O[DEAT H. Chap. H. ty Conftable that is troublefom and vexatious, is more fear'd by his Neighbours, than the Grand Signior with all l1is Executioners. As remote ObjeEis, tho of vaft bignefs are ]effen'd to our fight; fo through the fuppofed interval ofmanylears, Death is Iook'd on with a diminution of its Terror. But when Death prefents it fel before Men ready to difpatch them, how formidable is its appearance! Saul, tho renowned for his Valour, yet when he underftood by Revelation, that to morrow he and his Sons !hould be in the ftate of the Dead, there >vas no flrength in him, but he fe!l.flrait>vay all along on the Earth ; 1 Sam. 28. !truck through with fear before he was wounded by the Arrows of the Philijlines. -Belfhazzar in the midft of his luxury and jollity, attended with a tho•fimd Lords, and his Herd of Concubines, Dan. )· 1 1 2 1 l• 4· inflam'd with Wine, and therefore Iefs capable of fear, J:f: ~~fi~t~~~i~fe~~:1(t:~~~~:h~ ;;~~\~!, ~.~:~~~~~ .. /~;,';!~~~t~dnt~~r~l~e~~~~~%~~ of prefent Death, how fearfully was his Countenance changed pale as a Carcafs? How ~~d;~~~~i~~d8~~~1,n!~~~:~~~;~~~~~~,q~~~~e~sstr~:~ ~:;~~~o~~:r~~d~:: ~:~~~ fmote one againft another. This is a reprefentation ofthofe who bid defiance to Death at :h~~:n~~~ h~~t,;!b~ea'~ZY~~;, ~~~~~ip};'t6e~~d :r:! .~~a~e~~~e~e:;:~~~·b~t~~~dt!Jf~~~ Words and AEiions, thy Thoughts and AffeEiions) and art found wanting; and thySoul fhallbe divided from thy Body, the one fent to Hell to fuffer the undying Worm ofConfcj- ~~~~;~~~~tefi ~~:!~r ~rave, to be a Prey to the Worms of Corruption; how are they 2, The continual fucceffion of the pleafures and bufinefs of the World divert the Mind from the attentive firong contemplation of Death, and the Confequences of it. Penfive ~~ffi~t~s~re ~;~~~~~r' :~~:wfcZ~g!o:i~!t 3"o~~;~~ t~,c~~c~!,:i~e rho~;;;;,.of~:t~~~fi~ ~~~f:t~i~~.~~i:~~~!~[~t:f~~~?nr~!~~ft~,~~c~~~o~~eib~~;:e~:~r.~;;•re;: ~:~ fi~} tl)ofe, whotoputfar away theevil Day, ch~unted to the found of the Viol, And drank Wine in .. t:f's!~;.:':k~-~~~ ~~~: b~~ ~i~~;dn~ 0f:fet;~itl~~~er;!~~d o0 l1'1~:i~~ll;~~t ~&~;t~~ ,£J;.,. pverthrow' by Sy!la, he was always in confternation, as if he heard the found of the TrumP~ts, and the noife of t.he viEiorious Army purfuing him ' And his Fears were no longer !}~i~i~htnf;~~;~~};If,'~;i~~:~~ :~~ 1;:b~n~~:~er¥h~~ ~~~o~~':~1~;~;'f~I~i;th~ forget their latter end ; and whilft they are following either fecular alfairs, or fenfual pleafures, are unconcerned for what is to be hereafter. But this diverfion will !hortly be at an ~~~,J~fi~~t~'i\',b~~~i~~:~~;n~~~~tt~atw~~k~ ~ftl[~~~tt~:n~lo(~~~; ~~~~ ~e~d terrible, and like the rigid ExaEior in the Parable that took his Debtor by the throat, requires them to pay what they owe. 4· Scme are fo hardned in Infidelity, that the Powers of the world to come make no Impreffion on their Hearts. They mind but little, and are lefs affeEied with invifible e:~~~is B~::rt;o:i~~f ~~:iliri;~~~ ;~~~f~hl~ [;~~,u~~~~~;1~~;~~g~~~i~g0~f~~~tl~:,~i~~l feed without Fear. Place one m the m<dll. of dellru~.bve Ev1ls, but unfeen or not beheved, and he is as fear!efs as a blmd perfon walkmg on the brmk of a deep p11. Indeed there are none !efs difturbed with the Terors of Death, than the eminently Good, or the extremely Bad : for the one fort have a blef!ed Hope that Death will be to them an entrance into Life, r~!;~v:s1~i~~:a~~f~~s;;~:~ ~fvi:::~;;;~~ifi,~J~~~o[;;r J~:er~~;efut~~~ ~~~~.f";'jhi~~ is the proper patlion of Reafon. The Apollle declares, That knowing the Terror of the Lord, we perfwade Men to be reconcil'd to htm, before the Seafon of Mercy be expmd. 2 Cor. )· 11. ~~:t~'ci;~i;~;'[~~~r~~g~e~~r~:d~~tbra~h~~;~~irfs~}e~~Je~~g~~;~~stf,h:?:.\~ic~~~~;~ to be terrified with the Threatnings of ~ell, and triumph over the Ruins of Confcience. But though wicked Infidels flight the Threatnings, they !hall not efcape the Vengeance of God. We read of Noah, That beinJ, >Varned of God of things not feen as yet, moved with fear, ht prepared an Arkfor the flwing of hts Houfe. Heb. 1 t. HIS Fear was the nati.ve Ilfue of hiS Faith. But the profane World, in whom Senfe was predommant, thatdefp1fed the Oracle, and trembled at no Judgments but what wereaEiing on the vifible Stage, the;•teand drank, ?harried and were given in m.rriage, till fwept;way by the unfeared Inundation. We •;ha~
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