2.
The Second Part.
Hell a Prison.
1 Pet. 3. 19. The Spirits in Prison.
Hell also, in another place,
Is call'd a Prison too;
And all to snew the woful case
Of such sin doth undo:
Which Prison, with its Lock and Barrs
Of God's lasting Decree,
Will hold them fast; O how this marrs
All thoughts of being free.
Out of these brazen Barrs may they
The Saints in glory see;
But this will not their grief allay,
But to them torment be.
Those Chains that darkness on them hangs,
Still ratling in their Ears,
Creates within them heavy pangs,
And still augments their Tears.
Thus hopeless of all remedy,
They dyingly do sink
Into the Jaws of Misery,
And Seas of Sorrows drink;
For being fill'd on every side
With helplesness and grief,
Headlong into despair they slide,
Bereft of all relief.
