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

Thou seest therefore, O Man, how wretched and cursed thy state is, by corruption of ••ture, without Christ; insomuch, that whereas the Scriptures do liken wicked men unto Lions, Bears, Bulls, Horses, Dogs, and such like savage Creatures in their lives; it is certain, that the condition of an unregenerate man, is in his Death more vile than a Dog, or the filthiest Creature in the World. For the Beast (being made but for Man's use) when he dieth, endeth all his miseries with his death. But Man (endued with a reasonable; and immortal soul, made after God's image, to serve God) when he ⟨p. 103⟩ends the miseries of this life, must account for all his misdeeds, and begin to endure these miseries that never shall know end. No creature but man is liable to yield at his death an account for his life. The brute creatures, not having reason, shall not be required to make any account for their deeds; and good Angels, tho' they have reason, yet shall they yield no account because they have no sin. And as for evil Angels, they are without all hope already condemned, so that they need not make any further accounts; Man only in his death must be God's accountant for his life.

THou seest therefore, O Man, how wretched and cursed thy state is, by corruption of ••ture, without Christ; insomuch, that whereas the Scriptures do liken wicked men unto Lions, Bears, Bulls, Horses, Dogs, and such like savage Creatures in their lives; it is certain, that the condition of an unregenerate man, is in his Death more vile than a Dog, or the filthiest Creature in the World. For the Beast (being made but for Man's use) when he dieth, endeth all his miseries with his death. But Man (endued with a reasonable; and immortal soul, made after God's image, to serve God) when he