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+Title: An Address to the Inhabitants Of The Colonies, established in
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+
+AN ADDRESS
+TO THE
+INHABITANTS
+OF THE COLONIES,
+ESTABLISHED IN
+NEW SOUTH WALES
+AND
+NORFOLK ISLAND.
+
+BY THE REV. RICHARD JOHNSON, A.B.
+CHAPLAIN TO THE COLONIES
+
+WRITTEN IN THE YEAR 1792
+
+PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR
+
+
+* * * * *
+
+
+TO ALL INHABITANTS,
+AND ESPECIALLY TO THE
+UNHAPPY PRISONERS AND CONVICTS
+ESTABLISHED AT PORT JACKSON
+AND
+NORFOLK ISLAND,
+THIS AFFECTIONATE ADDRESS
+IS DEDICATED AND PRESENTED,
+BY THEIR VERY SINCERE
+AND SYMPATHIZING FRIEND,
+AND FAITHFUL SERVANT,
+IN THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST,
+RICHARD JOHNSON.
+
+
+* * * * *
+
+
+TO THE BRITISH AND OTHER EUROPEAN INHABITANTS
+OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND NORFOLK ISLAND.
+
+My Beloved,
+
+I do not think it necessary to make an apology for putting this Address
+into your hands; or to enter into a long detail of the reasons which
+induced me to write it.
+
+One reason may suffice. I find I cannot express my regard for you, so
+often, or so fully, as I wish, in any other way.
+
+On our first arrival in this distant part of the world, and for some time
+afterwards, our numbers were comparatively small; and while they resided
+nearly upon one spot, I could not only preach to them on the Lord's day,
+but also converse with them, and admonish them, more privately.
+
+But since that period, we have gradually increased in number every year
+(notwithstanding the great mortality we have sometimes known) by the
+multitudes that have been sent hither after us. The colony already begins
+to spread, and will probably spread more and more every year, both by new
+settlements formed in different places under the crown, and by a number of
+individuals continually becoming settlers. Thus the extent of what I call
+my parish, and consequently of my parochial duty, is enlarging daily. On
+the other hand, my health is not so good, nor my constitution so strong,
+as formerly. And therefore I feel it impracticable, and impossible for me,
+either to preach, or to converse with you so freely, as my inclination and
+affection would prompt me to do.
+
+I have therefore thought it might be proper for me, and I hope it may
+prove useful to you, to write such an Address as I now present you with. I
+transmitted a copy of it to my friends in England with a request, that if
+they approved of it, a sufficient number might be printed, and sent to me.
+Thus I am now able to leave with you a testimony of my affection for you,
+and of my sincere and heart-felt concern, for your BEST, because your
+ETERNAL, welfare. My times are in the hand of God. He, and He only, knows
+how long I may live, or how long my present connection with you, may
+continue. I trust, however, that so long as the all-wise Disposer of all
+events shall be pleased to spare my life, and strength; and government
+shall deem my services in this remote land, necessary, it will still be,
+as it has hitherto been, my most ardet desire, my uniform endeavour, and
+my greatest pleasure, to promote your happiness. And when recalled to my
+native country, or removed by my God to my eternal home, to receive that
+crown of righteousness, which I humbly trust is laid upon me, by reading
+and carefully perusing the following pages, I hope you will be convinced,
+and reminded how sincerely you were pitied, and how dearly beloved by
+
+Richard Johnson.
+Port Jackson, Oct. 30. 1792.
+
+
+At this date, exclusive of those who died or were born on the voyage
+from England:
+
+    Baptisms.....226
+    Marriages....220
+    Burials......854
+
+
+                            * * * * *
+
+
+ADVERTISEMENT.
+
+
+The author hopes that all well-disposed persons will excuse the
+imperfections they may meet in this Address. It is the first time of his
+appearance in print, and may be the last. Nor would he have attemped it
+now, were it not for the very peculiar situation he is in, and the hope he
+entertains, that his feeble, but he trusts, sincere, attempt, may, by the
+blessing of God, be made useful to those unhappy persons, with whom he is
+so nearly connected, and for whose salvation and happiness he is so deeply
+concerned.
+
+And he returns his most sincere and hearty thanks to true Christians of
+every denomination, for their kind remembrance of him at the throne of
+grace. He still hopes, because he still needs, a continuance of their
+fervent prayers to God for him, that he may be indued with those gifts,
+and with that wisdom, zeal, and faithfulness which are so needful to
+direct, support, and strengthen him--and may be favoured with more
+manifold and abundant success in that arduous, trying, yet honourable, and
+at times he can say, pleasant and delightful work, in which he is engaged.
+
+
+* * * * *
+
+
+
+
+
+ADDRESS, &c.
+
+
+
+
+PART I.
+
+
+
+I Beseech you, brethren, suffer this word of exhortation. Your souls
+are precious. They are precious in the sight of God. They are precious
+to the Lord Jesus Christ. They are precious in my esteem. Oh that you
+yourselves were equally sensible of their value.
+
+We have now been here almost five years. During this time, I trust, I
+have been faithful in the discharge of my duty, faithful to my God, my
+country, my conscience, and to your immortal souls.
+
+I would, nay I do, humbly hope, that my labours have not been
+wholly in vain. Some of you, I trust, have been convinced of your
+folly, sin and danger; you have earnestly sought, and happily found
+mercy with God through a Mediator. You can now approach him as a God
+reconciled, a merciful Father and Friend, and are evidencing the
+reality of you conversion, by an upright life and conversation.
+
+But I must express my fear, that those of you, who are thus convinced
+of sin, and converted to God, and reformed from your evil courses, are
+comparatively very few. It is too evident, that the far greater part of
+you discover no concern for religion. The Great God, the Lord Jesus
+Christ, the Holy Spirit, death, judgment, eternity, heaven and
+hell,--these are subjects which seldom, if at all, engage your attention;
+and therefore you spend days, weeks, months and years, in a profane and
+careless manner, though you are repeatedly informed and reminded
+in the most plain, falthful, and alarming language I can use,
+that the wages of sin, without repentance, is death,[Rom. vi. 23.] the
+curse of God, and the eternal ruin and damnation of your souls!
+
+Oh, I intreat you, brethren, to consider what is contained in these two
+words, SALVATION and DAMNATION! The one implies every thing that
+an immortal soul can want or desire to make it happy. The other
+includes an idea, the most gloomy and dreadful that can be conceived.
+The former will be the admiration of angels, and the song and joy of
+the redeemed; the latter will be the torment of devils, and of all
+impenitent sinners, for ever and ever [I Pet. i. 12.; Rev. vii. 9-17.;
+Rev. xiv. 11.].
+
+Remember likewise, that ere long, either this endless inconceivable
+happiness, or unutterable misery will be your portion, or your
+doom, and mine. Our glass of life is running away apace. Our time is
+fast hastening to a period. Death is making sure and speedy strides
+towards us daily, judgment is at hand, and the judge himself is at the
+door. And oh! consider, when the breath we now draw shall depart, the
+tender thread of life be cut, our state will be unalterably and for
+ever fixed; either to live with God, with angels, and glorified saints,
+in heaven; or to dwell with devils, in the darkness and torments of
+hell.
+
+On these accounts your souls are, as I have already observed, very
+precious, not only in the sight of God, but also to me. My brethren,
+God is my record, how greatly I long after you all, in the bowels of
+Jesus Christ.[Phil. i. 8.] Next to the salvation of own foul, nothing in
+this world lies so near my heart, as the conversion and salvation of my
+fellow creatures; and especially of you, over whom I am appointed more
+immediately to watch, as one who must give an account [Heb. xiii. 17.].
