a     
,reason    7with just austerity7  ,of   
,grace refus'd1 of light abus'd    so   
oft1 so wilfully2  ,of ,talents lent1 by
 them misspent    and on their ,lust    
bestown1  ,which if improv'd as it      
behoov'd    ,heav'n might have been     
their own2    ,,lxi4 #ec    ,of times   
neglected1 of means rejected1    of     
,god's long-suffering  ,and ,pati-ence1 
to ,penitence    that sought hard hearts
 to bring2  ,why chords of love did     
nothing move1    to shame or to remorse8
  ,why warnings grave1 and counsels1    
have    naught chang'd their sinful     
course8    ,,lxii4 #ed    ,why          
chastenings1 and evils things1    why   
judgments so severe4  ,prevaild not with
 them a jot1    nor wrought an awful    
fear8  ,why promises of ,holiness1      
and new ,obedience1  ,they oft did make1
 but always brake    the same1 to ,god's
 offense8    ,,lxiii4 #ee    ,why still 
,hell-ward1 without regard1    they bold

 venturd1  ,and chose ,damnation before 
,salvation1    when it was offerd8  ,why
 sinful pleasures and earthly treasures1
    like fools1 they prizd more  ,than  
,heav'nly wealth4 ,eternal health1      
and all ,christ's ,royal store8         
,,lxiv4 #ef    ,why1 when he stood      
off'ring his ,blood    to wash them from
 their sin1  ,they would embrace no     
saving ,grace1    but liv'd and died    
therein8  ,such aggravations1 where no  
evasions1    nor false pretences hold1  
,exaggerate and cumulate    guilt more  
than can be told4    ,,lxv4    ,they    
multiply and magnify    ,men's gross    
,iniquities2  ,they draw down wrath 7as 
,scripture saith7    out of ,god's      
treasuries4  ,thus all their ways       
,christ open lays    to ,men and        
,angels' view1  ,and as they were makes 
them appear    in their own proper hue4 
,,lxvi4 #eg    ,thus he doth find of all
 ,mankind1    that stand at his left    
hand1  ,no mother's son but hath        
misdone1    and broken ,god's command4  

,all have transgress'd1 even the best1  
and merited ,god's wrath1  ,unto their  
own perditi-on    and everlasting scath4
    ,,lxvii4 #eh    ,earth's dwellers   
all1 both great and small1    have      
wrought iniquity1  ,and suffer must 7for
 it is just7    ,eternal misery4        
,amongst the many there come not any1   
before the ,judge's face4  ,that able   
are themselves to clear1    of all this 
cursed ,race4    ,hypocrites plead for  
themselves4    ,,lxviii4                
,nevertheless1 they all express4        
7,christ granting liberty17  ,what for  
their way they have to say1    how they 
have liv'd1 and why4  ,they all draw    
near and seek to clear    themselves by 
making pleas2  ,there ,hypocrites1      
false-hearted wights1    do make such   
pleas as these3    ,,lxix4 #ei          
8,lord1 in thy ,name1 and by the same1  
we ,devils dispossess'd2  ,we rais'd the
 dead and minist'red    ,succor to the  
distressed4  ,our painful teaching and  
pow'rful preaching    by thine own      

wondrous might1  ,did throughly win to  
,god from sin    many a wretched wight48
    ,the ,judge replyeth4    ,,lxx4 #fj 
8,all this10 quoth he1 8may granted be1 
and your case little better'd1  ,who    
still remain under a chain    and many  
irons fetter'd4  ,you that the dead have
 quickened1    and rescu'd from the     
grave4  ,yourselves were dead1 yet ne'er
 needd    a ,christ your souls to save4 
,,lxxi4#fa    8,you that could preach1  
and others teach    what way to life    
doth lead1  ,why were you slack to find 
that track    and in that way to tread8 
,how could you bear to see or hear    of
 others freed at last  ,from ,satan's   
paws1 whilst in his jaws    yourselves  
were held more fast8    ,,lxxii4 #fb    
8,who though you knew ,repentance true1 
and ,faith is my great ,name1  ,the only
 mean to quit you clean1    from        
punishment and blame1  ,yet took no pain
 true ,faith to gain1    such as might  
not deceive1  ,nor would repent with    
true intent1    your evil deeds to      

leave4    ,,lxxiii4 #fc    8,his        
,master's will how to fulfil    the     
servant that well knew1  ,yet left      
undone his duty known1    more plagues  
to him are due4  ,you against light     
perverted right2    wherefore it shall  
be now  ,for ,sidon and for ,sodom's    
,land    more easy than for you48       
,another plea of the ,hypocrites4       
,,lxxiv4 #fd    8,but we have in thy    
presence been10    say some1 8and eaten 
there4  ,did we not eat thy ,flesh for  
meat1    and feed on ,heav'nly ,cheer8  
,whereon who feed shall never need1     
as thou thyself dost say1  ,nor shall   
they die eternally1    but live with    
,christ for aye4    ,,lxxv4    8,we may 
allege1 thou gav'st a pledge    of thy  
dear ,love to us1  ,in ,wine and ,bread1
 which figurd    thy ,grace bestowd     
thus4  ,of strength'ning ,seals1 of     
sweetest ,meals1    have we so oft      
partaken2  ,and shall we be cast off by 
thee1    and utterly forsaken88    ,the 
answer4    ,,lxxvi4 #fe    ,to whom the 

,lord1 thus in a word1    returns a     
short reply3  8,i never knew any of you 
that wrought ,iniquity4  ,you say you've
 been my ,presence in2    but then1 how 
came you there  ,with ,raiment vile that
 did defile    and quite disgrace my    
,cheer8    ,,lxxvii4    8,durst you draw
 near without due fear    ,unto my holy 
,table8  ,durst you profane and render  
vain1    so far as you were able1       
,those ,mysteries1 which whoso prize1   
and carefully improve1  ,shall savd be  
undoubtedly1    and nothing shall them  
move8    ,,lxxviii4 #ff    8,how durst  
you venture bold guests to enter    in  
such a sordid hue1  ,amongst my guests  
unto those ,feasts    that were not made
 for you8  ,how durst you eat for       
spir'tual meat    your bane1 and drink  
damnation1  ,whilst by your guile you   
render'd vile    so rare and great      
,salvation8    ,,lxxix4 #fg    8,your   
fancies fed on heav'nly ,bread1    your 
hearts fed on some ,lust2  ,you lov'd   
the ,creature more than th' ,creator1   

your souls clove to the dust4  ,and     
think you by ,hypocrisy1    and cloakd  
,wickedness1  ,to enter in laden with   
sin1    to lasting ,happiness8          
,,lxxx4 #fh    8,this your excuse shews 
your abuse    of things ordain'd for    
good4  ,and doth declare you guilty are 
of my dear ,flesh and ,blood4           
,wherefore those ,seals and precious    
,meals    you put so much upon  ,as     
things ,divine1 they ,seal and ,sign    
you to ,perditi-on48    ,another sort of
 ,hypocrites make their pleas4          
,,lxxxi4    ,then forth issue another   
,crew    7those being silencd71  ,who   
drawing nigh to the ,most ,high1        
adventure thus to plead3  8,we sinners  
were10 say they1 8'tis clear1           
deserving condemnation2  ,but did not we
 rely on thee1    ,o ,christ1 for whole 
,salvation8    ,,lxxxii4 #fi    8,we did
 believe1 and oft receive    thy        
gracious ,promises2  ,we took great care
 to get a share    in endless           
,happiness4  ,we pray'd and wept1 and   

,fast-days kept1    lewd ways we did    
eschew2  ,we joyful were thy ,word to   
hear2    we form'd our lives anew4      
,,lxxxiii4#gj    8,we thought our sin   
had pardon'd been1    that our ,estate  
was good1  ,our debts all paid1 our     
peace well made1    our ,souls wash'd   
with thy ,blood4  ,lord1 why dost though
 reject us now1    who have not thee    
rejected1  ,nor utterly true sanctity   
and holy life neglected88    ,the ,judge
 uneaseth them4    ,,lxxxiv4 #ga    ,the
 ,judge incens'd at their pretens'd     
self-vaunting ,piety1  ,with such a look
 as trembling strook    unto them made  
reply3  8,o impudent1 impenitent1    and
 guileful generation6  ,think you that  
,i cannot descry    your hearts'        
abomination8    ,,lxxxv4 #gb    8,you   
nor receiv'd1 nor yet believ'd    my    
,promises of ,grace1  ,nor were you wise
 enough to prize    my reconcild ,face2 
,but did presume that to assume    which
 was not yours to take1  ,and challengd 
the ,children's ,bread1    yet would not

 sin forsake4    ,,lxxxvi4 #gc          
8,being too bold you laid fast hold     
where int'rest you had none1            
,yourselves deceiving by your believing1
    all which you might have known4     
,you ran away but ran astray    with    
,gospel ,promises1  ,and perishd1 being 
still dead    in sins and trespasses4   
,,lxxxvii4 #gd    8,how oft did ,i      
,hypocrisy    and ,hearts' deceits      
unmask  ,before your sight1 giving you  
light    know a ,christian's task8  ,but
 you held fast unto the last    your own
 conceits so vain1  ,no warning could   
prevail2 you would    your own ,deceits 
retain4    ,,lxxxviii4 #ge    8,as for  
your care to get a share    in ,bliss2  
the fear of ,hell1  ,and of a part in   
endless smart1    did thereunto compel4 
,your holiness and ways redress1    such
 as it was1 did spring  ,from no true   
love to things above1    ,but from some 
other thing4    ,,lxxxix4 #gf    8,you  
pray'd and wept1 you ,fast-days kept1   
but did you this to me8  ,no1 but for   

sin you sought to win    the greater    
liberty4  ,for all your vaunts1 you had 
vile haunts1    which for your          
,consciences  ,did you alarm1 whose     
voice to charm    you us'd these        
practices4    ,,xc4 #gg    8,your       
,penitence1 your diligence    to ,read1 
to ,pray1 to ,hear1  ,were but to drown 
the clam'rous sound    of ,conscience in
 your ,ear4  ,if light you lov'd1 vain  
glory mov'd    yourselves therewith to  
store1  ,that seeming wise men might you
 prize1    and honor you the more4      
,,xci4 #gh    8,thus from yourselves    
unto yourselves1    your duties all do  
tend2  ,and as self-love the wheels doth
 move1    so in self-love they end48    
,thus ,christ detects their vain        
projects1    and close ,impiety1  ,and  
plainly shews that all their shows      
were but ,hypocrisy4    ,civil honest   
men's pleas4    ,,xcii4 #gi    ,then    
were brought nigh a ,company    of      
,civil honest ,men1 ,civil honest  ,that
 lov'd true dealing and hated stealing1 

ne'er wrong'd their ,bretheren2  ,who   
pleaded thus3 8,thou knowest us    that 
we were blameless livers2  ,no          
,whoremongers1 no ,murderers1    no     
quarrelers nor strivers4    ,,xciii4    
8,idolaters1 ,adulterers1               
,church-robbers we were none1  ,nor     
false dealers1 nor cozeners1    but paid
 each man his own4  ,our way was fair1  
our dealing square1    we were no       
wasteful spenders1  ,no lewd toss-pots1 
no drunken sots1    no scandalous       
offenders4    ,,xciv4 #hj    8,we hated 
vice and set great price1    by virtuous
 conversation2  ,and by the same we got 
a name    and no small commendation4    
,god's ,laws express that righteousness 
is that which he doth prize2  ,and to   
obey1 as he doth say1    is more than   
sacrifice4    ,,xcv4 #ha    8,thus to   
obey hath been our way2    let our good 
deeds1 we pray4  ,find some regard and  
some reward    with thee1 ,lord1 this   
day4  ,and whereas we transgressors be1 
of ,adam's race were none1  ,no1 not the

 best1 but have confess'd    themselves 
to have misdone48    ,are taken off and 
rendered invalid4    ,,xcvi4 #hb        
,then answerd unto their dread1    the  
,judge3 8,true ,piety  ,god doth desire 
and eke require1    no less than        
honesty4  ,justice demands at all your  
hands    perfect ,obedience2  ,if but in
 part you have come short1    that is a 
just offense4    ,,xcvii4    8,on ,earth
 below1 where men did owe    a thousand 
pounds and more4  ,could twenty pence it
 recompense8    ,could that have clear'd
 the score8  ,think you to buy ,felicity
    with part of what's due debt8  ,or  
for desert of one small part1    the    
whole should off be set8    ,,xcviii4   
#hc    8,and yet that part whose great  
desert    you think to reach so far1    
,for your excuse doth you accuse1    and
 will your boasting mar4  ,however fair1
 however square    your way and work    
hath been  ,before men's eyes1 yet ,god 
espies    iniquity therein4    ,,xcix4  
#hd    8,god looks upon th' affecti-on  

and temper of the heart2  ,not only on  
the acti-on1    and the external part4  
,whatever end vain men pretend1    ,god 
knows the verity1  ,and by the end which
 they intend    their words and deeds   
doth try4    ,c4 #he    8,without true  
,faith1 the ,scripture saith1    ,god   
cannot take delight  ,in any deed that  
doth proceed #hf    from any sinful     
wight4  ,and without love all actions   
prove    but barren empty things2  ,dead
 works they be and vanity1    the which 
vexation brings4    ,,ci4    8,nor from 
true ,faitli1 which quencheth wrath1    
hath your obedience flown2  ,nor from   
true ,love1 which wont to move          
,believers1 hath it grown4  ,your       
argument shews your intent    in all    
that you have done2  ,you thought to    
scale ,heav'n's lofty ,wall    by       
,ladders of your own4    ,,cii4 #hg     
8,your blinded spirit hoping to merit   
by your own ,righteousness1  ,needed no 
,savior but your behavior1    and       
blameless carriages4  ,you trusted to   

what you could do1    and in no need you
 stood2  ,your haughty pride laid me    
aside4    ,and trampled on my ,blood4   
,,ciii4 #hh    8,all men have gone      
astray1 and done    that which ,god's   
laws condemn2  ,purchase and offer'd    
,grace    ,all men did not contemn4     
,the ,ninevites and ,sodomites    had no
 such sin as this2  ,yet as if all your 
sins were small1    you say1 #8,all did 
amiss4'    ,,civ4 #hi    8,again you    
thought and mainly sought    a name with
 men t' acquire2  ,pride bare the ,bell 
that made you swell1    and your own    
selves admire4  ,mean fruit it is1 and  
vile1 ,i wiss1    that springs from such
 a root2  ,virtue divine and genuine    
wonts not from pride to shoot4    ,,cv4 
#ij    8,such deeds as your are worse   
than poor2    they are but sins gilt    
over  ,with silver dross1 whose         
glist'ring gloss    can them no longer  
cover4  ,the best of them would you     
condemn1    and ruin you alone4         
,although you were from faults so clear1

    that other you had none4    ,,cvi4  
#ia    8,your gold is brass1 your silver
 dross1    your righteousness is sin2   
,and think you by such honesty          
,eternal life to win8  ,you much        
mistake1 if for its sake    you dream of
 acceptation2  ,whereas the same        
deserveth shame    and meriteth         
damnation48    ,those that pretend want 
of opportunity to repent4    ,,cvii4 #ib
    ,a wondrous crowd then 'gan aloud   
thus for themselves to say3  8,we did   
intend1 ,lord1 to amend1    and to      
reform our way4  ,our true intent was to
 repent    and make our peace with thee2
  ,but sudden death stopping our breath1
    left us no liberty4    ,,cviii4     
8,short was our time1 for in itr1 prime 
our youthful pow'r was cropt2  8,we died
 in youth before full growth1    so was 
our purpose stopt4  ,let our good will  
to turn from ill1    and sin to have    
forsaken1  ,accepted be1 ,lord1 by thee1
    and in good part be taken48    ,are 
confuted and convicted4    ,,cix4 #ic   

