All the Hell that you shall ever have!
(Be sure to LISTEN to the Audio, as you READ the text below.)
Consider Christian, that all your . . .
trials and troubles,
calamities and miseries,
crosses and losses,
which you meet with in this world--is all the Hell that you shall ever have!
Here and now you have your Hell.
Hereafter you shall have your Heaven!
This is the worst of your condition; the best is yet to come!
Lazarus had his Hell first, his Heaven last;
but Dives had his Heaven first, and his Hell at last.
You have all your pangs, and pains, and sufferings here--that you shall ever have!
Your ease, and rest, and pleasure--is yet to come!
Here you have all your bitters;
your sweets are yet to come!
Here you have your sorrows;
your joys are yet to come!
Here you have all your winter nights;
your summer days are yet to come!
Here you have your evil things;
your good things are yet to come!
Death will put an end to all your sins--and to all your sufferings!
Death will be an inlet to those joys, delights, and comforts--which shall never have an end!
Who can seriously meditate upon this, and not be silent under God's most smarting rod?