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Thirdly, Jobs Piety was, in that he doth represent death to himself, not in a formidable and dreadful way, but under a comfortable representation; For I know thou wilt bring me to death• and to the house, &c. He doth represent the grave under the notion of a house, as he represents it elsewhere. From thence observe this point.

Thirdly, Iobs Piety was, in that he doth represent death to himself, not in a formidable and dreadful way, but under a comfortable representation; For I know thou wilt bring me to death• and to the house, &c. He doth represent the grave under the notion of a house, as he represents it elsewhere. From thence observe this point.

That a child of God that hath not allowed guilt upon his conscience, ¹he may and ought to re-present death to himself in such familiar representations, as may make it less dreadful and more desirable. Sometimes it is represented as going to bed, They shall rest in their bed. A godly man when he lieth upon his death-bed, and by sickness is weary of his life,² tossing ⟨p. 209⟩to and fro till the dawning of the day, let him think the grave will be but a bed of rest unto him; so death is often styled a sleep. And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth, ³shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. Death is embalmed with sweet and comfortable language.

That a child of God that hath not allowed guilt upon his conscience, ¹