To temporal; any §2thing that may befall any man, as to be possessed of the devil, &c. I wish every natural man seriously to consider this; for thou dying in thy natural estate, art certainly damned, and for any thing thou knowest thou mayest dye the next moment, and then all things are thine enemies; death, which is certain: but how, ⟨p. 96⟩when, or where, thou knowest not. Calvin saith, A man may dye a thousand ways in one hour. Some Physicians say, there are three hundred diseases in the body, all mortal: Besides, new sins have begotten new diseases, and thou mayest dye suddenly by an impostume: thy house may be fired & thou consumed by it; thy horse may stumble, and ⟨p. 97⟩so destroy thee; a tile may fall as thou art walking, and so kill thee; an Adder under the grass or herbs may sting thee. Canst thou promise thy self to see the Sun again when its once set, though now thou be in perfect strength? But however, nature will end at length, Satan then is ready to come with his utmost malice, when thou art ⟨p. 98⟩faint and loath to depart; then he will lay open all thy sins, and then the very next step is,
To temporall; any §2thing that may befall any man, as to be possessed of the diuell, &c. I wish euery naturall man seriously to consider this; for thou dying in thy naturall estate, art certainly damned, and for any thing thou knowest thou mayest dye the next moment, and then all things are thine enemies; death, which is certaine: but how, ⟨p. 96⟩when, or where, thou knowest not. Caluin saith, A man may dye a thousand wayes in one houre. Some Physitians say, there are three hundred diseases in the body, all mortall: Besides, new sinnes haue begotten new diseases, and thou mayest dye suddenly by an impostume: thy house may be fiered & thou consumed by it; thy horse may stumble, and ⟨p. 97⟩so destroy thee; a tile may fall as thou art walking, and so kill thee; an Adder vnder the grasse or hearbes may sting thee. Canst thou promise thy selfe to see the Sun againe when its once sett, though now thou bee in perfect strength? But howeuer, nature will end at length, Sathan then is ready to come with his vtmost malice, when thou art ⟨p. 98⟩faint and loath to depart; then he will lay open all thy sinnes, and then the very next step is,
