Concerned might be put down off the Scaffold then he with a Smilling Countenance turns to the People and gives them all a Cowngie as he did when he went first up the Scaffold and turns to his Father who was also upon the Scaffold with him and Embracing him very Chearfully he gave several Kisses and Rounded some of his last Advises to him and so parted with him saying LORD be with you my Dear Father And then turned to his Brother who was also by him upon the Scaffold and after the same manner Embracing him Kissing so parted with him with Words to the same purpose that he had to his Father with an Exhortation that he should amend his Life and forbear his Idle Company But especially his ways with several others of that Nature telling him the Hazard thereof and encouraging him if he would follow his last Advices Then he turns to two Gentlemen which were also with him and after the same manner Embraced Saluted and parted with them and then he gave another Bow to the whole Multitude and so went up the Ladder and turning his Face to the North East he Cryed out saying I am come here to surprised nor terrified with Death or the manner of it And here I do declare would not Exchange my Lot with what the greatest King Prince or Emperor Enjoyments could afford me and what I Speak once I say it again I lay dowâ— my Life willingly and Chearfully for Christ and his truth Blessing him that evâ—â— I had a Life to lay it down for him yea I am now no more Troubled with or for Death then if I were to ly down in the Finest Bed that the Earth could afford with thâ— most Dear and Intimate Friend that the World could allow me and here I do Declare that I do Heartily and freely forgive all Men whatsoever they have done tâ— or against me and Prayes that the LORD would forgive them I forgive them that sentenced me to die here first and last and I forgive all that apprehended mâ— first and last or was any way accessory thereto and I forgive all that has broâ—ghâ— me here and are guarding me here and I forgive this Poor Man pointing with hiâ— hand behind him to the Hangman who is to be my Executioner Now I desire you all especially you who pretend to be righteous Study to be Sincere in the Way oâ— GOD and in working out of your Salvation for there are many who pretends to be Godly thâ—t know little of the Life and Power thereof therefore I entreat youâ— labour to know what is the Power and Life of Godliness for there are many if noâ— the most part who pretends to be righteous that knows least of it I say be noâ— satisfied with the Shell but labour for the Kernel and Marrow of Religion Now my Friends Remember I tell you here upon the Ladder and as a Dying Man steping out of Time to Eternity that notwithstanding all the Dark Clouds that has been and now are yet there are a thicker and darker coming and it is not far off yea it is at hand But I say Trust in GOD Trust in GOD and he will not disappoint you I say Trust in GOD whatever Afflictions befall you yet Trust in GOD and give him Credite At the hearing of these Words the Bailie calls to Beat the Drums and so they were Beat a little at which he looked down to the Bailie and said what Sir do ye Beat Drums because I desire the People to trust in GOD and the Drums were silenced Then he Cryed out again trust in GOD and ye shall be born through if once ye get in him and keep in him Then he said I will Sing a part of the twenty fifth Psalm from the sixteen Verse to the close for it has been many a time very sweet to me and so I will sing it as my last Song in Time I shall be immediatly where my Heart shall be so Tuned pointing with his Hand to his Breast that I shall never be able to stop the Melody and Harmony thereof then having Sung these Verses he Prayed in which among other things he had this Expression Lord take a Course with thine Enemies and these of them whom thou has a Purpose of Love to Lord bring them in and let them see the evil of their ways and these that are thine incorrigible Enemies make the Wheels of thy Chariots go over their Backs And now Lord leave me not and leave not thine to the evil of the Enemies hasten and return to thine Heritage that's now in reproach turn to thy Church and People for thy Glorious Names sake thou knowest I dare say before thee and in thy sight that I preferred thy Work and Interest to my very Life which I as I am a Rational Creature is as sweet to me as another Mans is Yet I durst not purchase at any Rate to the prejudice of thy Truth and so I lay it down freely and willingly So having called his Father to him a word with you Sir and so having spoken what he had to say to him he again took his Leave of him delivering him a Book to be given to another so parted with him And he perceiving his Brother who was on the Ladder with him