Deathr Treragative. 5 49 by all a right religious man, though in my mind more to be commended for his dì- votion than difcretion ; his cuhomewas to apply himfelf to ftrangers in all compa- nies, and fequeftring perfons by themfelves demanded of them; Ifyoudie attbit inflant, what *trance haveyou ofthe eternalfalvation fpar Sou!. A queftion which hath poled many a great Scholar,to give a good anlwer, with truth and coni- fort thereunto. I eonfefs his Chriftianity was better than his civility, in furprizing people with fd fud.len an Interfogatory. However it is a queftion, if not fit for him to ask ofothers, fit for every man to demandofhimfelf, the `Preacherin the Pulpit; the People intheir Pews,theTravelleron his Horfe, the decumbent in his bed, every one atall times, in all places. Now it is not the leaff part ofGodsmerci unto us, that befòeeour bodies after Mir deaths, finally return to duff, they even whilff we are living,, begin for toun- give, and to difpofe themfelves, for theiradufly diffoluti'on s David faith, Pfal. t.9. 7. /will Nell the Lord who bath ginenme warning, my reins alto infirull me in the night feafon. He fpeaketh this in relation to his mortality, is following loon after, my flefh alfo/hall reff in hope. God gave David warding, that death fhould notfesrprize him of his Mortal iolt- dition, his reins, that is föme inwardwaftings, and fecret weakncfsofnature, mind- ed him that he miff return to hisfirft original;, God in like manner givesus warn- ing, and we may have wifdoni to take it, fome years before our eye - firings break, oureyes are blind as to finali prints, our earsdeafas to low founds, evident moni- tors that our bodies areungiving to return todaft. God of his goodnefsfanffifie untous,all decayes innature,,that they mast effectu- allymind us of our mortality ; it isfaid ofSampfän,whenhis hairwas cut off, "Judi. ó. so. Heawoke Oil of hisfleep,andfaid,!wilgo out .te at other timesbefore,, andfna¢e myfell, but helquickly found the cafe was altered with him. Thus we in our de- clinino age think to rife as early, goas late, run as fait, travel as far, do all thingsas aetivelryas twentyyears ago,when we wereyoung; but it willnotbe,agebath clipt ourftrength; God make us fenfible thereof, that wemay remember oneend, and apply ourhearts unto wifdome, AMEW 1313611 The
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