,to whom the ,judge3 8,where you allege 
the shortness of the space1  ,that from 
your birth you liv'd on earth1    to    
compass saving ,grace1  ,it was ,free   
,grace that any space    was given you  
at all1  ,to turn from evil1 defy the   
,devil1    and upon ,god to call4       
,,cx4 #id    8,one day1 one week wherein
 to seek    ,god's face with all your   
hearts1  ,a favor was that far did pass 
the best of your deserts4  ,you had a   
season2 what was your reason    such    
precious hours to waste8  ,what could   
you find1 what could you mind    that   
was of greater haste8    ,,cxi4 #ie     
8,could you find time for vain pastime1 
for loose1 licentious mirth8  ,for      
fruitless toys and fading joys1    that 
perish in the birth8  ,had you good     
leisure for carnal ,pleasure1    in days
 of health and youth8  ,and yet no space
 to seek ,god's face1    and turn to him
 in truth8    ,,cxii4 #if    8,in       
younger years1 beyond your fears1       
what if you were surprized8  ,you put   

away the evil day1    and of long life  
devised4  ,you oft were told1 and might 
behold1    that ,death no ,age doth     
spare2  8,why then did you your time    
foreslow1    and slight your soul's     
welfare8    ,,cxiii4 #ig    8,had your  
intent been to repent1    and had you it
 desir'd1  ,there would have been       
endeavors seen    before your time      
expir'd4  ,god makes no treasure1 nor   
hath he pleasure    in idle purposes2   
,such fair pretenses are foul offenses1 
and cloaks for wickedness48    ,some    
plead examples of their betters4        
,,cxiv4 #ih    ,then were brought in and
 charg'd with sin1    another ,company1 
,who by ,petition obtain'd permission   
to make ,apology4  ,they argued1 8,we   
were misled1    as is well known to     
thee4  ,by their example that had more  
ample    abilities than we2    ,,cxv4   
#ii    8,such1 as profess'd they did    
detest    and hate each wicked way2     
,whose seeming grace whilst we did      
trace1    our ,souls were led astray4   

,when men of ,parts1 ,learning1 and     
,arts1    professing ,piety1  ,did thus 
and thus1 it seem'd to us    we might   
take liberty48    ,who are told that    
examples are no ,rules4    ,,cxvi4 #ajj 
,who are told ,the ,judge replies3 8,i  
gave you eyes1    ,and light to see your
 way1  ,which had you lov'd and well    
improv'd1    you had not gone astray4   
,my ,word was pure1 the ,rule was sure2 
,why did you it forsake1  ,or thereon   
trample1 and men's example    your      
,directory make8    ,,cxvii4 #aja       
8,this you well knew3 that ,god is true1
    and that most men are liars1  ,in   
word professing holiness1    in deed    
thereof deniers4  simple fools6 that    
having ,rules1    your lives to         
regulate4  ,would them refuse1 and      
rather choose    vile men to imitate48  
,they urge that they were led by godly  
men's ,examples4 ,but all their shifts  
turn to their greater shame4            
,,cxviii4    8,but1 ,lord10 say they1   
8we went astray1    and did more        

wickedly1  ,by means of those whom thou 
has chose    ,salvation's heirs to be48 
,to whom the ,judge3 8,what you allege  
doth nothing help the case1  ,but makes 
appear how vile you were1    and        
rend'reth you more base4    ,,cxix4 #ajb
    8,you understood that what was good1
    was to be followed4  ,and that you  
ought that which was naught    to have  
relinquished4  ,contrariwise it was your
 guise    only to imitate  ,good men's  
defects1 and their neglects    who were 
regenerate4    ,,cxx4 #ajc    8,but to  
express their holiness1    or imitate   
their grace4  ,you little car'd1 nor    
once prepar'd    your hearts to seek my 
,face4  ,they did repent and truly rent 
their hearts for all known sin2  ,you   
did offend1 but not amend1    to follow 
them therein48    ,some plead the       
,scripture's darkness1 and difference   
among ,interpreters4    ,,cxxi4 #ajd    
8,we had thy ,word10 say some1 8,lord1  
but wiser men than we  ,could never yet 
interpret it1    but always disagree4   

,how could we fools be led by ,rules    
so far beyond our ken4  ,which to       
explain did so much pain    and puzzle  
wisest men88    ,they are confuted4     
,,cxxii4 #aje    8,was all my ,word     
abstruse and hard80    the ,judge then  
answerd2  8,it did contain much ,truth  
so plain    you might have run and read4
  ,but what was hard you never car'd    
to know1 or studid2  ,and things that   
were most plain and clear    you never  
practisd4    ,,cxxiii4 #ajf    8,the    
,mystery of ,piety    ,god unto ,babes  
reveals1  ,when to the ,wise he it      
denies1    and from the world conceals4 
,if to fulfil ,god's holy ,will    had  
seemed good to you1  ,you would have    
sought light as you ought1    and done  
the good you knew48    ,others the fear 
of persecution4    ,,cxxiv4 #ajg        
,then came in view another crew1    and 
'gan to make their pleas2  ,amongst the 
rest1 some of the best    had such poor 
shifts as these 3  8,thou know'st right 
well1 who all canst tell1    we liv'd   

amongst thy foes4  ,who the ,renate did 
sorely hate    and goodness much oppose4
    ,,cxxv4 #ajh    8,we holiness durst 
not profess1    fearing to be forlorn   
,of all our friends1 and for amends     
to be the wicked's scorn4  8,we knew    
their anger would much endanger    our  
lives and our estates2  ,therefore1 for 
fear1 we durst appear    no better than 
our mates48    ,they are answered4      
,,cxxvi4 #aji    ,to whom the ,lord     
returns this word3    8,o wonderful     
deceits6  ,to cast off awe of ,god's    
strict law1    and fear men's wrath and 
threats2  ,to fear hell-fire and ,god's 
fierce ire    less than the rage of men2
  ,as if ,god's wrath could do less     
scath    than wrath of bretheren6       
,,cxxvii4    8,to use such strife1 a    
temp'ral life    to rescue and secure1  
,and be so blind as not to mind    that 
life that will endure6  ,this was your  
case1 who carnal peace    more than true
 joys did savor2  ,who fed on dust1     
clave to your lust1    and spurned at my

 favor4    ,,cxxviii4 #aaj    8,to      
please your kin1 men's love to win1     
to flow in worldly wealth1  ,to save    
your skin1 these things have been       
more than ,eternal health4  ,you had    
your choice1 wherein rejoice2    it was 
your porti-on4  ,for which you chose    
your souls to expose    unto            
,perditi-on4    ,,cxxix4 #aaa    8,who  
did not hate friends1 life1 and state1  
with all things else for me1  forsake   
and's ,cross up-take    shall never     
happy be4  ,well worthy they to die for 
aye1    who death than life had rather2 
,death is their due that so value    the
 friendship of my ,father48    ,others  
plead for pardon from ,god's ,mercy and 
,justice4    ,,cxxx4 #aab    ,others    
plead ,others argue1 and not a few1     
8,is not ,god graci-ous8  ,his ,equity  
and ,clemency1    are they not          
marvellous8  ,thus we believ'd2 are we  
deceiv'd8    ,cannot his ,mercy great1  
7,as hath been told to us of old17      
assuage his anger's heat8    ,,cxxxi4   

8,how can it be that ,god should see    
his ,creatures' endless pain4  ,or hear 
their groans and rueful moans1    and   
still his wrath retain8  ,can it agree  
with ,equity1    can ,mercy have the    
heart4  ,to recompense few years'       
offense    with everlasting smart8      
,,cxxxii4 #aac    8,can ,god delight in 
such a sight    as sinners' misery8  ,or
 what great good can this our blood     
bring unto the most ,high8  ,o thou that
 dost thy ,glory most    in pard'ning   
sin display1  ,lord1 might it please    
thee to release    and pardon us this   
day6    ,,cxxxiii4    8,unto thy name   
more glorious fame    would not such    
,mercy bring8  ,would not it raise thine
 endless praise1    more than our       
suffering88  8,with that they cease1    
holding their peace1    but cease not   
still to weep2  ,grief ministers a flood
 of tears1    in which their words do   
steep4    ,they are answered4           
,,cxxxiv4    ,but all too late2 grief's 
out of date1    when ,life is at an end4

  ,the glorious ,king thus answering1   
all to his voice attend3  8,god gracious
 is10 quoth he2 8like his1    no mercy  
can be found3  ,his ,equity and         
,clemency    to sinners do abound1      
,mercy now shines forth in the vessels  
of ,mercy4    ,,cxxxv4 #aad    8,as may 
appear by those that here    are plac'd 
at my right hand1  ,whose stripes ,i    
bore1 and clear'd the score1    that    
they might quitted stand4  ,for surely  
none but ,god alone1    whose ,grace    
transcends men's thought4  ,for such as 
those that were his foes    like wonders
 would have wrought4    ,did also wait  
upon such as abused it4    ,,cxxxvi4    
#aae    8,and none but lie such lenity  
and patience would have shown  ,to you  
so long1 who did him wrong1    and      
pull'd his ,judgment down4  ,how long a 
space1 stiff-neck'd race1    did        
patience you afford8  ,how oft did love 
you gently move1    to turn unto the    
,lord 8    ,the day of ,grace now past  
,,cxxxvii4 #aaf    8,with chords of love

 ,god often strove    your stubborn     
hearts to tame2  ,nevertheless your     
wickedness    did still resist the same4
  ,if now at last ,mercy be past    from
 you for evermore1  ,and ,justice come  
in ,mercy's room1    yet grudge you not 
therefore4    ,,cxxxviii4 #aag    8,if  
into wrath ,god turned hath    his long1
 long-suffering1  ,and now for love you 
vengeance prove1    is an equal thing4  
,your waxing worse hath stopt the course
    of wonted ,clemency1  ,mercy refus'd
 and ,grace misus'd    call for         
severity4    ,,cxxxix4 #aah    8,it's   
now high time that ev'ry ,crime    be   
brought to punishment2  ,wrath long     
contain'd and oft restrain'd1    at last
 must have a vent4  ,justice severe     
cannot forbear   to plague sin any      
longer1  ,but must inflict with liand   
most strict    mischief upon the        
wronger4    ,,cxl4 #aai    8,in vain do 
they for ,mercy pray1    the season     
being past1  ,who had no care to get a  
share    therein1 while time did last4  

,the man whose ear refus'd to hear      
the voice of ,wisdom's cry1  ,earn'd    
this reward1 that none regard    him in 
his misery4    ,,cxli4 #abj    8,it doth
 agree with ,equity    and with ,god's  
holy ,law1  ,that those should die      
eternally    that ,death upon them draw4
  ,the soul that sins ,damnation wins1  
for so the ,law ordains2  ,which ,law is
 just2 and therefore must    such suffer
 endless pains4    ,,cxlii4 #aba        
8,eternal smart is the desert    ev'n of
 the least offense2  ,then wonder not if
 ,i allot    to you this ,recompense2   
,but wonder more that since so sore     
and lasting plagues are due  ,to every  
sin1 you liv'd therein1    who well the 
danger knew4    ,,cxliii4 #abb    8,god 
hath no joy to crush or 'stroy1    and  
ruin wretched wights2  ,but to display  
the glorious ,ray    of ,justice he     
delights4  ,to manifest he doth detest1 
and throughly hate all sin1  ,by        
plaguing it as is most fit--    this    
shall him ,glory win48    ,some pretend 

they were shut out of ,heaven by ,god's 
,decree4    ,,cxliv4 #abc    ,some      
pretend ,then at the ,bar arraignd are  
an impudenter sort1  ,who to evade the  
guilt that's laid    ,upon them1 thus   
retort3  8,how could we cease thus to   
transgress8    ,how could we ,hell      
avoid1  ,whom ,god's ,decree shut out   
from thee1    and sign'd to be destroy'd
 8    ,,cxlv4 #abd    8,whom ,god       
ordains to endless pains    by ,law     
unalterable1  ,repentance true1         
,obedience new1    to such are unable4  
,sorrow for sin no good can win1    to  
such as are rejected2  ,nor can they    
grieve nor yet believe1    that never   
were elected4    ,,cxlvi4    8,of ,man's
 fall'n race1 who can true ,grace    or 
,holiness obtain8  ,who can convert or  
change his heart1    if ,god withhold   
the same8  ,had we applied ourselves and
 tried    as much as who did most1      
,god's love to gain1 our busy pain      
and labor bad been lost48    ,their     
pleas taken off4    ,,cxlvii4 #abe      

