II. The severe Punishment which the Law of GOD and Man inflicts upon the wilful Offender in this Case.

III. The Degree of Repentance (and that is to be the highest) which the Murderer ought to excite himself to, if ever he desires to find that Mercy in the other World, which he cannot, nor may expect in this.

As I was discoursing upon these Heads, Jane Housden< no role > , who then sat by William Holloway< no role > , thus said to him, Why, he lays this Man's Blood upon us! meaning (I suppose) Mr. Richard Spurling< no role > , whose Blood they had shed. Upon which the said Holloway started up, and would go about to Justify both himself and that Woman, saying, " That my Discourse did not belong to them, " nor was that Doctrine I preach'd, proper for them; for they were not guilty " of Murther. In this manner as he was going on, I put a stop to his Speech; telling him, " That he was not to be try'd here; He was try'd already and " condemned; and that too, very fairly and justly; and therefore his Defence " was now unseasonable and of no use: Besides, he ought to consider the Place " he was in, and what he was brought to it for, viz. to apply himself to God " in Prayer, and to hear his Word, which I was endeavouring to instruct him " and others in, and by it, and the Divine Grace, to bring both his and all " their Souls to God; and therefore I desired him, for his own Souls sake (for " which I was much concerned) that he would not interrupt me in my Discourse, which (if he and the other had the patience to hear it, and apply it as " they ought to do to themselves) might prove a happy mean for their Eternal " Salvation, &c. Then he sat down again, and was quiet: And so I went on with my Sermon: Which when I had ended, he started up again, and began anew to vindicate his pretended Innocence of the bloody Fact, for which he was condemned. When he had spoken a few Words in this Matter, as before, I made him hold his Tongue again, telling him, " I suffer'd no Person to speak " at that time in that Place, but to God in Prayer; and I advised him to retire " for the present, and meditate upon what he had heard, and beg of God that " he might have Grace to improve it to his Glory, and to his own Soul's good. Upon that he went away, and said, he would not come again in the Afternoon: But he was better than his Word; for he came again, and heard me preach there, on these Words, Eccl. 11. 9. Rejoice, O Youngman, in thy Youth, and let thy Heart cheer thee in the days of thy Youth, and walk in the Ways of thy Heart, and in the Sight of thine Eyes: But know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into Judgment.

This Text I first explain'd in general, and then did in particular enlarge upon it; laying down, and speaking to, these distinct Propositions.

I. That there is a Judgment to come.

II. That every Man shall be brought to that Judgment; which will be very strict and severe against obstinate and impenitent Sinners.

III. That it is GOD, the great Judge of all the World, who will bring Men to Judgment.

IV. That the Matter of that Judgment will be the Ways of their Hearts; and that is, their Thoughts, Words, and Deeds.