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…

These are good in themselves I grant, but not to be laid weight upon and lippened to neither in life nor at death as the main foundation of salvation and consolation, therefore guard against it as a tentation when ever Satan comes to speak a good word to you in order to merit or deserving. The 5th ⟨p. 32⟩and last is a tentation to doubting yea to desperation, which is not so frequent I grant, yet it prevails with some who have lived it may be very secure in their life, and when death comes the devil says, ye have never sought God in earnest all your days, and now time is gone the door is shut •e will not hear you, this may through grace be answered and it would not be strengthened by refusing the offer of Gods grace even then, especially if God call thick, to say so, and some of the senses it may be begin to fail and to be taken away.

These are good in themselves I grant, but not to be laid weight upon and lippened to neither in life nor at death as the main fundation of salvation and consolation, therefore guaird against it as a tentation when ever Satan comes to speak a good word to you in order to merit or deserving. The 5th ⟨p. 32⟩and last is a tentation to doubting yea to desperation, which is not so frequent I grant, yet it prevaills with some who have lived it may be verie secure in their life, and when death comes the devil sayes, ye have never sought God in earnest all your dayes, and now tyme is gone the doore is shutt •e will not hear you, this may thrugh grace be answered and it would not be strengthened by refuseing the offer of Gods grace even then, especially if God call thick, to say so, and some of the senses it may be begin to fail and to be taken away.

The 3d and last Question is to inquire at you what think ye will be your thoughts at death? And I shall draw forth this also into four or five; 1. What will ye then think of the world, of all its pleasures, gains and honours? In health and prosperity men have big and high thoughts of this and that vanity, project and design but what will ye think of all outward prosperity, and of barns full of corn, of cellars full of wine, and of houses full of wealth and rices, of high places, honours, credit and repute in the world when death comes to summon you to leave them all? The mind will not feed upon them then, the glory and splendour of them will then grow dim and dark, they will then lose their blossom and flower, the taste and sweet relish of them will then quite evanish; hath not the experience of many men who did swim in pleasures and abound in wealth and honour, verified the truth of this? Have they not found all then to be but vanity and vexation of Spirit, and have they not some times proclaimed them to be so? Yea even it may be before death when under some great pain or sickness or some quick and sharp challenge of conscience; all the man's riches, pleasures, and honours could not then ease his mind. 2. What will be your thoughts of the chiefest grounds ye have to build your peace on now? Ye can presume