...no hope of our being again brought to repentance, and consequently onr portion would inevitably be the worm that dieth not, and the fire that is not quenched. Grieve not the Spirit. Eph. iv. 30. Quench not the Spirit . 1 Thess. v. 19. They rebelled and vexed...

...you missed heaven, where there is " fulness of joy !" What, if you fell into hell, where there ia " the worm that dieth not, and the fire that is not quenched!" And is it not attainable, as well as desirable? Is it not " a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation,...

...your eyes ? Or will it afford you anything like comfort, in the prospect^ of enduring the torments of the worm that dieth not, and the fire that is not quenched, to reflect on the fact, that you have "perused, and treasured up in your memory, the writings of the...

...bottomless pit, — into which the sufferer may sink lower, but from which no escape is promised. I read of " the worm that dieth not, and the fire that is not quenched." And if God's justice demands such a display of vengeance, who are we to dare to aim at altering God's...

...judgment of the great day; the dreadfulness of which is expressed to the human imagination under " the worm that dieth not," and " the fire that is not quenched," and the utterance of unavailing regrets which are delineated to mortal apprehension, under the fearful...

...a rock," and now found they had been " building upon the sand." Thur. 29 — I preached at Pill, on the " worm" that " dieth not, and the fire" that " is not quenched :" if haply some of these drowsy ones might awake, and escapo from everlasting burnings. . Mon. October...

...case there is disease within ; and to whatever regions the soul may travel, it will carry with it " the worm that dieth not, and the fire that is not quenched." In the other case, the soul is daily becoming more healthful, and is in itself a happy being. Its sufferings...

...rebellious and lofty thoughts against the sovereign lawgiver, can devise no means for its own escape from " the worm that dieth not, and the fire that is not quenched." The tongue which can utter such great swelling words of vanity, all directed against the blessed God,...

...the figure of fire. Hence we have the "furnace of fire," — the " lake of fire and brimstone," — the "worm that dieth not, and the fire that is not quenched," — the "flaming flame," — the " unquenchable fire," — " the smoke of their torment," &c. &c.,...

...condemned already, and the wrath of God abideth on them." They are liable every moment to become the prey of the " worm that dieth not, and the fire that is not quenched." God, in his rich mercy, has given them a Savior and a day of grace ; and in this short, and to them,...