The cure of the feare of death Shewing the course Christians may take to bee deliuered from these feares about death, which are found in the hearts of the most. A treatise of singular use for all sorts. By Nicholas Bifeild, Preacher of Gods word at Isleworth in Middelsex.
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           THE
           CVRE
           OF
           THE
           FEARE
           
             OF
             DEATH
             .
          
        
         
           Shewing
           the
           course
           Christians
           may
           take
           to
           bee
           deliuered
           from
           these
           feares
           about
           death
           ,
           which
           are
           found
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           the
           most
           .
        
         
           
             A
             Treatise
             of
             singular
             vse
             for
             all
             sorts
             .
          
        
         
           By
           NICHOLAS
           BIFEILD
           ,
           Preacher
           of
           Gods
           Word
           at
           
             Isleworth
          
           in
           
             Middelsex
             .
          
        
         
           HEB.
           2.
           15.
           
        
         
           
             He
             died
             ,
             that
             hee
             might
             deliuer
             them
             ,
             who
             through
             the
             feare
             of
             death
             ,
             were
             all
             their
             life
             time
             subiect
             to
             bondage
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             ,
          
           Printed
           by
           
             G.
             P.
          
           for
           
             Ralph
             Rounthwaite
          
           at
           the
           Flower
           de-Luce
           and
           Crowne
           in
           
             Pauls
             Church-yard
             .
          
           1618.
           
        
      
       
         
         
         
           TO
           THE
           RIGHT
           HONOVRABLE
           AND
           NOBLE
           LADY
           THE
           LADY
           ANNE
           HARRINGTON
           ,
           Grace
           and
           comfort
           from
           God
           the
           Father
           ,
           and
           the
           LORD
           IESVS
           CHRIST
           bee
           
             multiplyed
             .
          
        
         
           
             MADAME
             ,
          
        
         
           WHen
           I
           had
           seriously
           bethought
           my selfe
           in
           what
           doctrine
           especially
           to
           imply
           my
           Ministery
           ,
           
           in
           the
           place
           in
           which
           the
           Lord
           had
           by
           so
           strong
           and
           strange
           a
           prouidence
           settled
           me
           :
           Amongst
           other
           things
           I
           was
           vehemently
           inclined
           to
           study
           the
           Cure
           of
           the
           Feare
           of
           Death
           ;
           both
           because
           it
           may
           be
           vsually
           obserued
           ,
           that
           the
           most
           men
           are
           in
           bondage
           by
           reason
           of
           these
           feares
           ;
           as
           also
           because
           I
           am
           assured
           ,
           that
           ourliues
           wil
           become
           more
           sweet
           ;
           yea
           ,
           and
           more
           holy
           too
           ,
           when
           the
           feare
           of
           death
           is
           remoued
           :
           And
           the
           rather
           was
           I
           incited
           hereunto
           ,
           because
           I
           haue
           obserued
           some
           defect
           about
           
           this
           point
           ,
           in
           the
           most
           that
           haue
           written
           about
           Death
           .
           I
           am
           not
           ignorant
           of
           the
           censure
           ,
           which
           many
           may
           giue
           of
           this
           proiect
           ,
           as
           accounting
           it
           an
           impossible
           thing
           to
           be
           effected
           ;
           but
           my
           trust
           is
           ,
           that
           godly
           and
           discreet
           Christians
           will
           restraine
           censure
           ,
           when
           they
           haue
           throughly
           viewed
           my
           reasons
           .
        
         
           My
           vnsaigned
           desire
           to
           do
           seruice
           vnto
           GODS
           Church
           in
           releeuing
           such
           Christians
           herein
           ,
           as
           are
           not
           furnished
           with
           better
           helps
           ,
           hath
           emboldned
           me
           to
           offer
           this
           Treatise
           
           also
           to
           the
           publike
           view
           :
           I
           haue
           presumed
           in
           your
           Honours
           absence
           to
           thrust
           forth
           this
           Treatise
           vnder
           the
           protection
           of
           your
           Honours
           name
           :
           and
           withall
           I
           desire
           heartily
           to
           testifie
           my
           thankefulnesse
           for
           the
           many
           fauours
           shewed
           vnto
           me
           and
           mine
           ,
           while
           your
           Honour
           was
           pleased
           to
           be
           my
           Hearer
           .
           I
           should
           also
           much
           reioyce
           ,
           if
           my
           testimony
           (
           concerning
           the
           singular
           graces
           God
           hath
           bestowed
           vpon
           you
           ,
           and
           the
           many
           good
           works
           in
           which
           you
           haue
           abounded
           in
           the
           places
           of
           your
           aboad
           )
           might
           adde
           any
           
           thing
           ,
           either
           vnto
           your
           Honours
           praises
           in
           the
           Churches
           of
           Christ
           ,
           or
           vnto
           the
           establishment
           of
           the
           comfort
           of
           your
           owne
           heart
           in
           God
           ,
           and
           his
           Son
           Iesus
           Christ.
           
        
         
           I
           haue
           not
           made
           choise
           of
           your
           Honour
           in
           this
           Dedication
           for
           any
           speciall
           fitnesse
           in
           this
           Treatise
           ;
           for
           your
           Honours
           condition
           ,
           in
           respect
           of
           your
           age
           ,
           or
           absence
           in
           a
           place
           so
           farre
           remote
           .
           For
           my
           earnest
           trust
           is
           ,
           that
           God
           will
           adde
           yet
           many
           yeares
           to
           your
           happy
           life
           on
           earth
           ;
           and
           besides
           I
           haue
           had
           heeretofore
           occasion
           
           to
           know
           how
           little
           you
           were
           afraid
           to
           die
           ,
           when
           the
           Lord
           did
           seeme
           to
           summon
           you
           by
           sicknes
           .
        