,christ readily makes this ,reply3      
8,i damn you not because  ,you are      
rejected1 nor yet elected2    but you   
have broke my ,laws4  ,it is in vain    
your wits to strain    the end and means
 to sever2  ,men fondly seek to part or 
break    what ,god hath link'd together4
    ,,cxlviii4 #abf    8,whom ,god will 
save1 such he will have    the means of 
life to use2  ,whom he'll pass by shall 
choose to die1    and ways of life      
refuse4  ,he that fore-sees and         
fore-decrees1    in wisdom order' d has4
  ,that man's free-will1 electing ill1  
shall bring his ,will to pass4          
,,cxlix4 #abg    8,high ,god's ,decree1 
as it is free1    so doth it none compel
  ,against their will to good or ill2   
it forceth none to ,hell4  ,they have   
their wish whose ,souls perish    with  
,torments in ,hell-fire1  ,who rather   
choose their souls to lose1    than     
leave a loose desire4    ,,cl4 #abh     
8,god did ordain sinners to pain1    yet
 he to ,hell sends none  ,but such as   

swerv'd and have deserv'd    destruction
 as their own4  ,his pleasure is1 that  
none from ,bliss    and endless         
happiness  ,be barr'd1 but such as      
wrong'd him much    by willful          
wickedness4    ,,cli4 #abi    8,you1    
sinful ,crew6 no other knew    but you  
might be elect2  ,why did you then      
yourselves condemn8    ,why did you me  
reject8  ,where was your strife to gain 
that life    which lasteth evermore8    
,you never knock' d1 yet say ,god lock'd
    against you ,heaven's door4         
,,clii4 #acj    8',twas no vain task to 
knock and ask1    whilst life continued4
  ,who ever sought ,heav'n as he ought1 
and seeking perished8  ,the lowly1 meek1
 who truly seek    for ,christ and for  
,salvation1  ,there's no decree whereby 
such be    ordain'd to condemnation4    
,,cliii4 #aca     ,you argue then3 ',but
 abject men1    whom ,god resolves to   
spill1  ,cannot repent1 nor their hearts
 rent2    nor can they change their     
will4'  ,not for his ,can is any man    

adjudgd unto ,hell1  ,but for his ,will 
to do what's ill1    and nilling to do  
well4    ,,cliv4    8,i often stood     
tend'ring my ,blood    to wash away your
 guilt1  ,and eke my ,sprite to frame   
you right1    lest your ,souls should be
 spilt4  ,but you1 vile ,race1 rejected 
,grace1    when ,grace was freely       
proflfer'd1  ,no changed heart1 no      
heav'nly part    would you1 when it was 
offer' d4    ,,clv4 #acb    8,who       
willfully the remedy1    and means of   
life contemned4  ,cause have the same   
themselves to blame1    if now they be  
condemnd4  ,you have yourselves1 you and
 none else1   to blame that you must die
  ,you chose the way to your decay1     
and perish'd willfully48    ,,clvi4     
,these words appall and daunt them all1 
dismay'd and all amort4  ,like stocks   
that stand at ,christ's left hand    and
 dare no more retort4  ,then were       
brought near with trembling fear1    a  
number numberless1  ,of ,blind ,heathen 
and brutish men1    that did ,god's ,law

 transgress2    ,heathen men plead want 
of the ,written ,word4    ,,clvii4      
,whose wicked ways ,christ open lays1   
and makes their sins appear1  ,they     
making pleas their case to ease1    if  
not themselves to clear4  8,thy ,written
 ,word10 say they1 8good    we never did
 enjoy2  ,we ne'er refus'd1 nor it      
abus'd2    ,oh1 do not us destroy68     
,,clviii4 #acc    8,you ne'er abus'd1   
nor yet refus'd    my ,written ,word1   
you plead2  ,that's true1 quoth he1     
8therefore shall ye    the less be      
punishd4  ,you shall not smart for any  
part    of other men's offense1  ,but   
for your own transgressi-on    receive  
due recompense48    ,insufficiency of   
the light of ,nature4    ,,clix4        
8,but we were blind10 say they1 8in     
mind2    too dim was ,nature's ,light1  
,our only guide1 as hath been tried1    
to bring us to the sight  ,of our estate
 degenerate1    and curs'd by ,adam's   
,fa'l2  ,how we were born and lay       
forlorn    in bondage and in thrall4    

,,clx4 #acd    8,we did not know a      
,christ till now1    nor how fall'n men 
be saved1  ,else would we not1 right    
well we wot1    have so ourselves       
behaved4  8,we should have mourn'd1 we  
should have turn'd    from sin at thy   
,reproof1  ,and been more wise through  
thy advice1    for our own soul's       
behoof4    ,they are answered4          
,,clxi4    8,but ,nature's light shin'd 
not so bright    to teach us the right  
way3  ,we might have lov'd it and well  
improv'd it1    and yet have gone       
astray48  ,the ,judge most ,high makes  
this ,reply3    8,you ignorance pretend4
  ,dimness of sight1 and want of light1 
your course ,heav'nward to bend4        
,,clxii4 #ace    8,how came your mind to
 be so blind8    ,i once you knowledge  
gave4  ,clearness of sight and judgment 
light3    who did the same deprave8  ,if
 to your cost you have it lost1    and  
quite defac'd the same1  ,your own      
desert hath caus'd the smart2    you    
ought not me to blame4    ,,clxiii4 #acf

    8,yourselves into a pit of woe1     
your own transgression led2  ,if ,i to  
none my ,grace had shown    who had been
 injured8  ,if to a few1 and not to you1
    ,i shew'd a way of life1  ,my ,grace
 so free1 you clearly see1    gives you 
no ground of strife4    ,,clxiv4 #acg   
8',tis vain to tell1 you wot fall well1 
if you in time liad known  ,your misery 
and remedy1    your actions had it      
shown3  ,you1 sinful ,crew1 have not    
been true    unto the ,light of ,nature1
  ,nor done the good you understood1    
nor owned your ,creator4    ,,clxv4 #ach
    8,he that the ,light1 because 'tis  
slight1    hath usd to despise1  ,would 
not the ,light shining more bright1     
be likely for a prize4  ,if you had     
lov'd1 and well improv'd    your        
knowledge and dim sight1  ,herein your  
pain 'had not been vain1    your plagues
 had been more light48    ,reprobate    
,infants plead for themselves4          
,,clxvi4 #aci    ,then to the ,bar all  
they drew near    ,who died in infancy1 

,and never had or good or bad           
effected pers'nally3  ,but from the womb
 unto the tomb    were straightway      
carried1  7,or at the least ere they    
transgress'd7    who thus began to      
plead3    ,,clxvii4    8,if for our own 
transgressi-on1    or disobedience4  ,we
 here did stand at thy left hand1       
just were the ,recompense2  ,but ,adam's
 guilt our souls hath spilt1    his     
fault is ckarg'd upon us2  ,and that    
alone hath overthrown    and utterly    
undone us4    ,,clxviii4    8,not we1   
but he ate of the ,tree1    whose fruit 
was interdicted2  ,yet on us all of his 
sad ,fall    the punishment's inflicted4
  ,how could we sin that had not been1  
or how is his sin our1  ,without        
consent1 which to prevent    we never   
had the pow'r8    ,,clxix4 #adj    8,o  
great ,creator why was our ,nature      
depravd and forlorn8  ,why so defil'd1  
and made so vil'd1    whilst we were jet
 unborn8  ,if it be just1 and needs we  
must    transgressors reckon'd be4  ,thy

 ,mercy1 ,lord1 to us afford1    which  
sinners hath set free4    ,,clxx4       
8,behold we see ,adam set free1    and  
sav'd from his trespass1  ,whose sinful 
,fall hath split us all1    and brought 
us to this pass4  ,canst thou deny us   
once to try1    or ,grace to us to      
tender1  ,when he finds grace before thy
 face1    who was the chief offender88  
,their arguments taken off4    ,,clxxi4 
#ada    ,then answered the ,judge most  
dread3    ,god doth such doom forbid1   
,that men should die eternally    for   
what they never did4  ,but what you call
 old ,adam's ,fall1    and only his     
,trespass1  ,you call amiss to call it  
his1    both his and yours it was4      
,,clxxii4 #adb    8,he was design'd of  
all ,mankind    to be a public ,head2   
,a common ,root1 whence all should      
shoot1    and stood in all their stead4 
,he stood and fell1 did ill or well1    
not for himself alone4  ,but for you    
all1 who now his ,fall    and trespass  
would disown4    ,,clxxiii4    8,if he  

had stood1 then all his brood    had    
been established  ,in ,god's true love  
never to move1    nor once awry to      
tread2  ,then all his ,eace my ,father's
 ,grace    should have enjoy'd for ever4
  ,and wicked ,sprites by subtile       
sleights    could them have harmed      
never4    ,,clxxiv4    ,would you have  
griev'd to have receiv'd    through     
,adam so much good1  ,as had been your  
for evermore1    if he at first had     
stood8  ,would you have said1 ',we ne'er
 obey'd    nor did thy laws regard2  ,it
 ill befits with benefits1    us1 ,lord1
 to so reward8'    ,,clxxv4 #adc        
8,since then to share in his welfare1   
you could have been content1  ,you may  
with reason share in his treason1    and
 in the punishment4  ,hence you were    
born in state forlorn1    with ,natures 
so depravd2  ,death was your due because
 that yo    had thus yourselves behaved4
    ,,clxxvi4 #add    8,you think ',if  
we had been as he    whom ,god did so   
betrust1  ,we to our cost would ne'er   

have lost    all for a paltry lust4'    
,had you been made in ,adam's stead1    
you would like things have wrought1     
,and so into the self-same woe1         
yourselves and yours have brought4      
,the free gift4    ,,clxxvii4 #ade      
8,i may deny you once to try1    or     
,grace to you to tender4  ,though he    
finds ,grace before my face    who was  
the chief oifender2  ,else should my    
,grace cease to be ,grace1    for it    
would not be free1  ,if to release whom 
,i should please    ,i have no liberty4 
,,clxxviii4    8,if upon one what's due 
to none4    ,i frankly shall bestow1    
,and on the rest shall not think best   
compassion's skirt to throw1  ,whom     
injure ,i8 will you envy    and grudge  
at others' weal8  ,or me accuse1 who do 
refuse    yourselves to help and heal 8 
,,clxxix4 #adf    8,am ,i alone of      
what's my own1    no ,master or no      
,lord8  ,and if ,i am1 how can you claim
    what ,i to sonie afford8  ,will you 
demand ,grace at my hand1    and        

challenge what is mine8  ,will you teach
 me whom to set free1    and thus my    
,grace confine8    ,,clxxx4 #adg        
8,you sinners are1 and such a share     
as sinners1 may expect2  ,such you shall
 have1 for ,i do save    none but mine  
own ,elect4  ,yet to compare your sin   
with their    who liv'd a longer time1  
,i do confess yours is much less1       
though every sin's a crime4    ,the     
wicked all convinced and put to silence4
    ,,clxxxi4 #adh    8,a crime it is1  
therefore in bliss    you may not hope  
to dwell2  ,but unto you ,i shall allow 
,the easiest room in ,hell48  ,the      
glorious ,king thus answering1    they  
cease1 and plead no longer2  ,their     
,consciences must needs confess    his  
,reasons are the stronger4    ,behold   
the formidable estate of all the ungodly
 as they stand hopeless and helpless    
before an impartial ,judge1 expecting   
their final ,sentence4    ,,clxxxii4    
#adi    ,thus all men's pleas the ,judge
 with ease    doth answer and confute1  

,until that all1 both great and small1  
are silencd and mute4  ,vain hopes are  
cropt1 all mouths are stopt1    sinners 
have naught to say1  ,but that 'tis just
 and equal most    they should be damn'd
 for aye4    ,,clxxxiii4    ,now what   
remains1 but that to pains    and       
everlasting smart1  ,christ should      
condemn the sons of men1    which is    
their just desert8  ,oh rueful plights  
of sinful wights6    ,oh wretches all   
forlorn6  ',t had happy been they ne'er 
had seen    the sun1 or not been born4  
,,clxxxiv4    ,yea now it would be good 
they could    themselves annihilate4    
,and cease to be1 themselves to free    
from such a fearful state4  happy ,dogs1
 and ,swine1 and ,frogs1    yea1        
,serpent's generation6  ,who do not fear
 this doom to hear1    and sentence of  
,damnation6    ,,clxxxv4 #aej    ,this  
is their state so desperate2    their   
sins are fully known2  ,their vanities  
and villanies    before the world are   
shown4  ,as they are gross and impious1 

so are their numbers more  ,than motes  
in th' ,air1 or than their hair1    or  
sands upon the shore4    ,,clxxxvi4 #aea
    ,divine ,justice offended is1    and
 satisfaction claimeth2  ,god's wrathful
 ire1 kindled like fire4    against them
 fiercely flameth4  ,their ,judge severe
 doth quite cashier1    and all their   
pleas off take1  ,that ne'er a man1 or  
dare1 or can    a further answer make4  
,,clxxxvii4 #aeb    ,their mouths are   
shut1 each man is put    to silence and 
to shame1  ,nor have they aught within  
their thought1    ,christ's ,justice for
 to blame4  ,the ,judge is just1 and    
plague them must1    nor will he ,mercy 
shew1  ,for ,mercy's day is past away   
to any of this ,crew4    ,,clxxxviii4   
#aec    ,the ,judge is strong1 doers of 
wrong    cannot his pow'r withstand2    
,none can by flight run out of sight1   
nor 'scape out of his hand4  ,sad is    
their state2 for ,advocate1    to plead 
thei cause1 there's none2  ,none to     
prevent their punishment1    or mis'ry  

to bemoan4    ,,clxxxix4 #aed    ,o     
dismal day6 whither shall they    for   
help and succor flee8  ,to ,god above   
with hopes to move    their greatest    
,enemy8  ,his wrath is great1 whose     
burning heat    no floods of tears can  
slake2  ,his ,word stands fast that they
 be cast    into the burning ,lake4     
,,cxc4 #aee    ,to ,christ their ,judge8
 ,he doth adjudge    them to the ,pit of
 ,sorrow2  ,nor will he hear1 or cry or 
tear1    nor respite them one morrow4   
,to ,heav'n1 alas6 they cannot pass1    
it is against them shut2  ,to enter     
there 7,o heavy cheer7    they out of   
hopes are put4    ,,cxci4 #aef    ,unto 
their ,treasures1 or to their           
,pleasures8    ,all these have them     
forsaken2  ,had they full cofiers to    
make large offers1    their gold would  
not be taken4  ,unto the place where    
whilom was    their birth and           
,education8  ,lo6 ,christ begins for    
their great sins1    to fire the        
,earth's ,foundation2    ,,cxcii4 #aeg  

