The mourners cordial against excessive sorrow discovering what grounds of hope Gods people have…

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This consideration may serve to take off the terrors of Death from the minds of Gods people, Death indeed is called the King of Terrors and well may it hear this title upon it, with respect to ungodly men, and that because it comes to do execution upon them: to post their Souls away into the place of endless miseries▪ and to lodge their Bodies in the Prison of the Grave, there to be reserved for a Day of Vengeance: but it is far otherwise with respect to the Godly: When the Lord comes to call them off by dying, it is but to •ay them to seep▪ ⟨p. 29⟩he doth now put his children to bed, that they may rest. And this is the great comfort of it, that they not only sleep but they Sleep in Jesus; he watcheth over them, while they lie and rest, and he will keep them safe all night long, till that happy Morning comes, in which he will awaken and call them up to G•o•y. The Spirit of God puts this name up•• Death, on purpose to make his people the else afraid of dying. Who is wont to be afraid to lay him down to his rest? what terrors are there in going to sleep? and when death hath lost it's sting this is the worst of it. It is true, it puts an end to our work, but then it begins our rest; and do but think how sweet this rest will be. Do but give diligence to make that one thing sure, that you are in Christ, by a true and living Faith, and then entertain these charitable thoughts of death, that so you may not go up and down •n frights and terrors at the apprehensions of it, and forewarnings given you to be in expectation of it, but when you see the night coming you may be refreshed to think that you shall quickly go to sleep, and there lie still and quiet till the last Trumpet shall awaken you to come and meet Jesus Christ; in his Kingdom and Glory.