Diretions to be willing to die. 217 ing all their daies in drooping, or doubting, or worldly dul- nefs, and laying by fo much the Joy of the Saints, and the Praifes of God. Direel, 9. Dwell on the believing fore-thoughts of the ever- lafting glory which you mull poffefs. Think what it is that others are enjoyingwhile you are here ; and what you mull. be, and poffefr, and do for ever. Daily think of the Certainty, perfeEtion and Perpetuity of your Bleffednefs. What a life it will be, to fee the bleffed God in his Glory, and tafte of the fulnefs of his love, and to fee the glorified Son of God, and with a perfetled foul and body to beperfectly takenup in the Love, and Joy, and Praifes of the Lord, among all his holySaints and Angels, in the heavenly yerafalem. You mull by the exercife of Faith and Love, in holy Meditation and Prayer even dwell in the Spirit, and converfe in Heaven ,.while your bodies are onearth, if you would entertain the news of death as befeems a Chriftian. But of this at large elfewhere. Direa, io. Laftly, if you would be willing to fubmit to death, refign,up your own underftandings and wits to thewif- dom and thewill of God ; and Know not good and evil for your carnal felves : but wholly truft your lives and fouls to the Wifdom andLove of your deareft Lord. Muft you be cark- ing and caring for your felves, when you have an infinite God engaged to care for you. 0 iaithfelf, I 4n$not able to bear the terrors and pangs of death. 0 faith Faith, My Lord it eafily able toJ.:ipponme,and it is his undertakenwork to do it : .My work. is but to Neale him ; and its his workto take care ofme in life and death ; and therefore though Iwalkthrough the valley of the 'had- dow of death, yet will I fear no evil. 0 faith Self, 1 am ut- terlyafiranger to another world ! I know not what I/hall fee, nor what Vali be, nor whither I /bald go the next minuteafter death : None come from the dead to fatisfle us of thefe things 1 0 but faith faith, My bleffed Father and Redeemer is not a ftranger to the place that I muff go to I He knows it, though I do not He knows what I (hall be anddo,and whither I fhall go;andall is inhis power : And feeing it belongs not to me but to him to difpofeofme, and give me thepromifed reward, it is meet that reft inhis undcritanding And it is better for me, that his Gg z In-
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