The mirth of unregenerate men!',

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How groundless is the mirth of unregenerate men! 
They feast in their prison and dance in their fetters. 
O the madness that is in their hearts! If men did but 
realize that they are condemned already, it would be 
impossible for them to live in vanity as they do. And is 
their condition less dangerous because it is not understood? 
Surely not, but much more so! O poor sinners, perhaps you 
have found out a way to prevent your present troubles. It 
would be infinitely better if you could find out how to 
prevent eternal misery! But it is easier for a man to stifle 
conviction, than to prevent damnation. Your mirth prevents 
repentance and increases your future torment. O what a hell 
will theirs be—who drop into it out of all the sinful pleasures 
of this world!

"In hell, where he was in torment." Luke 16:23