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I am now talking of the invisible realities of another world, of inward
religion, of the work of God upon a poor sinner's heart. I am now
talking of a matter of great importance, my dear hearers; you are all
concerned in it, your souls are concerned in it, your eternal salvation
is concerned in it. You may be all at peace, but perhaps the devil
has lulled you asleep into a carnal lethargy and security, and will
endeavor to keep you there till he get you to hell, and there you will
be awakened; but it will be dreadful to be awakened and find yourselves
so fearfully mistaken, when the great gulf is fixt, when you will be
calling to all eternity for a drop of water to cool your tongue and
shall not obtain it. GEORGE WHITEFIELD.