+
+And oh, my friends, if this affectionate, though plain address, should
+answer my ardent wishes and prayers, if it should prove the happy
+means of converting even one soul to God, I should indeed rejoice, as
+one that findeth great spoil [Ps. cxix. 162.]. For once, at least,
+endeavour to lift up your hearts with me in prayer to Almighty God, the
+bountiful giver of all grace. He only can make this or any other means
+effectual; and should it please Him of his abounding mercy to make a
+saving impression upon your hearts, you will reap the happy fruits of it
+in life, at death, and to eternity. Oh that the gracious spirit of the
+Lord may open the eyes and the ears of all who may read or hear what I am
+writing. May they who are asleep, awake! May they who are spiritually
+dead, be made alive!
+
+May backsliders from God be reclaimed! May every one be stirred
+up to consider, What will become of him in another world! For who
+amongst us can dwell with everlasting burnings? [Isa. xxxiii. 14.] Yet
+such MUST be our lot, unless we repent. May the Lord God give, to each of
+you, repentance unto life, that you may be holy in this world, and happy
+in that which is to come!
+
+My brethren, I trust I can say in truth, and with a sincere conscience,
+That I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ.[Rom. i. 16.] It is a
+knowledge, and I hope an inward experience of this precious gospel, that
+bears up my spirits when I am ready to sink as in deep waters, and when I
+am almost overwhelmed by the many heavy and daily trials, crosses,
+difficulties and disappointments, that I meet with in this, alas! most
+uncomfortable situation. An acquaintance with this gospel, an experience
+of its truth and power, sweetens every bitter, makes my crosses comforts,
+and my losses gains. It is by this knowledge that I am enabled to bear the
+cross of Christ, not only with some degree of patience and resignation,
+but at some seasons, with consolation and joy; while I at one time reflect
+on what our dear Lord and Saviour endured for me, and at another
+anticipate the unspeakable honour and pleasure, which, through grace,
+I hope ere long to enjoy at his right hand for evermore. And to
+endeavour to bring you, my dear friends, to a saving knowledge of what
+is contained in this gospel, is not only my duty and inclination as a
+minister, but also my earnest desire and pleasure, and that which I
+long for more than for any other thing that can be named.[Rom. x. 1.]
+
+I have often explained to you, according to my sentiments, what is
+contained in the gospel. But as I fear, and am indeed well aware, that
+many of you, after all you have heard, still remain ignorant, I
+will now tell you again briefly and plainly, what my views of the
+gospel are; that by putting this book into your hands, you may, if you
+please, more carefully and attentively examine and search for
+yourselves, whether what I lay before you be agreeable to the holy
+scriptures, or otherwise; and consequently, whether you ought to
+believe, or to reject it.
+
+The gospel, I conceive, in its most extensive sense, comprehends the
+whole revealed will of God, recorded in the holy scriptures of the Old
+and New Testament [Tim. iii. 16.].
+
+This sacred book, which we call the Bible, describes the original state
+of man, as a state of perfect purity and innocence. He was made in the
+image of God. He was made upright [Gen. i. 26, 27.; Eccles. vii. 29.].
+His understanding, will, his affections and conscience, his
+body and soul, were free from defilement, guilt, or guile, and
+while he continued so, he was not liable to pain, misery, or death.
+
+But man did not continue in this state. Our first parents disobeyed
+their Maker. By sinning against God they lost their original
+righteousness, and became earthly, sensual, devilish. Such are all his
+posterity: for who can bring a clean thing out of an unclean? Man is
+now the very reverse of what he was when first created. His
+understanding [2 Cor. iv. 5; Ephes. iv. 18.; Titus i. 15.; rom. viii.7.]
+is darkened, yea darkness itself; his will, his carnal mind,
+is enmity against God; his conscience is defiled; his affections, no
+longer fixed upon God his Creator and Benefactor, are engrossed by the
+vain and perishing things of this world; by sin his body is become
+mortal. Subject to pain, disease, and death [Rom. v. 12.]; and his soul is
+exposed to the displeasure of God, and to the curse annexed to the
+transgressions of his holy law. All this misery is implied in that awful
+threatening, In the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely
+die[Gen. ii. 17.].
+
+And is not this threatening, at least in part, already put into
+execution? Whence is there so much ignorance and contempt of God? Why
+do mankind so eagerly, so universally pursue the vain pleasures and
+follies of the world, while they seldom think of God their Maker? From
+whence proceed the infidelity, blasphemy, lying, theft,
+sabbath-breaking, slandering and the many horrid evils, which every
+where abound? Whence is it that so many in this colony, labour under
+such sore and complicated disorders, pains, and miseries? Why are so
+many, both young and old, taken away by death? And why is it that
+others who see all those things, do not take warning by them, to
+prepare for their own latter end? Brethren, all these are so many
+undeniable proofs and evidences of what I have said; namely, that we
+are fallen and guilty creatures. These are the effects of Adam's
+sin and disobedience. The certain consequences of which would have
+been unavoidable and endless misery, both of soul and body, to
+himself and all his posterity, had not some means been provided, some
+way laid open, for his and their recovery.
+
+But, blessed be God, a door of hope is opened by the gospel for
+miserable sinners! A gracious promise was given early, even to our
+first parents, immediately after their fall. The seed of the woman
+shall break the serpent's head [Gen. iii. 15.]. This promised seed is the
+Lord Jesus Christ, who, in due time, was to appear in the world, to be
+born of a woman, that by his life, sufferings, and obedience unto death,
+he might recover fallen man from the misery and ruin in which he was
+involved. Brethren, this gospel which, as the ministers and ambassadors of
+God, we are commissioned and commanded to preach to sinners, proposes a
+free and gracious pardon to the guilty, cleansing to the polluted, healing
+to the sick, happiness to the miserable, light for those who sit in
+darkness, strength for the weak, food for the hungry, and even life for
+the dead [Gal. iv. 4, 5.; Gal. iii. 13.; I John i. 7.; Matt. xi. 28.;
+Matt. xi. 5.].
+
+All these inestimable blessings are the fruits and effects of the death
+and mediation of Jesus Christ. His great design in coming into the
+world was to seek and to save those who are lost[Luke xviii. 10.;
+I Tim. i. 15.]; he came from heaven, that he might raise us to those holy
+and happy mansions; he endured the curse, that we might inherit the
+blessing; he bore the cross, that we might wear the crown; he died, that
+we might live; he died, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to
+God [I Pet. iii. 18.].
+
+These blessings become ours, only by believing, or faith. Thus it is
+said, God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son
+For what purpose? Why, That whosoever BELIEVETH in him should not
+perish, but have everlasting life [John iii. 16,18.],--he that believeth
+in him is not condemned; he that believeth in him who juftifieth the
+ungodly, his faith is counted to him for righteousness [Rom. iv. 3, 6.].
+My friends, search the scriptures, and you will find that this is the
+tenor of the whole Bible; I may add of our church also, in
+the Articles and Homilies. This believing is sometimes called a coming
+to Christ, a looking unto Christ, a trusting in him, a casting our
+burden upon him [John vi. 37.; Isa. xlv. 22.; Eph. i. 12.; Ps. lv. 22.].
+And remember, that until we do thus come to Christ, trust in him,
+cast our cares and burdens upon him, we have no part or interest in
+what the gospel unfolds and offers; however others, who have
+believed, and daily act faith upon him, are rejoicing in the participation
+of those rich benefits and blessings which the gospel freely offers to
+guilty and perishing sinners.
+
+The faith whereby a sinner receives Christ, and becomes a partaker of
+all the blessings of the gospel, is the sole gift of God, wrought in
+the heart by his Holy Spirit [Eph. ii. 8.]. This Holy Spirit produces an
+inward change in the soul, called, in the scripture, the new birth,
+regeneration [John iii. 3-7], or conversion, and thus enables a sinner,
+convinced of his sin and misery, to look to Jesus, and to believe on him.
+
+But though repentance and faith are the gifts of God, which none can
+obtain by any endeavours of their own, yet we are encouraged and
+commanded to pray for them [Luke xi. 17.].
