heaven is accompanied with the punishment of sense. He
yourselves thrown out!" Luke 13:28. The happiness of the godly in heaven, will be an eyesore to the damned in hell. When the wicked shall see those whom they hated and scorned—exalted to a kingdom, and shine with robes of glory, and they themselves miss the kingdom--it will be a dagger at the heart, and make them gnash their teeth for envy!
4. A fourth aggravation is, that this loss of the kingdom of heaven is accompanied with the punishment of sense. He who leaps short of the bank, falls into the river; such as come short of heaven, fall into the river of fire and brimstone! "The wicked shall be turned into hell!" Psalm 9:17. How dreadful is that! If to have but a spark of God's anger light upon the conscience be so torturing here on earth, what will it be to have mountains of God's wrath thrown upon the soul? "Who knows the power of your anger?" Psalm 90:11. The angel never poured out his vial—but some woe followed. Rev 16:3. When the bitter vials of God's wrath are poured out, damnation follows. Dives cries out, "I am tormented in this flame." Luke 16:24. In hell there is not a drop of mercy. There was no oil nor frankincense used in the sacrifice of jealousy. Numb 5:15. In hell there is no oil of mercy to assuage the sufferings of the damned, nor incense of prayer to appease God's wrath.
5. A fifth aggravation of the loss of this kingdom will be to consider on what easy and reasonable terms men might have had this kingdom. If indeed God had commanded impossibilities, to have satisfied divine justice in their own persons— it would have been another matter. But what God did demand was reasonable, and was for their good, which was to accept of Christ for their Lord and Husband—and to part with that which would ruin them. These were the fair terms on which they might have enjoyed the heavenly kingdom. Now, to lose heaven, which might have been