Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…

As thou art putting off thy clothes, think how it will not be long before thou beest stripped of all, and go out of the world as naked as thou camest into it; which Job excellently expresseth, Naked saith he,¹ came I out of my Mothers womb, and naked shall I return thither; q. d. I came into the world destitute of clothing, and of all outward comforts whatsoever; and naked shall I return thither, not into his Mothers womb again,² for that is impossible, but to the grave, the womb of the earth, and common Mother of all; so that his meaning is, I shall go out of the world, as naked as I came into it.³ Hence Death is called an unclothing, because it ⟨p. 84⟩strips a man of all his ornaments, not only of his apparel, but also of his honours, wealth, and riches.

As thou art putting off thy cloaths, think how it will not be long before thou beest stripped of all, and go out of the world as naked as thou camest into it; which Iob excellently expresseth, Naked saith hee,¹ came I out of my Mothers womb, and naked shall I return thither; q. d. I came into the world destitute of cloathing, and of all outward comforts whatsoever; and naked shall I return thither, not into his Mothers womb again,² for that is impossible, but to the grave, the womb of the earth, and common Mother of all; so that his meaning is, I shall go out of the world, as naked as I came into it.³ He•ce Death is called an uncloathing, because it ⟨p. 84⟩strips a man of all his ornaments, not only of his apparel, but also of his honours, wealth, and riches.