,and by and by the flaming ,sky    shall
 drop like molten ,lead  ,about their   
ears1 t' increase their fears1    and   
aggravate their dread4  ,to ,angel's    
good that ever stood    in their        
integrity1  ,should they betake         
themselves1 and make    their suit      
incessantly8    ,,cxciii4    ,they've   
neither skill1 nor do they will    to   
work them any ease2  ,they will not     
mourn to see them burn1    nor beg for  
their release4  ,to wicked men1 their   
bretheren    in sin and wickedness1     
,should they make moan8 ,their case is  
one2    they're in the same distress4   
,,cxciv4 #aeh    ,ah6 cold comfort and  
mean support1    from such like         
,comforters6  ,ah6 little joy of        
,company1    and fellow-sufferers6      
,such shall increase their heart's      
disease1    and add unto their woe1     
,because that they brought to decay     
themselves and many moe4    ,,cxcv4 #aei
    ,unto the ,saints with sad          
complaints    should they themselves    

apply8  ,they're not dejected nor aught 
affected    with all their misery4      
,friends stand aloof and make no proof  
what ,prayers or ,tears can do2  ,your  
,godly friends are now more friend    to
 ,christ than unto you4    ,,cxcvi4 #afj
    ,where tender love men's hearts did 
move    unto a sympathy1  ,and bearing  
part of others' smart    in their       
anxiety1  ,now such compassion is out of
 fashion1    and wholly laid aside2  ,no
 friends so near1 but ,saints to hear   
their ,sentence can abide4    ,,cxcvii4 
#afa    ,one natural ,brother beholds   
another    in his astonied fit4  ,yet   
sorrows not thereat a jot1    nor pities
 him a whit4  ,the godly ,wife conceives
 no grief    nor can she shed a tear    
,for the sad state of her dear ,mate1   
when she his doom doth hear4            
,,cxcviii4 #aih    ,he that was erst a  
,husband pierc'd    with sense of       
,wife's distress4  ,whose tender heart  
did bear a part    of all her           
grievances1  ,shall mourn no more as    

heretofore1    because of her ill       
plight4  ,although he see her now to be 
a damn'd forsaken wight4    ,,cxcix4    
#afb    ,the tender ,mother will own no 
other    of all her num'rous brood1     
,but such as stand at ,christ's right   
hand1    acquitted through his ,blood4  
,the pious ,father had now much rather  
his graceless ,son should lie  ,in ,hell
 with ,devils1 for all his evils1       
burning eternally1    ,,cc4 #afc        
,than ,god most ,high should injury     
by sparing him sustain2  ,and doth      
rejoice to hear ,christ's voice1        
adjudging him to pain4  ,thus having    
all1 both great and small1    convinc'd 
and silencd1  ,christ did proceed their 
,doom to read1    and thus it utterd3   
,the ,judge pronounceth the sentence of 
condemnation4    ,,cci4 #afd    998,ye  
sinful wights and cursd sprights199     
that work iniquity1  ,depart together   
from me for ever    to endless ,misery2 
,your portion take in yonder ,lake1     
where ,fire and ,brimstone flameth2     

,suffer the smart which your desert1    
99as its due wages claimeth4899    ,the 
terror of it4    ,,ccii4    ,oh piercing
 words1 more sharp than swords6         
,what6 to depart from ,thee1  ,whose    
face before for evermore    the best of 
,pleasures be6  ,what6 to depart 7unto  
our smart71    from thee ,eternally6    
,to be for aye banish'd away    with    
,devils' company6    ,,cciii4    ,what6 
to be sent to ,punishment1    and flames
 of burning ,fire6  ,to be surrounded1  
and eke confounded    with ,god's       
revengeful ,ire6  ,what6 to abide1 not  
for a tide1    these ,torments1 but for 
,ever6  ,to be releas'd1 or to be eas'd1
    not after years1 but ,never6        
,,cciv4    ,oh fearful ,doom6 now       
there's no room    for hope or help at  
all2  ,sentence is past which aye shall 
last2    ,christ will not it recall4    
,then might you hear them rend and tear 
the ,air with their out-cries2  ,the    
hideous noise of their sad voice        
ascendeth to the ,skies4    ,,ccv4 #afe 

,they wring their hands1 their          
caitiff-hands1    and gnash their teeth 
for terror2  ,they cry1 they roar for   
anguish sore1    and gnaw their tongues 
for horror4  ,but get away without      
delay1    ,christ pities not your cry2  
,depart to ,hell1 there may you yell1   
and roar ,eternally4    ,it is put in   
,execution4    ,,ccvi4 #aff    ,that    
word 8,depart0 maugre their heart1      
,it is put in drives every wicked one1  
,with mighty pow'r1 the self-same hour1 
far from the ,judge's ,throne4  ,away   
they're chas'd by the strong blast    of
 his ,death-threat'ning mouth2  ,they   
flee full fast1 as if in haste1         
although they be full loath4    ,,ccvii4
 #afg    ,as chaff that's dry1 as dust  
doth fly    before the ,northern wind4  
,right so are they chasd away1    and   
can no ,refuge find4  ,they hasten to   
the ,pit of ,woe1    guarded by ,angels 
stout4  ,who to fulfil ,christ's holy   
,will1    attend this wickd ,rout2      
,,hell4    ,,ccviii4 #afh    ,whom      

having brought as they are taught1      
unto the brink of ,hell1  7,that dismal 
place1 far from ,christ's face1    where
 ,death and ,darkness dwell1  ,where    
,god's fierce ,ire kindleth the fire1   
and vengeance feeds the flame4  ,with   
piles of ,wood and ,brimstone ,flood1   
so none can quench the same17    ,wicked
 men and ,devils cast into it forever4  
,,ccix4 #afi    ,with ,iron bands they  
bind their hands    and cursd feet      
together1  ,and cast them all1 both     
great and small1    into that ,lake     
forever1  ,where day and night1 without 
respite1    they wail1 and cry and howl1
  ,for tort'ring pain which they        
sustain1    in ,body and in ,soul4      
,,ccx4 #agj    ,for day and night1 in   
their despite1    their torment's smoke 
ascendeth4  ,their pain and grief have  
no relief1    their anguish never       
endeth4  ,there must they lie and never 
die1    though dying every day2  ,there 
must they dying ever lie1    and not    
consume away4    ,,ccxi4    ,die fain   

they would if die they could1    but    
,death will not be had2  ,god's direful 
wrath their bodies hath    forev'r      
immortal made4  ,they live to lie in    
misery1    and bear eternal woe2  ,and  
live they must whilst ,god is just1     
that he may plague them so4    ,the     
unsufferable torments of the ,damned4   
,,ccxii4 #aga    ,but who can tell the  
plagues of ,hell1    and torments       
exquisite8  ,who can relate their dismal
 state1    and terrors infinite8  ,who  
fare the best and feel the least1    yet
 feel that punishment  ,whereby to      
nought they would be brought    if ,god 
did not prevent4    ,,ccxiii4 #agb      
,the least degree of misery    there    
felt is incomparable2  ,the lightest    
pain they there sustain    is more than 
intolerable4  ,but ,god's great pow'r   
from hour to hour    upholds them in the
 fire1  ,that they shall not consume a  
jot    nor by its force expire4         
,,ccxiv4 #agc    ,but1 ah1 the woe they 
undergo    7they more than all beside7  

,who had the light1 and knew the right1 
yet would not it abide6  ,the sev'n fold
 smart which to their part    and       
porti-on doth fall4  ,who ,christ's free
 ,grace would not embrace1    nor       
hearken to his call4    ,,ccxv4 #agd    
,the ,amorites and ,sodomites1          
although their plagues be sore1  ,yet   
find some ease compar'd to these1    who
 feel a great deal more4  ,almighty     
,god1 whose ,iron ,rod1    to smite them
 never lins4  ,doth most declare his    
,justice rare    in plaguing these men's
 sins4    ,,ccxvi4 #age    ,the pain of 
loss their souls doth toss1    and      
wond'rously distress1  ,to think what   
they have cast away    by willful       
wickedness4  8,we might have been       
redeem'd from sin10    think they1 8and 
liv'd above4  ,being possesst of        
,heav'nly rest1    and joying in ,god's 
love    ,,ccxvii4 #agf    8,but woe1    
woe1 woe1 our ,souls unto6    we would  
not happy be2  ,and therefore bear      
,god's vengeance here    to all         

,eternity4  ,experience and woful sense 
must be our painful teachers1  ,who'd   
not believe1 nor credit give    unto our
 faithful ,preachers48    ,,ccxviii4    
#agg    ,thus shall they lie and wail   
and cry1    tormented and tormenting2   
,their galled hearts with poison'd      
darts1    but now too late repenting4   
,there let them dwell in th' ,flames of 
,hell3    there leave we them to burn1  
,and back again unto the men    whom    
,christ acquits1 return4    ,the ,saints
 rejoice to see the ,judgment executed  
upon the ,wicked ,world4    ,,ccxix4    
#agh    ,the ,saints behold with courage
 bold    and thankful wonderment1  ,to  
see all those that were their foes      
thus sent to punishment4  ,then do they 
sing unto their ,king    a ,song of     
endless ,praise2  ,they praise his ,name
 and do proclaim    that just are all   
his ways4    ,they ascend with ,christ  
into ,heaven triumphing4    ,,ccxx4     
,thus with great joy and melody    to   
,heav'n they all ascend1  ,him there to 

praise with sweetest lays1    and ,hymns
 that never end2  ,where with long rest 
they shall be blest1    and naught shall
 them annoy1  8,where they shall see as 
seen they be1    and whom they love     
enjoy4    ,their eternal happiness and  
incomparable glory there4    ,,ccxxi4   
#agi    ,oh glorious ,place6 where face 
to face    ,jehovah may be seen1  ,by   
such as were sinners while here1    and 
no dark veil between6  ,where the       
,sunshine and light ,divine    of ,god's
 bright countenance1  ,doth rest upon   
them every one1    with sweetest        
influence6    ,,ccxxii4 #ahj    ,oh     
blessed state of the ,renate6    ,oh    
wond'rous happiness4  ,to which they're 
brought beyond what thought    can reach
 or words express6  ,grief's watercourse
 and sorrow's source    are turn'd to   
joyful streams2  ,their old distress and
 heaviness    are vanished like dreams4 
,,ccxxiii4 #aha    ,for ,god above in   
arms of love    doth dearly them        
embrace4  ,and fills their sprights with

 such delights1    and pleasures in his 
,grace1  ,as shall not fail1 nor yet    
grow stale1    through frequency of use2
  ,nor do they fear ,god's favor there  
to forfeit by abuse4    ,,ccxxiv4 #ahb  
,for there the ,saints are perfect      
,saints1    and holy ones indeed2  ,from
 all the sin that dwelt within    their 
mortal bodies freed2  ,made ,kings and  
,priests to ,god through ,christ's      
dear ,love's transcendency1  ,there to  
remain and there to reign    with him   
,eternally4      ,a ,short ,discourse   
,on ,eternity4    ,what mortal man can  
with a ,span    mete out ,eternity8  ,or
 fathom it by depth of ,wit1    or      
strength of ,memory8  ,the lofty ,sky is
 not so high1    ,hell's depth to this  
is small2  ,the ,world so wide is but a 
stride1    compard therewithal4    ,it  
is a main great ,oce-an    withouten    
bank or bound1  ,a deep ,abyss1 wherein 
there is    no bottom to be found4      
,this ,world hath stood now since the   
,flood1    four thousand years well     

near1  ,and had before endurd more      
than sixteen hundred year4    ,but      
what's the time from the ,world's prime1
    unto this present day1  ,if we      
thereby ,eternity    to measure should  
essay8  ,the whole duration since the   
,creation1    though long1 yet is more  
little4  ,if placed by ,eternity1       
than is the smallest tittle4    ,tell   
every ,star both near and far1    in    
,heav'n's bright ,canopy  ,that doth    
appear throughout the year    of high or
 low degree3  ,tell every ,tree that    
thou canst see    in this vast          
,wilderness1  ,up in the 8,woods1 down  
by the ,floods1    in thousand miles    
,progress3    ,the sum is vast1 yet not 
so vast    but that thou may'st go on   
,to multiply the leaves thereby1    that
 hang those ,trees upon3  ,add thereunto
 the ,drops that thou    imaginest to be
  ,in ,april ,show'rs1 that bring forth 
,flow'rs    and blossoms plenteously3   
,number the ,fowls and living ,souls    
that through the ,air do fly1  ,the     

wingd ,hosts in all their ,coasts       
beneath the starry ,sky3  ,count all the
 ,grass as thou dost pass    through    
many a pasture-land1  ,and dewy ,drops  
that on the tops    of ,herbs and       
,plants do stand3    ,number the ,sand  
upon the ,strand1    and atoms of the   
,air2  ,and do thy best on ,man and     
,beast1    to reckon every ,hair3  ,take
 all the ,dust1 if so thou lust1    and 
add to thine ,account3  ,yet shall the  
,years of ,sinners' tears1    the       
,number far surmount4    ,naught join'd 
to nauglit can ne'er make aught1    nor 
,cyphers make a ,sum2  ,nor things      
finite1 to infinite    by multiplying   
come3  ,a ,cockle-shell may serve as    
well    to lade the ,ocean dry  ,as     
finite things and reckonings    to bound
 ,eternity4    ,oh happy they that live 
for aye1    with ,christ in ,heav'n     
above6  ,who know withal that nothing   
shall    deprive them of his love4      
,eternity1 ,eternity6    ,oh6 were it   
not for thee1  ,the ,saints in bliss and

 happiness    could never happy be4     
,for if they were in any fear    that   
this their joy might cease1  ,it would  
annoy 7if not destroy7    and interrupt 
their peace4  ,but being sure it shall  
endure    so long as ,god shall live2   
,the thoughts of this1 unto their bliss1
    do full perfection give4    ,cheer  
up ye ,saints amidst your wants    and  
sorrows many a one2  ,lift up the head1 
shake off all dread1    and moderate    
your moan4  ,your sufferings and evil   
things    will suddenly be past2  ,your 
sweet ,fruitions and blessed ,visions1  
for evermore shall last4    ,lament and 
mourn you that must burn    amidst those
 flaming ,seas3  ,if once you come to   
such a doom1    for ever farewell ease4 
sad estate and desperate1    that never 
can be mended1  ,until ,god's ,will     
shall change1 or till    ,eternity be   
ended6    ,if any one this ,questi-on   
shall unto me propound3  ,what6 have the
 years of ,sinners' tears    no limits  
or no bound8  ,it kills our heart to    