+
+All who have thus, through grace, believed, and are daily living a
+life of faith in the Son of God, shall be saved: but such as
+carelessly neglect, or wilfully reject this gospel must be damned
+[ Mark xvi. 15.]. Think, I beseech you, of this! Remember, that it is the
+solemn declaration of the Lord Jesus Christ himself.
+
+Now is the time to obtain the blessings revealed in the gospel, and
+which are set before you when it is preached. Many have had these
+gracious declarations made to them, before we were born, and they
+will be repeated to many after we are dead. But THIS is our day. NOW is
+the accepted time, now is the day of salvation [I Cor vi. 2.]. TO-DAY--for
+you and I may not live to see to-morrow. TO-DAY; if you will hear his
+voice, harden not your hearts [Heb. iii. 7, 8.]. My brethren, it is your
+duty, your wisdom, and will finally prove to be your greatest happiness,
+to seek an interest in this salvation for yourselves. It is your personal,
+and must be your heart concern, to make your calling and election
+sure [2 Pet. i. 10.].
+
+For death will soon put a period to all the overtures of grace
+and mercy, with which many, and particularly YOU, are now favoured.
+It is as I have said, both my duty and my pleasure, to preach and
+proclaim these glad tidings. But to whom? Not to the dead, but to the
+living; even to you [Acts xv. 22.]. To you is the word of the salvation
+sent. But, alas! should you still put it from you, and should death at
+last find you in an unprepared state, it will then be too late for you to
+begin to cry for mercy [Eccl. ix. 10.].
+
+A day is likewise coming, when our mortal bodies, which must shortly
+moulder into dust, will be raised again from the dead. Whether
+believers or unbelievers, whether saints or sinners, we must all appear
+before the judgment-seat of Christ [2 Cor. v. 10.; Dan. 12.2.;
+Matt. xxv.21.]. For the Lord Jesus will shortly appear in the clouds of
+heaven, the last trumpet shall sound, the graves shall open, the sea
+give up her dead, and all who have lived upon earth, from the creation
+to the final consummation of time, will then be judged, and rewarded or
+punished according to their works. Mark well St. John's representation
+of this solemn transaction, "I saw the dead, small and great,
+stand before God, and the books were opened, and another book
+was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged out of
+those things which were written in the books, according to their
+works"[Rev. xx. 12, 13.]. Such are the declarations of scripture
+respecting this awful season! Sinners, whatever you may now think of these
+things, or think or say of me, for declaring them to you, in this, plain
+and solemn manner, I must and will tell you, that there is not a profane
+oath which you have uttered, nor a lie which you have told, nor a sabbath
+which you have broken, nor a single act of adultery, fornication,
+theft, or any wickedness of which you have been guilty; in a
+word, there is not an evil you have committed, nor a duty you have
+omitted to perform, but what is noted down in the book of God's
+remembrance, and will be produced against you in the day of judgment,
+unless you repent, and believe the gospel. You must then give an
+account how you improved the advantages now afforded you, for attending
+to the things pertaining to your peace. If you do not improve them, the
+Bible will condemn you, every faithful sermon you have heard will
+condemn you, nay, every sermon which you might have heard, but would
+not, because you despised and neglected the ordinances of public
+worship, will condemn you: And alas! this address, by which I try to
+warn you, because I love you, and wish well to your souls; which you
+are now reading, or perhaps, about to throw aside with scorn, will then
+condemn you. The admonitions, intreaties, prayers, and tears of godly
+parents, the advice and reproofs of pious friends, the warning and
+expostulations of faithful ministers, will all witness against
+you. My brethren, what shall I say? The law of God, the gospel,
+saints, sinners, angels, your own consciences, the Holy Spirit, the
+Lord Jesus, the great Judge himself, will all witness against you, for
+your contempt and neglect of that mercy and salvation, which are set
+before you in the gospel.
+
+Then all ungodly and impenitent sinners, being tried, cast, and
+condemned, must hear that final terrible sentence pronounced upon them,
+Depart, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and
+his angels![Matt. xxv. 41.] And remember that those who have been your
+associates in wickedness here, will then be your companions in misery.
+This will, if possible, aggravate your torment. You and they will rue the
+day when you first met; and mutually charge the ruin of your souls upon
+each other. Oh, think of this, and pray for grace to repent, before it be
+too late!
+
+At that solemn season, the righteous shall be publicly and fully
+acquitted before the assembled world. The judge will say to them,
+Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you,
+from the foundation of the world [Matt. xxv.34.]. The holy angels will
+then conduct them to the mansions of eternal bliss. Happy souls! They will
+then have no more cause to weep and mourn, to fight and wrestle. They will
+no more be exercised with darkness or temptation; for sin, which is the
+cause of all their conflicts and sorrows, shall be done away; and God
+their gracious Father, and everlasting Friend, shall wipe all tears from
+their eyes [Rev. vii. 17.].
+
+The righteous, however obscured and reproached upon earth, shall then
+shine forth like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. They
+are represented to us, as standing before the throne, clothed in white
+robes, with palm-branches (the emblems of victory) in their hands, and
+singing to their harps their Redeemer's praise [Matt. xiii.43.;
+Rev vii. 9,10.]. There they will join in company with Abraham, Isaac, and
+Jacob, with the apostles, prophets, and martyrs, with their dear friends
+and relatives, who died in the faith before them, and with the glorious
+angels; and above all, (without which heaven itself would be no heaven
+to them) they will enjoy the unclouded presence of their Lord and
+Saviour, who once suffered pain, and shame, and death for them. They
+will see him seated upon a throne of glory, and unite with all the
+heavenly host, in ascribing salvation, glory, and honour, and praise
+to him who loved them, and washed them from their sins in his own
+blood; and has made them kings and priests to God, and to the Lamb, for
+ever and ever [Rev. v. 9.].
+
+For the joys of heaven, and the pains of hell will be eternal.
+Otherwise, indeed, neither the happiness nor the misery of a future
+state could be complete. It would damp the joys of the blessed, to
+apprehend that they must at length terminate. And the horrors of the
+damned would be in a degree alleviated, if there was the most distant
+prospect that they would have a period. But the word of God assures us,
+that believers, after death, enter into life eternal, and that the
+punishment of the wicked will be everlasting [Matt. xxv. 46.;
+Dan. xii. 2.; 2 Thes. i. 7-10.].
+
+I have now given you a summary of the great truths, which, as a
+minister of the gospel, I am commissioned and commanded to preach.
+And I can call God and your consciences to witness, that I have not
+shunned thus to declare to you the whole counsel of God [Acts xx. 27.].
+I have explained to you the meaning, and I have urged the importance
+of these things over and over. I have pointed out to you, the
+wretched and dangerous condition of sinners, the necessity of
+conversion or the new birth, the nature of this change, and by what
+power it is wrought, and the fruits and effects which such a change
+will produce in a man's tempers, words and actions. I have also shewn
+you the way, in which you MAY and must be saved, if you are saved at
+all. I have told you again and again, that Christ is the Way, the
+truth, and the life, and that there is no coming to God with comfort,
+either in this world, or in that which is to come, but by him. He has
+told you so himself [John xiv. 6.; Acts iv. 12.]. And the apostle assures
+you, that there is no other name under heaven, given unto men, whereby
+they can be saved. Look unto him, and you shall be saved; if not, you must
+be damned. This is the plain truth, the express declaration of the Bible.
+Life and death are set before you [Deut. xxx. 15.].
+
+Permit me then, as your minister, your friend, and a well-wisher
+to your souls, to press these serious and weighty considerations home
+upon your consciences once more. I hope and believe that I have
+affected nothing, but what can be proved by the highest authority,
+the word of the living God. They certainly deserve your closest and
+most careful attention, since it is plain beyond a doubt, that upon
+your knowledge or ignorance, your acceptance or rejection of this
+gospel, your everlasting happiness or misery must depend.
