P~rt. I .Cap.S. !}rh he certainly patfes thorow thofe pangs into plea~ fures and joyes endk{fe and tlnfPeakable, mufl: be con-· tent to glorifie God ,and to be fervice.abk to His fec1~et ends, with what kinde of d:eath He pkafe : whether it be glorious and untempted : or difcomfbrtaole, ·bccaufe of Bodily difiempers, and ton{equontly interpretable by undifcern1ng fpirits: or mjngled oftemp- ~ations, and triumphs :or erdit1aty, and without any great iliew, .or remarkablefpeeches, after extraordinary fingularities of an holy life, which promifed-an ~nd of fpeciall note, and admiration. Why ~ay not ·wmc worthy heav~nly mindod Chrifrians, fometimes by thong mortif;dng meditations, and many conquering fore.conceits of death in their life time', make it before-hand fo familiar and eafie unto them, and by continuall converfing above,and confiant peace of con{cience, tafl::e fo deepdy .of fpirituall joyes, that that dreadfull Paffage ·out 0f this life, as it may breed no great fenfe efalteration in themfelves, fo no extraordinary matter of fpeciallob- :fcrvation to others. The divert kjnd::Df de11th in -wick!rimen. · ~o,~· F the wicked, ...and thofe, who were · . ever firangc:rs to t~e myfrery of Chrift ~~Y ~~e;i;~:d, and and truth of godhne{fe: · 1. Defperately, as ·Some dye defperately. Though m Of oJ~e Reprobate thoufands perifh by m prefumption , tha.t dyes in this de· · to One -of thefe who deipaire. yet fp;ur~ and torment of {I h h h · f ' confctenre there bee ome t ere are, tow om upon t e1r beds o death all m:liions rhar dye in- • . . , pr.efumptiQn<?,fmercy wtthour ft:llce of finne , or punilbment : The reafon whe-reof ts, b::caufe S:tt:m ; who kn?w~s he hath time little _cn~u~h in this life to draw m.en ro·fi nne, and ion~ enough , :Uter thtsllfc to torment. them tor It, doth thereforcordin:mly rc:rerve the tormenting ~Jf . Q2 . thei~
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=