They must die, either by a sudden, sullen, or desperate death, Psal. 89.48. which though it was to a child of God a sweet sleep, yet to the wicked it is a fearful curse pr•ceeding from Gods w•ath, whence like a lion, •he tears body and soul asunder. Death cometh hissing upon ⟨p. 56⟩them like a fiery dragon wi•h the sting of vengeance in the mou•h of it: It puts a period to all their worldly contentments, which then they must forsake, and carry nothing away wi•h […] bu• a rotten winding she•t. It is the beginning of all all their wo•: It is the Captain that first strikes the stro•k, and then armies of endless woes […], Rev. 6.•. Oh, thou hadst be••et be […] a dog then a man, for there is an end of their troubles, when they are dead and gone; they •all now as men from a sleep, they know not where they […] go N•w […] is too late, e•p•cial•y if thou hast ••ved under means before. It •s either a cold repentance, when the b•dy is weak, and the heart sick; or an hypocritical repentance, only for fear of hell, and therefore thou sayest, Lord Jesus, receive my soul, Nay, commonly then mens hearts are most hard, and therefore men die like lambs, and cry not out. Then it is hard plucking thy soul from the devils hands, to whom thou hast given it all thy life by sin: and if thou dost get it back, dost thou think that God will take the devils leavings? Now thy day is past, and darkness beginneth to overspread thy soul: Now flocks of devils come into thy chamber, waiting for thy soul to fly upon it, as a ma••ive dog, when the door is opened. And this is the reason ⟨p. 57⟩why most men die quietly that lived wickedly; because satan then hath them as his own prey: like pirates that let a ship pass by that is empty of goods, they shoot commonly at them that are richly loaden. The Christians in •ome parts of the Primitive Church, took the Sacrament every day, because they did look to die every day. But these times wherein we live, are so poisoned and g•utted with their •ase, that it is a rare thing to see the man that looks death steadfastly in the face one hour together. But death will lay a bitter stroke on these one day:
They must die, either by a sudden, sull•n, or desperate death, Psal. 89.48. which though it was to a child of God a sweet sleep, yet to the wicked it is a fearfull curse pr•ceeding from Gods w•ath, whence like a lyon, •he tears body and soul asunder. Death cometh hissing upon ⟨p. 56⟩them like a fiery dragon wi•h the sting of vengeance in the mou•h of it: It puts a period to all their worldly contentments, which then they must forsake, and carry nothing away wi•h 〈…〉 bu• a rotten winding she•t. It is the beginning of all all their wo•: It is the C•ptain that first strikes the stro•k, and then armies of endlesse woes 〈…〉, Rev. 6.•. Oh, thou hadst be••et be 〈…〉 a dog then a man, for there is an end of th•ir tr•ubles, when they are dead and gone; they •all now as men from a sleep, they know not where they 〈…〉 go N•w 〈…〉 is too late, e•p•cial•y if thou hast ••ved under means before. It •s either a cold repentance, when the b•dy is weak, and the heart sick; or an hypocritical repentance, only for fear of hell, and therefore thou sayest, Lord Jesus, receive my soul, Nay, commonly then mens hearts are most hard, and therefore men die like lambs, and cry not out. Then it is hard plucking thy soul from the devils hands, to whom thou hast given it all thy life by sin: and if thou dost get it back, dost thou think that God will take the devils leavings? Now thy day is past, and darknesse beginneth to overspread thy soul: Now flocks of devils come into thy chamber, waiting for thy soul to fly upon it, as a maive dog, when the door is opened. And this is the reason