trembling he said to him Smyling and Clapping him on the Cheek what Sir are you Trembiing for what Sir are you afraid do you perceive any thing like fear in me And so his Brother puts his Nâ—pkin on his 〈◊〉 and it being Tyed and his Brother offering to pull it over his Face he putting away his Hand with his said let alone I will draw it down my self so he put his Hâ—nds into his Pocket and takes out the Cover of his Bible and putting the same therein he gave it to his Brother Charging him straitly to give it to his Sister Then he looked round about him saying farewell all my Friends in CHRIST pointing with his Hand to some that he knew both in Windows and on the Street to one fixing his Eyes upon him he said my Dear Billie the Lord be with you the Lord be with you and having fixed himself upon a Step of the Ladder said I Remember a Passage of Abraham who was Commanded to Sacrifice his Son Isacc he having in Obedience to the Command brought his Son to offer him up a Sacrifice Reared up an Altar and Isaac says to him here is the Altar and there is the Wood but where is the Sacrifice and then he said Pointing to the Gibbet here is the Altar and then Pointing to the Ladder on which he Sat said here is the Wood and then he said laying his Hands on his Breast and Blessed be GOD here is a free will offering and I will give it willingly and Chearfuly yea I can say it here even upon the Brink of Eternity that these several Years I have Preferred the Glory of GOD the wellfare and Prosperity of the Work â—nd Interest of Christ and his People to my own Private and Particular Interest and I might have Shuned such a Death as this but GOD knows I durst not do it And now I know yea I am firmly perswaded That my Dear Lord even my Exalted and Glorified Lord Jesus Christ will carry me safely throw this Dark Valley and Saddow of Death and will receive my Soul immedatly after I go off this Ladder unto Glory where I shall ever be with him Then he said again crying with a Loud Voice now when I can Hardly get Speaking for the Rope about my Neck Farewell all Freinds and followers of Christ again I say Farewell and Adiew all Earthly Enjoyments and so having given the Hangman a Sign when he would be ready he Prayed alitle within himself and when he had done he gave the Sign and at the giving thereof he drew the Napkin over his Face and Cryed out Farewell all Friends in Christ into thy Hands O Lord do I Commit my Soul So he was Turned over And so ends the Life of this Faithful and now Glorified Martyr for Christ And to GOD the Father Son and Bessed Spirit be Eternal Praise and Glory for ever and ever Amen FINIS
very much pâ—eponderate 3dly Let there be much singleness and Heart honesty in the Business 4thly Let there be much Dependance on the Lord and prayer for Grace in order to a right Performance These and many others for which I Recomend you to our Faithful Ministers mâ—y be useful in this matter and for our farder Encouragement in performance of this so very Necessary a Duty let us consider that the Christian performance thereof will not only be Refreshful to us in that great day of the LORD but may be even so also in time as will be clear to any that will but Read over the 9th Chapter of Ezekiel and this not from any Vertue of the Duty as proceeding from us but of free Grace let this be Understood in Referrence to the Rest of the Duties also The Second duty I Propose for the Object of our Sincere Endeavours is the fear and Love of GOD I bring thir in together the rather that they are Selâ—om if ever Separate as it is also with all the other Graces of the Spirit though some of them may be at some times both more or less felt by the party himself and more or less Visible to others and for our help here let us Dwell much upon the consideration of that Mystery of Love Vented towards lost Mankind in that Transaction held by the Holy Trinity before the World had a Fundation I say let the Serious thoughts of that Fountain Love whereby GOD so Loved us so Loved us that GOD the Father was pleased to want the Refreshfull presence of the Son and GOD the Son not only to want the most Amiable and Desireable Company of the Father but also to take upon him our Nature and come down and Dwell amongst us in the World Rendering himself upon our Account Lyable to all the Miseries of this Liâ—e Sin only Excepted even to Death it self and all for us And GOD the Holy Ghost freely undertaking what was Cut out to him for Task by the Father and Son in Reference to the further Manifestation of this Mystery of Love in Applying the Favour so freely Bequeathed on Poor lost Mankind and us amongst the Rest and sure I am this Seriously Dwelt upon and Prayed over can hardly miss to take effect towards the Warâ—ing of our Hearts Godwards and begetting