think of smart1    and pains that last  
for ever2  ,and hear of fire that shall 
expire1    or be extinguish'd never1    
,i'll answer make 7and let them take    
my words as ,i intend them2  ,for this  
is all the ,cordi-al    that here ,i    
have to lend them37  ,when ,heav'n shall
 cease to flow with peace    and all    
felicity4  ,then ,hell may cease to be  
the place    of ,woe and ,misery4       
,when ,heav'n is ,hell1 when ,ill is    
,well1    when ,virtue turns to ,vice2  
,when ,wrong is ,right1 when ,dark is   
,light1    when ,naught is of great     
price2  ,then may the years of ,sinners'
 tears    and sufferings expire4  ,and  
all the ,hosts of damnd ,ghosts         
escape out of ,hell-fire4    ,when      
,christ above shall cease to lovo1      
when ,god shall cease to reign  ,and be 
no more as heretofore    the ,world's   
great ,sovreign2  ,or not be just1 or   
favor lust1    or in ,i,men's sins      
delight2  ,then wicked men 7and not till
 then7    to ,heav'n may take their     

flight4    ,when ,god's great ,power    
shall be brought lower1    by foreign   
,puissance1  ,or be decay'd and weaker  
made    through ,time's continuance2    
,when drowsiness shall him oppress1     
and lay him fast asleep1  ,then sinful  
men may break their pen1    and out of  
,prison creep4    ,when those in ,glory 
shall be right sorry    they may not    
change their place1  ,and wish to dwell 
with those in ,hell1    never to see    
,christ's face2  ,then those in pain may
 freedom gain    and be with ,glory     
dight3  ,then ,hellish fiends may be    
,christ's ,friends1    and ,heirs of    
,heaven hight4    ,then1 ah6 poor men6  
,what6 not till then8    ,no1 not an    
hour before2  ,for ,god is just1 and    
therefore must    torment them evermore4
  ,,eternity6 ,,eternity6  thou mak'st  
hard hearts to bleed3    ,the thoughts  
of thee in misery1    do make men wail  
indeed4    ,when they remind what's     
still behind    and ponder this word    
,,never1  ,that they must there be made 

to bear    ,god's ,vengeance for ,,ever 
3  ,the thought of this more bitter is  
than all they feel beside2  ,yet what   
they feel1 nor heart of steel1    nor   
flesh of brass can bide4    ,to lie in  
woe and undergo    the direful pains of 
,hell1  ,and know withal1 that there    
they shall    for aye and ever dwell2   
,and that they are from rest as far     
when fifty thousand year1  ,twice told1 
are spent in punishment1    as when they
 first came there2    ,this1 oh6 this   
makes ,hell's fiery flakes    much more 
intolerable2  ,this makes frail wights  
and damned sprites    to bear their     
plagues unable4  ,this makes men bite1  
for fell despite1    their very tongues 
in twain2  ,this makes them roar for    
great horrcr1    and trebleth all their 
pain4      ,a ,postscript ,unto ,the    
,reader4    ,and now1 good ,reader1 ,i  
return again  ,to talk with thee who    
hast been at the pain  ,to read         
throughout and heed what went before2   
,and unto thee ,i'll speak a little     

more4  ,give ear ,i pray thee unto what 
,i say1  ,that ,god may hear thy voice  
another day4  ,thou hast a ,soul1 my    
,friend1 and so have ,i1  ,to save or   
lose2 a ,soul that cannot die2  ,a ,soul
 of greater price than ,gold or ,gems2  
,a ,soul more worth than ,crowns and    
,diadems2  ,a ,soul at first created    
like its ,maker1  ,and of ,god's ,image 
made to be partaker3  ,upon the wings of
 noblest ,faculties1  ,taught for to    
soar above the ,starry ,skies1  ,and not
 to rest1 until it understood  ,itself  
possessed of the chiefest ,good4  ,and  
since the ,fall thy ,soul retaineth     
still  ,those faculties of ,reason and  
of ,will1  ,but oh6 how much deprav'd   
and out of frame1  ,as if they were some
 other's1 not the same6  ,thine         
,understanding dismally benighted1  ,and
 ,reason's eye in ,spir'tual things     
dim-sighted1  ,or else stark blind2 thy 
,will inclin'd to evil4  ,and nothing   
else2 a slave unto the ,devil2  ,that   
loves to live1 and liveth to transgress4

  ,but shuns the way of ,god and        
,holiness4  ,all thine ,affections are  
disorderd1  ,and thus by headstrong     
,passions are misled4  ,what need ,i    
tell thee of thy crooked war1  ,and many
 wicked wand'rings every day8  ,or that 
thine own transgressi-ons are more  ,in 
number than the sands upon the ,shore8  
,thou art a lump of wickedness become1  
,and may'st with horror think upon thy  
,doom1  ,until thy ,soul be washd in the
 flood  ,of ,christ's most dear1        
soul-cleansing1 precious ,blood4  ,that1
 that alone can do away thy sin1  ,which
 thou wert born and hast long lived in2 
,that1 only that can pacify ,god's      
wrath1  ,if apprehended by a lively     
,faith1  ,now whilst the day and means  
of ,grace do last1  ,before the         
opportunity be past4    ,but if1 man1   
thou liv'st a ,christless creature1     
,and ,death surprise thee in a state of 
nature1  7,as who can tell but that may 
be thy case87  ,how wilt thou stand     
before the ,judge's face1  ,when he     

shall be reveal'd in flaming fire4  ,and
 come to pay ungodly men their hire4    
,to execute due vengeance upon those    
,that knew him not1 or that had been his
 foes8  ,what wilt thou answer unto his 
demands4  ,when he requires a reason at 
thy hands4  ,of all the things that thou
 hast said or done4  ,or left undone1 or
 set thine heart upon8  ,when he shall  
thus with thee expostulate3  8,what     
cause hadst thou thy ,maker for to hate2
  ,to take up arms against thy          
,sovereign1  ,and enmity against him to 
maintain8  ,what injury hath ,god       
,almighty done thee8  ,what good hath he
 withheld that might have won thee8     
,what evil1 or injustice hast thou found
  ,in him that might unto thine hurt    
redound8  ,if neither felt nor feared   
injury  ,hath movd thee to such         
hostility1  ,what made thee then the    
,fountain to forsake1  ,and unto broken 
,pits thyself betake8  ,what reason     
hadst thou to dishonor ,god1  ,who thee 
with ,mercies never ceas'd to load8     

,because the ,lord was good hast thou   
been evil1  ,and taken part against him 
with the ,devil8  ,for all his cost to  
pay him with despite4  ,and all his love
 with hatred to requite8  ,is this the  
fruit of ,god's great patience1  ,to wax
 more bold in disobedience8  ,to kick   
against the bowels of his ,love8  ,is   
this aright his ,bounty to improve8     
,stand still1 ye ,heav'ns1 and be       
astonished1  ,that ,god by man should   
thus be injured6  ,give ear1 ,earth1 and
 tremble at the sin  ,of those that     
thine ,inhabitants have been6  ,but     
thou1 vile wretch1 hast added unto all  
,thine other faults and facts so        
criminal4  ,the damning sin of willful  
unbelief2  ,of all ,transgressors hast  
thou been the chief4  ,yet when time was
 thou might'st have been set free  ,from
 ,sin and ,wrath and punishment by me2  
,but thou would'st not accept of ,gospel
 ,grace1  ,nor on my terms ,eternal     
,life embrace4  ,as if that all thy     
breaches of ,god's ,law  ,were not      

enough upon thy head to draw  ,eternal  
,wrath1 thou hast despis'd a ,savior1   
,rejected me1 and trampled on my favor4 
,how oft have ,i stood knocking at thy  
door1  ,and been denied entrance        
evermore8  ,how often hath my ,spirit   
been withstood1  ,when as ,i sent him to
 have done thee good8  ,thou hast no    
need of any one to plead  ,thy cause or 
for thy ,soul to intercede3  ,plead for 
thyself1 if thou hast aught to say1     
,and pay thy forfeiture without delay4  
,behold thou dost ten thousand ,talents 
owe2  ,pay thou the debt or else to     
,prison go48    ,think1 think1 man1 when
 ,christ shall thus unfold  ,thy secret 
guilt1 and make thee to behold  ,the    
ugly face of all thy sinful errors4     
,and fill thy soul with his amazing     
terrors1  ,and let thee see the flaming 
,pit of ,hell1  ,where all that have no 
part in him shall dwell2  ,when he shall
 thus expostulate the case1  ,how canst 
thou bear to look him in the face8      
,what wilt thou do without an ,advocate1

  ,or plead1 when thus thy state is     
desperate8  ,dost think to put him oif  
with fair pretenses8  ,or wilt thou hide
 and cover thine offenses8  ,can        
anything from him concealed be1  ,who   
doth the hidden things of darkness see8 
,art thou of force his ,power to        
withstand8  ,canst thou by might escape 
out of his hand8  ,dost thou intend to  
run out of his sight1  ,and save thyself
 from punishment by flight8  ,or wilt   
thou be eternally accurst1  ,and 'bide  
his ,vengeance1 let him do his worst8   
,oh6 who can bear his indignation's     
heat8  ,or 'bide the pains of ,hell     
which are so great8    ,if1 then1 thou  
neither canst his ,wrath endure4  ,nor  
any ransom after death procure2  ,if    
neither ,cries nor ,tears can move his  
heart  ,to pardon thee or mitigate thy  
smart1  ,but unto ,hell thou must       
perforce be sent1  ,with dismal horror  
and astonishment1  ,consider1 my        
,friend1 what cause thou hast1  ,with   
fear and trembling 7while as yet thou   

may'st71  ,to lay to heart thy sin and  
misery1  ,and to make out after the     
,remedy4  ,consider well the greatness  
of thy danger1  ,o ,child of wrath1 and 
object of ,god's anger4  ,thou hangest  
over the ,infernal ,pit1  ,by one small 
thread1 and car'st not thou a whit8     
,there's but a step between thy ,soul   
and ,death2  ,nothing remains but       
stopping of thy breath1  7,which may be 
done to-morrow1 or before7  ,and then   
thou art undone forevermore4  ,let this 
awaken thy security1  ,and make thee    
look about thee speedily4    ,how canst 
thou rest an hour or sleep a night1  ,or
 in thy creature-comforts take delight8 
,or with vain ,toys thyself forgetful   
make  ,how near thou art unto the       
burning ,lake8  ,how canst thou live    
without tormenting fears8  ,how canst   
thou hold from weeping floods of tears8 
,yea1 tears of blood1 ,i might almost   
have said1  ,if such-like tears could   
from thine eyes be shed4  ,to gain the  
world what will it profit thee4  ,and   

lose thy soul and self eternally8       
,eternity on one small point dependeth2 
,the man is lost that this short life   
misspendeth4  ,for as the ,tree doth    
fall1 right so it lies1  ,and man       
continues in what state he dies4  ,who  
happy die shall happy rise again2  ,who 
cursd die shall cursd still remain4  ,if
 under ,sin and ,wrath ,death leaves    
thee bound1  ,at ,judgment under ,wrath 
thou shalt be found2  ,and then woe woe 
that ever thou wert born1  ,o wretched  
man1 of ,heav'n and ,earth forlorn6     
,consider this1 all ye that ,god forget1
  ,who all his threatenings at naught do
 set4  ,lest into pieces he begin to    
tear  ,your souls1 and there be no      
deliverer4    ,o you that now sing care 
and fear away1  ,think often of the     
formidable ,day1  ,wherein the ,heavens 
with a mighty noise4  ,and with a       
hideous1 heart-confounding voice  ,shall
 pass away1 together being roll'd1  ,as 
men are wont their garments up to fold2 
,when th' ,elements with fervent heat   

shall melt1  ,and living ,creatures in  
the same shall swelt4  ,and altogether  
in those flames expire1  ,which set the 
,earth's ,foundati-ons on fire4  ,oh6   
what amazements will your hearts be in1 
,and how will you to curse yourselves   
begin4  ,for all your damned sloth and  
negligence4  ,and unbelief and gross    
,impenitence1  ,when you shall hear that
 dreadful ,sentence pass'd4  ,that all  
the wicked into ,hell be cast6  ,what   
horrors will your ,consciences surprise4
  ,when you shall hear the fruitless1   
doleful cries  ,of such as are compelled
 to depart  ,unto the place of          
everlasting smart6  ,what6 when you see 
the sparks fly out of ,hell1  ,and view 
the ,dungeon where you are to dwell4    
,wherein you must eternally remain  ,in 
anguish and intolerable pain6  ,what6   
when your hands and feet are bound      
together1  ,and you are cast into the   
,lake forever6  ,then shall you feel the
 truth of what you hear1  ,that ,hellish
 pains are more than you can bear1  ,and

 that those ,torments are an hundred    
fold  ,more terrible than ever you were 
told4    ,nor speak ,i this1 good       
,reader1 to torment thee  ,before the   
time1 but rather to prevent thee  ,from 
running headlong to thine own decay1    
,in such a perilous and deadly way4  ,we
 who have known and felt ,jehovah's     
terrors1  ,persuade men to repent them  
of their errors4  ,and turn to ,god in  
time ere his ,decree  ,bring forth1 and 
then there be no ,remedy4  ,if in the   
night1 when thou art fast asleep1  ,some
 friend of thine that better watch doth 
keep1  ,should see thy house all on a   
burning flame4  ,and thee almost        
inclosed with the same3  ,if such a     
friend should break thy door and wake   
thee1  ,or else by force out of the     
peril take thee1  ,what6 wouldst thou   
take his kindness in ill part1  ,or     
frown upon him for his good desert8     
,such1 my friend1 such is thy present   
state  ,and danger1 being unregenerate4 
,awake1 awake1 and then thou shalt      

perceive  ,thy peril greater than thou  
wilt believe4  ,lift up thine eyes1 and 
see ,god's wrathful ire  ,preparing     
unextinguishable fire  ,for all that    
live and die impenitent4  ,awake1 awake1
 ,sinner1 and repent4  ,and quarrel not 
because ,i thus alarm  ,thy ,soul1 to   
save it from eternal harm4    ,perhaps  
thou harborest such thoughts as these3  
8,i hope ,i may enjoy my carnal ease  ,a
 little longer1 and myself refresh      
,with those delights that gratify the   
flesh1  ,and yet repent before it be too
 late1  ,and get into a comfortable     
state4  ,i hope ,i have yet many years  
to spend1  ,and time enough those       
matters to attend18  ,presumptuous      
heart6 ,is ,god engag'd to give  ,a     
longer time to such as love to live     
,like ,rebels still1 who think to strain
 his ,glory  ,by wickedness1 and after  
to be sorry8  ,unto thy lust shall he be
 made a drudge1  ,who thee and all      
ungodly men shall judge8  ,canst thou   
account sin sweet1 and yet confess      