+
+Brethren, I do not ask you, what religious persuasion or denomination
+you have espoused. I fear, that, if I may judge of your hearts by
+your actions, too many are destitute of any sense of religion at all.
+But I do not address you as Churchmen or Dissenters, Roman Catholics or
+Protestants, as Jews or Gentiles; I suppose, yea, I know, that there
+are persons of every denomination amongst you. But I speak to you as
+men and women, as intelligent creatures, possessed of understanding
+and reason. I speak to you as mortals, and yet immortals; as
+sinners, who have broken the laws of God, and are therefore obnoxious
+to his displeasure. And my sole aim and desire is, to be instrumental
+in turning you from darkness to light, from sin to holiness, from the
+power of Satan to the service and favour of God [Acts xxvi. 18.].
+
+Seek then, I beseech you, above all things, an interest in the
+blessings of the gospel. Be assured it is a matter of much less moment,
+whether you are rich or poor, respected or despised in this world. The
+rich have their cares, fears, crosses, and vexations, no less than the
+poor; but admitting that they could pass through life with greater ease
+than others, we all know that they cannot escape death. The great point
+is, how we shall die? whether as believers or unbelievers, as saints
+or sinners. One soul, according to our Lord's declaration, is of
+more value than the whole world [Mark viii. 36.]. If you lose your soul,
+you lose all at once. You lose heaven and happiness for ever.
+Whatever, therefore, you do, or leave undone, for God's sake,
+and for your own sakes, neglect not for one day or hour longer,
+the vast concerns of another life. Delays are dangerous. The
+more we have to risk or lose, the greater folly it would be accounted,
+to defer securing our property and goods, which we know to be in
+danger. What folly, therefore, what madness must it be, to put off with
+careless indifference, the concernments of eternity; and to prefer
+the trifles of this transitory life to heaven, and the favour of God!
+Let the parable of the rich man, who pleased himself with the thought
+of having much good laid up for many years, be a warning to
+you![Luke xii. 16-28.] That very night his soul was required of him.
+Such persons may now deem themselves wise; but ere long they will be
+sensible they were fools.
+
+It you consider what a valuable price was paid for our redemptions you
+must be convinced that the soul of man is very precious in the sight
+of God, and that sin is not so light and small an evil, as many of you
+have supposed. To disobey the commandments of the just and holy God,
+is, as far as in us lies, to renounce our allegiance to him, and our
+dependence upon him, and to set up for ourselves, and even to join
+with the devil in open rebellion against our Maker. It is, in plain
+terms, to fly in his face, and to bid defiance to his almighty arm. Sin
+is such a horrid evil, that unless it is forgiven, and blotted out, by
+the blood of Jesus, it will sink your souls lower than the center of
+the earth, even into the very depths of hell, never, never, never more
+to rise [Mark ix. 44-48].
+
+So heinous was sin, in the sight of God, that rather than permit
+it to pass unpunished, he would punish it in the person of his own, his
+only, his well-beloved Son, who was made sin, that is, treated as a
+sinner deserved to be treated, for us. He was delivered up into the
+hands of wicked men, and crucified, that by his suffering and death, he
+might make atonement for our sins, and procure an honourable and happy
+reconciliation, between a righteous God, and offending
+sinners [2 Cor. v. 18-20]. I beseech you, therefore, to prize and to study
+this gospel, that you may obtain a growing experience of its benefits.
+Praise God for such a Saviour, and such a salvation as he has provided.
+Adore him, for that infinite wisdom, and boundless mercy which he has
+displayed in the redemption of fallen man and never rest, nor be
+satisfied, till you have good and scriptural reason to hope, that this
+Saviour is yours, with all the blessings he is exalted to bestow
+without money and without price.
+
+Our food, my brethren, then only can nourish us, when it is
+eaten and digested. Medicines can only profit us, by being applied and
+taken. It is exactly thus with the gospel. We may hear, and talk of
+these things, but so long as they remain matters of speculation, and do
+not enter into our hearts, into the very vitals of our souls, (if I may
+so speak) we cannot be the better for them. Christ is the bread of
+life. His flesh is meat indeed, and his blood is drink indeed! But
+unless we ourselves do SPIRITUALLY eat the flesh and drink the blood of
+the Son of man (for our Lord speaks of food for the soul, not for the
+body) we have no life in us [John vi. 52-58.].
+
+Moses, by the express command of God, erected a brazen serpent upon a
+pole, in the view of the camp of Israel [Numb. xxi. 9.]. Such of the
+people as were stung by the fiery serpents, were directed and commanded to
+look up to the brazen serpent. They who did so were healed. But if any
+resisted, they were sure to die. For no other means or physicians could
+relieve them. In like manner Christ Jesus our Saviour, once lifted up on
+the cross, is exhibited in the preaching of the gospel. Sinners, who are
+wounded and diseased by sin, are directed, exhorted, encouraged, and
+commanded to look up to him [John iii. 14, 15.]. And they who are
+persuaded so to do, are infallibly cured of all those spiritual maladies,
+under which they have long and sorely laboured. But all, who despise and
+reject this sovereign remedy of God's gracious appointment, either by a
+total indifference to religion, or by expecting salvation in any other
+way, will be left, and that most deservedly, to perish in their wilful
+obstinacy and unbelief [John iii, 36.].
+
+
+
+
+PART II
+
+
+
+In the former part of this address, I have already laid before you, in
+the plainest manner I was able, my views of the gospel of Christ. And
+as an experimental knowledge of this gospel is so very important, I
+have endeavoured to press that importance upon your consciences.
+Whether you have paid that attention to the subject, which it deserves
+and requires, yourselves best know. I can only say, that if I did not
+know it to be of great weight, I should not either speak or write of it
+with so much earnestness. But being persuaded and assured, by the
+express testimony of the holy scriptures, that these things are true;
+and truths, the knowledge of which is essential to your present
+and future happiness, I must be plain and faithful in declaring them.
+I ought to be very indifferent what men of depraved morals, and corrupt
+principles may say, or think of me, if I have the witness of a good
+conscience, and the approbation of the God whom I serve. My concern
+is for YOUR welfare and salvation; for I am certain, as I have told you
+before, and now tell you again, that unless the gospel is made the
+power of God to your souls, you must be miserable in time, and to
+eternity.
+
+I propose now to give you some advices, to assist you in understanding
+the gospel for yourselves, which if you observe, I trust, you will
+attain to the possession of those principles, and walk by those rules,
+which will both afford you present peace, and secure your future
+happiness. For godliness has promises pertaining to the life that now
+is, and to that which is to come.
+
+Let me then exhort you to attend seriously to what you are to
+believe; and to what you are to do. These two points include the sum
+and substance of the gospel, the whole of the christian life, and may
+be comprised in two words, FAITH and PRACTICE.
+
+
+I.  You must learn from the word of God, what you are to believe. True
+faith is the root and foundation of all real religion. Without this
+inward principle, nothing that we have done, or can do, will be
+acceptable to God [Heb. xi. 6.]. I have briefly informed you what you are
+to believe--That you are sinners, that Jesus Christ is an all-sufficient
+and willing Saviour--and that the word of God both warrants and commands
+you to look to him for salvation. This looking unto Jesus, is what we
+particularly mean by faith or believing. When we cordially and entirely
+rely upon him, upon the invitation of the promises of God, for
+pardon, peace, and eternal life, then we believe.