         
           That
           God
           ,
           which
           hath
           ennobled
           your
           heart
           with
           heauenly
           gifts
           ,
           &
           so
           made
           you
           an
           instrument
           of
           so
           much
           good
           ,
           and
           contentment
           ,
           vnto
           that
           most
           excellent
           Princesse
           ,
           with
           whom
           you
           now
           liue
           ,
           and
           towards
           whom
           you
           haue
           shewed
           so
           much
           faithfull
           obseruance
           ,
           and
           dearenes
           of
           affection
           ,
           and
           carefulnesse
           of
           attendance
           :
           Euen
           the
           Father
           of
           mercy
           ,
           and
           God
           of
           all
           consolations
           ,
           increase
           in
           you
           all
           spirituall
           
           blessings
           ,
           and
           multiply
           the
           ioy
           of
           your
           heart
           ,
           and
           make
           you
           still
           to
           grow
           in
           acceptation
           ,
           and
           all
           well-doing
           :
           Humbly
           crauing
           pardon
           for
           my
           boldnesse
           heerein
           :
           I
           commit
           your
           Honour
           to
           God
           ,
           and
           to
           the
           word
           of
           his
           Grace
           ,
           which
           will
           build
           you
           vp
           to
           eternall
           life
           :
           resting
        
         
           
             Your
             Honours
             in
             all
             humble
             obseruance
             ,
             N.
             BIFEILD
             .
          
           
             Isleworth
             ,
             
               Iuly
               14.
               1618.
               
            
          
        
      
       
         
         
         
         
           
           
             The
             chiefe
             Contents
             of
             this
             Booke
             .
          
           
             THE
             drift
             is
             to
             shew
             ,
             how
             wee
             may
             bee
             freed
             from
             the
             feare
             of
             death
             .
             
               Pag.
            
             1.
             2.
             
          
           
             First
             ,
             it
             is
             proued
             by
             eight
             apparant
             Argumēts
             ,
             that
             it
             may
             bee
             attained
             to
             ,
             
               Page
            
             4.
             to
             the
             12.
             
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             it
             is
             shewed
             by
             fifteene
             considerations
             ,
             how
             shamefull
             and
             vncomely
             a
             thing
             it
             is
             for
             a
             Christian
             to
             bee
             afraid
             to
             die
             ,
             Page
             12.
             to
             28.
             
          
           
             
             Thirdly
             ,
             the
             way
             how
             this
             feare
             may
             bee
             remoued
             ,
             is
             shewed
             :
             where
             may
             bee
             noted
             :
          
           
             An
             exhortation
             to
             regard
             the
             directions
             .
             p.
             29.
             30.
             
          
           
             Two
             waies
             of
             Cure
             :
             1.
             
             The
             one
             by
             Meditation
             ;
             2.
             
             The
             other
             by
             practice
             ,
             p.
             31.
             
          
           
             The
             contemplations
             either
             serue
             to
             make
             vs
             to
             like
             death
             ,
             or
             else
             to
             be
             lesse
             in
             loue
             with
             life
             .
             p.
             32.
             
          
           
             Seuenteene
             Priuiledges
             of
             a
             Christian
             in
             death
             .
             pag.
             33.
             to
             the
             52.
             
          
           
             The
             Contemplations
             that
             shew
             vs
             the
             miserie
             of
             life
             ,
             are
             of
             two
             sorts
             :
             for
             either
             they
             shew
             vs
             
             the
             miseries
             of
             the
             life
             of
             nature
             :
             or
             else
             the
             miseries
             that
             do
             vnauoidably
             accompany
             the
             very
             life
             of
             grace
             .
             p.
             53
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             The
             miseries
             of
             the
             life
             of
             nature
             ,
             from
             pag.
             54.
             to
             pag.
             67.
             
          
           
             The
             miseries
             of
             a
             godly
             mans
             life
             are
             two-fold
             :
             1.
             which
             appeares
             both
             in
             the
             things
             hee
             wants
             ;
             2.
             and
             in
             the
             things
             hee
             hath
             ,
             while
             hee
             liues
             ,
             p.
             67.
             &c.
             
          
           
             Sixe
             things
             ,
             which
             euery
             godly
             man
             wants
             ,
             while
             he
             liues
             .
             p.
             68.
             to
             75.
             
          
           
             What
             should
             make
             a
             godly
             man
             weary
             of
             life
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             God.
             p.
             75.
             to
             85.
             
          
           
             
             And
             what
             in
             respect
             of
             euill
             Angels
             .
             p.
             85
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             And
             what
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             world
             .
             p.
             88
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             And
             what
             in
             respect
             of
             himselfe
             .
             p.
             113
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Eight
             aggrauations
             of
             Gods
             corrections
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             p.
             78.
             
          
           
             Eight
             apparant
             miseries
             from
             the
             world
             .
             p.
             89
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Fifteen
             manifest
             defects
             and
             blemishes
             in
             the
             greatest
             seeming
             felicities
             of
             the
             world
             .
             p.
             98.
             to
             113.
             
          
           
             Many
             aggrauations
             of
             our
             misery
             in
             respect
             of
             corruption
             of
             nature
             in
             this
             life
             .
             p.
             113
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             The
             remainders
             of
             the
             first
             
             punishment
             yet
             vpon
             vs.
             Pag.
             121.
             
          
           
             The
             remouall
             of
             the
             obiections
             men
             make
             about
             death
             ,
             from
             whence
             their
             feare
             riseth
             ,
             and
             these
             obiections
             are
             answered
             .
             
               
                 1.
                 
                 About
                 the
                 paine
                 of
                 dying
                 ,
                 where
                 are
                 ten
                 answers
                 ,
                 pag.
                 125.
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 2.
                 
                 About
                 the
                 condition
                 of
                 the
                 body
                 in
                 death
                 .
                 p.
                 133.
                 
              
               
                 3.
                 
                 About
                 the
                 desire
                 to
                 liue
                 longer
                 yet
                 .
                 p.
                 139.
                 
              
               
                 4.
                 
                 About
                 the
                 pretence
                 of
                 desire
                 to
                 liue
                 long
                 to
                 do
                 good
                 .
                 p.
                 145.
                 
