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Verse 24. And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, have mercy upon me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water to cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame.
YOu know I told you the 22. verse is a discovery of the departure of the godly and the ungodly out of this life; where he saith, The beggar died, and the rich man also died. The 23. verse is a discovery of the proper places, both of the godly, and the ungodly af∣ter death; one being in Abrahams bo∣some, or in glory, the other in hell. Now this 24. verse is a discovery of part of the too late repentance of the ungodly, when they are dropt down into hell. And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, have mercy upon me.]
From these words, and he cried, we may observe, first, what a change the un∣godly will have, when they come into hell. Where he saith, he cried; it is like he was laughing, jesting, jearing, drink∣ing, mocking, swearing, cursing, pra∣ting, persecuting of the godly in his prosperity, among his filthy compani∣ons;