+
+All who thus believe, through grace, are required and commanded to be
+careful of maintaining good works [Titus. iii. 8.]. As our moral, and what
+are often called, our virtuous actions, are to be tried by our religious
+principles; it is equally true, that our religious principles or at
+least the proof that they are indeed OUR principles, must be evidenced
+by our moral conduct. These two are so inseparably connected, that you
+may depend upon it, where one of them is wanting, what bears the name
+of the other, is no better than pretended. If what we profess to
+believe does not make us humble, honest, chaste, patient, and thankrul,
+and regulate our tempers and behaviour, whatever good opinion we
+may form of our notions or state, we are but deceiving ourselves. The
+tree is known by its fruits [James. ii. 17,18.; Matt. vii. 20.]. In this
+way true believers are equally distinguished from profane sinners, and
+from specious hypocrites. The change in their hearts always produces a
+change in their whole deportment. Sin, which was once their delight, is
+now the object of their hatred. It was once necessary as their food, but
+now they avoid it as poison. They war, watch, and pray against it. And
+their delight is to study the revealed will of God.
+
+By these tests you may judge of your true state before God. Surely you
+cannot suppose that your inward state is GOOD, while your outward
+conduct is BAD. Hence you may be assured that no unclean person, or
+profane swearer, no one who lives in direct opposition to the commands
+of God, can be, while he continues in this course, a true christian.
+Such a supposition would be no less absurd, than it would be to
+suppose, that a man is a good and peaceable subject, though he lives in
+open rebellion against the king. You may as well conceive of a
+holy devil, as of an unholy christian.
+
+I hope you will not mistake me. I do not mean that true christians are
+without sin. But I affirm, that no true christian can live in an
+habitual course of sin. No, sin is their grief, their burden
+[1 John. iii. 8,9.; Rom. vii. 23,24.]; and when through temptation, or
+unwatchfulness, they are drawn aside, like the dove sent out of the ark,
+they can find no rest, till by hearty repentance, and true faith, they
+obtain a new sense of forgiveness.
+
+I now proceed to offer you some directions, with which if you comply, I
+trust, that by the blessing of God, you will enjoy peace in your souls,
+and be enabled to regulate your conduct and conversation, as becometh
+the gospel of Christ.
+
+Read and study the scriptures. This was our Lord's direction to the
+Jews. Search the scriptures, for in them ye think ye have
+eternal life, and they testify of me [John v. 37; Acts xvii. 11.]. The
+Bereans were commended for their attention and diligence in this respect.
+They received the word with all readiness of mind, not with a blind and
+implicit faith in what they heard, even from an apostle, but they searched
+the scriptures daily, to know whether what he taught them was agreeable to
+the word of God.
+
+The Bible is our only sure and infallible guide. It was given by
+inspiration of God. All other books, however good and useful, are but
+of human composition, and are therefore not perfect.
+[2 Tim. 8-16.; Isa. viii. 20.] 
+
+This sacred book, as I have already observed to you, contains all that
+is needful to make us wise unto salvation. It informs us of our
+original, how pure and innocent; and our present condition, how
+guilty, polluted and miserable! and the happiness or misery which
+awaits us in a future state. From this book we may learn, the malignity
+of sin, the holiness, spirituality, extent, and sanction of the law of
+God; and consequently, the just and certain condemnation due to our
+disobedience. It shews us, likewise, the way of our recovery. How
+perfectly the mediation of Christ is suited to vindicate the honour of
+the law, and to display the justice of God, in harmony with his mercy,
+and thereby to give peace to the consciences of convinced sinners.
+
+I intreat you, therefore, to read the word of God carefully. Many of
+you have had Bibles or New Testaments given to you, and others might
+have them, if they had but an inclination to read.
+
+Some of you will perhaps object, and say, as you have already said to
+me, We cannot read. Others, We have no time given us. If you
+cannot read yourselves, you might prevail on some of your comrades to
+read to you*. As to your having no time, I much question it. Rather you
+have no inclination. Too many of you can find time to jest, to talk
+obscenely or profanely, to read and sing idle songs; why might not
+some, or rather the whole of this time be employed in reading, or
+hearing the Bible? You might find time, if you could find a will. But
+remember, that such excuses as you now make, will stand you in no stead
+when you appear before God in judgment. There are few, if any of you,
+but might have opportunity of attending to these things, if you
+were but willing.
+
+[*Footnote: Two or three hours thus spent on the Lord's day, in
+instructing each other to read, would he a very commendable employment.
+I have often expressed my longing desire that such a plan was set on
+foot among you. And if there could be a convenient building created for
+this purpose, I should think myself happy, not only to furnish you with
+books, as far as I am able, but also personally to attend and assist
+you, as much as my immediate calls of duty would permit.]
+
+
+II.  Observe and reverence the sabbath, or Lord's day. Remember the
+sabbath-day, to keep it holy [Exod. xx. 8.], is a solemn and positive
+command of God. To live in the neglect of this commandment, is absolutely
+to despise God, and to defy him, as it were to his face. Consider, my
+friends, you have orders frequently given you here, by your superiors,
+which you know you must obey, or you know the consequences of
+disobedience--judge then for yourselves, what have those persons to
+expect, who, in defiance of the authority of the great God, presume to
+neglect and profane the day which he has so expressly enjoined to be kept
+holy?
+
+It gives me a deep and continual concern to observe how the Lord's-day
+is spent by many of you. What would a stranger think, who
+regards the sabbath, if he visited every part of this colony on the
+Lord's day? Ah! my brethren, I have seen and heard enough (alas! much
+more than enough) to form my own judgment on this subject. If my duty
+did not require my attendance on the public worship, and were I to
+visit your different places and huts, I fear I should find some of you
+spending the hours appointed for divine service in cultivating your
+gardens and grounds, others indulging themselves in mere sloth and
+idleness, others engaged in the most profane and unclean conversation,
+and others committing abominations, which it would defile my pen to
+describe. Now what must be the end of these courses? God says,
+Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy. But the language, both of your
+hearts and actions, is, "We will not keep it holy. It is a day given us
+for ourselves; and we wish, and we are resolved to spend it as we
+please. We do not chuse to be confined, or compelled to hear so much
+preaching and praying." Is not this the language of your hearts?
+Your conduct too plainly proves it: but, my brethren, let me reason
+and expostulate a little with you upon this head.
+
+Consider, what have been the consequences to many who have thus broken
+God's commands. I have known, and you likewise have known, those who
+have been brought to an untimely and disgraceful end, and who have
+dated their ruin from this one evil, the profanation of the Lord's day.
+Instead of spending it in the manner which he has enjoined, they kept
+bad and profligate company. By this practice, all serious impressions
+(if they formerly had any) have been driven from their minds. Their
+hearts have become more and more hardened and insensible; till at
+length, lost to all prudent reflection, they have regarded neither the
+tender solicitations and tears of parents, relations, and friends,
+the faithful warnings of ministers, nor the checks and rebukes of their
+own consciences. And what has been the event? I need not tell
+you, that having given way to their own wicked wills, the advice and
+example of their ungodly companions, and the temptations of the devil
+(for, be assured, that he is always at the bottom of these mischiefs)
+they have, at length, committed some act of depredation and villainy,
+which has brought them to an untimely grave.
+
+Such, brethren, have been the free and ingenuous confessions of many of
+those unhappy people who have suffered death. And if you were to
+speak the sentiments of your hearts, I doubt not, but many of you, who
+by the mercy of God are yet living, would make the like acknowledgment;
+that breaking the sabbath was the first step towards bringing you
+into that pitiable situation, in which you either have been, or still
+are suffering. And will you still persevere in the road of misery?
+Will you still prefer the chains of your own depraved inclinations, to
+the service of God, which is perfect freedom? According to the
+Jewish law, a man was stoned to death, for gathering sticks on the
+sabbath day [Numb. xv. 32-36.], whereas you are doing a number of things
+on the Lord's day, which might as well be done before, or left undone till
+afterwards. But such is the long-suffering of the Lord, that though
+others have been cut off, you are spared to this hour. May his goodness
+lead you to repentance! Or otherwise, light as these things may appear
+to you now, and though you may plead a necessity for what you do, I
+tell you again, as I have often told you before, that a day is coming
+when God will call you to a strict account.
