The Christians converse with God, or, The insufficiency and uncertainty of human friendship and…

And if you have some Ease and Peace at present, you little know what storms are near! You may see the days, you may hear the tidings, you may feel the griping griefs and pains, which may make you call for Death your selves, and make you say that a life on Earth is no felicity, and make you confess that they are Bl•ssed that are dead in the Lord, as resting ⟨p. 66⟩from their Labours, and being past these troubles, griefs and fears. Many a poor troubled Soul is in so great distress, as that they t•ke their own lives to have some taste of Hell: And yet at the same time, are grieving because their friends are •aken from them, who would have been grieved for their griefs, and for ought they know might have fallen into as sad a state as they themselves are now lamenting.

And if you have some Ease and Peace at present, you little know what storms are near! You may see the days, you may hear the tydings, you may feel the griping griefs and pains, which may make you call for Death your selves, and make you say that a life on Earth is no felicity, and make you confess that they are Bl•ssed that are dead in the Lord, as resting ⟨p. 66⟩from their Labours, and being past these troubles, griefs and fears. Many a poor troubled Soul is in so great distress, as that they t•ke their own lives to have some taste of Hell: And yet at the same time, are grieving because their friends are •aken from them, who would have been grieved for their griefs, and for ought they know might have fallen into as sad a st•te as they themselves are now l•menting.