The blessedness of the death of these that die in the Lord and more…The blessednesse of the death of these that die in the Lord and more…

The first direction is, seek to establish yourselves in the faith of these general truths that concern your ⟨p. 54⟩dying, especially to be established and confirmed in the faith of death, judgment and eternity, wherein it will be either well or ill with you for evermore; And this is not only to have a general conviction of the truth of these, but by meditation to draw them down to particular application to yourselves, that ye will die, that after death ye will come to Judgment and be eternally happy or miserable; for as we said before, one of the great evils that cherisheth Atheism, is mens living as if they were never to die; so then it is a foundation of well doing, solidly to believe death, judgment, and eternity, and they can never live well who lay not this for a ground, that they will die and come to Judgment, and who consider not what will readily be their challenges at death, that they may seek to answer them now, and what may be their tentations, that they may be guarded against them; Therefore ye would be established in the faith of these generals, and endeavour to draw death and judgment near to you, you would pursue them close in your meditation; Suppose that death were this very night approaching you, consider with yourselves if ye durst appear before Gods tribunal to be judged; more of this in our thoughts would help us, through Gods blessing, to mortify lusts, and to give death little to do when it comes; But the truth is, the most part never think seriously on death, and because they desire not another life then the present, they shun to think of death; I commend the necessity of this to you from the great averseness that your carnal hearts and humours have from the serious and stayed thoughts of it, I pose you that are given to pleasure, can ye endure to think on dying? And you that are glutting and surfeiting yourselves with the world, Dow ye abide to think on that word, Thou fool this night thy soul shall be taken from thee, and whose shall these things be? And you that are profane, dow ye think on that sad sound of the ⟨p. 55⟩trumpet, arise dead and come into Judgment;

The first direction is, seek to establish yourselves in the faith of these general truths that concerne your ⟨p. 54⟩dieing, especially to be established and confirmed in the faith of death, judgment and eternitie, wherein it will be either well or ill with you for evermore; And this is not only to have a general conviction of the truth of these, but by meditation to draw them downe to particular application to yourselves, that ye will die, that after death ye will come to Judgment and be eternallie happie or miserable; for as we said before, one of the great evils that cherisheth Atheisme, is mens living as if they wer never to die; so then it is a fundation of well doeing, solidlie to beleive death, judgment, and eternitie, and they can never live well who lay not this for a ground, that they will die and come to Judgment, and who consider not what will readily be their challenges at death, that they may seek to answer them now, and what may be their tentations, that they may be guarded against them; Therefor ye would be established in the faith of these generals, and endeavour to draw death and judgment neir to you, you would persue them closse in your meditation; Suppose that death wer this verie night approaching you, consider with yourselves if ye durst appear before Gods tribunal to be judged; more of this in our thoughts would help us, thrugh Gods blessing, to mortifie lusts, and to give death litle to doe when it comes; But the truth is, the most part never think seriously on death, and because they desire not another life then the present, they shun to think of death; I commend the necessitie of this to you from the great aversenesse that your carnal hearts and humours have from the serious and stayed thoughts of it, I pose you that are given to pleasure, can ye indure to think on dieing? And you that are glutting and surffetting yourselves with the world, Dow ye abyd to think on that word, Thou fool this night thy soul shall be taken from thee, and whose shall these things be? And you that are prophane, dow ve think on that sad sound of the