A good man making a good end. The life and death, of the Reverend…

And, if thy Faithless Heart, have the Assistances of the Divine Grace withheld from if, when the Damp Sweats of Death are upon thee, there is yet another Objection, with which the God of Heaven will Thunder-strike thy Attempts to Commit thy Spirit into His Hand. That is This: That Spirit of thine, is it thy own to Dispose of? Hast thou not already otherwise disposed of it? It is a Rule in Law, Nemo potest Legare, quod suum jam non est: No man can by will, Demise, Devise, Dispose of that, of which he had made Sale before. It is said of a very ungodly man, in 1 King 21.25. He sold himself, to work Wickedness, in the sight of the Lord. Ungodly Sinner; The Devil ha's often bargained with thee, about thy Soul; he hath said, By Deliberate Sinning against Heaven, do thou make over thy Soul to me, and thou shalt have the short pleasures of Sin for it. God knows how often, thou hast thus Bargained away thy Soul to the Devil; and since thou hast not in all thy Life Revoked that Bargain, then though thou do at thy Death cry unto Him, Lord, Receive this poor Soul of mine! how justly may He say, No, Not I! Thou hast Sold that Soul to another; And Let him keep it forever! There will also be this further to be said; What power hast thou to Dispose of thy Spirit? Hast thou any thing at all, at thy own Disposal? It is a Rule in Law, Servus non potest Condere Testamentum; A Slave can't make a Will: He ha's nothing of ⟨p. 24⟩his own to Dispose of. It is said, in Joh. 8.34. Whosoever practiseth Sin, is the Slave of Sin. It may be, thou hast all this while, been a very Slave; Thy Lust is thy Lord; A Lust of Uncleanness, of Drunkenness, of Worldliness, it hath utterly Enslaved thee. And, What? Not got out of that Slavery, before thy Dim Eyes, and Cold Lips, and Faltering Tongue, and Failing Breath, hath put over thy Soul into the Hand of the Lord! How justly may He say, Slave, Thou art not Able to do for thy wretched Soul, what thou dost now pretend unto. The Lord Jesus Christ, will not […] off thy Soul, with such Objections, if thou Seek the Lord while He may be found, and call upon Him while He is near. I earnestly Testify unto you, The Vilest & the Oldest Sinner among you all, may Come, and be Welcome, unto the Lord Jesus Christ, if you will come Now, while it is the Acceptable Time, Now, while it is the Day of Salvation.

And, if thy Faithless Heart, have the Assistences of the Divine Grace witheld from if, when the Damp Sweats of Death are upon thee, there is yet another Objection, with which the God of Heaven will Thunder-strike thy Attempts to Commit thy Spirit into His Hand. That is This: That Spirit of thine, is it thy own to Dispose of? Hast thou not already otherwise disposed of it? It is a Rule in Law, Nemo potest Legare, quod suum jam non est: No man can by will, Demise, Devise, Dispose of that, of which he had made Sale before. It is said of a very ungodly man, in 1 King 21.25. He sold himself, to work Wickedness, in the sight of the Lord. Ungodly Sinner; The Devil ha's often bargain'd with thee, about thy Soul; he hath said, By Deliberate Sinning against Heaven, do thou make over thy Soul to me, and thou shalt have the short pleasures of Sin for it. God knows how often, thou hast thus Bargain'd away thy Soul to the Devil; and since thou hast not in all thy Life Revok'd that Bargain, then though thou do at thy Death cry unto Him, Lord, Receive this poor Soul of mine! how justly may He say, No, Not I! Thou hast Sold that Soul to another; And Let him keep it forever! There will also be this further to be said; What power hast thou to Dispose of thy Spirit? Hast thou any thing at all, at thy own Disposal? It is a Rule in Law, Servus non potest Condere Testamentum; A Slave can't make a Will: He ha's nothing of