,that first or last it ends in          
bitterness8  ,is sin a thing that must  
procure thee sorrow1  ,and wouldst thou 
dally with't another morrow8    ,o      
foolish man who lovest to enjoy  ,that  
which will thee distress1 or else       
destroy6  ,what gaind ,samson by his    
,delilah8  ,what gaind ,david by his    
,bathshebah8  ,the one became a slave1  
lost both his eyes1  ,and made them     
sport that were his enemies2  ,the other
 penneth1 as a certain token  ,of ,god's
 displeasure1 that his bones were       
broken1  ,besides the woes he after met 
withal4  ,to chasten him for that his   
grievous ,fall3  ,his own ,son ,ammon1  
using crafty wiles1  ,his ,daughter     
,thamar wickedly defiles3  ,his second  
,son1 more beautiful than good4  ,his   
hands embreweth in his ,brother's blood3
  ,and by and by1 aspiring to the       
,crown1  ,he strives to pull his gentle 
,father down2  ,with hellish rage1 him  
fiercely persecuting1  ,and brutishly   
his ,concubines polluting4  ,read whoso 

list1 and ponder what he reads1  ,and he
 shall find sma,u joy in evil deeds4    
,moreover this consider1 that the longer
  ,thou liv'st in sin1 thy sins will    
grow the stronger2  ,and then it will an
 harder matter prove  ,to leave those   
wicked haunts that thou dost love4  ,the
 ,black'moor may as eas'ly change his   
skin4  ,as old ,transgressors leave     
their wonted sin4  ,and who can tell    
what will become of thee1  ,or where thy
 ,soul in one day's time may be8  ,we   
see that ,death ne'er old nor young men 
spares1  ,but one and other takes at    
unawares2  for in a moment1 whilst men  
,peace do cry1  ,destruction seizeth on 
them suddenly4  ,thou who this morning  
art a lively wight1  ,may'st be a corpse
 and damnd ,ghost ere night4    ,oh6    
dream not then that it will serve thy   
turn  ,upon thy ,death-bed for thy sins 
to mourn2  ,but think how many have been
 snatch'd away1  ,and had no time for   
mercy once to pray4  ,it's just with    
,god ,repentance to deny  ,to such as   

put it off until they die4  ,and late   
,repentance seldom proveth true1        
,which1 if it fail1 thou know'st what   
must ensue2  ,for after this short life 
is at an end1  ,what is amiss thou never
 canst amend4  ,believe1 man1 that to   
procrastinate4  ,and put it off until it
 be too late1  ,as 'tis thy sin1 so it  
is ,satan's wile1  ,whereby he doth     
great multitudes beguile4  ,how many    
thousands hath this strong delusion     
,already brought to ruin and confusion1 
,whose souls are now reserv'd in iron   
chains1  ,under thick darkness to       
,eternal ,pains6  ,they thought of many 
years1 as thou dost now1  ,but were     
deceived quite1 and so may'st thou4     
,oh6 then1 my friend1 waste not away thy
 time4  ,nor by rebellion aggravate thy 
crime4  ,oh6 put not off ,repentance    
till to-morrow1  ,adventure not1 without
 ,god's leave1 to borrow  ,another day  
to spend upon thy lust1  ,lest ,god     
7that is most ,holy1 ,wise1 and ,just7  
,denounce in wrath1 and to thy terror   

say1  8,this night shall ,devils fetch  
thy ,soul away40    ,now seek the face  
of ,god with all thy heart4             
,acknowledge unto him how vile thou art4
  ,tell him thy ,sins deserve eternal   
wrath1  ,and that it is a wonder that he
 hat  ,permitted thee so long to draw   
thy breath4  ,who might have cut thee   
off by sudden death1  ,and sent thy     
,soul into the lowest ,pit1  ,from      
whence no price should ever ransom it2  
,and that he may most justly do it      
still1  7,because thou hast deserv'd it7
 if he will4  ,yet also tell him that1  
if he shall please1  ,he can forgive thy
 sins and thee release4  ,and that in   
,christ his ,son he may be just  ,and   
justify all those that on him trust2    
,that though thy sins are of a crimson  
dye4  ,yet ,christ his ,blood can       
cleanse thee thoroughly4  ,tell him that
 he may make his ,glorious ,name  ,more 
wonderful by covering thy shame2  ,that 
,mercy may be greatly magnified4  ,and  
justice also fully satisfied4  ,if he   

shall please to own thee in his ,son1   
8,who hath paid dear for ,man's         
,redempti-on4  ,tell him thouh hast an  
unbelieving heart4  ,which hind'reth    
thee from coming for a part  ,in        
,christ2 and that although his terrors  
awe thee1  ,thou canst not come till he 
be pleas'd to draw thee4  ,tell him thou
 know'st thine heart to be so bad1  ,and
 thy condition so exceeding sad1  ,that 
though ,salvation may be had for naught 
,thou canst not come and take it till   
thou'rt brought4    ,oh6 beg of him to  
bow thy stubborn will  ,to come to      
,christ1 that he thy lusts may kill4    
,look up to ,christ for his attractive  
pow'r4  ,which he exerteth in a needful 
hour2  ,who saith1 8,when as ,i lifted  
up shall be1  ,then will ,i draw all    
sorts of men to me48  ,oh6 wait upon him
 with true diligence  ,and trembling    
fear in every ,ordinance2  ,unto his    
,call earnest attention give4  ,whose   
voice makes deaf men hear and dead men  
live4  ,thus weep and mourn1 thus       

hearken1 pray1 and wait1  ,till he      
behold and pity thine estate1  ,who is  
more ready to bestow his ,grace  ,than  
thou the same art willing to embrace2   
,yea1 he hath ,might enough to bring    
thee home1  ,though thou hast neither   
strength nor will to come4    ,if he    
delay to answer thy request4  ,know that
 ofttimes he doth it for the best2  ,not
 with intent to drive us from his door1 
,but for to make us importune him more2 
,or else to bring us daily to confess4  
,and be convinc'd of our unworthiness4  
,oh6 be not weary1 then1 but persevere  
,to beg his ,grace till he thy suit     
shall hear2  ,and leave him not1 nor    
from his footstool go4  ,till over thee 
,compassion's skirt he throw4  ,eternal 
,life shall recompense thy pains1  ,if  
found at last1 with everlasting gains4  
,for if the ,lord be pleas'd to hear thy
 cries1  ,and to forgive thy great      
iniquities1  ,thou 8wilt have cause     
forever to admire  ,and laud his ,grace1
 that granted thy desire4  ,then shalt  

thou find thy labor is not lost1  ,but  
that the good obtain'd surmounts the    
cost4  ,nor shalt thou grieve for loss  
of sinful pleasures1  ,exchang'd for    
,heav'nly joys and lasting treasures4   
,the yoke of ,christ which once thou    
didst esteem  ,a tedious yoke1 shall    
then most easy seem4  ,for why8 ,the    
love of ,christ shall thee constrain    
,to take delight in that which was thy  
pain4  ,the ways of ,wisdom shall be    
pleasant ways1  ,and thou shalt choose  
therein to spend thy days4    ,if once  
thy ,soul be brought to such a pass1  ,o
 bless the ,lord and magnify his ,grace4
  ,thou that of late hadst reason to be 
sad1  ,may'st now rejoice and be        
exceeding glad2  ,for thy condition is  
as happy now  ,as erst it was           
disconsolate and low4  ,thou art become 
as rich1 as whilom poor2  ,as blessed   
now as cursed heretofore4  ,for being   
cleansed with ,christ's precious ,blood1
  ,thou hast an int'rest in the chiefest
 ,good2  ,god's anger is towards thy    

,soul appeas'd4  ,and in his ,christ he 
is with thee well pleas'd4  ,yea1 he    
doth look upon thee with a mild  ,and   
gracious aspect1 as upon his child4  ,he
 is become thy ,father and thy ,friend1 
,and will defend thee from the cursed   
,fiend4  ,thou need'st not fear the     
roaring ,lion's rage1  ,since ,god      
,almighty doth himself engage  ,to bear 
thy ,soul in everlasting ,arms1  ,above 
the reach of all destructive harms4     
,whatever here thy sufferings may be1   
,yet from them all the ,lord shall      
rescue thee4  ,he will preserve thee by 
his wond'rous ,might  ,unto that rich   
,inheritance in ,light4    ,o sing for  
joy1 all ye ,regenerate1  ,whom ,christ 
hath brought unto this blessed state6   
,o love the ,lord all ye his saints1 who
 hath  ,redeemd you from everlasting    
wrath6  ,who hath by dying made your    
,souls to live4  ,and what he dearly    
bought doth freely give4  ,give up      
yourselves to walk in all his ways1     
,and study how to live unto his praise4 

,the time is short you have to serve him
 here2  ,the day of your deliv'rance    
draweth near4  ,lift up your heads1 ye  
upright ones in heart1  ,who in         
,christ's purchase have obtain'd a part4
  ,behold he rides upon a shining cloud4
  ,with angel's voice and ,trumpet      
sounding loud4  ,he comes to save his   
folk from all their foes4  ,and plague  
the men that ,holiness oppose4  ,so     
come1 ,lord ,jesus1 quickly come1 we    
pray2  ,yea1 come and hasten our        
,redemption-day4      ,vanity of        
,vanities4    ,a ,,song ,,of            
,,emptiness4    ,vain1 frail1           
sliort-liv'd1 and miserable ,man1       
,learn what tliou art wlien thy estate  
is best2  ,a restless ,wave o' th'      
troubled ,oce-an1  ,a ,dream1 a lifeless
 ,picture finely drest4    ,a ,wind1 a  
,flower1 a ,vapor1 and a ,bubble1  ,a   
,wheel that stands not still1 a         
trembling ,reed1  ,a trolling ,stone1   
dry ,dust1 light ,chaff1 and ,stubble1  
,a shadow of something but truly naught 

indeed4    ,learn what deceitful ,toys  
and empty things  ,this ,world and all  
its best ,enjoyments be2  ,out of the   
,earth no true ,contentment springs1    
,but all things here are vexing ,vanity4
    ,for what is ,beauty but a fading   
,flower8  ,or what is ,pleasure but the 
,devil's bait4  ,whereby he catcheth    
whom he would devour1  ,and multitudes  
of ,souls doth ruinate8    ,and what are
 ,friends but mortal men as we4  ,whom  
,death from us may quickly separate8    
,or else their hearts may quite estrangd
 be1  ,and all their love be turned into
 hate4    ,and what are ,riches to be   
doted on8  ,uncertain1 fickle1 and      
ensnaring things2  ,they draw men's     
,souls into ,perditi-on1  ,and when most
 needed take them to their wings4       
,ah6 foolish man6 that sets his heart   
upon  ,such empty shadows1 such wild    
,fowl as these1  ,that being gotten will
 be quickly gone1  ,and whilst they stay
 increase but his disease4    ,as in a  
,dropsy1 drinking drought begets4  ,the 

more he drinks the more he still        
requires1  ,so on this 8,world whoso    
afifection sets1  ,as ,wealth's         
increase1 increaseth his desires4    ,o 
happy ,man1 whose portion is above1     
,where ,floods1 where ,flames1 where    
,foes cannot bereave him6  ,most        
wretched ,man that fixd hath his love   
,upon this ,world1 that surely will     
deceive him6    ,for what is ,honor8    
what is ,sovereignty1  ,whereto men's   
hearts so restlessly aspire8  ,whom have
 they crowned with ,felicity8  ,when did
 they ever satisfy desire8    ,the ,ear 
of ,man with hearing is not fill'd2  ,to
 see new sights still coveteth the ,eye2
  ,the craving stomach1 though it may be
 still'd4  ,yet craves again without a  
new supply4    ,all ,earthly things     
man's cravings answer not1  ,whose      
little heart would all the ,world       
contain1  7,if all the ,world should    
fall to one man's lot7  ,and            
notwithstanding empty still remain4     
,the ,eastern ,conqueror was said to    

weep  ,when he the ,indian ,oce-an did  
view1  ,to see his ,conquest bounded by 
the ,deep1  ,and no more ,worlds        
remaining to subdue4    ,who would that 
man in his ,enjoyment bless1  ,or envy  
him1 or covet his ,estate1  ,whose      
gettings do augment his greediness4     
,and make his wishes more intemperate8  
,such is the wonted and the common guise
  ,of those on ,earth that bear the     
greatest sway2  ,if with a few the case 
be otherwise4  ,they seek a ,kingdom    
that abides for aye4    ,moreover they  
of all the ,sons of ,men  ,that rule1   
and are in highest ,places set1  ,are   
most inclin'd to scorn their ,bretheren1
  ,and ,god himself 7without great      
,grace7 forget4    ,for as the ,sun doth
 blind the gazers' eyes1  ,that for a   
time they naught discern aright1  ,so   
,honor doth befool and blind the ,wise1 
,and their own lustre 'reaves them of   
their sight4    ,great are their        
,dangers1 manifold their ,cares1        
,through which1 whilst others sleep1    

they scarcely ,nap1  ,and yet are oft   
surprised unawares4  ,and fall unwilling
 into ,envy's ,trap4    ,the mean       
,mechanic finds his kindly rest2  ,all  
void of fear sleepeth the ,country      
,clown2  ,when greatest ,princes often  
are distrest1  ,and cannot sleep upon   
their ,beds of ,down4    ,could         
,strength or ,valor men ,immortalize1   
,could ,wealth or ,honor keep them from 
decay  ,there were some cause the same  
to ,idolize1  ,and give the lie to that 
which ,i do say4    ,but neither can    
such things themselves end are1         
,without the hazard of a change1 one    
hour4  ,nor such as trust in them can   
they secure  ,from dismal days1 or      
,death's prevailing pow'r4    ,if       
,beauty could the ,beautiful defend     
,from ,death's dominion1 then fair      
,absalom  ,had not been brought to such 
a shameful end3  ,but fair and foul unto
 the ,grave must come4    ,if ,wealth or
 ,scepters could ,immortal make1  ,then1
 vrealthy ,croesus1 wherefore art thou  

