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character, and fo are irrevocably hid from your eyes; which I pray God may not be the unspeakable miserable condition of any of you. But if fo, you will, at the grand and awful day of judgment, charge the fault to no one but yourselves; because you wilfully difregarded and difobeyed the means of God's rich tenders of grace and mercy, fo freely, invitingly, and alluringly offered you in the glorious gospel of his Son: which gofpel (if you are in your right understandings) you must acknowledge is exceeding kind and beneficent, just and equitable, calculated for the good order of all rational focial creatures, for their mutual advantage, comfort and happiness in this world, and their exquifite eternal happiness in the world to come. Therefore, " if you fin "wilfully, after that you have received the knowledge "of the truth, there remaineth no more facrifices for "fins, but a certain fearful looking-for of judgment, and

fiery indignation, which shall devour the adverfa"ries. He that despised Mofes's law, died without 66 mercy, under two or three witneffes: of how much "forer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought

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worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of "God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant "wherewith he was fanctified an unholy thing, and "hath done defpight unto the Spirit of grace?" Heb. x. 26 to 30.

VALE & CAVE.

Edward Goldney, fen.

EASTER MONDAY, LONDON, APRIL 16, 1759•

A

POETICAL ESSAY

ON

The Awful and Tremendous Day of Judgment, in order to Awaken and Rouse the Deifts out of their Stupid, Dreadful Incredulity.

H! think you Deifts, how you'll avoid Hell's foam,

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How fee the SAVIOUR feated on his Throne!

A Cloud his Chariot, and fill'd with burning Beams
Full Blaze of Glory! like the North it streams!
One mighty Shechinah! refulgent Ray!

That fcatters Darkness o'er the dimmer Day.

The Sun feeks Shelter in the wafting Flood;

The confcious Moon blushes herself to Blood;

Old Chaos now in double State returns;

With double Ardour ev'ry Comet burns,

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Furious they whirl before the SAVIOUR's Throne ;
In dreadful Hiffings fpeak the eternal Son:

As wide as Space pale Terror spreads her Reign,

Of Orders burst the indiffoluble Chain :

TO CHRIST for fuccour all Mankind will

pray :

But all Mankind can't avert the awful Day.

What Horror feize Mankind, which were to Reason blind,

Tho' Deifts once, yet not in Hell so found :

How will they then with Wrath and Anguish preft,
The Worm all gnawing on their relenting Breast,
Rave, Curse, Weep, Gnash, Groan, and Curse again,
And Foam, and Roar, tumultuous like the Ocean;
Rend with their Groans Damnation's dark Retreat :
Their Groans are loft, nor reach the Mercy Seat.

Know then this Truth, ye Deifts, this believe,

In difbelieving, you yourselves deceive.

And now the Judge defcends, the SAVIOUR Comes, Rend Heav'n, groan Hell, break, burft, ye Iron Tombs!

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The living Chariot rattles thro' the Air, *

He stalks before, who used to dart Despair,

Death conquer'd, after crawls in mad Dismay,

Whole Fields of Light'ning round the Conqu❜ror play,

And rufhing Whirlwinds rufh along the blazing Way. Celestial Glory circles all his Head,

In Heaven enthron'd, and on Hell doth tread.

As rushing Torrents pour their rapid Streams,

So fierce his Fury burns, fo full his glory Beams:
Millions of Myriads wait upon his Nod,

Saints, Angels, eccho the defcending God,

Ah! what Difference now from what he once appear'd,

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When Unbelievers fcorn'd him, whom Angels rever'd; When bloody Drops pour'd forth from every Pore, And Beings groan'd that never groan'd before.

Lo! view the Crofs on high, the Signal's made, (Now Wealth and Titles, Crowns and Honours, fade)

For all to liften, and their Sentence hear,

From the Atheift, to the Deift's Ear.

Believers then, will with a Shout profound

Proclaim their Joy, express their Bliss around :

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With Pleasure now they fee the Race they run,

Their Labours ended, and their Bliss begun.

Blefs'd JESUS fmiles, pleas'd with their glowing Love, Approach (he fays, in soft and gentle Strains

Welcome to me, and to celeftial Realms ;

Come then, receive your unspeakable Reward,

ANGELS Conduct them to the Favour of their LORD.

Ye CHERUBS, Ay before, with chearful Voice, Bid Heavens, Dominions, Powers, and Thrones rejoice, Now with dejected Looks, the Deifts fears, Trembles, but no more mocks or jeers,

Slowly they move to meet their dreadful Fate,

And now they howl, and now lament too late :
To these in Thunder the Judge prepares to speak,

The Thunders know his Will, and all around him break.

Then darts a Frown that shakes all Nature's Frame,
The incarnate GOD now becomes a burning Flame,
Wretches accurft, ungrateful, and forlorn,

The Jeft of Devils, and the heavenly Scorn;

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