Religion & morality > Last publick sermon, being a faithful and free one, preached by Mr. Hugh Mackaile ... upon the Sabbath immediately preceeding that 8th of September 1662, the day affixed for the removing of the ministers of Edinburgh from their kirks

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fures ; for at his Right-hand there is Tutnefs of Joy, and
Rivers o f Pleafures for ever more He will not be deceiv¬
ed by their Craftinefs, nor conflrained by their Power, to
fide with them againft his People ; for he isimfe in Heart,
and. mighty in Strength ; ■who ever hardened themfehes a-
gainfi him, and proff ered i How unreafonable then is it to
turn afide from him by the Flocks of his Companions r fince
ail the World cannot make God your Enemv, when in
turning afide from them you follow him. But," if you fol¬
low the World and forfake him, he can make all the
World your Enemies, or dellroy you and the World both.
^dly. There is a Peace of Confidence which pafleth all
Underftanding, which is a continual Feaft. Rather let all
the Creatures fet themfelves in Array againft a Man, than
that his Sins let themfelves in order before him. Better
one Handful with Qiiietnejs, than both the Hands full with
Vexation of Spirit; better to be fcorched in the hotted
Furnace of Tribulation, than to have the Heart and Soul
burnt up with the unquenchable Flames of a felf torment¬
ing Conlcience. Bklled therefore is that Man, even in
the Mid ft of outward Mifery, who retaineth a good Con-
fcience ; this cannot be reached by any Armour of Devils
or Men. Oil ! that thole Fools, whole Hearts are perpe¬
tually in the Houle of Mirth, would confider their latter
End ! The Beginning of a Sinner’s Day may be fweet,
but their End is bitter as Wormwood. Men may hood¬
wink their Confoience all the Days of their Life -, but, O
how dreadful is it when Death begins to draw the Veil,
and reprefent things as they are in themfelves ? I think I
hear the Shrieks and Howlings of a damned Spirit in Pri-
fon, when I read thole dolorous Expreffions of an evil
Confcience, Prov. v. i i, 12, 13 ; he had been dehort-
ing Men from Sin, and, upon this Confideration, left thou
mourn at lafl (faith he) when thy Flefh and Body are can-
fumed, and fay. How have 1 hated Inflruttion, and my Heart
dejffed