Saint Stevens last will and testament A funeral sermon on Acts 7. ver. 59.…Saint Stevens last will and testament A funerall sermon on Acts 7. ver. 59.…

First, addict thy self to the service of God, while thou¹ livest, if thou wouldest have God to take charge of thy soul, when thou diest. For, ^cThe Lord, saith David, redeemeth the souls of his servants: and, ^dLord, save thy servant, that putteth his trust in thee. Thou must be, with David, a servant of God, while thou livest, if thou desirest that God should take thy soul into his custody, when thou diest. Otherwise, if neglecting and rejecting the service of God now, thou shalt abandon thy ⟨p. 18⟩self to the service of sin and Satan, to thy worldly courses, to thy fleshly lusts; it shall be a just thing with God, when thou comest on thy death-bed, to commend thy soul unto him for safeguard, in that dreadful and ^edecretory hour, to turn thee over to them, whom thou hast served and followed in thy life; as ^fhe doth the idolatrous Jews in Scripture.

First, addict thy selfe to the service of God, while thou¹ livest, if thou wouldest have God to take charge of thy soule, when thou diest. For, ^cThe Lord, saith David, redeemeth the soules of his servants: and, ^dLord, save thy servant, that putteth his trust in thee. Thou must be, with David, a servant of God, while thou livest, if thou desirest that God should take thy soule into his custodie, when thou diest. Otherwise, if neglecting and rejecting the service of God now, thou shalt abandon thy ⟨p. 18⟩selfe to the service of sinne and Satan, to thy worldly courses, to thy fleshly lusts; it shall be a just thing with God, when thou commest on thy death-bed, to commend thy soule unto him for safegard, in that dreadfull and