              
               
                 5.
                 
                 About
                 casting
                 away
                 of
                 ones
                 selfe
                 .
                 p.
                 149.
                 
              
               
                 6.
                 
                 About
                 parting
                 with
                 
                 friends
                 .
                 p.
                 153.
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 7.
                 
                 About
                 leauing
                 the
                 pleasures
                 of
                 life
                 .
                 p.
                 159
                 ,
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 8.
                 
                 About
                 leauing
                 the
                 honors
                 of
                 life
                 .
                 p.
                 162.
                 
              
               
                 9.
                 
                 About
                 leauing
                 their
                 riches
                 .
                 p.
                 168.
                 &c.
                 
              
               
                 10.
                 
                 About
                 the
                 kind
                 of
                 death
                 .
                 p.
                 171.
                 
              
               
                 The
                 second
                 way
                 of
                 curing
                 the
                 feare
                 of
                 death
                 is
                 by
                 practice
                 ,
                 where
                 seuen
                 directions
                 are
                 giuen
                 .
                 From
                 page
                 173.
                 to
                 the
                 end
                 .
              
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
         
         
         
           THE
           CVRE
           OF
           THE
           FEARE
           
             OF
             DEATH
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             I.
             
          
           
             
               Shewing
               the
               Scope
               and
               Parts
               of
               this
               Treatise
               .
            
          
           
             THAT
             ,
             which
             I
             intend
             in
             this
             Treatise
             ,
             is
             to
             shew
             ,
             how
             a
             godly
             man
             might
             order
             
             himselfe
             against
             the
             feare
             of
             death
             ;
             or
             ,
             what
             course
             hee
             should
             take
             to
             liue
             so
             ,
             
             as
             not
             to
             be
             afraid
             to
             die
             .
             This
             is
             a
             maine
             point
             ,
             and
             exceeding
             necessary
             :
             Life
             is
             throughly
             sweet
             ,
             when
             
             death
             is
             not
             feared
             :
             a
             mans
             heart
             is
             then
             like
             
               Mount
               Zion
               ,
            
             that
             cannot
             be
             moued
             .
             Hee
             can
             feare
             no
             enemy
             ,
             that
             doth
             not
             feare
             death
             .
             As
             death
             is
             the
             last
             enemy
             ,
             so
             it
             works
             the
             longest
             and
             last
             feares
             ;
             and
             to
             die
             happily
             ,
             is
             to
             die
             willingly
             .
             The
             maine
             worke
             of
             Preparation
             is
             effected
             ,
             when
             our
             hearts
             are
             perswaded
             to
             bee
             willing
             to
             die
             .
          
           
             Now
             in
             the
             explication
             
             of
             this
             point
             ,
             I
             would
             
             distinctly
             handle
             three
             things
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             I
             will
             proue
             ,
             that
             to
             liue
             without
             feare
             of
             
             death
             ,
             is
             a
             thing
             may
             bee
             obtained
             ;
             one
             may
             be
             deliuered
             from
             it
             as
             certainly
             ,
             as
             a
             sick
             man
             may
             bee
             cured
             of
             an
             ordinary
             disease
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             I
             will
             shew
             ,
             how
             vncomely
             a
             thing
             it
             
             is
             for
             a
             Christian
             to
             bee
             afraid
             of
             death
             :
             that
             so
             we
             may
             bee
             stirred
             vp
             the
             more
             to
             seeke
             the
             cure
             for
             this
             disease
             .
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             I
             will
             shew
             by
             what
             meanes
             we
             may
             bee
             
             deliuered
             from
             the
             feare
             
             of
             death
             ,
             if
             we
             vse
             them
             .
             Of
             the
             two
             first
             more
             briefly
             :
             and
             of
             the
             last
             at
             large
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             II.
             
          
           
             
               Prouing
               that
               we
               may
               be
               cured
               of
               the
               feare
               of
               death
               .
            
          
           
             FOR
             the
             first
             :
             that
             the
             feare
             of
             death
             may
             be
             remoued
             ;
             and
             that
             we
             may
             
             attaine
             to
             that
             resolution
             to
             be
             willing
             to
             die
             ,
             without
             lothnesse
             ,
             is
             apparant
             diuers
             waies
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             it
             is
             euident
             :
             
               Christ
            
             died
             to
             deliuer
             vs
             ,
             not
             onely
             from
             the
             hurt
             of
             death
             ,
             and
             from
             the
             deuill
             ,
             
             as
             the
             executioner
             :
             but
             also
             from
             the
             feare
             of
             death
             too
             .
             Now
             Christ
             may
             attaine
             to
             the
             end
             of
             his
             death
             ,
             vnlesse
             we
             will
             deny
             the
             vertue
             of
             Christ
             ,
             and
             his
             death
             ,
             and
             think
             that
             notwithstanding
             it
             cannot
             be
             obtained
             ,
             
               Heb.
            
             2.
             14
             ,
             15.
             
             And
             the
             more
             apparant
             is
             this
             ,
             because
             in
             that
             place
             hee
             shewes
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             vertue
             in
             the
             death
             of
             Christ
             ,
             to
             cure
             this
             feare
             of
             death
             in
             any
             of
             the
             Elect
             ,
             if
             they
             will
             vse
             the
             meanes
             :
             For
             as
             our
             sinnes
             will
             not
             bee
             mortified
             ,
             though
             there
             be
             power
             in
             the
             death
             of
             
             Christ
             to
             kill
             them
             ;
             vnlesse
             wee
             vse
             the
             meanes
             to
             extract
             this
             vertue
             out
             of
             the
             death
             of
             Christ
             :
             so
             is
             it
             true
             ,
             that
             the
             feare
             of
             death
             may
             be
             in
             some
             of
             Gods
             Elect
             :
             but
             it
             is
             not
             because
             Christ
             cannot
             deliuer
             them
             ;
             but
             because
             they
             are
             sluggish
             ,
             and
             will
             not
             take
             the
             course
             to
             bee
             rid
             of
             those
             feares
             .
             The
             Physician
             is
             able
             to
             cure
             them
             ,
             and
             vsually
             doth
             cure
             the
             same
             disease
             ;
             but
             they
             will
             not
             take
             his
             Receipts
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             Apostle
             intreating
             of
             the
             desire
             of
             death
             ,
             saith
             ,
             
               That
               God
               hath
               
               wrought
               vs
               vnto
               the
               selfe-same
               thing
               ,
               2.
               
