I , i'n i'Euir iYiC!tet!nefi~ $eaond~-y-,- The u.nrenewed man is taken a-way out of the w_otld violently. Driving is a- viclent a&ion: ~ he ~ is chafed ~ttf of the world, Job x,viii. 18. Fain would ·h"e !lay if he could : but death drags him away' like a malefaCtor to th~ execution. ·Ht! fought no oJher portion. than the _profits and– pleafures of this- world; he bath no other: ; h,~ re~ll;r defires no other: how can he then go away outof 1t, \ 1f he w~re · not driv·en? . · ~eft. Outmay not awick-edmt~n bewiiling /(}-die -? :; Anf., He m_ay ·indeed be willing to · die·; but (obferve) it is only in one of three cafes . (I.) [n · a · fi.t of paffion, by reafon– er''fome tr-ouble that he is impatient to be rid of. Thu-s many perfons·, when -their paffion has got the better of their reafon, and when, on that account, they are moll unfit to die, will be ready to Ci.ry , O·t"() be·g.on'(! but fhould their de· fire be granted,. and deathcome at their call, th~y would quickly fhow they wete ,not in earnefl:·; and that if-they go, th,ey mull: be driven away againfl: their will~.- (2·) _:\Vh e111 they are brim· full of defpair, they.may be willing -to die. T-hus Sau! murdered himfelf; and Spira wifned to /be ie , he'll, that he.might know t_!le uttermofl: of what he believed he .was to fuff'er. In this manner men may feek afte.r de-ath~ , while it flies from them~o But fearful is·the violence thefe do · undergo, whom-the terrors of God· do_ thus dr-ive. (3.) – ·When they are dreaming of happinefs after death •. Fooli~ · 'IV!irgins, under the power o:Bclelufion, as to -.their fiate, mar be willing tci die, hat•ing no fear of Iying·down in Jorrow; · How many are there, who can give no · fcripture ..g.round ) fur their hope, who yet have no bands ·in their death! many · are driven. to darknef~ fleeping ; they- go off like lambs;– who .wo~td rore like lions, did they but know wh,at place ~ ~hey are going to: .though the chariol, in which they are,; , drive furioufly to the depths of hell; yet they fear not be -~ caufe they are fail: afleep; , .· . ' LafiiJ', The unregenerate ma·n is t~ken away irrejljlib!y~ ' He muft go, though fore againfl: hi swill. Death will take no • r;efufal, nor admit of any delay; 'tho' the man· has not li\·ed · half his days, according to his own computation. If he will · not bow, it will break him. If he will not come forth, itwiU pull the honfe down about his ears; for there he mufl: ~at ·. fia.y.•... Alth9ui-h the.p,hyJician .help., , friend~ . groan,. .the . wife; ' a.nd.i
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