To temporal; any thing that may befall any man,1 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 ⟨p. 105⟩thine enemies; death, which is certain: but how, 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; & thou mayest die suddenly by an impostume: ⟨p. 106⟩thy house may be fired and thou consumed by it; thy horse may stumble, and soe 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 it's once set, though now thou be in ⟨p. 107⟩perfect strength? But however, nature will end at length, Satan then is ready to come with his utmost malice, when thou art faint and loath to depart; then he will lay open all thy sins, and then the very next step is,
To temporall; any thing that may befall any man,1 as to be possessed of the divell, &c. I wish every naturall man seriously to consider this; for thou dying in thy naturall estate, art certainely damned, and for any thing thou knowest thou mayest dye the next moment, and then all things are ⟨p. 105⟩thine enimies; death, which is certaine: but how, when, or where, thou knowest not. Calvin sayth, 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 sins haue begotten new diseases; & thou mayest die suddenly by an impostume: ⟨p. 106⟩thy house may be fiered and thou consumed by it; thy horse may stumble, and soe 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 it's once sette, though now thou be in ⟨p. 107⟩perfect strength? But however, nature will end at length, Sathan then is ready to come with his vtmost malice, when thou art faint and loath to depart; then hee will lay open all thy sinnes, and then the very next step is,
- 1For time to come.