               Cor.
            
             5.
             5.
             
             We
             are
             againe
             created
             of
             God
             ,
             that
             wee
             might
             in
             our selues
             aspire
             vnto
             immortality
             ;
             and
             are
             set
             in
             such
             an
             estate
             ,
             as
             if
             we
             answered
             the
             end
             of
             his
             workemanship
             ,
             we
             should
             neuer
             be
             well
             ,
             till
             wee
             be
             possessed
             of
             the
             happinesse
             in
             another
             world
             :
             which
             hee
             shewes
             in
             those
             words
             of
             
               being
               absent
               from
               the
               body
               ,
               and
               present
               with
               the
               Lord
               ,
               ver
               .
            
             8.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             Prophesies
             haue
             run
             on
             this
             point
             .
             For
             it
             was
             long
             since
             fore-told
             ,
             that
             Christians
             knowing
             
             the
             victory
             of
             Christ
             ouer
             death
             ,
             should
             be
             so
             farre
             from
             fearing
             death
             ,
             that
             they
             should
             treade
             vpon
             him
             ,
             and
             insult
             ouer
             him
             :
             
               O
               Death
               ,
               Where
               is
               thy
               sting
               ?
               &c.
               Isay
               25.
               8.
               
               Hos.
               13.
               14.
               2.
               
               Cor.
            
             15.
             54
             ,
             55.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             It
             is
             a
             condition
             ,
             that
             Christ
             puts
             in
             ,
             when
             he
             first
             admits
             Disciples
             ,
             that
             they
             must
             deny
             their
             owneliues
             :
             and
             not
             onely
             be
             content
             to
             take
             vp
             their
             crosse
             in
             other
             things
             ,
             but
             their
             liues
             must
             not
             bee
             deare
             vnto
             them
             ,
             when
             hee
             cals
             for
             it
             ,
             
               Luk.
            
             14.
             26.
             
          
           
             5.
             
             Wee
             are
             taught
             in
             
             the
             Lords
             Prayer
             ,
             to
             pray
             
               That
               Gods
               Kingdome
               may
               come
               :
            
             And
             by
             his
             Kingdom
             he
             meanes
             the
             Kingdom
             of
             Glory
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             the
             Kingdome
             of
             Grace
             :
             Now
             in
             that
             wee
             are
             taught
             to
             pray
             for
             the
             Kingdome
             ,
             it
             shewes
             wee
             should
             desire
             it
             ,
             and
             that
             by
             prayer
             wee
             should
             bee
             more
             and
             more
             heated
             in
             our
             desires
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Wee
             are
             
               borne
               againe
               to
               a
               liuely
               hope
               of
               our
               inheritance
               :
            
             Now
             if
             wee
             bee
             afraid
             of
             the
             time
             of
             our
             translation
             thither
             ,
             how
             do
             we
             hope
             for
             it
             after
             a
             liuely
             manner
             ?
             A
             desire
             
             of
             going
             to
             heauen
             is
             a
             part
             of
             that
             seed
             cast
             into
             our
             hearts
             in
             our
             regeneration
             ,
             1.
             
             
               Pet.
            
             1.
             3
             ,
             4.
             
          
           
             7.
             
             Wee
             haue
             the
             example
             of
             diuers
             men
             in
             particular
             ,
             who
             haue
             desired
             to
             die
             ,
             and
             were
             out
             of
             feare
             in
             that
             respect
             :
             
               Gen.
               49.
               18.
               
               Iacob
               wayted
               for
               Gods
               saluation
               :
            
             and
             
               Paul
            
             resolues
             ,
             that
             to
             die
             ,
             and
             to
             
               be
               with
               Christ
               ,
               is
               best
               of
               all
               for
               him
               :
               Phil.
            
             1.
             21.
             
             Yea
             ,
             in
             
               Rom.
            
             7.
             23.
             hee
             is
             vehement
             ;
             
               O
               wretched
               man
               that
               I
               am
               ,
               who
               shall
               deliuer
               mee
               from
               this
               body
               of
               death
               ?
               Simeon
            
             praies
             God
             to
             let
             him
             die
             ,
             
               Luk.
            
             2.
             29.
             
             And
             
             the
             Prophet
             in
             the
             name
             of
             the
             godly
             ,
             said
             long
             before
             Christ
             :
             
               O
               that
               the
               saluation
               of
               Israel
               were
               come
               out
               of
               Syon
               ,
               Psal.
            
             14.
             7.
             
             And
             we
             haue
             the
             example
             of
             the
             Martyrs
             in
             all
             Ages
             ,
             that
             accounted
             it
             a
             singular
             glory
             to
             die
             :
             And
             in
             2.
             
             
               Cor.
            
             5.
             2
             ,
             7.
             the
             godly
             are
             said
             
               to
               sigh
               for
               it
               ,
            
             that
             they
             might
             
               bee
               absent
               from
               the
               body
               ,
               and
               present
               with
               the
               Lord
               ;
            
             and
             so
             do
             the
             
               first
               fruites
               of
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               ,
            
             those
             eminent
             Christians
             mentioned
             ,
             
               Rom.
            
             8.
             21.
             
          
           
             Lastly
             :
             not
             onely
             some
             particular
             godly
             men
             haue
             attained
             to
             this
             ;
             but
             
             the
             whole
             Church
             is
             brought
             in
             ,
             in
             the
             22.
             
