A practical commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and uses upon the first…A practicall commentary, or an exposition with observations, reasons, and vses upon the first…

Use •. May teach all them that will be possest with a spirit of boldness and confidence, let them maintain sound hearted live to their brethren, and indeed there is no […] that befalls Gods servants, •ut it proceeds either from bemudding themselves with the world, or else for want of love to their brethren: As a wi•• when her husband hath been long abroad, and her heart hath gone after her lovers, his coming is the less welcome, she could […] his coming deferred: so when we have let our hearts run loose from God, and our brethren, why, then our hearts grow full of doubts and fears, gladly could we desire that God would defer his coming, and respite us a little, that we might recover our selves before we go hence, and be no more seen; therefore as you will find your hearts comfortable and unmoveable at death, and judgement, when the Mountain quake, and the Seas roar; would you then be cheerful? grow up in love to God, acquaint your selves with him, let your desires be toward • him, and withal join the love of your brethren, or else his coming will be uncomfortable: Even as children, when their Parents have been abroad, and they have fallen out, and fought, and hurt one another, […] their Fathers coming, which otherwise would have been […] if you fall out with your brethren, and stain their good names and wrong them, you still find your ⟨p. 329⟩hearts afraid of Gods coming, and would gladly have God to defer it a while. It's a direction therefore to all the sons of men, how to be prepared for death and judgement; it is not building Hospitals, that will fit you for it, but this is the best way, love God, and love your brethren, and you cannot dye uncomfortably: No man dies more fearfully then a contentious or covetous man; a wrangling contentious man never dies with peace and comfort; if therefore thou findest an heart afraid of death and judgement; if thou wouldst help this, labour to cleanse out all enmity, and want of love.

Ʋse •. May teach all them that will be possest with a spirit of boldnesse and confidence, let them maintain sound hearted live to their brethren, and indeed there is no 〈…〉 that befalls Gods servants, •ut it proceeds either from bemudding themselves with the world, or else for want of love to their brethren: As a wi when her husband hath been long abroad, and her heart hath gone after her lovers, his coming is the lesse welcome, she could his comming defer'd: so when we have let our hearts run loose from God, and our brethren, why, then our hearts grow full of doubts and fears, gladly could we desire that God would defer his coming, and respite us a little, that we might recover our selves before we go hence, and be no more seen; therefore as you will finde your hearts comfortable and unmoveable at death, and judgement, when the Mountain quake, and the Seas roar; would you then be chearfull? grow up in love to God, acquaint your selves with him, let your desires be toward him, and withall joyn the love of your brethren, or else his coming will be uncomfortable: Even as children, when their Parents have been abroad, and they have fallen out, and fought, and hurt one another, their Fathers coming, which otherwise would have been if you fall out with your brethren, and stain their good names and wrong them, you still finde your