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…

3 Sleep refresheth the body of a man: so doth death the bodies of the Saints; for the body lieth down a weak, frail, mortal, corruptible body, but riseth a strong, glorious, immortal, and incorruptible body; so much the Apostle Paul plainly expresseth, where speaking of the resurrection of the body, he saith, It is sown in corruption, ¹it is raised in incorruption; it is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.

1. 11 Cor. 15. 42, 44.

4 Sleep oftentimes cometh upon a man unexpectedly: so doth death; for how many dye on the sudden, when they least of all looked for it; and therefore how doth it concern us to live in a continual expectation of, and preparation for death?

5 Sleep cometh acceptably to some men, so doth death to believers, who welcome death as their best friend next to Jesus Christ. Thus let thy sleep mind thee of thy death, and that not as far off, but as near at hand, thinking thou mayest this night sleep the sleep of death;¹ for how many have gone well to bed, and been dead before the morning? and that which happeneth unto one may befall another.

5 Sleep cometh acceptably to some men, so doth death to beleevers, who welcome death as their best friend next to Jesus Christ. Thus let thy sleep mind thee of thy death, and that not as farre off, but as near at hand, thinking thou mayest this night sleep the sleep of death;