·. Head It. 'in th~ir Wiaed,zefi. · . virgins may, and often do hope to the Iaft breath:· ·Bat1 ~h e~ witked man has no folid hope~ and as for tl1e delufi~e hope:; · he entertaLns himfelf with, death will root them>u·p, and he fhall be for ev'er irretrieubly miferab1e~ :· . . · .·~ '· 2dly, As to the death of a righteous man ·; ~e llafh-' hfJpe ln his death. This 1s ulhered in with. a lnltr importing a.· removal· of thefe dreadful circu(nflances, w'ith which the· wicked man is attended, who is driven away in his wi'&lr:d• nlji: but the godly are not f;. : No'~ fo~ {I.) In the manner• of !heir paili'og out of the world. The righteous- is, not dri– ven away as chaff before the wind ; but led away as a bride· 'to the marriag;:, chath'ber, carrietj away pJ the' a/ngfls jrNf# .Abraham'1 hofom, Luke xvi. 2 2 . ( 2 . ) Not fo as to ,their !late, when paJiing out of this life. The righteol\s man dies, .1. · Not in a finful~ but in a holy {late. He goes not away_ in his fin. but · out of it. In his life he :was putting off '.t he1old ma1t; changing his prifon:gatmeriJs: and now the r emaining rags of them.' are removed, and he /is- adorned· with robes of glory. 2 . Not in a hopelefs1ftate, but ahop'eful fiate. He ha.th hope in hiJ de.ath: he has the grace of hope, and th~ well founded ex·pectation· of better things, -t,han ever he had' in this wor-ld: and though the)h€Eam of' his hope a·t · d-eath may run~ fliallow;. yet he has flill -as much ·of it, a!t – Ynakes him v.enture his e.ternal:interells upon ·tpe- Lord Jefus-: . Chrifi. / . , · · ' :n>.o~T~ 1'. Thewic-k'eddjing; aredrjvm ·away in their wici~ ·edneft, and in "a hopel~ft.ftate-. . lrr fpealting to ·this dodrine, ('1 .}_l fliall fuew how, :;nd in what fenfe, the ·wicked are driven a~t~Jay in thrii: .WkJ/ed:. 'l'lejr at death . . ('·2• )'• I !hall difcQver the hopeldfciefs of their' fiate at- death. And laflly, Apply the whole. · -. ' · I•. How, and in what fenfe the wick~ · are drFuen ~rway·· iiJ: ; their wicke.dneji-: lb difcouding of this matter, I fhall briefry: inq-uire>, ( 1.) What is meant by their beirrg driven: a·w_ay.. (2.) \V~hence they iliaJI b~dti'!-en, ana whithe-r. - (3.) In what refpecl:s they may be faid te be driven away in -thei; ®icludnefi. · But., before I proceed; leqne a,dvertife you ·; that you are mifl~ken if you •think, that no perfons· are to be caJled ,wicked,• but.they who are avowedly.vici~U$'..aradi A. a· 3 p« J..
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