i,: 2 epe Poo? anz famiipZook. pared for death in fo llippery and uncertain a life as this ? S, "oufay well :Butforall this uncertainty I than, Ood Ihave liveduntil now. P. And will you turnGods patience and mercy into prefiamption, to the hardening of your heart, and the delaying of your Repentance ? Will he alwayes wait your leifure ? As long as you have lived, will not Death come, and !hardy come ? And where are you then? and what will you do next? Have you ever foberly bethought you, what it is for a foul to take its ,farewel of this world, and prefently to ap- pear inanother world, a world of fpirits good or bad , and ro be (x) judged according to our preparation in this life, and to take up a place in Heavenor Hell, with- out any.hope ofever changing ? S. Tau trouble me and make me afraid by this talk: Put Death will not be prevented : And why then Mould we begin our fears too foon ? They will come txmc enough of the1,¡elves, Thefear of death is agrea- terpain than death itfelf. P. Alas, is dying all that you look at ? Though Beath cannot be prevented, Damnation may be pre- vented. Dying is a fmall matter, were it not for what cornett] next. But can Hell be efcaped without fear and care and ferious diligence ? Or had you rather be condemned for ever, than be frightened to your duty, and from your fin and danger ? Is Hell eater than a little neceffary Fear and Care ? If. you were either a `Beall or a Devil, there were fotne fenfe in what you fay. For ifyou were a Beall, you had noshing, after (x) ,r1Mat.25. death
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