in our Souls a Filial fear of doing any thing to the Dishonour of that Glorious GOD who so Loved us and if to this Meditation we add that of considering the great pains our Blessed GOD has been and is at about us in his Holy Works of Providence Ordering and Overuling all the Various Revolutions in time as for his own Glory so for the Good of the Elect so that even these Dispensations that to Poor short Sighted us are looked upon Tending to our Ruine many times are by that Holy Providence of GOD Ordered for our yet greater Advantage so that there is no Serious Observer but shall be Forced e're all be done to set to his Seal to the truth of the Scripture all things shall Work together for Good to them that Love GOD I say Dwell upon these things till you and I get our Hearts wrought up not only to Cordial Loving of our ever Blessed GOD but also to a Filial fearing of doing any thing whereby his Glorious Name may be Dishonoured and for Asistance here let there be much Dependance for the outletting of the Spirit and if this Love and fear be within it will not Fail to Vent it self in effect I mean Strenuous Endeavours to live much to the Glory of GOD upon which I shall desire we lay no other stress then the Probation of these Graces being within The Third thing I offer for the Object of our Sincere and Cordial Endeavours is the Actual Excercise of the Grace the Noble and Fountain Grace of Faith as also of Patience thir can also hardly be Separate since he that Believes makes no haste I doubt not to say it that I hope there are not a few thousands in Britain and Ireland who have these Graces in the Root and Habite who are too too much Strangers to the Actual Exercise thereof at this present time and this is so much the Sadder that there has no Bitt of the short and Evil time I have had in this World Cryed more Loudly for the same And do ye not think that our Blessed even our Blessed LORD may very truly say to us what he said to others before in our Case that he can not do many Mighty Works amongst us because of our Unbeleif I Doubt nothing but that there are many Christians in Britain and Ireland and other Places all the World over that would willingly have our great LORD appearing in their Behalf why is it then that we look so like a People under a Combination to bind his holy hand to Speak so with holy Reverence for though indeed our Faith as it is our Act can not Merite at the Hands of our Blessed LORD that he should appear yet it being a mean of his Blessed appointment and a Gift of his own giving whereby in his Holy Providence he Disposes his People and puts them in Capacity to Receive his Favours the least we are called to do is to Importunate the Throne of Grace for the Exercise thereof and for our Encouragement herein let us not only Read but Seriously consider that 11 Chapter of the Hebrews where we shall meet with a Glorious Company of Believers and of the special and great Blessingâ— Attending that their Beleif and with this we have added Patience that by our Impatient Thristing even after that which may be the Object of our Faith we do not Marr the Work with our own Hands and though our Blessed LORD as to his comings and goings be nothing Determined thereto by any thing in us yet are we called to the Excercise of Commanded Duties as much as if thereby we were Meriting the thing Courted for and so as to see our Best Performance but Filthy Raggs I do the rather Urge the Pursuance of this Grace of Patience for this that I doubt not but the want thereof has been one of the great Sins in our Day whence have all these Dreadfull Acts of Compliance Flowed but even from this the LORD delayes his coming c. O Dreadfull Relation to leave the way of the LORD because he will not Indulge our Humour so far as to come at our Nod I say then let us Study Faith and Patience in wâ—iting for our Blâ—ssed LORD and Master who as he will come and will not Tâ—râ—y so the time of his coming he keeps in his own B â—ssed â—and being an Absoluâ—â—ly free Agent and well worthy is he to have it â—o upon many consiâ—â—â—ations â—mongst the Rest that hiâ— Blessâ—d timâ— is the I â—â—y aâ—â—iâ— trust in him for â—ure I am there was never one that through Grace has bâ—en Helped â—o to do have ever Repented it neithâ—r was there evâ—r