             Ch.
             of
             the
             
               Reu.
            
             praying
             for
             the
             comming
             of
             Iesus
             Christ
             ,
             and
             desiring
             too
             ,
             that
             hee
             would
             
               come
               quickly
               :
            
             And
             2.
             
             
               Tim.
               4.
               8.
               
               The
               loue
               of
               the
               appearing
               of
               Christ
               ,
            
             is
             the
             
               Periphrasis
            
             of
             the
             childe
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             Thus
             of
             the
             first
             point
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             III.
             
          
           
             
               Shewing
               how
               vncomely
               it
               is
               to
               feare
               death
               .
            
          
           
             FOR
             the
             second
             ,
             how
             vncomely
             a
             thing
             it
             is
             in
             Christians
             to
             feare
             
             death
             ,
             may
             appeare
             many
             waies
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             By
             the
             feare
             of
             death
             wee
             shame
             our
             Religion
             ;
             while
             we
             professe
             it
             in
             our
             words
             ,
             wee
             deny
             it
             in
             our
             workes
             :
             Let
             
               Papists
            
             tremble
             at
             death
             ,
             who
             are
             
             taught
             ,
             that
             no
             man
             ordinarily
             can
             be
             sure
             he
             shall
             go
             to
             heauen
             when
             he
             dies
             .
             But
             for
             vs
             ;
             that
             professe
             the
             knowledge
             of
             saluation
             ,
             to
             be
             astonished
             at
             the
             passage
             to
             it
             ,
             shews
             (
             at
             least
             )
             a
             great
             weaknesse
             of
             faith
             ,
             and
             doth
             outwardly
             giue
             occasion
             of
             disgrace
             to
             our
             Religion
             .
          
           
             2
             By
             that
             ,
             which
             went
             
             before
             ,
             we
             may
             see
             how
             vncomely
             it
             is
             to
             bee
             afraid
             of
             death
             :
             For
             thereby
             we
             disable
             the
             death
             of
             Christ
             :
             wee
             frustrate
             the
             end
             of
             Gods
             workemanship
             :
             we
             stop
             the
             execution
             of
             the
             Prophesies
             :
             we
             renounce
             our
             first
             agreement
             with
             Christ
             :
             wee
             mocke
             God
             in
             praying
             that
             his
             Kingdome
             may
             come
             :
             we
             obscure
             the
             euidence
             of
             our
             owne
             regeneration
             ;
             and
             we
             transgresse
             against
             the
             example
             of
             the
             godly
             in
             all
             ages
             .
          
           
             3
             Many
             of
             the
             Pagans
             greatly
             setled
             their
             hearts
             
             against
             the
             feare
             of
             death
             by
             this
             very
             reason
             :
             Because
             there
             was
             no
             being
             after
             death
             ;
             and
             therefore
             they
             could
             no
             more
             feele
             misery
             then
             ,
             then
             before
             they
             were
             borne
             :
             And
             shall
             we
             Christians
             ,
             that
             heare
             euery
             day
             of
             the
             glorious
             saluation
             we
             haue
             by
             Christ
             ,
             be
             more
             fearefull
             then
             they
             were
             ?
             Let
             them
             feare
             death
             ,
             that
             know
             not
             a
             better
             life
             .
          
           
             Shall
             we
             be
             like
             wicked
             men
             ?
             Their
             death
             is
             compelled
             ▪
             Shall
             ours
             bee
             so
             too
             ?
             They
             by
             their
             good
             wils
             ,
             would
             not
             lose
             their
             bodies
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             nor
             
             haue
             their
             bodies
             in
             the
             next
             life
             :
             But
             since
             God
             hath
             made
             vs
             vnlike
             them
             in
             the
             issues
             of
             death
             ;
             Shal
             we
             make
             our selues
             like
             them
             in
             the
             lothnesse
             to
             die
             ?
             Let
             
               Foelix
            
             tremble
             at
             the
             doctrine
             of
             death
             and
             iudgement
             :
             
               Act.
            
             24.
             25.
             
             But
             let
             all
             the
             godly
             hold
             vp
             their
             heads
             ,
             because
             the
             day
             of
             their
             redemption
             draweth
             nigh
             ,
             
               Math.
            
             24
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             5.
             
             Shall
             wee
             bee
             afraid
             of
             a
             shadow
             ?
             The
             separation
             of
             the
             soule
             from
             God
             ,
             that
             is
             death
             ,
             if
             wee
             speake
             exactly
             :
             but
             the
             separation
             of
             the
             soule
             from
             
             the
             body
             ,
             is
             but
             
               the
               shadow
               of
               death
               .
            
             VVhen
             see
             wee
             men
             trembling
             for
             feare
             of
             spirituall
             death
             ?
             which
             is
             called
             the
             First
             Death
             ;
             and
             yet
             this
             is
             farre
             more
             wofull
             then
             that
             wee
             call
             the
             bodily
             death
             .
             But
             as
             if
             the
             death
             of
             the
             body
             were
             nothing
             ,
             the
             Scripture
             cals
             Damnation
             ,
             The
             second
             death
             ,
             neuer
             putting
             the
             other
             into
             the
             number
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             This
             feare
             is
             called
             a
             bondage
             here
             in
             this
             text
             :
             And
             shall
             wee
             voluntarily
             make
             our selues
             Vassailes
             ?
             Or
             shall
             we
             be
             like
             slaues
             ,
             that
             dare
             not
             come
             in
             
             our
             Masters
             sight
             ?
          
           
             7.
             
             If
             we
             loue
             long
             life
             :
             VVhy
             are
             wee
             not
             much
             more
             in
             loue
             with
             eternall
             life
             ,
             where
             the
             duration
             is
             longer
             ,
             and
             the
             estate
             happier
             ?
             Are
             not
             wee
             extremely
             infatuated
             ,
             that
             when
             God
             will
             do
             better
             for
             vs
             ,
             then
             wee
             desire
             ,
             yet
             we
             wil
             be
             afraid
             of
             him
             ?
          
           
             8.
             
