- - - -- -- -----------~----~ weat!ls~~tt~ft. B f u therell:· mof\dcfpcrate was that laf\ fpeech of his, wl<en fnatching o knife ( · _ut ~d~n6 to mirchicf~imfelf, but llopped by his friends) he roared with indigas &nte 1 ,.:',td I \"ere ~bow God, for I /z}ow he.will have no mtrcy on m< ;. ,and thus liy- \ nat!OO, V • r f . . m h . ing a while, he appeared at lengt . a very per _ea anatom1c, expre m_g to .t ,e,v•ew no- • thin but fin_cws, a<ld bones, vehemently ragmg fm dnnk ; ever p.mmg, yet fearful to ] . gl ng . dreadful of hell, yet covetmg death; ma contmual J:orment, yet h1s ow~.· •vc o ' lf · h · f h · · d d r · ·n tormentour; ~onfuming himfe_ Wit gne and orrour, 1mpat1encean c pair, tl at lafl: he ended his miferable-m1ferable l1fe. . . : . . . , And now (bel6vcd) if fuch be the departure of a finfulfonl, 0 who would.live m fin, ~0 cume to fuch a departure! For my part, I dare_no_t fay thefe parties, thus miferable in their own apprehenfions, arc now among Dcv1ls m hell : I find the_Authours them– felves to incline to the right hand; bcfides, what am I, that I fhould fit'" Gods Cha~re? one! this I fay, that their miferabledeaths, may very well give warning to us all; nor nee/you think much at me for uttermg thefe (te~rtbtlta) ternbkfl:ones: for lffome– i.imcs you did not hear of Gods judgements agamfl: fin; a day m1ght come, that yotl would moll of all cry our on the Preacher : To th1s P'H~ofe, we have a fl:ory ofa cer– tain rich man, who lying on his death-bed, My fottl (fa1d he) I hequrath to the Devil, who o!WlS it; 1ny wife t• the Dcvzl, who drew me to my ungodly life, 4nd my_Chaplam tu the ])evil who flattered me in it. I pray God I never hear of fuch a Legocy fr~m any of yom Sure I had better to tell you aforehand to prc"ent 1t, then not tellmg you ta fed lt. And let this be for my Apology in relating thefe fl:ories. · But for a fecond life, give me leave, I pray you, t? f rparatc thepreciousfrom the vile. Now then to fweeten the thoughts of all true pe.mrents, the fouls .of Saints are not reqHired, but received. , Rei?yce then y_e righteous that mourn in .:'f~on ~ what though a while ye fuffer? Death IS a Goal-deltvery to your fouls, ~ot brlngmg m, but freeing out of thraldome. Here the good man findes fharpetl: m1fery, .the evil man fweetetl: felicity; therefore it is jufl:, rhat there ihduld be a time of changing turnes; The rich mans Table fl:ood full of delicates, Laz.arus hcks crumbes; but nowhe is com– f orted, aRd tha~<arttormented. Wo unto yottthat laugh,for yoi• jhal/ mourric. Luk. 6. 2). .Bieffed are)'OU that mo,.m, foryoujha/lrejoyce, Matth. ·5· 4··_H1ppy L"t.Arus! who from thy beggary and Joathfome fore_s wcrt earned by Angels mto Abrahams bofome : Happy Thief, who upon thy true repentance, and unfeigned prayer, wert received from the Crolfe to the Parad1fe ofthy SaviOur: Happy are a!I they that fuffer tribula– tion, Death fhallloofe their[011ls from bonds and fetters, and ioil:ead of a Bailiffto arrefl: them, fhall be a Porrer to condu& them to the gates of heaven: There !halt thou tread on !'erpents, trample on thine enemies, fing fweet Trophies .: Wa~e not th~ e.., nough ? thy Conquefl:s !hall he crowned_oy the hands of Seraphims, triumphed with the found of Angels, warbled by the Q!_J~re of ~pints, confirmed by the King of Kings and Lo~i:l 0f Hofl:s. Happy Soul ! that art not required by Deviis, but recei~-edby Angels: ilndwhen wec;he 1 Lord Jcfus, fend thme Angels to rece1ve our Souls. You fee nowDMths Arreft 1 and what remaines further, fave to accept of fome .Bail? But what Bail, where you have the Kings Commandment from his owri m.otitli ? This re~uiring is not of any other, but himfclf1 of no furety, but of thte (faith God) mUt• thyS•nl be requmd. · Ofthee.] ONcernore (you fee) I have brought this rich ~an on*~ flage, hisdoom is now , . at hand, and D:a;h (Gods meffenger) fummons him to appear by Req~tiring of h"fo~l] but of whom IS 1t ~equ.red? had he any Sureties to·put in? Or wis any Bail fullic1ent to be taken for. h,int? No, he mufl: go hinifetf, without alY lrelp. or remedy, 1t was he that flnn·ed', and it is he inufl: pay fot it i Of thee]" lt is reqmred. . . , .. . How? Of rim ? Sure, Death mlfl:akes i \Ve can firld tRoufands more fit, none more fearful;there frands a Saul,near him his armour-bearer,behold a Judas; fuch will out-face ~eaths fury; nay, rather tha'n: it fail in its office, they wiU not much queftion· to be the!f own deaths-m~n : buHhisOfthee (who art atleague with hell, in love with earth, at peace With all) ts moft terribly fearful:- . . · Stay_Death! there llands a poor Liz.dms at the gates, like Job on his dung-hill, his eyes bl10de, h1s ears deaf, his feet lame, his -body tl:ruck -witll bo1les> an\1 his s."t Fff fh•Jinz 2 . Vfe. Lu~ r6. os. hi(r6. 2S· M"'· S•4•
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