A Month before he Died he kept his Bed; the First Fortnight whereof he was very Comfortless, and yet very Patient; abounding all this while in Gracious ⟨p. 9⟩Admonitions unto other Young People, that they would be concerned for their own Eternal Salvation. And you should not now have heard him complain, that he wanted Health and Ease, though he did so; but that he wanted Faith, and Peace, and Christ; yet Expressing a profound Submission to the Will of God. But i• the Last Fortnight of his Life, this poor Child of God, had his weary Soul more comfortably Satiated with the Promise• of the New-Covenant. God filled him with a marvellous Assurance of His Love, and so Sealed him with His own Spirit, that he Rejoiced with Joy Unspeakable and full of Glory. He would often be saying, Whom have I in Heaven but thee? and there is none on Earth, that I desire besides thee: My Flesh and my Heart fa•leth, but God is the Strength of my Heart, and my Portion for ever. And, I know that my Redeemer Lives, and that He shall Stand at the Latter Day upon the Earth. And, If I Live, I shall Live unto the Lord; if I Die, I shall Die unto the Lord; and whether I Live or Die, I am the Lords. And, When Christ, who is my Life, shall appear, then shall I also appear with Him in Glory. He would profess, ⟨p. 10⟩that his Communion with the Lord Jesus Christ, was Inexpressible; and the Spectators judged his Consolations, to be as Great, as could be born, in a mortal Body. Being now asked, Whether the Thoughts of Dying Troubled him not? He replied, No, Death is no Terror to me, because Christ has taken away my Sin, which is the Sting of Death. But being asked, Whether he was willing to Live? He answered, I am willing to submit unto the Will of God; but if God have appointed me to Life, I desire I may Live to His Glory. And being asked, Whether God had put out of Doubt, his Interest in a Dying and Rising Jesus? He returned, Yes; and God has fully answered my Desires; I am now going to a thousand times better World. He told his Mother, I Love you as dearly as my own Life, yet I had rather Die, and be with Christ.
A Month before he Dy'd he kept his Bed; the First Fortnight whereof he was very Comfortless, and yet very Patient; abounding all this while in Gracious ⟨p. 9⟩Admonitions unto other Young People, that they would be concerned for their own Eternal Salvation. And you should not now have heard him complain, that he wanted Health and Ease, though he did so; but that he wanted Faith, and Peace, and Chr•st; yet Expressing a profound Submission to the Will of God. But i• the Last F•rtnight of his Life, this poor Child of God, had his weary Soul more comfortably Satiated with the Promise• of the New-Covenant. God filled him with a marvellous Assurance of His Love, and so Sealed him with His own Spirit, that he Rejoyced with Joy Unspeakable and full of Glory. He would often be saying, Whom have I in Heaven but thee? and there is none on Earth, that I desire besides thee: My Flesh and my Heart fa•leth, but God is the Strength of my Heart, and my Portion for ever. And, I know that my Redeemer Lives, and that He shall Stand at the Latter Day upon the Earth. And, If I Live, I shall Live unto the Lord; if I Dy, I shall Dy unto the Lord; and whether I Live or Dy, I am the Lords. And, When Chr•st, who is my Life, shall appear, then shall I also appear with Him in Glory. He would profess, ⟨p. 10⟩that his Communion with the Lord Jesus Christ, was Inexpressible; and the Spectaters judg'd his Consolations, to be as Great, as could be born, in a mortal Body. Being now asked, Whether the Thoughts of Dying Troubled him not? He replyed, No, Death is no Terror to me, because Christ has taken away my Sin, which is the Sting of Death. But being asked, Whether he was willing to Live? He answered, I am willing to submit unto the Will of God; but if God have appointed me to Life, I desire I may Live to His Glory. And being asked, Whether God had put out of Doubt, his Interest in a Dying and Rising Jesus? He returned, Yes; and God has fully answered my Desires; I am now going to a thousand times better World. He told his Mother, I Love you as dearly as my own Life, yet I had rather Dy, and be with Christ.
