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Mr. Bolton's last and learned work of the four last things death, judgement, hell,…Mr. Boltons last and learned worke of the foure last things death, iudgement, hell,…
Mr. Bolton's last and learned work of the four last things death, judgement, hell, and heaven. With an assizes-sermon, and notes on Justice Nicolls his funeral. Together with the life and death of the author. Published by E.B.Mr. Boltons last and learned worke of the foure last things death, iudgement, hell, and heauen. With an assises-sermon, and notes on Iustice Nicolls his funerall. Together with the life and death of the authour. Published by E.B.
London: printed by George Miller, 1632
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Upon my Patron.
And here by your good leaves, I will be bold to make benefit of the instant occasion, because it is very seasonably coincident with the Point. And press from that the practice of this last mortifying motive. These artificial Forms of sadness, and complementall representations of sorrow in blacks and mourning weeds, are nothing for my purpose: neither do I desire to stir up or renew in any man thoughts of heaviness, or grief of heart, which he might conceive and nourish by reason of some particular interest in the bounty, love, person, and worthy parts of the departed: many times men are too forward and overflowing in those tender offices, and last demonstrations of natural affection. And therefore my counsel in such cases is; that we would show our selves Christians: and by the sacred rules of Religion ever prevent that unseasonableness and excess, which many times with a fruitless torture doth tyrannise over the hopeless hearts of mere natural men.
And here by your good leaves, I will be bold to make benefit of the instant occasion, because it is very seasonably coincident with the Point. And presse from that the practice of this last mortifying motive. These artificiall Formes of sadnesse, and complementall representations of sorrow in blacks and mourning weeds, are nothing for my purpose: neither do I desire to stirre up or renew in any man thoughts of heavinesse, or griefe of heart, which he might conceive and nourish by reason of some particular interest in the bounty, love, person, and worthy parts of the departed: many times men are too forward and overflowing in those tender offices, and last demonstrations of natural affection. And therfore my counsel in such cases is; that we would shew our selves Christians: and by the sacred rules of Religion ever prevent that unseasonablenesse and excesse, which many times with a fruitlesse torture doth tyrannise over the hopelesse hearts of meere naturall men.