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When the tokens of death are upon your bodies, and you shall see the lively characters of grace shining in your souls,¹ you will then cry out with old Simeon, Lord, now let thy servant depart in peace; and with the Spouse, Make hast my beloved, ²and be like to a Roe, or to a young Hart upon the mountains of spices; ³and with the Bride, Come Lord Jesus, come quickly; and with Paul, I desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ. When a man's evidences for heaven are either lost or blotted and blurred, then he will be ready to cry out wi•h David, O spare me yet a little, that I may recover strength before I go hence and be seen no more; ⁴and with Hezekiah, to turn his face to the wall and weep. There are four things that above all others a Christian should labour to keep; 1. Christ. 2. His own heart. 3. The Word. 4. His evidences for heaven, bright and shining. But,

When the tokens of death are upon your bodies, and you shall see the lively characters of grace shining in your souls,¹ you will then cry out with old Simeon, Lord, now let thy servant depart in peace; and with the Spouse, Make hast my beloved, ²and be like to a Roe, or to a young Hart upon the mountains of spices; ³and with the Bride, Come Lord Jesus, come quickly; and with Paul, I desire to be dissolved and to be with Christ. When a man's evidences for heaven are either lost or blotted and blur'd, then he will be ready to cry out wi•h David, O spare me yet a little, that I may recover strength before I go hence and be seen no more; ⁴