The penitent pardoned a treatise wherein is handled the duty of confession of sin…

A word now from what hath been spoken. If it be that Christ doth receive thee, O thou believer, to himself, before the total and complete reception, I would then give you this use for to comfort you.

A word now from what hath been spoken. If it bee that Christ doth receive thee, O thou beleever, to himselfe, before the totall and compleat reception, I would then give you this use for to comfort you.

Use. First, fear not a dying time, let not death be dreadful and terrible to thee. Beloved, were this true indeed, that when thou diest thy soul should perish with thy body, then a Life is not worth the having, but when thou shalt think on thy death-bed, here now is a disease consuming thy body and sending of thee to thy grave, and now there is but a little time between thee and Heaven, that when I am a dying, I am in the very Suburbs of Heaven, a little breath between me and Heaven, O how should this comfort a dying man, when that he hath good evidences for Heaven! O this should greatly comfort thee against thou comest to die, to think that thy dead-bed is the very Suburbs of heaven. I have read what John said, that wrote the Revelations, when he was ready to die, I do believe, saith he, that in this very day my soul shall be presented before the Lord Jesus Christ. O think, now thou art leaving thy friends, it will not be a day before Christ and I shall meet in heaven. As in the Book of Martyrs we read that in Queen Mary's time, two friends were put to death together. One of them was fearful to think that the flames should scorch his flesh. O saith the other, be of good comfort, for half an hour hence thou shalt be in Heaven! O think, though thou art weak and sick even unto death, yet that thou shalt shortly be with Jesus Christ, doubt not of the truth of this, For I could even pawn my soul of the truth of it, that the souls of the Elect are taken up into heaven immediately after death. O then let not death trouble you.

Use. First, fear not a dying time, let not death bee dreadfull and terrible to thee. Beloved, were this true indeed, that when thou diest thy soule should perish with thy body, then a Life is not worth the having, but when thou shalt thinke on thy death-bed, here now is a disease consuming thy body and sending of thee to thy grave, and now there is but a little time betweene thee and Heaven, that when I am a dying, I am in the very Suburbs of Heaven, a little breath between mee and Heaven, O how should this comfort a dying man, when that hee hath good evidences for Heaven! O this should greatly comfort thee against thou comest to die, to thinke that thy dead-bed is the very Suburbs of heaven. I have read what John said, that wrote the Revelarions, when hee was ready to die, I doe beleeve, saith hee, that in this very day my soule shall be presented before the Lord Jesus Christ. O thinke, now thou art leaving thy friends, it will not bee a day before Christ and I shall meet in heaven. As in the Booke of Martyrs wee read that in Queene Maries time, two friends were put to death together. One of them was fearfull to thinke that the flames should scorch his flesh. O saith the other, bee of good comfort, for halfe an houre hence thou shalt bee in Heaven! O thinke, though thou art weake and sick even unto death, yet that thou shalt shortly bee with Jesus Christ, doubt not of the truth of this, For I could even pawn my soul of the truth of it, that the soules of the Elect are taken up into heaven immediately after death. O then let not death trouble you.