dead8  ,if ,warlike force which makes   
the ,world to quake1  ,then why is      
,julius ,caesar perished8    ,where are 
the ,scipio's ,thunderbolts of ,war8    
,renownd ,pompey1 ,caesar's ,enemy8     
,stout ,hannibal1 ,rome's ,terror known 
so far8  ,great ,alexander1 what's      
become of thee8    ,if ,gifts and       
,bribes ,death's favor might but win1   
,if ,pow'r1 if ,force1 or ,threat'nings 
might it fray4  ,all these1 and more had
 still surviving been2  ,but all are    
gone1 for ,death will have no ,nay4     
,such is this ,world1 with all her ,pomp
 and ,glory2  ,such are the men whom    
worldly eyes admire1  ,cut down by time1
 and now become a ,story1  ,that we     
might after better things aspire4    ,go
 boast thyself of what thy heart enjoys1
  ,vain ,man6 triumph in all thy worldly
 ,bliss3  ,thy best ,enjoyments are but 
,trash and ,toys2  ,delight thyself in  
that which worthless is4    ,omnia      
prtereunt prter amare ,deum4      ,death
 ,expected and ,welcomed4    8,welcome  

sweet ,rest1 by me so long ,desir'd1    
,who have with ,sins and ,griefs so long
 been tir'd2  ,and welcome ,death1 my   
,father's ,messenger2  ,of my ,felicity 
the ,hastener4    ,welcome good ,angels1
 who1 for me distrest1  ,are come to    
guard me to ,eternal ,rest4  ,welcome1  
,christ1 who hast my ,soul ,redeem'd1   
,whose ,favor ,i have more than ,life   
esteem'd4    ,oh6 do not now my sinful  
soul forsake4  ,but to thyself thy      
,servant gath'ring take4  ,into thy     
,hands ,i recommend my ,spirit1         
,trusting through ,thee ,eternal ,life  
t' inherit4      ,a ,farewell to the    
,world4    ,now ,farewell1 ,world1 in   
which is not my ,treasure2  ,i have in  
thee enjoy'd but little ,pleasure4  ,and
 now ,i leave thee for a ,better ,place1
  ,where lasting ,pleasures are1 before 
,christ's face4    ,farewell1 ye ,sons  
of ,men1 who do not savor  ,the things  
of ,god2 who little prize his ,favor4   
,farewell1 ,i say1 with your ,fool's    
,paradise1  ,until the ,king of ,terrors

 you surprise1  ,and bring you trembling
 to ,christ's ,judgment ,seat1  ,to give
 ,account of your ,transgressions great4
    ,farewell1 ,new ,england1 which hast
 long enjoy'd  ,the ,day of ,grace1 but 
hast most vainly toy'd  ,and trifled    
with the ,gospel's glorious ,light2     
,thou may'st expect a dark ,egyptian    
,night4    ,farewell1 young ,brood and  
rising ,generation1  ,wanton and proud1 
ripe for ,god's ,indignation1  ,which   
neither you nor others can prevent1     
,except in ,truth you speedily repent4  
,farewell1 sweet ,saints of ,god1       
,christ's little ,number1  ,beware lest 
ye through sloth securely slumber2      
,stand to your ,spir'tual ,arms and keep
 your ,watch1  ,let not your ,enemy you 
napping catch2  ,take up your ,cross1   
prepare for ,tribulation1  ,through     
which doth lie the way unto salvation4  
,love ,jesus ,christ with all sincerity2
  ,eschew ,will-worship and ,idolatry4  
,farewell1 again1 until we all appear   
,before our ,lord1 a ,well-done there to

 hear4    ,farewell1 ye faithful        
,servants of the ,lord1  ,painful       
dispensers of his ,holy ,word1  ,from   
whose ,communion and ,societ  ,i once   
was kept through long infirmity  ,this  
of my ,sorrows was an aggravation2  ,but
 ,christ be thankd1 through whose       
,mediation  ,i have at length obtaind   
,liberty  ,to dwell with                
,soul-delighting ,company1  ,where many 
of our ,friends are gone before1  ,and  
you shall follow with a many more4      
,meanwhile stand fast1 the ,truth of    
,god maintain1  ,suffer for ,christ1 and
 great shall be your ,gain4             
,farewell1 my natural ,friends and dear 
,relations1  ,who have my ,trials seen  
and great ,temptations2  ,you have no   
cause to make for me great ,moan2  ,my  
,death to you is little ,loss or none4  
,but unto me it is no little ,gain1     
,for ,death at once frees me from all my
 ,pain4  ,make ,christ your greatest    
,friend1 who never dies2  ,all other    
,friends are fading ,vanities4  ,make   

him your ,light1 your ,life1 your ,end1 
your ,all2  ,prepare for ,death1 be     
ready for his ,call4    ,farewell1 vile 
,body1 subject to decay4  ,which art    
with lingering sickness worn away2  ,i  
have by thee much ,pain and ,smart      
endur'd2  ,great ,grief of ,mind hast   
thou to me procur'd2  ,great ,grief of  
,mind by being ,impotent1  ,and to      
,christ's ,work an awkward ,instrument4 
,thou shalt not hencefortli be a clog to
 me4  ,nor shall my ,soul a ,burthen be 
to thee4    ,rest in thy ,grave until   
the ,resurrection1  ,then shalt thou be 
revivd in ,perfection1  ,endow'd with   
wonderful ,agility1  ,clothed with      
,strength and ,immortality2  ,with      
shining ,brightness gloriously array'd4 
,like to ,christ's glorious ,body1      
glorious made4  ,thus ,christ shall thee
 again to me restore1  ,ever to live    
with him and part no more4  ,meanwhile  
my ,soul shall enter into ,peace1       
,where ,fears and ,tears where ,sin and 
,smart shall cease4      ,a ,character  

of the ,reverend ,author1 ,mr4 ,michael 
,wigglesworth1 in a ,funeral ,sermon    
,preached at ,malden1 ,june #bd1 #agje4 
,by the ,reverend ,dr4 ,cotton ,mather4 
,he was ,descended of ,eminently        
,religious ,parents1 who were ,sufferers
 for  that which was then ,the ,cause of
 ,god and of ,new-,england4 ,while he   
was yet a youth1 he was marvellously    
concerned that he might have an  ,heart 
filled with the ,spirit of ,god4 ,this  
,concernment upon his mind  appeared    
especially in his watchful ,endeavors to
 have ,spiritual ,sins  chased out of   
his cleansed ,heart4 ,pride1 the ,sin of
 ,young ,men1 yea1 of  all ,men2 ,pride1
 the ,sin which few ,men try or trouble 
themselves about2  this ,devout ,youth  
was full of ,holy and ,watchful ,trouble
 about it3 ,and he  then wrote a very   
,savoury ,discourse1 ,entituled1        
,considerations against  ,pride1 and    
another1 ,entituled1 ,considerations    
against ,delighting more  in the        
,creature than in ,god4 ,this was to    

,mortify in himself the ,sins  rarely   
minded by the most of men4    ,having   
had a ,pious and a ,learned ,education1 
the first ,publick ,station  wherein ,i 
find him1 was that of a ,fellow and a   
,tutor in ,harvard  ,colledge4 ,with a  
rare ,faithfulness did he adorn that    
,station6 ,he used  all means imaginable
 to make his ,pupils not only good      
,scholars1 but  also good ,christians1  
and instil into them those things which 
might  render them rich ,blessings unto 
the ,churches of ,god4 ,unto his        
,watchful  and ,painful ,essays to keep 
them close under their ,academical      
,exercises  he added ,serious           
,admonitions unto them about their      
,interior ,state2 and  he ,employed his 
,prayers and ,tears to ,god for them1   
and had such a  flaming zeal to make    
them worthy ,men1 that upon ,reflection 
he was afraid  ,lest his cares for their
 ,good1 and his affection to them1      
should so  drink up his very ,spirit1 as
 to steal away his ,heart from ,god4    

,from ,cambridge he made his remove to  
,malden1 and was their ,faithful        
,pastor for about a ,jubilee of years   
together4    ,it was not long after his 
coming to ,maiden that a sickly         
,constitution so  prevailed upon him1 as
 to confine him from his ,publick ,work 
for some  whole seven of ,years4 ,his   
,faithfulness continued when his        
,ministry  was thus interrupted4 ,the   
,kindness of his ,tender ,flock unto him
 was  answered in his ,kind ,concern to 
have them served by other ,hands4 ,he   
took  a short voyage unto another       
,country for the ,recovery of his       
,health2  which1 though he recovered    
not1 yet at his ,return ,i find him     
comforting  himself with inserting of   
this ,passage in his ,reserved ,papers3 
8,peradventure the ,lord ,removed me for
 a season that he might set a    better 
,watchman over his ,flock1 and a more   
painful ,laborer in his    ,vineyard4   
,this was one thing that ,i aimed at in 
,removing 7to help the    ,people's     

,modesty in the case71 and ,i believe   
the ,lord aimed at it1 in    ,removing  
me for a season40    ,his ,faithfulness 
now appeared in his ,edifying           
,discourses to those that  came near    
him2 much bewailing the want of a       
,profitable and ,religious  conversation
 in so many that profess ,religion4 ,and
 that yet he might  more ,faithfully set
 himself to do ,good1 when he could not 
,preach he  ,wrote several ,composures1 
wherein he proposed the edification of  
such  ,readers as are for plain ,truths1
 dressed up in a ,plain ,meeter4 ,these 
,composures have had their ,acceptance  
and ,advantage among that sort of       
,readers2 and one of them1 the ,day of  
,doom1 which has been often  ,reprinted 
in both ,englands1 may find our         
,children till the ,day itself  arrive4 
,it pleased ,god1 when the distress of  
the ,church in ,malden did  extremely   
call for it1 wondrously to restore his  
,faithful ,servant4 ,he  that had been  
for near ,twenty ,years almost ,buried  

,alive1 comes abroad  again1 and for as 
many years more1 must1 in ,publick      
,usefulness1  receive the ,answer and   
,harvest of the ,thousands of           
,supplications with  which the ,god of  
his ,health had favoured him4    ,how   
,faithfully did he now ,deliver the     
,whole ,counsel of ,god6    ,how        
,faithfully did he ,rebuke ,sin1 both in
 his ,ministry and  ,discipline6    ,how
 ,faithful was he to the ,work of ,god  
in the ,churches of  ,new-,england1 and 
grieved at every thing that he thought  
had any  ,tendency to incommode that    
,glorious ,work6 ,but how ,patient1 how 
,loving1 how ,charitable to such as in  
lesser ,matters differed from  him6     
,how ,faithful was he in the ,education 
of his ,family6 ,a very ,abraham for    
his ,commands unto them1 to ,keep the   
,way of the ,lord6 ,a very ,david for   
his charge unto them to ,know the ,god  
of their ,father and ,serve ,him6       
,his long ,weakness and ,illness made   
him an able ,physician for the  ,body as

 well the ,soul4    ,as he was ,faithful
 to the ,death1 so he was ,lively to the
 ,death4    ,it was a surprise to us to 
see a little1 feeble ,shadow of a ,man1 
beyond ,seventy1 ,preaching usually     
twice or tlirice in a week1  ,visiting1 
,comforting the ,afflicted1 ,encouraging
 the ,private  ,meetings1 ,catechising  
the ,children of the ,flock1 and        
managing the  ,government of the        
,church1 and attending the ,sick1 not   
only as a  ,pastor1 but as a ,physician 
too2 and this not only in his own ,town1
  but also in all those of the          
,vicinity4 ,thus he did unto the ,last2 
and  he was but one ,lord's-,day taken  
off before his ,last4 ,but in the ,last 
,week of his ,life1 how full of         
,resignation6 ,how full of              
,satisfaction6    ,from his ,exemplary  
,life ,i will single out one thing1 his 
,,early ,,religion4  ,our ,wigglesioorth
 was a ,godly child1 and he held on     
living to ,god and  ,christ until the   
,seventy-,fourth ,year of his ,age4     

,when he lay a ,dying1 some one spoke to
 him about his having secured his       
,interest in the ,favor of ,heaven1 and 
his ,assurance of that ,interest4  ,he  
,replyed1 ,methoughts like my ,polycarp1
      8,i bless ,god ,i began that ,work
 betimes1 and ere ,i was ,twenty ,years 
,old    ,i had made thorow work of it4  
,ever since then ,i have been pressing  
after the ,power of ,godliness1 the     
,power of ,godliness6 ,for more than    
,fifty ,years together ,i have been     
,laboring to uphold a ,life of          
,communion with ,god2 and ,i thank the  
,lord ,i now find the ,comfort of it6   
,words that contain in them ,a ,history 
of a ,life more ,valuable than ,i  have 
seen a ,volume in ,folio4      ,epitaph4
 7,believed to ,have ,been ,written by  
,rev4 ,cotton ,mather47 ,the ,excellent 
,wigglesworth2 ,remembered by ,some     
,good ,tokens4    ,his ,pen did once    
,meat from the ,eater fetch2 ,and now   
he's gone beyond  the ,eater's reach4   
,his ,body once so ,thin1 was next to   

,none2 ,from  hence he's to ,unbodied   
,spirits flown4 ,once his rare skill did
 all  ,diseases heal2 ,and he does      
nothing now uneasy feel4 ,he to his     
,paradise is joyful come1 ,and waits    
with joy to see his ,day of ,doom4      
,contents4    ,memoir of the ,author    
,autobiography  ,to the ,christian      
,reader  ,on the following ,work        
,prayer unto ,christ  ,the ,day of ,doom
      ,security of the ,world before    
,christ's coming      ,suddenness and   
,terror of his appearing                
,resurrection -- ,all brought to        
judgment      ,the ,sheep separated from
 the goats      ,the several sorts of   
reprobates described      ,the ,saints  
justified -- ,election -- ,atonement    
,they are placed on thrones      ,the   
wicked brought to the ,bar      ,secret 
sins brought to light      ,hypocrites  
plead for themselves      ,another sort 
of hypocrites      ,civil honest men's  
pleas      ,pretended want of           
opportunity to repent      ,plea of     

examples of betters      ,godly men's   
examples misleading      ,scripture1    
darkness1 and difference of             
interpretation      ,fear of persecution
      ,plea of ,god's mercy and justice 
,vessels of mercy      ,mercy abused -- 
,day of grace past      ,shutting out by
 ,god's decree      ,the ,heathen's plea
      ,reprobate infants' plea      ,the
 wicked all convinced and silenced      
,hopeless and helpless estate of the    
ungodly      ,sentence of condemnation  
,sentence executed -- ,the wicked cast  
into ,hell      ,their unsufferable     
torments      ,the saints rejoice       
thereat      ,they ascend in triumph to 
,heaven  ,a ,short discourse on         
,eternity  ,a ,postscript unto the      
,reader  ,vanity of ,vanities  ,death   
expected ,ill  ,a ,farewell to the      
,world  ,funeral ,sermon  ,epitaph    #a
 ,luke #ab3ai4    #b ,matt4 #be3e4    #c
 ,mat4 #bd3cg1 #ch4    #d #a ,thes4     
#e3c4    #e ,mat4 #be3f4  #b ,pet4      
#c3aj4    #f ,mat4 #bd3bi1 #cj4    #g #b

