be witnesses
that ye had Christ in your offer such a _day_, in such a _place_;
therefore, my dear friends, say now that He is your beloved, and that He
is your friend."

His close dealing with the conscience, and his solemn warnings and
exhortations are exemplified in the following passages:--

"Consider your own condition without Christ. Ye are lost and undone,
limbs of Satan, children of wrath, hell to be your dwelling-place, and
devils and damned souls to be your company eternally, and where sin
shall be your eternal torment. This is your condition without Jesus
Christ. What think ye of eternal exclusion from the presence and comfort
of God? What think ye of hell, where there is nothing but utter
darkness, weeping and wailing for evermore, to be your dwelling-place?
What think ye of devils to be your continual company? And what think ye
of sin to be your continual life--always blaspheming the glorious name
of God? And what think ye of your final condition--to be in continual
torment--always weeping and gnashing your teeth? All this, I say, is
abiding you who will not embrace Jesus Christ, whatever your profession
be. For, believe me, a profession will not save you from this eternal
misery, if ye receive not Jesus Christ. Whatever your sufferings be
here, yet ye shall suffer this hereafter, if ye receive not Jesus
Christ. My heart bleeds for many sufferers in Scotland, who shall suffer
everlasting torment in hell, because they will not receive and embrace
Jesus Christ, this gracious and free Saviour, who is now in your offer.
Oh, embrace Jesus Christ, otherwise, be ye who ye will, and do what ye
will, God's justice shall pursue you, and He shall have war against you
without cessation: there shall be no discharge in that war. The great
warriors of the earth are all lying with their weapons broken under
their heads; but here is a war that hath no end. You who will not
receive Jesus Christ, you will see that ye have made an evil choice,
when ye pass through the dark gates of hell, to the inner chambers
thereof. To move you, further consider, that if ye will take Him, ye
shall have Him and all His. Ye shall drink of the waters of life; your
feet shall stand on the sea of glass before the throne. Ye shall have
His name, and bear His image, and wear a crown of pure gold upon your
heads, and follow the Lamb with palms in your hands, saying,
'Hallelujah! and glory, and honour and power, unto the Lord our God.' Ye
shall have