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…

there must be a sort of violence even in health in this matter but more at death, that is, if they get not all doubts answered they would know there is an absolute necessity to be at Christ, which must putt them to step over these particular difficulties; as the preaching of the moral Law in John's time forced people some way to step over the Ceremonies of the Law to Christ, so by Analogy, persons who have been negligent in their life must use the same violence at death, they must have sound repentance and faith, and by these betake themselves to Christ speedily, and this speediness is, as I said, to be understood in respect of time; these things fit and qualify for him and would be made use of speedily to unit to him. 2. A difference would be in respect of the measure, though repentance be in this case shorter, the humiliation would be deeper, though the challenges be shorter, the pangs would be so much the sorer, the person would be further down in self-loathing and abhorring; regeneration and the new birth in such persons borne again so very late, will readily be with greater pain and sharper pangs, with higher indignation at sin and greater hatred at their own evil ways, then if they had been sooner regenerated. 3. There would be a difference in respect of eagerness and holy broudennesse, which would be beyond ordinary; it is never good to delay repentance, faith, and holiness, but yet folks may come in to Heaven with a some-what flower pace (to say so) in health, then when they have putt off and delayed these till ⟨p. 77⟩sickness and death come on them, then they would be in a special manner always restless till they be at a point, 4. Having thus exercised faith and repentance, they would die resolving to be the more in free graces common and debt, for if any of all Adams posterity be obliged to God, and bound to be the very humble slaves (if we may speak so) of most sovereignly free grace, most certainly these persons are most singularly so, who have been rescued and snatched from death, hell, wrath, and the Devil when he was even ready and about to lay presently▪ his hands on them, and pull them to the pit with him:

there must be a sort of violence even in health in this matter but more at death, that is, if they gett not all doubts answered they would know there is ane absolute necessitie to be at Christ, which must putt them to step over these particular difficulties; as the preaching of the moral Law in Iohn's time forced people some way to step over the Ceremonies of the Law to Christ, so by Analogie, persons who have been negligent in their life must use the same violence at death, they must have sound repentance and faith, and by these betake themselves to Christ speedilie, and this speedinesse is, as I said, to be understood in respect of time; these things fitt and qualifie for him and would be made use of speedilie to unit to him. 2. A difference would be in respect of the measure, though repentance be in this case shorter, the humiliation would be deeper, though the challenges be shorter, the pangs would be so much the sorer, the person would be further downe in selfe-loathing and abhorring; regeneration and the new birth in such persons borne againe so verie late, will readilie be with greater paine and sharper pangs, with higher indignation at sin and greater hatred at their own evil wayes, then if they had been sooner regenerated. 3. There would be a difference in respect of eagernesse and holie broudennesse, which would be beyond ordinarie; it is never good to delay repentance, faith, and holinesse, but yet folkes may come in to Heaven with a some-what flower pace (to say so) in health, then when they have putt off and delayed these till