ttcottt tbíng an'ß' tbé tnpt[ßtt 335° . to preferve ihimfelf. And although the PhilofophersC áp* i . feem'd to contemn Death, yet the great preparations vYV they made to encounter it argue a fecret fear in their rt dóÿria Breafts,. Many Difcourfes, Reafonings, and Arguments to,po,3 s..sd- areemployed to fweeten that cruel neceßîty, but they ?" are all ineffeCtrra l , r . T.hat 'tis the conditionofour nature : to' bea Man stultum eft immortal are inconfiftent. But this Confolation merequodvi_ afliii:ts to extremity. Iftherewere anymeans to- 'efcape, tale non ñ ''Ili s. the foul might takecourage. He is doubly miferable, gal morbo fins whofe mifery is without remedy. untur,magnum a. That it puts a period to all temporal evils. Butte tepfolee." as this is ofno forcewith thofewho are profperous, and ea. Ph 's. o never felt thofemiferies which make Life intolerable; di )L4cirs:or defnhanc t foitcannot rationally relieve any that have not good xgrotari potle, hopes of felicity after Death. The Heathens difcove- `1 p ffc ei a' red not the fling of Death, as 'tis the wages of fin, nammoripoffe. and configns theguilty to eternal Death fo that they $Ce` built upona falle foundation,as if it were the cure ofall evils. 3. Theyencouraged themfelves from their ignorance ofthe confequences of Death, whether it only changed their place, or extinguifhed their perfons. Socrates Nam fi fupre whodyed with a feemingindifference,gave this account mus ilk dies ofit . That he did not know whether Death was good or no"extuiRlo- , nem, fed coma, evil. But this is not fortitude, but folly : as Arifiotde mutationem obferves, That a readinefs to encounter dangers ari- affect ioci,quid optabitius fin fing from ignorance, is not true valour but a brutifh attem pe, imit, boldnefs. What madnefs is it then forone that enters ac delet omni- no, quid mel upon an eternal Bate, not knowing whether. it shall be us 'glum inme: happy or miferable, to be unaffeóted with that dreadful diis vitæ noes obdor- uncertainty e mifcere? But now the Gofpel furnifhes us with real remedies againft all the evils of our prefent Bate.. 'Tis the true Paradife wherein. the Tree of Life is planted; whofe Leavers.
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