My first word shall be to the openly profane. Poor sinner, thou
readest that many that expect heaven will go without heaven. What
sayest thou to this, poor sinner? If judgment begins at the house of
God, what will be the end of them that obey not the gospel of God?
This is Peter's question: canst thou answer it, sinner? Yea, I say
again, if judgment must begin at them, will it not make thee think,
What shall become of me? And I add, when thou shalt see the stars of
heaven tumble down to hell, canst thou think that such a muck-heap
of sin as thou art shall be lifted up to heaven? Peter asks thee
another question: "If the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall
the ungodly and the sinner appear?" Canst thou answer this question,
sinner? Stand among the righteous thou mayst not: "The ungodly shall
not stand in the judgment." Stand among the wicked thou then wilt
not dare to do: where wilt thou appear, sinner? To stand among the
hypocrites will avail thee nothing: "The hypocrite shall not come
before him," that is, with acceptance, "but shall perish."

Because it concerns thee much, let me over with it again. When thou
shalt see less sinners than thou art bound up by angels in bundles
to burn them, where wilt thou appear, sinner? Thou mayst wish
thyself another man, but that will not help thee, sinner. Thou mayst
wish, "Would I had been converted in time;" but that will not help
thee neither. And if, like the wife of Jeroboam, thou shouldst feign
thyself to be another, the prophet, the Lord Jesus, would soon find
thee out. What wilt thou do, poor sinner? Heavy tidings, heavy
tidings will attend thee, except thou repent, poor sinner!

Sluggard, art thou asleep still? art thou resolved to sleep the
sleep of death? Will neither tidings from heaven nor hell awake
thee? Wilt thou say still, "Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a