+
+Besides, If you would reasonably hope for the blessing of God to
+succeed your labours, it is certainly your interest, as well as your
+duty to obey his commands. And this in particular, Keep the sabbath day
+holy. If, in direct opposition to this plain, precept, you will
+work and labour, as on other days, what ground can you have to expect
+that God will bless and prosper your undertakings? You have much
+greater cause to fear that his curse will follow you in your affairs,
+and blast and disappoint all your wishes and prospects.
+
+Let then the misconduct and fatal ends of others, and the calamities
+and troubles that you have brought upon yourselves--Let the gracious
+promises of God, on the one hand, and his awful threatenings on the
+other, induce you, in future, to remember the sabbath day, to keep it
+holy!
+
+And let me offer you a few plain directions, as to the observance and
+improvement of the sabbath:
+
+Begin the day with prayer; and for this purpose seek some place of
+retirement, if you find it impracticable to meditate or pray, from the
+interruptions you are exposed to in your dwellings*, from those
+who ridicule and scoff at every appearance of religion. Retire from
+them, and pray to him who seeth in secret; and praise him for the many
+mercies you have received. Consider with yourself, how little you have
+improved them. Humble yourselves before God, under a sense of your sins
+and imperfections, and pray for pardon and repentance. Intreat him, to
+enable you to watch over your hearts, words, and actions, throughout
+the day, and that you may not be hindered or hurt by the snares and
+temptations around you. Intreat God to assist your minister, and to
+accompany what you may hear from him, with a blessing to your soul, and
+to all who shall be present with you.
+
+[*Footnote: Many complaints have been made to me on this head.]
+
+If you have families, you should call them together, and pray with
+them, and for them. There are many promises made to worshiping
+families, and to those who, like Abraham, endeavour to teach
+their children and household to know and serve the Lord.
+[Gen. xviii. 19.; Prov. iii. 33.] And the neglect of this is one reason,
+why many families live uncomfortably. They live without prayer, and
+therefore without peace.
+
+Having thus endeavoured to impress your minds with serious thoughts, in
+secret or at home; attend constantly upon the public worship, and there
+pay a close attention to every part of the service. Remember that the
+eye of God is particularly upon you there. He has promised to be with
+two or three that meet together to call upon his name [Matt. xviii. 20.;
+John iv. 24]. He is to be worshipped in spirit and in truth; and whether
+they assemble in a church, or in the open air, he can give them cause to
+say with Jacob, This place is surely the house of God, and the gate of
+Heaven [Gen. xxviii. 17.]. Attend the public worship again in the
+afternoon, with your hearts lifted up to God, that you may not hear in
+vain; and accustom yourself in the evening to recollect what you have
+heard, concerning the miseries which sin has brought into the world, the
+love of God in sending his own Son to redeem sinners from those miseries;
+the sufferings, life, death, and resurrection of the Saviour; and that
+eternal rest, which remaineth for the people of God--FOR YOU, and FOR ME,
+if we are believers in Christ.
+
+If, by the blessing of God, I can happily persuade you thus to observe
+and improve the Lord's day, I am sure it will promote both your
+pleasure and your profit. Can it be a question with you, whether the
+God who made heaven and earth, or Satan, the god of this world, is the
+best master? Indeed I too well know the indisposition and averseness of
+the carnal mind to God and his ways. Hence the thought of many is, What
+a weariness is it? And, When will the sabbath be ended? Hence that open
+contempt and scorn, which is cast upon the sabbath, and upon
+public worship by many, both high and low, rich and poor, bond and
+free, old and young, men and women. To them the worship of God is
+tedious and disagreeable. They neither find pleasure in it, nor
+expect benefit from it. And therefore their attendance is not from
+choice, but from constraint.
+
+But the thoughts and the conduct of true Christians are very different.
+No day is so welcome to them as the Lord's day; not merely considered
+as a day of rest from labour; but because, having their heads and
+hearts freed from the cares and incumbrances of the world, it affords
+them opportunities of waiting upon God. And, brethren, you must allow
+that these persons are best qualified to judge of the question I have
+proposed, Whether is best, to walk in the ways of God, or in the ways
+of sin? For they have experienced both sides of the question. They have
+tried the pleasures of the world, and they have also tried the
+pleasures of religion. And they will readily assure you, that in their
+deliberate judgment, one day thus spent in devotion, and the exercises
+of religion, is preferable to a thousand days wasted in the vain and
+unsatisfying pleasures, which they sought in their former wicked
+practices [Ps. lxxxiv. 10.].
+
+I have written thus largely upon the due observance of the Lord's day,
+because of that shameful, open, and general neglect, that daring
+profanation of the Sabbath, which abounds amongst us. It is well known,
+and it is matter of great grief and concern to me, that numbers of you
+pay not the least regard to this day. Numbers of you will not come to
+public worship at all, others but seldom, and then with much
+reluctance. And when spoken to, different persons frame different
+excuses, all which, when examined, amount to little more than a want of
+inclination.
+
+I have here a more special reference to those of you, who are
+called Settlers and Free People. You think, perhaps, and some of you
+say, That having served out your appointed term, you are now your own
+masters, and have therefore a right to employ your time as you
+please. But, indeed, it is not so. I must tell you, brethren, that my
+commission from God, and my appointment from government, extend
+equally and alike to all the inhabitants, without distinction. It is my
+duty to preach to all, to pray for all, and to admonish every one. And
+it is no less the duty of all, to come to public worship, to hear the
+gospel, and to pray for me. These mutual ties and obligations between
+you and me, are not lessened by any change in your circumstances. And
+remember, that the slight you put upon the public worship, is not
+properly a slight of me (if that was all, it would be a matter of utter
+indifference) but upon the Lord himself; for I trust it is his message,
+and not my own, that I deliver to you [Luke x. 16.]. I wish, therefore,
+what I have said upon this subject, to be understood as addressed TO ALL,
+whether of higher or lower rank, who are guilty of breaking the
+sabbath. Whatever our station or calling may be, our obligations to keep
+holy the sabbath-day, are precisely the same. If any are more
+inexcusable than the rest, it must be those, who, from their station
+and office, are peculiarly bound to set a good example to others. I
+hope this friendly hint will be received in good part. I mean not to
+offend. But I must admonish you, that whatever be your situation in
+life, you will gain nothing in the end, by doing what God forbids, nor
+will you be a loser by yielding strict obedience to his commands.
+
+
+III.  Be constant and diligent in prayer to God. Intreat him to give his
+blessing to what you read and hear, and to all your concerns. As we are
+weak and needy creatures, always dependent upon God, and
+always receiving mercies and favours from him, we ought to be frequent
+and earnest in prayer. Daniel was accustomed to pray three times in the
+day [Dan. vi. 10.; Ephes. ii. 12.]. I hope you will be punctual in prayer,
+morning and evening, at least. So long as any of you live without prayer,
+you live without Christ, without hope, and without God in the world.
+They, who do not pray to God while upon earth, will not be admitted to
+praise him in heaven. When the rich careless man who had fared sumptuously
+every day, for a time, lifted up his eyes in torments, he only desired
+and prayed for a drop of water to cool his tongue, but it was not
+granted to him. Oh! if you value your souls, pray earnestly to God.
+Consider your obligations to do so. He is your Creator, Preserver,
+Benefactor. In him you live and move, and have your being. And
+therefore not to acknowledge, by prayer, your dependence upon him,
+would manifest the greatest ingratitude and insensibility.
+Consider, likewise, the encouragement you have to pray. Though you
+are by nature sinners, and by practice enemies and rebels, he gives you
+free and sure promises, that whoever is disposed to return to him, and
+seek him by earnest prayer, shall not seek him in vain. Oh! my
+brethren, that there was less cursing and swearing, and more prayer
+among you!
+
+After these positive directions what you ought TO DO, I proceed to some
+necessary cautions, against what you ought to avoid.
+
+
+I.  Profane swearing is one thing against which I am especially bound to
+warn you, because it is an evil which so much abounds amongst you.
