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…

for as he suffers some to be the more untender in their life, and therefore makes them walk ⟨p. 79⟩without sensible comfort to keep down their van• and pride, so may he exercise some at death. Fourthly, Let such so much the more trust God with their throwbearing, and resolve to be the more in his debt, and they never took shipping thus in deaths boat that had cause to fear to be drowned and cast away, He is the believers God and guide not only to death but even throw death; He may go therefore through the valley of the shadow of death and fear none evil Ps. 23. We come now to add some further uses of the main doctrine to these we made before.

for as he suffers some to be the more untender in their life, and therefore makes them walk ⟨p. 79⟩without sensible comfort to keep down their van• and pryde, so may he exercise some at death. Fourthlie, Let such so much the more trust God with their throwbearing, and resolve to be the more in his debt, and they never took shiping thus in deaths boat that had cause to fear to be drowned and cast away, He is the beleivers God and guide not onlie to death but even throw death; He may goe therefore through the valey of the shadow of death and fear none evil Ps. 23. We come now to add some further uses of the maine doctrine to these we made before.

And the first use is, seeing they are happy that di• in the Lord, & miserable that die out of him whatever their external condition be; 1. Lay the less weight on the comforts of this life, and 2. be the less feared for the afflictions of it O! Believers in Christ; There are, ye see, two parts of this use, 1. (To begin with the last) If happiness be the portion of them that die in the Lord, what needs Believers, who have clearness of Interest and well grounded hope to die in the Lord, fear the afflictions or be much troubled with the ups and downs of a present life? Though they meet with contempt, reproach, poverty, disgrace, imprisonment, fining, confining, exile, many challenges &c. These have an end, death will put a period and close to them all; their great happiness is not here, it is at the back of death; all your miseries will be soon at an end, and its a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory that is laid up for you; your time here away will not be long, it will be but 30 or 40 years to some, 10 or 20 years to othersome, some moe or fewer, and it may be but one year to some of you, and then our blessed Lord Jesus will come and wipe all tears from your eyes, and the comfortless remembrance of these trials, troubles, and tossings shall never enter into heaven with you; its a shame that believers who have such a hope should