"I am persuaded that, if many men knew distinctly the torments of hell, they would never walk in a way of sin that leads to hell as they do. I persuade myself that if this doctrine of hell were well-studied and better known by the people, they would take more care to avoid hell and vainglory than they do. If men knew that they who live and die unrepenting, who lie burning in their lusts, shall one day burn in fire; if they but knew that they who swallow bowls of wine and drink to excess shall one day drink drafts of brimstone in hell; if men knew that they who grind their teeth through hatred and indignation against the godly here shall one day gnash their teeth in ehll hereafter; if men knew that they who oppress the people of God by persecution and haul them into prison shall one day be dragged into an everlasting prison and hauled by devils into hell; that those who could ot endure the company of saints on earth should be with devils and damned spirits in hell; if men knew this doctrine well, t hey would not be so profane and sinfully wicked as they are nowadays." From the first sermon on hell's Terror--Christopher Love
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