LORD is saying nothing less by these Dispensations then this what will not these Stupendious Rebles come and hear Honest Ministers who are ready and willing to give them Warning that their Mouths may be for ever Stopped he'll send them a Warning another way which if they will Refuse then have at them so then I come to my last Task with you the Enemies of our GOD and our's upon his Account and it is to take Instruments upon all my Blessed Master has in and by me the Fectlessest of his Servants been doing with you in all my Tryals as follows Most Holy and Infinitly Glorious GOD the Father of my Blessed Lord Jesus Christ and my Father in and throw him I earnistly beg of thee for thy great Names Sake for thy Glorys Sake for the Son of thy Loves Sake and for the love thou bears to thy poor people in these Nations that what thou has in thy infinite Wisdome been doing in by and throw me to and with these thine Enemies be keept written in large Characters in the Book of Rememberance till the great Day of the Lord for a Testimony and Witness against all such of them as shall Contemptously refuse what I thy poor servant has been helped of thee with an Eye to thy Glory the good of thy people the Conviction of these thine Enemies and even the good of the Souls of such of them as shall give ear to what from thy word I have in thy strength offered And now again to you stiff Necked Rebeles against my ever Blessed Lord and Master must 〈◊〉 in the strength of my God intimate what you are to expect for your small Sentence in the Great Day if you continue in this your Rebellion even this which you will find written in the 25 Chapter of Matthew 41 Verse I â—ay depart from me ye Cursed into everlasting Fire prepared for the Devil and and his Angels and of the Reasons there and elsewhere in the Lords Word given for this your Sentence you have ground to expect your carriage to the rest of the Lords People and me amongst them shall not be the least afflicting and astonishing to you Now having ended with our blessed Lords Enemies I come to my last Task in this my Testimony which is to speak a short word by way of Advice and Exhortation to all my precious Friends under which Compellation I comprehend all that love our Lord Jesus Christ and wait for his coming all that have given themselves to him in a Covenant never to be forgotten all that are keeping up the Fight against their Corruptions and Strugling in the Strength of our Lord against a Body of Death and in short all that are sincerely Arting Heaven-ward whither such as are farder or shorter way advanced in their Journey and to these and all such of whatsomever Nation Countrey Tongue or Language they be whither at Home or Abroad of whatsomever perswasion consistent with the Foundations of Religion And particularly to all under the Cross whither Abroad in Hungary France Germany or any other elsewhere who are in the Furnace or at Home in these three Kingdoms and to you all and every one who in the Strength of our blessed Lord shall be helped to run that Race with patience and finish your Christian Course with Joy I hope I need not use Arguments to prove that the day of the Lord which we have been speaking of above which to the Wicked and to the Enemies of our blessed Lord shall be so terrible shall be to you the beginning of days or rather the beginning of a day which is never to have an end and that this day may be the more Joyful to one and all of us I shall obtest you all to join with me in the pursuance of these few Christian Exhortations following And first in general let there be a cordial endeavour in the Strength of our blessed Master the more this be imployed the better speed shall we come as to strive against every Sin without exception so to close with every Commanded Duty with delight the more Universal we be in either the more sincere in our Resolutions this way the more dependantly upon Christ Jesus we go on in this Course and the more self denial and denial to all other Airths we be blessed of the Lord with the better speed surely shall we come But secondly and more particularly let us all Unanimously Concurr in the endeavour after the cordial and sincere performance of these particular Duties following And first I would offer for your Exercise that indispensible necessary Duty of Repentance in exercising whereof I shall offer these few Christian Advices First Let us Digg deep in this Mâ—tter and never rest till we come to the Root I mean Original Sin and after we have Dwelt by Meditation upon the sadness thereof let us in the next place take a View of all our actuâ—l Transâ—ressions flowing therefrom of our Sins as well of Omission as Commission of our Younger as our Riper Age against the Law as against the Gospel these sins that thence cleaves to us in our best performances not forgetting these sins called our own and the sins that do easily beset us and all these and many others which you my find out by perusing great and Reverend Mr. Durham upon the Commands not only as to our every one of us for himself but all of us for each other and in a special manner be mindful of the publick National sins and that not only in the Land where you have your Residence but also all the World over In sum let every thing done to the Dishonour