             Shall
             we
             bee
             worse
             then
             children
             ,
             or
             mad-men
             ?
             neither
             of
             them
             feare
             death
             ;
             And
             shall
             simplicity
             ,
             or
             Ideotisme
             ,
             doe
             more
             with
             them
             ,
             then
             reason
             or
             Religion
             can
             doe
             with
             vs
             ?
          
           
           
             9.
             
             Do
             not
             all
             that
             reade
             the
             Story
             of
             the
             Israelites
             (
             in
             their
             passion
             desiring
             to
             be
             againe
             in
             
               Egypt
               ,
            
             and
             violently
             murmuring
             at
             the
             promise
             of
             going
             into
             the
             Land
             of
             
               Canaan
               )
            
             condemne
             them
             of
             vile
             ingratitude
             to
             God
             ,
             and
             folly
             in
             respect
             of
             themselues
             ?
             For
             what
             was
             it
             for
             them
             to
             liue
             in
             
               Egypt
               ,
            
             but
             to
             serue
             cruell
             
               Taske-masters
               about
               bricke
               and
               clay
               ?
            
             And
             was
             not
             
               Canaan
            
             the
             place
             of
             their
             
               rest
               ,
            
             and
             
               a
               Land
               that
               flowed
               with
               milke
               and
               hony
               ?
            
             Euen
             such
             is
             the
             condition
             of
             all
             those
             ,
             that
             wish
             Life
             ,
             and
             
             are
             afraid
             to
             Die.
             What
             is
             this
             
               world
            
             but
             
               Egypt
               ,
            
             and
             what
             is
             it
             
               to
               Liue
            
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             but
             
               to
               serue
               about
               bricke
               and
               clay
               ?
            
             Yea
             ,
             
               the
               Church
               ,
            
             that
             is
             separate
             from
             the
             world
             ,
             can
             finde
             it
             no
             better
             then
             a
             
               Barren
               Wildernesse
               .
            
             And
             what
             is
             
               Heauen
               ,
            
             but
             a
             
               Spirituall
               Canaan
               ?
            
             And
             what
             can
             Death
             be
             more
             ,
             then
             to
             passe
             ouer
             
               Iordan
               ;
            
             and
             victoriously
             ouercōming
             all
             enemies
             ,
             to
             bee
             possessed
             of
             a
             place
             of
             matchlesse
             rest
             ;
             of
             more
             pleasures
             then
             Milk
             or
             Hony
             ,
             can
             shadow
             out
             ?
          
           
             10.
             
             
               Adam
            
             might
             haue
             
             had
             more
             reason
             to
             feare
             Death
             ,
             that
             neuer
             saw
             a
             man
             die
             an
             ordinary
             Death
             ;
             but
             for
             vs
             to
             bee
             afrighted
             with
             Death
             ,
             that
             see
             thousands
             die
             at
             our
             right
             hand
             ,
             and
             ten
             thousand
             at
             our
             left
             ,
             and
             that
             daily
             ,
             is
             an
             inexcusable
             distemper
             .
             The
             gate
             of
             Death
             is
             cōtinually
             open
             ,
             and
             wee
             see
             a
             prease
             of
             people
             ,
             that
             daily
             throng
             into
             it
             .
          
           
             11.
             
             When
             
               Moses
            
             had
             cast
             downe
             
               his
               Rod
               ,
               it
               turned
               into
               a
               Serpent
               ;
            
             and
             the
             Text
             ,
             noting
             
               Moses
            
             weaknesse
             ,
             saith
             ,
             
               Hee
               fled
               from
               it
               :
            
             But
             
               the
               Lord
               commanded
            
             
             
               him
               to
               take
               it
               by
               the
               Taile
               ;
               and
               behold
               ,
               it
               became
               a
               Rod
               againe
               :
            
             Euen
             so
             Death
             at
             the
             first
             sight
             is
             terrible
             ,
             like
             a
             new-made
             Serpent
             ,
             and
             the
             godly
             themselues
             ,
             through
             inconsideration
             ,
             flye
             from
             it
             :
             But
             if
             at
             Gods
             commandment
             ,
             without
             feare
             ,
             they
             would
             lay
             hold
             vpon
             this
             seeming
             Serpent
             ,
             it
             will
             be
             turned
             into
             a
             Rod
             againe
             ;
             yea
             ,
             into
             a
             golden
             Scepter
             in
             our
             hands
             ,
             made
             much
             better
             by
             the
             change
             :
             Neither
             do
             wee
             reade
             ,
             that
             euer
             at
             any
             after
             ,
             
               Moses
            
             had
             any
             feare
             of
             this
             Serpent
             ,
             when
             hee
             
             had
             once
             knowne
             the
             experience
             of
             it
             :
             And
             haue
             wee
             often
             ,
             by
             the
             eyes
             of
             faith
             ,
             seene
             the
             experience
             of
             this
             great
             worke
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             shall
             we
             still
             be
             running
             away
             ?
          
           
             12.
             
             It
             is
             said
             ,
             
               Rom.
            
             8.
             20.
             that
             
               all
               creatures
               groane
               ,
               waiting
               for
               the
               liberty
               of
               the
               sonnes
               of
               God.
            
             And
             shall
             wee
             bee
             worse
             then
             bruite
             beasts
             ?
             Doth
             the
             whole
             frame
             of
             nature
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             call
             for
             this
             time
             of
             change
             ;
             and
             shall
             man
             bee
             so
             stupide
             ,
             or
             carried
             with
             such
             senselesse
             feares
             ,
             as
             to
             shunne
             his
             owne
             felicity
             ?
          
           
           
             13.
             
             Consider
             whether
             it
             bee
             more
             commodious
             for
             vs
             ,
             that
             Death
             come
             to
             vs
             ,
             or
             that
             wee
             goe
             to
             Death
             :
             For
             one
             thing
             is
             certaine
             ;
             It
             is
             in
             vaine
             to
             shun
             that
             ,
             which
             cannot
             bee
             auoided
             .
             For
             
               it
               is
               appointed
               vnto
               all
               men
               once
               to
               die
               ,
            
             Heb.
             9.
             24.
             
