Friday, January 23, 2015

In Hell There Is No Singing, But Howling.

An inlet to three dreadful things!
(Thomas Brooks, "A Heavenly Cordial" 1665)

Death is dreadful to the unbelieving 

sinner, for it puts an everlasting end 
to all his temporal . . .
  mercies,
  comforts,
  contentments,
  and enjoyments.

Death will put an everlasting end 

to all his pleasures of sin. Now 
the sinner shall never more 
have one merry day. 

In Hell there is no . . .
  no singing--but howling;
  no music--but madness;
  no sporting--but sighing;
  no dancing--but wringing of hands
and gnashing of teeth for evermore!

In a word, now the sinner shall find 

by woeful experience, that death will be 
an inlet to three dreadful things:
   1. To judgment, Hebrews 9:27;
   2. To an irreversible sentence 

         of condemnation, Matthew 25:41;
   3. To endless, ceaseless, and 

         remediless sufferings!
   
~  ~  ~  ~

GraceGems has published J.R. Miller's very insightful and helpful two page article,
 "Getting Along with People".

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