+
+God has said, Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain,
+for the Lord will not hold him guiltless, that taketh his name in vain.
+Our Saviour likewise has said, Swear not at all [Exod. xx. 7.;
+Matt. v. 34.]. But how can you reconcile these prohibitions to
+your conduct; or your consciences? When instead of not swearing
+at all, many of you seldom open your lips, but the first and last
+words which you utter, are blasphemous oaths, and horrid imprecations?
+Is this acting like rational or accountable creatures? Who gave you the
+powers of reason and speech? Was it not God? And can you think that
+he gave them to you, that you may blaspheme his holy name, and to use
+the most profane, obscene, and desperately wicked language your hearts
+can invent; a language only fit for incarnate devils, and shocking
+to the ears of the ignorant heathens? This is a dreadful evil which
+you may be assured, will not pass unpunished. This sin has often
+brought heavy judgments upon individuals, families, and kingdoms.
+Because of swearing the land mourneth [Jer. xxiii. 10]. Shall not I visit
+for these things, saith the Lord?
+
+As a proof of the enormity of this sin, you read, that Moses, by
+the command of God, ordered a man to be stoned to death, for cursing
+and blaspheming [Lev. xxiv. 10-16.]; and it would be well, both on their
+own account, and for the good of others, if magistrates would strictly
+discharge their duty, by enforcing the laws of our land, which are
+engaged against this horrid practice. And in few places, perhaps in no
+place, such strictness would be more needful, or more salutary,
+than in this colony.
+
+Our Lord assures us, that for every idle word that men shall speak they
+shall give an account in the day of judgment! [Matt. xii. 36] How dreadful
+then will be the case of those persons, who during their whole life
+have employed their tongues in cursing, swearing, lying, and all
+manner of vile and unclean conversation. Oh! think of this in time,
+and tremble and repent, and learn to use your tongues to better purpose in
+future! Read carefully the third chapter of James, and pray to God for
+his grace, and use your best endeavours to bridle your tongues which,
+if you do not subdue and conquer, will surely destroy and ruin you.
+
+
+II.  Consider, also, what must be the consequence of that unclean and
+adulterous course of life, which many of you follow. Common as this
+wickedness is in our colony (I believe no where more so) do not
+suppose, that the frequency will take away, or in the least abate the
+criminality of it. Neither suppose that this sin is less odious in the
+sight of God if committed in Port Jackson, than in England. You may
+frame excuses or plead necessity, for what you do, or permit to be
+done; but the word of God by which you must be at last judged, admits,
+of no plea, or excuse. The command is positive and absolute. The
+declaration of God, Thou shalt not commit adultery [Exod. xx. 14], is
+equally binding upon persons of all ranks to whom it is known, at all
+times, and in all places. Think not, that the holy and just God will
+dispense with his law, or relax the sentence he has denounced against the
+breach of it, that you may with impunity indulge your corrupt desires. No;
+it is written, whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. The apostle
+declares that no fornicator, adulterer, or unclean person, can enter
+into the kingdom of God; he repeats this warning nearly in the same
+words, a second and a third time. The heavens and the earth shall pass
+away; but not one jot or tittle of his word can fail. All shall be
+fulfilled [Heb. xiii. 4.; Gal. v. 17-21.; Eph. v. 3-5.]. And therefore,
+however this sin may be connived at by some, and committed by others, God
+will severely punish offenders, unless they repent of their wickedness
+and forsake it.
+
+But I need not enlarge upon this subject, I have told you my
+thoughts of it again and again with faithfulness. It seems the
+plainness of my language has hurt the delicate feelings of some, and the
+faithfulness I have used has excited the censure and ill-will of
+others. But why am I blamed, if I have only affirmed and proved from
+the scriptures, that no fornicator, adulterer, or unclean person can
+go to heaven WHEN HE DIES, unless he repents of his evil practices, and
+turns from them, WHILE HE LIVES?
+
+But whether you will hear, or whether you will forbear, I must repeat
+the unwelcome truth. My conscience, my duty, and my compassion, all
+urge me to deal faithfully with you. I mean and desire to be understood,
+and therefore I must speak plainly. It is my intention and
+desire to awaken and alarm your consciences: but alas! after all I can
+say or do, I am too little understood or regarded. But I must deliver
+my own soul, whether you will regard me or not. The day is
+coming when the Lord himself will judge between you and me. Oh, repent,
+repent, before it be too late.
+
+
+III.  The conduct of too many of you induces me to exhort and caution
+you farther against theft, and all kinds of dishonesty and villainy.
+
+I have often told you, both publicly and privately, that honesty is the
+best policy. None have more reason to be convinced of this, than you
+who come hither as convicts. You have known by bitter experience, the
+unhappy consequences of dishonesty. Have not many of you, for the sake,
+perhaps, of a few shillings, unjustly obtained, plunged yourselves
+into misery for the remainder of your lives? Several have made this
+acknowledgment to me, in their dying moments. Learn therefore,
+strive, and pray to be honest. Honesty has its present advantages. An
+honest man, however poor, can face this world with confidence.
+But a dishonest behaviour, with its constant attendant a guilty
+conscience, will always fill the mind with fear and dismay.
+[Job. xxiv. 16,17.]
+
+I do not mean, my friends, to reflect harshly upon you for what is
+past, and cannot be recalled. I pity your past misconduct; I
+sympathize with you under your present sufferings. And therefore I
+admonish and caution you to abstain from this course for the time to
+come. Let then the troubles and afflictions you have brought upon
+yourselves be a warning, to regulate your future behaviour. Learn to be
+thankful for what God in his providence gives you, whether it be more
+or less. Attend to what our Lord says, Whatsoever ye would that men
+should do unto you, do ye even so unto them. And to his apostle's
+direction, Let him that hath stolen, steal no more, but rather let him
+labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he
+may have to give to him that needeth [Matt. vii. 12.; Eph. iv. 24.].
+Follow this advice, and you will soon experience the benefit.
+
+
+IV.  Beware of idleness. This is the forerunner of many evils.
+Poverty, disease, disgrace, misery, and too often an untimely death,
+are the consequences of sloth and indolence. Yield not to idleness; if
+you indulge it, you will find it grow upon you. Therefore, be diligent
+and industrious in your lawful callings. It is written in the Bible,
+and confirmed by experience and observation, The idle soul shall
+suffer hunger, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
+[Prov. xix. 15. & xiii. 14.]
+
+
+V.  Be careful also to pay due respect, submission, and obedience to
+your superiors. It is the good pleasure of God that some should be
+placed in more exalted, and others in a more humble station. And
+it is a proof of his wisdom and goodness. The present state of the
+world, and the general good of mankind, render such distinctions
+necessary. But whether we are high or low, whether called to command,
+or required to obey, our duties and obligations are mutual. It is in
+society as in the human body. There are many members, and every member
+has its proper place, and its proper office. Let every soul be subject
+to the higher powers [Rom. xiii. 1.].
+
+I have thus given you my best advice respecting what you ought to do,
+or to avoid. Permit me to invite your serious attention to what I have
+written. Consider it carefully FOR YOUR OWN SAKES. It concerns your
+PRESENT comfort. For though no works of ours, or what are called, moral
+virtues, can possibly procure us the favour of God, (for our best
+services are imperfect and defiled, and need forgiveness) yet that
+knowledge and experience of the gospel, which I have explained
+to you in the first part of this Address, (and of which I earnestly
+pray you may be made partakers) must be accompanied by a correspondent
+conduct, such as I have set before you in the second part. And
+this knowledge and this conduct will always be attended, though not
+always in the same degree, with an inward settled peace, whereby the
+mind is reconciled to support crosses and afflictions, however great,
+or of long continuance, with a degree of fortitude and resignation.
