~bt jfour J£aft ~btnug ;· r DEATH; v.· JUDGMENT, '1:·1 HEAVEN, ,HELL, Practically conGdered and applied: In feveral I) rscouR. s F. S; To the Right Honourable R A c H E t Lady R V S S E L. •<'>". MADAM, OFall Affairs for the compaf/ing whereof Me~i are fo diligent and fo!!icitom: there ~:a~J: !J"j~d~r::~:: :;~~?; /::;eJf!r! t/np;:;;:~ ; :::,;rr;:aa~~O: !:~ Hell, _ro obtain the one, and efcape the other. TJ1is reqttires the whole Man ~n his bejl_vtgor, and fbotddbetheWorkof the Day, but 'tis ufitafiJ dela]ed ttll tbe ;;::::'}:~, t~::n::ffin "LJ,f:;,, ~: ::;,i:t:Jf:~e1tf::;:'jbot~;e{J!t~~JL::;:s f~o;~:.~}yv;.: ferves Wonder and Comp4/ion, that Death which ts jo conjlantly tn Mens view, Jhould be {o feldom the mAtter of their application, when aU are of the fame G!afs, made of the fome frail na~'!JZ1 n~;ft~!~;, ~h:~dd;,; 1!rf:'ht~~;,7%e/::~;:;tt::J:~::::;:~ ';'f:~:~~n ::;e';;J:VJ like Gold o/lt of tbe Mines, have no efficacy upon thoje that are not capable of tmderjl.tnding them: Brtt the Do&rines of Death and Judgment, Heaven and Hell, are plain Trtiths, ~J Nat11ra!, }.;fora!, and Divine Evidence known to all; yet no more ajfe{f Men, than ~ Ptzrit?loX of incredible Novelty. If the DofJrine of Eternal J udgmcnt were bflt a prob.,b/e Opinion, controverted with eqr~a! .Arguments, yet 'tU a matter oj fuch vaP concernment, t!Jitt Re'!fon . re- ~:;:h:~~:fno!f:~ fir~:; ft~~;d,;: :~~:foib!.1Tr~~~ m:;,;;,~;~ '1: ,1, ~;t~·~C1J?l 'tit a Miracle to ~jionifb Heaven and Earth, that Men live ad care!eJ!J M if t hey fbou!d never die, and die. tU fecurely as if thry {bould not live in ~he ne.xt J!.t.tte, t~receive the jujf p/Jnifbment of thezr Sins. They are Je.tr!efs whitj! Death ts far off in thezr ThoughtJ: and when Age ha~ foowed upon_ the~r Heads, that n~ Marks of dec~Jing _JVature jbo!Jld appear, rrjake their own: Wmte~ to flour if? wtth itnothers Sprmg. . But 'tfs m vam, for Death. knows them un~er thezr difguife, and JVtllnot jlay beyond the appotnted ttme. And in that d.ec. ifive hot~r, lnjide!zty or P~efu"mpti~n hardens Men to p~fl as quietly and boldly, i'! 11ppearance, Into another H'orl~, as ~t;;~:~~~':i; }7/ j.,';f:';;efo:::Jtt:;t;it~:,;,np;:;:~;:;tntt:n~0J::~IIy I]fi~r~:,;~::tf~~ a counterfezt foort Peace tran[mtts them to ever!ajltng Sorrows, conf;:r :t~;;!,,~ee!:~~;:J;,2}a~~~e~fti~ ;.; ~~~d:;::,~~ t;/,;;• h~;~;.~~e~41 d.:~:~;;,; Sttr:g; &nd made that En7my ottr. Friend: an~ to pra[/ife dymg every day, ~~ w!thdrazvmg. thes.r hearts from the vanittes of thu tranfient Wo~!d, that ~Jave foch a pernictoHJ tnjluen.ce to exette the carnal Appetites, and jfttpifJ t!Je Confcunce, whtch are the trrtecaufis of thetr fin , I ii 4nd
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