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 sixth and last direction shall be this, that ye would put in practice what your own conscience, your light according to the Scriptures, and the means ye have, hold out as necessary for making and keeping of your peace with God, and the keeping off of a quarrel betwixt him and you; This ordinarily is one of the main challenges that meets folks at death, that they have suspended the practice of many things they were convinced of, that they have shifted, delayed, and putt off seasons and opportunities of called▪for duties, and have sitten down on this side of them; that they have not reformed such faults as they were convinced of &c. it is commonly said of laws, that we had need of one law to make other good laws be put in execution, and so have we need of some one direction ⟨p. 62⟩to help us to make other directions practicable, according to that word, Eccles. 9: 10. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might, for there is no work, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, nor device in the grave whither thou goest; we are all posting on towards our grave, and there is no doing of duties nor mending of faults there; therefore what ever the light of the word, and of our conscience well informed thereby, clears to be duty we would be serious and diligent in the doing of it, and in the doing of it without delay: and if this one thing were made conscience of, it would do more, through Gods blessing, then many: your consciences are convinced I suppose, that the former directions are very helpful, and that such as live thus will die the better, but alas! Many of you do not so much as think on them let be practise them; it may be they shall not be in your thoughts till this day eight days, and when it is so to what purpose are all directions, for what use serve they? Are they not, think ye, useless unless they be put in practice? Therefore put not by this as a thing of little concernment; death is the door to heaven, and death is at the door; and living well is the way to dying well, and as ye would live and die in the Lord, ye would lay weight on these directions, and fall about the practice of them in the strength of his own grace.

The sixth and last direction shall be this, that ye would put in practice what your own conscience, your light according to the Scriptures, and the meanes ye have, hold out as necessarie for makeing and keeping of your peace with God, and the keeping off of a quarrel betwixt him and you; This ordinarly is one of the main challenges that meets folkes at death, that they have suspended the practice of manie things they wer convinced of, that they have shifted, delayed, and putt off seasons and opportunities of calledfor duties, and have sitten down on this side of them; that they have not reformed such faults as they wer convinced of &c. it is commonly said of lawes, that we had need of one law to make other good lawes be put in execution, and so have we need of some one direction