             
               What
               man
               is
               he
               ,
               that
               liueth
               ,
               and
               shall
               not
               see
               death
               ?
               Psal.
               89.
               
               Death
               is
               the
               way
               of
               all
               flesh
               ,
               Iosh.
            
             24.
             
             Now
             this
             being
             granted
             ,
             let
             vs
             consider
             of
             it
             ,
             Death
             is
             like
             an
             armed
             man
             ,
             with
             whom
             we
             must
             once
             fight
             .
             Now
             if
             we
             be
             aduised
             &
             wil
             go
             to
             death
             ,
             wee
             may
             get
             on
             our
             armour
             
             beforehand
             ,
             and
             so
             the
             encounter
             wil
             be
             without
             danger
             to
             vs
             ,
             because
             
               the
               weapons
               of
               our
               warfare
               are
               mighty
               through
               God
               ,
            
             &
             wee
             are
             assured
             of
             
               victorie
               through
               Iesus
               Christ.
            
             Now
             on
             the
             other
             side
             ,
             to
             tarry
             till
             Death
             come
             vnto
             vs
             ,
             is
             as
             if
             a
             man
             that
             knowes
             he
             must
             fight
             with
             a
             sore
             Aduersary
             ,
             would
             through
             slothfulness
             ,
             goe
             vp
             and
             downe
             vnarmed
             ,
             till
             hee
             fall
             into
             the
             hands
             of
             his
             enemy
             :
             &
             must
             thou
             fight
             with
             him
             at
             such
             disaduantage
             ?
          
           
             14.
             
             It
             is
             most
             vncomly
             to
             feare
             that
             ,
             which
             is
             
             both
             common
             and
             certaine
             :
             death
             ,
             of
             all
             afflictions
             is
             most
             common
             .
             For
             from
             other
             afflictions
             it
             is
             possible
             some
             might
             bee
             free
             :
             but
             from
             Death
             can
             no
             man
             be
             deliuered
             ,
             and
             GOD
             of
             purpose
             hath
             made
             that
             most
             common
             which
             is
             most
             grieuous
             ,
             that
             thereby
             hee
             might
             abate
             of
             the
             vigor
             ,
             and
             terror
             of
             it
             .
             It
             is
             monstrous
             foolishnesse
             to
             striue
             in
             vaine
             to
             auoid
             that
             which
             neuer
             man
             could
             scape
             .
             And
             to
             teach
             men
             their
             vnauoidable
             mortalitie
             ,
             the
             Lord
             clothed
             our
             first
             Parents
             with
             the
             skinnes
             
             of
             dead
             beastes
             ,
             and
             feeds
             vs
             with
             dead
             flesh
             :
             that
             as
             often
             as
             wee
             eate
             of
             slaine
             beasts
             ,
             we
             might
             remember
             our
             owne
             end
             :
             &
             shall
             we
             be
             euer
             learning
             ,
             and
             neuer
             come
             to
             the
             knowledge
             of
             this
             truth
             ?
             Is
             this
             such
             a
             lesson
             as
             cannot
             be
             learned
             ?
             shall
             wee
             bee
             so
             stupide
             ,
             as
             daily
             to
             passe
             by
             the
             graues
             of
             the
             dead
             ,
             and
             heare
             their
             knells
             ,
             and
             yet
             bee
             vntaught
             and
             vnarmed
             ?
          
           
             15.
             
             Lastly
             ,
             shall
             we
             be
             afraid
             of
             such
             an
             enemy
             as
             hath
             been
             ouercome
             hand
             to
             hand
             ,
             &
             beaten
             by
             Christ
             ,
             and
             thousands
             
             of
             the
             Saints
             ?
             especially
             if
             we
             consider
             the
             assurance
             wee
             haue
             of
             victory
             .
             In
             this
             combate
             euery
             Christian
             may
             triumph
             before
             the
             victory
             ,
             1.
             
             
               Cor.
            
             15.
             55.
             
          
           
             And
             thus
             much
             of
             the
             two
             first
             points
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             IIII.
             
          
           
             
               Shewing
               that
               a
               Christian
               is
               many
               waies
               happie
               in
               death
               .
            
          
           
             NOW
             I
             come
             to
             the
             third
             point
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             maine
             thing
             to
             bee
             attended
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             the
             meanes
             how
             wee
             may
             be
             cured
             of
             the
             feare
             of
             
             Death
             :
             and
             in
             this
             we
             had
             neede
             all
             to
             attend
             vvith
             great
             carefulnesse
             .
             The
             disease
             is
             stubborne
             ,
             and
             
             men
             are
             sluggish
             ,
             and
             extremely
             loth
             to
             bee
             at
             the
             trouble
             of
             the
             cure
             ,
             and
             Sathan
             by
             all
             meanes
             would
             keepe
             vs
             from
             remembring
             our
             later
             end
             ;
             and
             the
             world
             affoordes
             daily
             distractions
             to
             pluck
             vs
             away
             from
             the
             schoole
             of
             Christ
             herein
             ,
             and
             our
             owne
             hearts
             are
             deceitful
             ,
             and
             our
             natures
             apt
             to
             bee
             wearie
             of
             the
             doctrine
             ,
             before
             we
             put
             in
             practice
             any
             of
             the
             directions
             ;
             and
             wee
             are
             apt
             to
             a
             thousand
             
             conceits
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             either
             vnpossible
             ,
             or
             vnnecessary
             to
             attend
             this
             doctrine
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             .
             Yea
             ,
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             it
             will
             fare
             with
             many
             of
             vs
             ,
             as
             it
             doth
             with
             those
             that
             are
             troubled
             with
             the
             raging
             paine
             of
             the
             teeth
             ,
             their
             paine
             wil
             cease
             ,
             when
             the
             Barber
             comes
             to
             pull
             out
             the
             tooth
             :
             so
             it
             may
             be
             you
             may
             finde
             this
             deceit
             in
             your
             owne
             hearts
             ,
             that
             you
             wil
             not
             feele
             the
             feare
             of
             Death
             ,
             till
             the
             discourse
             of
             the
             medicine
             be
             ouer
             ,
             and
             so
             let
             it
             bee
             as
             water
             spilt
             on
             the
             ground
             .
             But
             let
             vs
             all
             awake
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             power
             and
             strength
             of
             
             Christ
             ,
             that
             died
             to
             deliuer
             vs
             from
             the
             feare
             of
             death
             ,
             let
             vs
             al
             lay
             the
             plaisters
             close
             to
             the
             sore
             ,
             and
             keepe
             them
             at
             it
             ,
             till
             they
             be
             throughly
             whole
             .
          
