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Show . ( 280 ) Earth, after that which will Perifh and come to an End, where the Morh and Ruft doth Corrupt, and Thieves break through and Steal, and deprive you of your Subfiance that you have gathered wgerher, which may be foon taken from you, and you lefr defolate,. naked and bare · therefore ir fiands you all 111 hand, to feek 'after chat which will endure for ever, the Pearl of grear Price, w~i;h dorh exceed ~11 the Treafures in Egypt, for tt s durable,. and wtll_lall for ever. the Rock of Ages, on whtch the Samrs were builr the Chief Corner Stone, EleCt and Precious, ;he Sure Foundation of many Gen~rarions, the Pillar and Ground of !ruth, Chnfi the Light, the Brig~t an? ~ornmg · S.rar, r_he Sun of Righteoufnefs, wh1ch 1s now anfen wuh Healing jn his Wings, to cleanfe the Leper of his Leprofy, and hath caufed the Dumb to Speak, and rhe Deaf ro Hear his Voice, and follow him · and this hath he done, in rhis Day of his P~wer, which makes the Heathen ro ~onde.r ~nd be confounded at his Appearance 111 lm Sons and Daughters, who b~ar his Ima~e, who are Meek and Lowly, Lamb~hke; the Rtghreous know him, who love his Appearance, bm ro the Wicked, his Prefence is £?readful and Terrible, like a Lyon of the Tnbe. of Judah, tO Confume wirh the Breath of hts Mouth, and break to pieces, like a Potter~ s Veff~l, a_ll the fii ff-necked and firong Ones, who. hve m the Pride of their Heans, and at Eafe tn the Fl~fh, like fat Bulls of Bafhan, fpendin~ the Creaoon upon their Lufis : Oh ! rhe Day IS at hand, that all fuch mufi be as Chaff before the Wind, and as Stubble before the Fire, which will Confume them, and leave them neither Root nor Branch, the Mouth of the Lord of Hofis hath fpok_en n; ( 28i ) t[; therefore take heed what you do, and fol. low nm the Multitude tO do Evil, for they walk in the broad Way, which I~ads to De- 1lrutl:ion, and to the Chambers of Death, where the Souls of Men and Women are plunged inro Mifery and Torment, and into the Pit of Perdirion, where they cannot come our, nor be loofed from their cruel Bonds, where they are, chained and fettered faft; under the Powers of Darknefs, who is King of the borcomlefs Pit, the Old Dragon, Which goes about like a roarjng Lyon, feekihg whom he may Devot1r; and they that are from the Watch, they are from the Rock and fure Foundation, Chrift, the Light and Life of his People, and all that are front him, they are in Darknefs, and fuch are taken in the Snares of the Devil, who rules in the Dark, for there he hath his Sear, in the ean hly Part of Man, which is one with him, who is the ·unclean Spirit; which feeks co dellroy and lay wafie the Heritage of God, that fo his King ~ dom might be fet up, who is a Lyar ahd a Murtherer ~ but now is the Day come, that Chrill: is rifen to Reign as Lord and King in his People, and therefore doth Amichrift Rage in his Members, becaufe his Defirutl:ion is ar Hand, and his Torment is coming upon him, wherein he mu(i have and receive a juft Recompence of his Reward, and all that joyn wich him mufi partake of his Torment, for what they have done · againft God and his People. And fo, dear Neighbours and People, joyn with him no longer, who is the Enemy of God, left you be cue Off from the Face of the Eanh, and deftroyed With Leviathan, that crooked Serpenr~ which muft go into Everlafting Burning, there to remain for evermore, where there is Weeping. s ·~nd |