The four last things viz. death, judgment, heaven, hell, practically considered and applied in…

MADAM,

OF all Affairs for the compassing whereof Men are so diligent and solicitous, there is none of that absolute necessity, and high importance, as the Preparation for Death and Judgment, and the immediate Consequences of them, Heaven and Hell, to obtain the one, and escape the other. This requires the whole Man in his best vigour, and should be the Work of the Day, but 'tis usually delayed till the melancholy Evening of Age, or the twilight of Death. The Trifles of this World divert them from that main business, to which all other things should ⟨image 3⟩be subordinate. It equally deserves Wonder and Compassion, that Death which is so constantly in Mens view, should be so seldom the matter of their application, when all are of the same Glass, made of the same frail natural Principles; and no Argument is more frequently & pathetically urged upon them.

OF all Affairs for the compassing whereof Men are so diligent and sollicitous, there is none of that absolute necessity, and high importance, as the Preparation for Death and Judgment, and the immediate Consequences of them, Heaven and Hell, to obtain the one, and escape the other. This requires the whole Man in his best vigour, and should be the Work of the Day, but 'tis usually delayed till the melancholy Evening of Age, or the twilight of Death. The Trifles of this World divert them from that main business, to which all other things should ⟨image 3⟩be subordinate. It equally deserves Wonder and Compassion, that Death which is so constantly in Mens view, should be so seldom the matter of their application, when all are of the same Glass, made of the same frail natural Principles; and no Argument is more frequently & pathetically urged upon them.