 ,pet4 #c3aj4    #h ,rev4 #f3ae    #i   
,mat4 #bd3cj4    #aj ,rev4 #f3ae1 #af4  
#aa ,mat4 #be3ba4    #ab ,rev4 #f3ad4   
#ac ,thes4 #d3af4    #ad ,john #e3bh1   
#bi    #ae ,luke #bj3cf4   #a ,cor4     
#ae3eb4    #af ,mat4 #bd3ca    #ag #b   
,cor4 #e3aj4   ,matt4 #be3cb4    #ah    
,mat4 #e3aj1 #aa4    #ai ,heb4 #ab3e1   
#f1 #g4    #bj ,luke #g3da1 #dg4    #ba 
,john #ba3ae4   ,mat4 #ai3ad4   ,john   
#c3c4    #bb ,rev4 #f3aa4   ,phil4      
#c3ba4    #bc ,mat4 #bd3ea4    #bd ,luke
 #aa3bd1 #bf4   ,heb4 #f3d1 #e1 #f4     
,heb4 #aj3bi4    #be ,luke #ab3dg4      
,prov4 #a3bd1 #bf4   ,job #c3ai    #bf  
,gal4 #c3aj4   #a ,cor4 #f3i4   ,rev4   
#ba3h    #bg ,exod4 #bj3g1 #h4   #b     
,thes4 #a3f1 #h1 #i4    #bh ,heb4 #ac3d4
   #a ,cor4 #f3aj4    #bi ,zach4 #e3c1  
#d4   ,gal4 #e3ai1 #bj1 #ba4    #cj     
,rom4 #b3ac    #ca ,acts #d3ab4    #cb  
#a ,cor4 #f3c4    #cc ,jude #f4    #cd  
#b ,cor4 #e3aj4   ,eccl4 #c3ag4   ,john 
#c3ah    #ce ,job #ag3f4   ,eph4 #a3d4  
#cf ,rev4 #a3e4    #cg ,eph4 #b3a1 #c4  

#ch ,mat4 #bc3ac1 #ae4   ,rom4 #i3bj1   
#ba4    #ci ,isa4 #ec3d1 #e1 #aa4    #dj
 ,acts #a3c1 #dh4   ,jam4 #b3ah4   ,heb4
 #ab3g4   ,mat4 #ai3bi4    #da #a ,john 
#c3c4   ,mat4 #be3ci1 #dj4    #db ,isa4 
#ec3aa1 #ab4   ,rom4 #h3af1 #ag1 #cc1   
#cd4   ,john #c3ah4    #dc ,luke #bb3bi1
 #cj4   ,mat4 #ai3bh4    #dd ,mat4      
#be3cd4    #de ,cor4 #f3b4    #df ,rom4 
#b3c1 #f1 #aa4    #dg ,rev4 #f3ae1 #af4 
,isa4 #cj3cc4    #dh ,eccl4 #aa3i1 #ab1 
#ad4    #di ,ps4 #aci3b1 #d1 #ab4  ,rom4
 #b3af    #ej ,eccl4 #ab3ad4    #ea     
,mat4 #ab3cf4  ,rom4 #g3g    #eb ,john  
#e3dj1 and #c3ai4  ,mat4 #be3ai1 #bg4   
#ec ,rom4 #b3d1 #e4    #ed ,isa4 #a3e4  
,jer4 #b3bj    #ee ,john #c3ai1 etc4    
,prov4 #h3cf4  ,luke #ab3bj1 #ba4    #ef
 ,luke #ac3cd4  ,john #e3dj1 and #ae3bb4
    #eg ,rom4 #c3aj1 #ab4    #eh ,rom4  
#f3bc4    #ei ,mat4 #g3ba1 #bb1 #bc4    
#fj ,john #f3gj4  #a ,cor4 #i3bg4    #fa
 ,rom4 #b3ai1 #ba1 #bb1 #bc4    #fb     
,john #i3da4  ,rev4 #b3ba1 #bb4    #fc  
,luke #ab3dg4  ,matt4 #aa3ba1 #bb1 #bd4 

#fd ,luke #ac3bj4    #fe ,luke #ac3bg4  
,matt4 #bb3ab4    #ff #a ,cor4 #aa3bg1  
#bi4    #fg ,mat4 #f3ba1 #bd4  ,rom4    
#a3be4    #fh #a ,cor4 #aa3bg1 #bi4     
#fi ,acts #h3ac4  ,isa4 #eh3b1 #c4      
,heb4 #f3d1 #e4    #gj #b ,pet4 #b3bj4  
#ga ,john #b3bd1 #be4    #gb ,john      
#f3fd4  ,psal4 #ej3af4  ,mat4 #ae3bf4   
#gc ,rev4 #c3ag4  ,mat4 #ac3bj4    #gd  
,mat4 #f3b1 #d1 #bd4  ,jer4 #h3e1 #f1   
#g1 #h4    #ge ,psal4 #gh3cd1 #ce1 #cf1 
#cg4    #gf ,zach4 #g3e1 #f4  ,isa4     
#eh3c1 #d4  #a ,sam4#ae3ac1 #ba4  ,isa4 
#a3aa1 #ae4    #gg ,mat4 #f3b1 #e4      
,john #e3dd4    #gh ,zech4 #g3e1 #af4   
,hos4 #aj3a4    #gi ,luke #ah3aa4    #hj
 #a ,sam4 #ae3bb4    #ha ,eccl4 #g3bj4  
#hb ,deut4 #aj3ab4  ,tit4 #b3ab4  ,jam4 
#b3aj4    #hc ,luke #ah3aa1 #ad4    #hd 
#a ,sam4#af3g4 #b ,chron4 #be3b4    #he 
,heb4 #aa3f4  #a ,cor4 #ac3a1 #b1 #c4   
#hf ,heb4 #aa3f42 #a ,cor4 #ac3a1 #b1   
#c4    #hg ,rom4 #aj3c4    #hh ,rom4    
#i3cj1 #cb4  ,matt #aa3bc1 #bd and      
#ba3da4    #hi ,mat4 #f3e4    #ij ,prov4

 #bf3bc4  ,mat4 #bc3bg4    #ia ,prov    
#ae3h4  ,rom4 #b3c4    #ib ,prov4 #bg3a4
   ,jam4 #d3ac4    #ic ,eccl4 #ab3a4    
,rev4 #b3ba4    #id ,luke #ac3bd4  #b   
,cor4 #f3b4  ,heb4 #c3g1 #h1 #i4    #ie 
,eccl4 #aa3i4  ,luke #ad3ah1 #ai1 #bj4  
#if ,amos #f3c1 #d1 #e1 #f4  ,eph4      
#e3af4  ,luke #ai3db4    #ig ,luke      
#ac3ba1 #be1 etc4  ,phil4 #b3ab4    #ih 
,mat4 #ah3g4    #ii ,john #g3dh4    #ajj
 ,psal4 #ai3h1 #aa4   ,exod4 #bc3b4     
,psal4 #ej3ag1 #ah4    #aja #b ,tim4    
#c3e4    #ajb #a ,cor4 #aa3a4  ,phil4   
#d3h4    #ajc ,psal4 #cb3e4  #b ,chron4 
#cb3bf4  ,mat4 #bf3ge4  ,prov4 #a3bd1   
#be4    #ajd #b ,pet4 #c3af4    #aje    
,prov4 #ad3f4  ,isa4 #ce3h4  ,hos4      
#h3ab4    #ajf ,matt4 #aa3be4  ,prov4   
#b3c1 #d1 #e4    #ajg ,acts #bh3bb4     
#ajh ,john #ab3db1 #dc4    #aji ,luke   
#ab3d1 #e4  ,isa4 #ea3ab1 #ac4    #aaj  
,luke #i3bc1 #bd1 #be and #af3b4    #aaa
 ,luke #i3bf4  ,prov #h3cf  ,john #c3ai1
 #bj4    #aab ,psal4 #gh3ch4  #b ,kin4  
#aa3bf4    #aac ,psal4 #cj3i4  ,mic4    

#g3ah4    #aad ,mic4 #g3ah4  ,rom4      
#i3bc4    #aae ,rom4 #b3d4  ,hos4 #aa3d4
    #aaf ,luke #ac3cd4    #aag ,luke    
#ai3db1 #dc4  ,jude #d4    #aah ,rom4   
#b3e1 #f4  ,isa4 #a3bd4  ,amos #b3ac4   
,gen4 #ah3be4    #aai ,mat4 #be3c1 #a1  
#b4  ,prov4 #ab3h1 #bi1 #cj4    #abj    
,isa4 #e3ah1 #ai4   ,gen4 #b 3 #ag4     
,rom4 #b3h1 #i4    #aba ,rom4 #f3bc4  #b
 ,thes4 #a3h1 #i4    #abb ,ezek4 #hc3aa4
  ,exod4 #cd3g1 and #ad3ag4  ,rom4      
#i3bb4    #abc ,rom4 #i3ah1 #ai4    #abd
 ,heb4 #bb3ag4  ,rom4 #aa3g1 #h4    #abe
 ,luke #ac3bg4  #b ,pet4 #a3i1 #aj1     
compared with ,mat4 #ai3af4    #abf     
,acts #c3ai1 and #af3ca4  #a ,sam4      
#b3ae4  ,john #c3ai4  ,job #e3dj4  #b   
,thes4 #b3aa1 #ab4    #abg ,ezek4       
#cc3aa1 #ab4  ,luke #ac3 #cd4  ,prov4 #h
 3 #cc1 #cf4    #abh ,gen4 #b3ag4  ,mat4
 #be3da1 #db4  ,ezek4 #ah3bj4    #abi #b
 ,pet4 #a3aj4   ,acts #ac3df4   ,luke   
#ac3bd4    #acj ,mat4 #g3g1 #h   ,gal4  
#e3bb1 #bc4    #aca ,john #c3ai4    #acb
 ,john #ae3bb1 #bd4   ,heb4 #b3c4       

,isa4 #ff3cd4    #acc ,mat4 #aa 3 #bb4  
,luke #ab 3 #dh4    #acd ,mat4 #aa3bb4  
#ace ,gen4 #a3bg4  ,eccl4 #g 3 #bi4     
,hos4 #ac 3 #i4    #acf ,mat4 #aa 3 #be1
 compared with #bj3ae4    #acg ,rom4    
#a3bj1 #ba1 #bb4    #ach ,rom4 #b3ab1   
#ae and #a3cb4   ,mat4 #ab3da4    #aci  
,rev4 #bj3ab1 #ae1 compared with ,rom4  
#e3ab1 #ad and #i3aa1 #ac4   ,ezek4     
#ah3b4    #adj ,psal4 #ea3e4    #ada    
,ezek4 #ah3bj4   ,rom4 #e3ab1 #ai4      
#adb #a ,cor4 #ae3dh1 #di4    #adc ,rom4
 #e3ab4   ,psal4 #ea3e4   ,gen4 #e3c4   
#add ,mat4 #bc3cj1 #ca4    #ade ,rom4   
#i3ae1 #ah4   ,rom4 #e3ae4    #adf ,mat4
 #bj3ae4    #adg ,psal4 #eh3h4   ,rom   
#f3bc4   ,gal4 #c3aj4   ,rom4 #h3b1 #cj1
 and #aa3g4   ,rev4 #ba3bg4   ,luke     
#ab3ad1 #h4   ,mat4 #aa3bb4    #adh     
,rom4 #c3ai4   ,mat4 #bb3ab4    #adi    
,rev4 #f3af1 #ag4    #aej ,psal4 #aci3b1
 #c1 #d4   ,eccl4 #ab3ad4    #aea ,mat4 
#be3de4    #aeb ,mat4 #bb3ab4   ,rom4   
#b3e1 #f4   ,luke #ai3db4    #aec ,mat4 
#bh3ah4   ,psal4 #acg3g4    #aed ,isa4  

#cc3ad4   ,psal4 #aa3f4 ,num4 #be3ai4   
#aee ,mat4 #be3da1 and #be3aj1 #aa1 #ab4
    #aef ,luke #ab3bj4   ,psal4 #di3g1  
#ag4   ,deut4 #cb3b4    #aeg #b ,pet4   
#c3aj4    #aeh ,luke #af3bh4    #aei    
,rev4 #ba3d4   ,psal4 #fh3aj4    #afj #a
 ,cor4 #f3b4    #afa ,compare ,prov4    
#a3bf4 with #a ,john #c3b1 and #b ,cor4 
#e3af4    #afb ,luke #af3be4    #afc    
,psal4 #eh3aj4    #afd ,mat #be3da4     
#afe ,luke #ac3ch4   ,prov4 #a3bf4      
#aff ,mat4 #be3df4    #afg ,mat4 #ac3da1
 #db4    #afh ,mat4 #be3cj1   ,mark     
#i3db4   ,isa4 #cj3cc4   ,rev4 #ba3h4   
#afi ,mat4 #bb3ac1 and #be3df4    #agj  
,rev4 #ad3aj1 #aa4    #aga ,luke #af3bd4
   ,jude #g4    #agb ,isa4 #cc3ad4      
,mark #i3dc1 #dd4    #agc ,luke #ab3dg4 
#agd ,mat4 #aa3bd4    #age ,luke #af3bc1
 #be1 and #ac3bh4    #agf ,luke #ac3bd4 
#agg ,mat4 #i3dd4   ,rom4 #b3ae4    #agh
 ,psal4 #fh3aj4   ,rev4 #aj3a1 #b1 #c4  
#agi #a ,john #c3b4   #a ,cor4 #ac #ab4 
#ahj ,rev4 #ba3d4    #aha ,psal4 #af3aa4
    #ahb ,heb4 #ab3bc4   ,rev4 #a3f1 and

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