of GOD by whomsoever be the Object of your Mourning before him And I pray forget not these sins whereby our blessed GOD is not only diâ—honoured But also the Generation of the Wicked hardened and the Generation of the Righteous stumbled and offended I pass these the more generally that bâ—ing Interrogate by the Enemies anent a few of them I was by my blessâ—d Lord determined thâ—n to pass it with this Answer That I judged it noâ—e of mâ— Duty to publish any thing of that Nature to them with an Eve to that Prohibition Tell it not in Gath publish it not in Aâ—kelon which is indeed the Reason I medle not with these things here having intended this for publick View and being resolved in the Lords Strength either by a distinct Line to the several Parties offending the like freedom I expect also from them knowing that in many things not to say in every thing we offend all or by laying my self open to what my blessed Lord may offâ—r otherways to Communicate my Sentiments of thâ—se offered whither to these who have gone aside to the Right or Left 〈◊〉 2dly Let us in our Repentings study to have the Dishonour done to our bâ—essâ—â— Lord more weighty upon our Souls than the hazard our Souls lyes under 〈◊〉 thence though we may have an Eye to both yet let the former
any put to Shâ—me thâ— put their trust in him go through all that are Râ—corded in Scripture sâ— Trusteâ—s in him and you shall find them all Hâ—rmoniously joining in this Surely it is not in Vain to trust in him for he is inâ—eed a present help in time of â—eed anâ— to confirm the matter yet more Dearest Freinds give me â—â—ve amongst the Rest to put to my Seâ—â— and say happy â—â—ppy hâ—ppy that Sâ—ul who through Grace is helped to trust him most and who will doubt but â—â—â—ve gooâ— Reason so to do when they consider how in his Holy Providence he 〈◊〉 toâ—â—ly brought me into the Furnace but also keeped me Wonderfully in it aâ—â— also in his own due time and way brought me out of it his Blessed self being tâ—e great Agent in the whole Work and indeed I must tell it to the Commâ—nâ—ation of the Freedom of his Grace that all the time of my Furnace I wâ—nted not Counting all the small and short lasting Clouds though my own Miscarriage I was into all that time his Comfortable and Refreshing presence for Eâ—ght or Nine Hours Counting all together the greatest Cloud I had all that time Flowing from my too Eager Gripping of my Promised Escape of which before and Limiting my GOD to that in my Eye which was yet that by which I Escaped this I say lasted longest and was indeed sorest but Blessed be his Holy Name hâ— no sooner let me see where the Fault lay but with the Discovery gâ—ve Grace to Amend it by laying Life and Death in the Ballance and keeping them stâ—ll in â—quilibrio not Daring so much as by a Raw Wish to Cast the Scales then câ—me I to as much Serenity Peace and Satisfaction of Spirit as any Mortal could be Capable of and in this Case am through Grace Preserved not only till the Perfecting of the Escape but even since for which I desire you may joyn with me in Blessing his ever Blessed Name so also in Praying that this our Preservatioâ— mâ—y be both for mâ— and the Rest that Escaped with me a Reservâ—tion for our being further Serviceable to our Good GOD in our Stations and Generatioâ—s and that we may be helped of him to Spend the Residue of our Days in Advancing the Glory of GOD On carrying of his Works and Edification of his People and Conviction if Possible or otherwise the Terror of his and our Proud and inâ—olent Enemies In the lâ—st place I come to propose for the object of our sincere and single endeavâ—ur that well fall effectualy about the preparing of our to meet our Blessed Lord and Master whither as to his coming for our Delivery in time or to Judgemâ—nt in that Great Day for my own part I am under a strong Impression of our Blessed Lords being upon his way and am not a little perswaded that his Sword is alreaâ—y drawen it's like I may have some Differing from me here this I cannot help There is another Impression I am now and have been under for a considerable time that his coming considered Complexly shall be very Terrible In this I expect I shall have very few Godly Differing from me I Incline the rather to Join this twofold Preparation together that the Duties Incumbent in Reference to both aâ—e one The Duty we would propose to our herein in General being to prepare to meet our GOD of which thâ—sâ— we hinted at before being no small part we shall for our further clearness here advise the lâ—ying asiâ—e of several things that may be Impediments in this Work And First let us lay aside Worldly Mindedness Secondly Carnall Fears Thirdly Our own sins and these sins that easily besettâ— us Fourtly Our Mixing with the people of