+Persons under this influence will say, when they meet with troubles,
+I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned
+against him [Micah. vii. 9.]. Should it please God, to answer the earnest
+desire of my soul, by giving you an experience of the gospel peace, you
+will thank and praise him, even for bringing you hither; and you will see
+and confess, that your heaviest afflictions have, in the event, proved to
+be your greatest mercies.
+
+Your FUTURE comfort and welfare in this world, depends upon this
+knowledge. For though no one knows what may befal him in this life, yet
+the real christian has the comfort of knowing, that however it may go
+with the wicked, or whatever may happen to himself of a temporal
+nature, or whatever may become of his body, he is sure (because God
+has promised) that it shall be well with his soul at death. Ah! my
+brethren, then, more especially then, believers will find the advantage
+of having made the word of God the foundation of their hope, and the
+rule of their life!
+
+Several of you, some to my knowledge, have left affectionate, tender,
+and serious friends, husbands, wives, parents, brothers, sisters, or
+children, in your native country, to lament your misconduct, the
+sufferings you have brought upon yourselves, and the disgrace in
+which you have involved your families. Let me intreat you, FOR THE
+SAKE OF THESE, to consider your ways. Great comfort it will
+afford to those who are now almost overwhelmed with grief on your
+account, to hear of your reformation and conversion. These would be
+glad tidings, indeed, from a far country. The hopes they might then
+form of seeing you again, would be truly pleasing; it would be little
+less than receiving you again from the dead. Or if they never see you
+in this world, the prospect of meeting with you in heaven, would add
+comfort to their dying hours. Oh! let not their prayers and their tears
+be lost upon you!
+
+Attend to these things, FOR THE SAKE OF OTHERS, who may follow you
+hither, in the like unhappy circumstances. When they see your
+reformation, and that in consequence of it, you are more comfortable
+here than you were at home, they may be induced and encouraged to
+follow your examples. Thus you will be instrumental in saving souls
+from death.
+
+I would farther plead with you, for the sake of the poor
+unenlightened savages, who daily visit us, or who reside amongst us. If
+these ignorant natives, as they become more and more acquainted with
+our language and manners, hear you, many of you, curse, swear, lie,
+abound in every kind of obscene and profane conversation; and if they
+observe, that it is common with you to steal, to break the sabbath, to
+be guilty of uncleanness, drunkenness, and other abominations; how must
+their minds become prejudiced and their hearts hardened against that
+pure and holy religion which we profess? Oh beware of laying
+stumbling-blocks in the way of these blind people [Lev. xix. 14.], lest
+the blood of their souls be one day required at your hands.
+
+And yet I fear, yea, I well know, that they have already heard and seen
+too much of such language, and such practices amongst us. Already some
+of them have been taught to speak such language as they
+continually hear, and though they do not yet understand the meaning of
+the words they use, they can utter oaths and blasphemies almost as
+readily as their CHRISTIAN instructors. By-standers divert themselves
+with their attempts in this way, and think it is fine sport. But, my
+friends, the scripture declares they are fools who make a mock at
+sin.[Prov. xiv. 9.] But these things cause much sorrow to those who have
+any reverence for God, or pity for their fellow creatures. I readily
+profess my own deep concern for these proceedings, and my utter abhorrence
+of them. And I most earnestly intreat you, if you cannot instruct them in
+what is better, to have no communication at all with them. For if you make
+them partakers of your sins, you must answer for it at the great day of
+judgment; if they then rise up against you, for misleading them, it
+will be much more tolerable for them than for you.
+
+But consider, on the other hand, what may be the happy effects,
+were the natives to see, hear, and observe in you, and in all the
+Europeans here; in ministers and people, high and low, a conduct
+answerable to the doctrine and precepts of the gospel. This might, by
+the blessing of God, be one of the most effectual means, to bring them
+to reflection, and to engage them to seek an interest in the
+blessings of the gospel for themselves.
+
+Shall I beg and intreat you, FOR MY SAKE, to attend to the things
+pertaining to your true peace. My dear people, I will again declare (I
+can appeal to the great God, who searcheth the hearts, that I speak the
+truth) to see you converted from your evil ways, and seeking the
+salvation of God, Yes, to see you pay a due regard to these most
+important concerns, and to have reason to hope and believe, that you
+were brought to a saving acquaintance with the truths which you hear
+of, or might hear, as often as the Lord's day returns, would
+indeed greatly rejoice my soul. But to see so many of you turn a
+careless and deaf ear, this, my dear friends, is a cause of great,
+constant and increasing grief to my soul. It wounds me to think, that
+any (alas! what numbers) should thus refuse and reject their own
+mercies; and risk the ruin of their immortal souls, for the prospect of
+a small gain, or a short sinful gratification.
+
+My brethren, what shall I, what can I say more. I neither know what to
+add, nor how to leave off: once more, I beseech you, for God's sake,
+for the sake of Jesus the Saviour, who shed his precious blood to
+redeem sinners, and for the sake of your own souls: by the holy
+incarnation of the Redeemer, by his agonies, temptations, death and
+resurrection, by all the terrors of his frown, and by all the
+blessings of his love, by the joys of heaven, by the torments of hell,
+and by the solemnities of the approaching day of judgment; by
+all these considerations, I most earnestly, affectionately, and
+faithfully admonish and intreat you, carefully to weigh what I have now
+set before you. And oh! that the holy angels may carry to heaven the
+joyful news [Luke xv. 10.] of some sinners being awakened and born to God,
+by reading or hearing this little book. O gracious God, do thou, by the
+power of thy Holy Spirit, make it thus effectual to the salvation and
+happiness of this people!
+
+And now to this gracious Lord, and to his care and blessing, I commend
+you. May he enable you to examine your hearts, principles, and
+practice, by the standard of his holy word. If you are still ignorant
+and careless, it is a proof that you are, as yet, in the state of
+nature, which is a state of darkness, guilt, condemnation, and death.
+Will you not pray to be delivered from it? You must, at least, allow,
+that perhaps what you have read, MAY BE the truth. And even, of
+a possibility of these things being true, they deserve your earnest
+attention. For should they be found so at last, what will become of
+you, if you live and die impenitent? Therefore, read this plain,
+affectionate Address seriously. Read it a second, a third, and a
+fourth time, till your hearts are affected by it. Remember, this is the
+advice of a friend, of one who sincerely seeks, wishes, and longs for
+your happiness. It is the advice of your minister, expressly appointed
+to watch over your souls, and who must shortly give an account of his
+mission to the Great judge of all. Whether I shall die amongst you, or
+he separated from you while living, we shall, at last, meet before him.
+Then I must answer for my preaching, and you for your hearing. Oh that
+this awful day of judgment may be often, yea, always, present to your
+thoughts, and to mine! that we may live in constant expectation of its
+approach! So that when the last loud trumpet shall sound, we may
+stand with acceptance and boldness in his presence, and be admitted as
+believers in the great Saviour, into his heavenly kingdom, with a
+'Well done, good and faithful servant, enter thou into the joy of thy
+Lord.'[Matt. xxv. 23.]
+
+This will be my daily prayer to God for you. I shall pray for your
+eternal salvation, for your present welfare, for the preservation,
+peace, and prosperity of this colony: and especially for the more
+abundant and manifest success of the Redeemer's cause and kingdom,
+and for the effusion and out-pouring of his Holy Spirit, not only
+here, but in every part of the habitable globe. Longing, hoping, and
+waiting for the dawn of that happy day, when the heathen shall be given
+to the Lord Jesus for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the
+earth for his possession: and when all the ends of the earth
+shall see, believe, and rejoice in the salvation of God.
+[Ps. ii. 8. & xcviii. 3.]
+
+I am your affectionate Friend and
+Servant in the Gospel of Christ,
+
+RICHARD JOHNSON.
+
+FINIS.
+
+
+
+End of this Project Gutenberg Etext of An Address to the Inhabitants
+Of The Colonies, established in New South Wales And Norfolk Island.
+
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