The Epale'Dedicatory. come to dye) their publick fpiritednefs and general ufe- fulnefs will be no frnall comfort and cordial to them, Nehemiah was a man of a publick fpirit, and accord- ingly he pleads it with God. Think upon. me, 0 my God for good, according to all that I have done for this people._ This way' that which frveetned death to Hezekiah, I befeech thee, 0 Lord, to xemember now.how I have walked before thee in truth,and with l 117 1."1g. 20.3. a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in " 13.36' thy fight. And when David had ferved his generation, he fell afleep. Sleep is not more welcom ahel tweet to a labouring man, than death-is to him who has mae it his buffing', his work fincerely and faithfully to ferve his generation. Such Magiftrates, Minifters and Chrifti. ans who have made it their bufinefs according to their dif- 1°1'"17. I ferentmeafures faithfully to ferve their generation, have of terrors to be but the King of defires' to them ; whth death to mencof narrow, felfifh fpirits, hash been like the hand-writing upon the wally ypry ter- Dan.5.5, 6. rible. Many (core Inftancet might be produced out :ofIli- iory to evidence this. Take one for all. Henry Beau- ford that rich and Wretched Cardinal, Bilhop of Win- chefter, and Chanceliour of England (a man [wallowed up in fell.. intere(t) in the Reign of Henry the Sixth, when he perceived that he mull dye, and that there was Ms and Mon.; no remedy, 0 ! how terrible was death to him: and, 0! f 1 0 .925. how did he murmur, and fret, and vex at death, that his riches could not reprieve him till a further time ? For, faith he, wherefore fhould I die being fo rich ; if the whole Realin would lave my life, I am able either by policy to get it,_ or by riches to buy it. Fie. upon death (faith -he) will not death be hired ? willmoney do nothing. I might inflance in men of a higher rank bra See Chap, 13..a.
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