these Abominations a case very Dangerous to be found in whither either of the ways our Blessed Lord came Fifâ—ly Let us lay aside these Unchristian Fires Satan has Kindled amongst us whereby forgeting that Charity and Brotherly Love so much Inculcate by our Blessed Lord and Master we are rendered mutually uncapable of Edifying one another reproving and Advising one another as of doing many other Christian Duties Incumbent that I be not mistaken here the Lord is my Witness I intend not that any should harden another in a sinfull course or that any should do any thing whereby he may become sharer with another in his Sins And I know I have Witnesses not a few in these Lands that can bear me Witness I have Guarded against this in no small measure in the Lords strength my self And whatever Challenges I have either had from within or from without in this matter have been rather for too much Keenness then too much Slackness in this matter for which in so far as it has been sinfull I refuse not Satisfaction in time and place convenient I say is it not sad that Satan has gotten so much Advantage in this matter that there are very few in the Land in Capacity to be Assistant to one another and all this through Slighting the method prescribed by our Blessed Lord in his Word in Reference to Offences have Men forgottâ—â— altogether that they are in the Body themselves Or have these persons who are clear for Separation upon every Account Reckoned what to Answer to our Blessed Lord and Master whose Answer to that Question how oft shall I forgive my Brother till seven times was I say not unto you Seven times but Seventy times Seven times And is it not yet sadder that a Nation solemnly given to God in Covenant that Party who in pursuance of these Covenants are desirous to follow the Lord's own way which all are equally obliged to and in which while we all walked there was not wanting much very much of the Countenance of the Almighty I say is it not sad that Party should not only have the Common Enemy waiting all Opportunities for their overthrow under which Notion I comprehend that Papistical Prelatical Party I have been dealing with above but also that of our own Brethren not a few should be pushing us with Side and Shoulder and upon the one hand if we will not remit a little of the Strictness of our Obligation to the Almighty and with them come and go in the matters of God and forsake Moses his Example in not quitting a hove we must run the hazard of their dissatisfaction And on the other hand if we will not yet be more mad than ever John of Leyden himself was by others of our Brethren must we be pusht at I say is it not sad that the Remnant of the poor Church of Scotland should be lying in such a sad condition as upon the one hand to be in the hazard of drowning so on the other of burning To you then my Dear Brethren I address my self with this Advice whatever these two Extreams do among themselves be sure first to do nothing that may strengthen either 2dly To make Conscience of Prayer for both 3dly When occasion offers to
intimate your hearty and earnest desire to them that they would again turn unto the Lord's way and not any longer either indanger themselves or wrong the cause of Christ 4thly Let your whole complex Carriage towards the Smell of God and of Tenderness towards both their Souls and Bodies I dare not advise to Reason with either for I have hitherto found that not only hardning to them but also indisposing to the Essayer A better help in this case I am sure will be the pursuance of my Sixth Advice in order to Preparation for our Blessed Lord's coming and that is let one and all of us stir up our Souls and all that is within us to wrestle for a speedy coming I am sure one Sight of his most Amiable Countenance among us would avail more in these matters and every thing else that is wrong among us in bulk than all the feckless Essays we can make though it be yet our Duty in our Stations to use our utmost Endeavours for reclaiming any that go astray I have been under a necessity to give this hint neither is there more discovered thereby than the Physicians know already having hinted so much in their Examination of me My Seventh Advice shall be O study study a Soul-hunger after our Lord and Master whose compassions could never suffer him yet to tarry long away from any that were at the point of Starving through his Absence I shall add this Caution here look that it be Himself principally if not only you hunger and Thrist after for though we may indeed have an eye upon the many precious things that attends his coming yet these all how precious soever they bear but the Shell his Blessed Self being the very Kernell and Soul of the Mercy yea it is Himself that makes Mercies such Now my Dearest Friends