+66 neL' lif.mans Verdi(!. Ieafurefor the enjoyingofthat happines,whcrecffaith formerlyhathAllred It; Sothen,therighteotre barb hopein hot death :thatis, the man iufiified before God by Chrill,andfludyingtowalkein the walesofrghteoufnesin hislife when death commeth, andhisfoule is now ready todepart from his body, quietly awaiteth the Lords good Ieafure, contenting himfelf with an affuredexpeaa. xneb.a.n. tìonofcntring intoaplaceofreff,by the merit anddeath ofChriftferns. Now what a biding this is, tohauebepein death , is more tafietobefelt its hart,then to bevttered byMouth. There's nothingmore miferablc then aman at the point to die,who hathno hope, no comfortable affurance ofentringin. toreff: Hell it felfecannot bemorehelilib, then the toimeotofacosfcience in )1'1'1'14' fufpence,hauingmany reafonsto feare theworl,and little groundfor whichto ]ooke for fauour.Aaosndedÿirft(faithSalomvs)wbocan beare Y ?And Ipray you, th:nkc whatcan comfort a dying man , if he haue not this hope? Many things there are offorce to difcourage him , but nothing that can relievehim. Ifhee Tooke into hisbody,he feelesnothing but weaknes,himfelfpanting forlife,and eues now (as it were) drawinghis lallbreath: if he behold hisfriends, hefeeth them weeping, lamenting,dad wringingtheir hands, which breedsa fufpition in him,that fore Mall messopinion his time isneer,and his cafe miferable : dire aske his Phyutian, herefs hint he hathfmall hopeofhisrecoucry : if herecurs intohis owneconfcience,therè he findsa catalogueoffins,ready to becomee. utn acloud ofwitneffes again!#him, when he muffanonappeare beforeGod t Ifhcthinke uponhellhhe feemsto fee it(as is were)gaping,ready todeuour him: If he thinke vpon God and,vponheaven , he beholds Gods frowning counts- nance,andheauert gates eues nun againilhim .Alas(poorefoule)wfat can Will. forthim? What Ihall be fodisdoutable to cefi-cUs bins? not all thecordials nod refloratiues ófPhilitians,notthe attendance of feruants, northe fugredwords offriends,not all hiswealth, ifhe be the richer man aliue r for hefeeler hellal.. ready in his fonle,thewormeof confcience begins to gnawhim, which thane. tier Batehim,but neuer conñmehim. Oh wretched man that thou art,who (halt deliuer thee ? This istheïniferyofahopeleffedying man. But ohthe comfort, the reioycingofarighteousfesle,euenwhen thefnarerofdeathbare compaffidhiss, ZPfaltrat. and thegriefeoftbegrimehamcaught him a : Forwhat thoughhehaue reclinedthe festenceofdeathinhimfelfe? iris fornoother end butto teach him,notretroj?is as Ccr.r.9, himfelfe, bat is Ged,which raifKhrbedada. What thoughhe fecth plainly, that his end is come? yethereioyceth,thar this departingerfowereatband, becaufe the remembranceofthis,that hehathfoughtshapedFigb:,a,,d ?t pecheFaith dotls b nTim.4.47 embolden him toexpel theCrecose ofrghteesfe /b. What though the des of his bodyare now redyto bedoled vpbydeah?yet bythe eje ofhis faith hefeeth the Beane;open, ready toreceiuehim,andhis Sauiourfiasdisgat the righthalide e isasy,96. God', ready toentertaine him. Ina word, what though the violenceofCome tormenting ficknes cloth euen(as it were)thruft hisfoule out of thehabitation ofhisbody? yet he dare bebold to fay with Dauid, Imo thineband! commend dPfal.gr.f myffiris,far thaw he redeemed me, OLordGodoftruthd .O thricehappy man that thouart,what diuell,what hell,what finne can endanger thee? Now as themiferyofbeing acalf-away, fhould make vsbeware ofthe frsxs ofob (Iinacyandmalicioufneffe, and(tiffe-neckedgoing on ineuill,fo thehap_ pines ofthe efface ofrighteoufnes fhould there vs tofpend ourheft endeauors, in labouringby true humility,by vieòfthe goodmeanes ofinvocation, of hea. Phil.1.9. ring theWord;ofprofiting by the Sacraments ,tobefoodinChriffe, and to be accepted righteousbefore God forhis fake,and toflow forth thefruits ofrigh- falar.t.8. teocUses inourRues, euesfruitrmorthyamendment eflifef: thatfowhenfeeser g i'fal. 16.9 death (hall cóme(as Curdyit willcome ere long) ourpepmayreffishope r, and oar departinghence maybeas thefayling over thefea, as the comming out of a narrow womb ,intoa more largeand lightfome plaegas a return from exile and asan enlargement out of prifon: THE w
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