The practice of piety directing a Christian how to walk, that he may please…

Seven sanctified Thoughts, and mournful Sighs of a sick Man, ready to die

NOW forasmuch as God of his infinite mercy doth so temper ou• pain and sickness, that we are not always oppressed with extremity, but gives us in the midst of our extremities some •espite to ease and refresh our selves, thou m•st have an especial ca•e (considering how short a […] thou hast, either for ever to lose, or to obtain Heaven) to make use of every breathing time which God doth afford th•: and during that […] time of ease, […] ⟨p. 430⟩roweth with all his force to arrive at the wished Port; and that the Traveller never resteth till he come to his Journeys end; we fear to descry our Port; and therefore would put back our Bark to be longer tossed in this continual tempest? We weep to see our journeys end; and therefore desire our journey to be lengthened, that we might be more tired with a foul and cumbersome way.

NOW forasmuch as God of his infinite mercy doth so temper ou• pain and sickness, that we are not always oppressed with extremity, but gives us in the midst of our extremities some •espite to ease and refresh our selves, thou m•st have an esp•cial ca•e (consid•ring how short a thou hast, either for ever to lose, or to obtain Heaven) to make use of every breathing time which God doth afford th: and during that time of ease,