in the Exercise of these Duties we have shortly hinted at both before and here more particularly upon this head with what others Our Blessed Lord Himself may art us to whether immediatly by His Spirit or by His Servants of the Ministry I do nothing doubt but either of these Comings of Our Blessed Lord and Master shall be rendred the more Refreshfull unto us That this may be yet a little more clear we shall hint at a word in Reference to either And first You know that Mercies coming in the Covenant Channel are the sweetest and most Soul refreshing Mercies and as to either these mercies that come to us in the way of Duty these being contained in the Covenant tho' not from any Vertue in themselves yet by Our Blessed Lord's appointment in the Covenant and through Vertue transmitted by his Blessed Self to them in the Covenant I say Mercies coming that way are twice Mercies and Our Lord's coming to his in that way the Mercy is still the more refreshfull in this Respect that to that of his coming which is Mercy Mercy in it self yet to these it is yet more Mercy as coming to their Distinct Perception in the Covenant Channel whereas while coming to others His coming shall be to such as a Dream who while they be well wakened shall be out of case to feel the Sweetness of the Mercy Now let me again Obtest you Dearest Friends to make Conscience of these Duties as you have a Respect to the Glory of GOD the good of his Cause the good of your of your own Souls the Conviction and if not attainable the Confounding of Enemies And beside what of Advantages this shall afford you at his comings with Deliverance in time which shall yet neither be few nor small you shall undoubtedly find much Consolation therefrom at that his great and last coming To which this in a word you have heard before our Blessed Lords coming to Judgement shall be to the Wicked so very Terrible that they shall seek all possible means for shuning the appearance which yet they shall never get done and though they great and small shall cry to Hills and Mountains to fall upon them to cover and hide them from the Face of the Lamb yet shall all this Crying be in Vain But to you to you that are in Covenant with the Almighty in and through our Blessed Lord and have been helped with the wise Virgins To keep your Lamps Trimmed this appearance shall be so far from being a Surprizall that it shall be the most Joyfull Sound ever you heard in your time O how Soul Refreshing shall it be to you when at the call of the last Trumpet you have Raised up your heads through these Mooles and having Soul and Body Joyned together again at the very first Peep as you look up shall you see the Lamb of GOD Sitting on his Throne which shall so much take up all your Senses both Internall and Externall Spirituall and Bodily that you shall not be in hazard of being Frighted with the Screicks of the Reprobate and Wicked but the whole Motions of our Souls shall be O To be at him O To be at him O how Soul Ravishing shall the sight be And now must we halt here a little till the Elect be gathered together during which time let us vent our Meditation of the difference that will be betwixt the Elect and Reprobate the Reprobate saying Oh alace for ever yonder he is for the dishonour done to whom we could never shed a Tear the Elect says well's me yonder he is upon the account of the Dishonour done to whom I have had many a sore Heart and have shed many a Tear The Reprobate says Oh! he is yonder whom I could never either Love or Fear Says the Elect blessed for ever be the sight yonder he is who helped me both to Love and Fear him the Reprobate says Oh! for-ever yonder he is whom I could never be perswaded either to believe or patiently to wait for Says the Elect Rejoice O my Soul for ever yonder he is that helped me by his Spirit both to trust in and wait for him the Reprobate says Oh and alace yonder he is towards the Meeting of whom all the Exhortations in time could never move me to make preparation says the Elect Glory to his Name for ever he is there now for Meeting of whom he helped me many a day to be Trimming my Lamp Says the Reprobate Oh and undone for ever yonder he is whom in his Members I not only persecuted but Murdered many a time Says the Elect endless blessings on his ever Glorious Face for whose sake â—he helped me to suffer Persecution says one and to be Hanged on a Gibbet Beheaded or Drowned say others and so forth of all the rest of the Duties the Elect have been helped to perform and against the performance whereof the Reprobate have been hardened or rather have hardened themselves Now may we suppose the whole Elect to be gathered together and looking many a greedy look to be at him then may we suppose our blessed Lord and Master by his Omnipotent Arm halling