           
             There
             bee
             tvvo
             vvaies
             
             then
             of
             curing
             this
             feare
             of
             Death
             :
             1.
             
             The
             one
             is
             by
             contemplation
             :
             2.
             
             The
             other
             is
             by
             practice
             .
             There
             be
             some
             things
             if
             we
             did
             chuse
             them
             out
             soundly
             to
             thinke
             of
             them
             ,
             would
             heale
             vs
             wonderfully
             .
          
           
             There
             bee
             some
             things
             also
             to
             be
             done
             by
             vs
             ,
             to
             make
             the
             cure
             perfect
             .
             If
             contemplation
             bee
             not
             auailable
             ,
             then
             practice
             will
             
             without
             faile
             finish
             the
             cure
             .
          
           
             The
             cōtemplations
             are
             of
             two
             sorts
             :
             1.
             
             For
             either
             
             they
             are
             such
             meditations
             ,
             as
             breede
             desire
             of
             Death
             by
             way
             of
             motiue
             :
             2.
             
             Or
             they
             are
             such
             ,
             as
             remooue
             the
             obiections
             ,
             which
             cause
             in
             mans
             mind
             the
             feare
             of
             Death
             .
             For
             the
             first
             ,
             there
             bee
             tvvo
             things
             ,
             which
             if
             they
             bee
             soundly
             thought
             on
             ,
             will
             worke
             a
             strange
             alteration
             in
             our
             harts
             .
             1.
             
             The
             one
             is
             the
             happinesse
             wee
             haue
             by
             Death
             .
             2.
             
             The
             other
             ,
             is
             the
             miseries
             wee
             are
             in
             by
             Life
             .
          
           
           
             Can
             any
             man
             be
             afraid
             to
             be
             happy
             ?
             If
             our
             heads
             &
             hearts
             were
             filled
             with
             arguments
             ,
             that
             shew
             vs
             our
             happinesse
             by
             Death
             ,
             we
             would
             not
             be
             so
             sencelesse
             as
             to
             tremble
             at
             the
             thought
             of
             dying
             .
          
           
             Our
             happines
             in
             Death
             may
             bee
             set
             out
             in
             many
             particulars
             ,
             &
             illustrated
             by
             many
             similitudes
             ,
             full
             of
             life
             and
             vertue
             ,
             to
             heale
             this
             disease
             of
             feare
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             Death
             makes
             an
             end
             of
             all
             the
             tempests
             &
             continual
             
             stormes
             ,
             with
             which
             our
             life
             is
             tossed
             .
             It
             is
             the
             Hauen
             and
             Port
             of
             rest
             :
             and
             are
             wee
             so
             mad
             ,
             as
             to
             
             desire
             the
             continuance
             of
             such
             dangerous
             tempests
             ,
             rather
             then
             to
             bee
             in
             the
             hauen
             whither
             our
             iourney
             tends
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             Death
             is
             a
             sleep
             .
             For
             so
             the
             dead
             are
             said
             to
             be
             asleep
             ,
             1.
             
             
               Thes.
            
             4.
             14.
             
             Look
             what
             a
             bed
             of
             rest
             &
             sleep
             is
             to
             the
             weary
             labourer
             ,
             such
             is
             Death
             to
             the
             diligent
             Christian.
             In
             death
             
               they
               rest
               in
               their
               beds
               from
               the
               hard
               labours
               of
               this
               life
               ,
               Esay
               37.
               2.
               
               Reu.
            
             14.
             13.
             
             And
             was
             euer
             the
             weary
             labourer
             afraid
             of
             the
             time
             ,
             whē
             hee
             must
             lye
             downe
             ,
             and
             take
             his
             rest
             ?
          
           
             3.
             
             The
             day
             of
             Death
             ,
             
             is
             the
             day
             of
             receiuing
             wages
             ,
             wherin
             God
             paies
             to
             euery
             godly
             man
             his
             penny
             .
             And
             doth
             not
             the
             hireling
             long
             for
             the
             time
             ,
             wherein
             hee
             shall
             receiue
             wages
             for
             his
             work
             ?
             
               Iob.
            
             7.
             2.
             
             And
             the
             rather
             should
             we
             long
             for
             this
             time
             ,
             because
             we
             shall
             receiue
             wages
             infinitely
             aboue
             our
             worke
             ,
             such
             wages
             as
             was
             neuer
             giuen
             by
             man
             ,
             nor
             can
             bee
             ,
             if
             all
             this
             visible
             world
             were
             giuen
             vs.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             In
             death
             the
             seruant
             comes
             to
             his
             freedome
             ,
             &
             the
             heire
             is
             at
             his
             full
             age
             and
             it
             is
             such
             
               a
               liberty
            
             as
             i●
             
               glorious
               :
            
             neuer
             such
             a
             freedome
             
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             
               Rom.
            
             8.
             21.
             
             Shall
             the
             heire
             desire
             to
             be
             still
             vnder
             age
             ,
             and
             so
             still
             vnder
             Tutors
             and
             Gouernors
             ?
             or
             shall
             the
             seruant
             feare
             the
             day
             of
             his
             freedome
             ?
          
           
             5.
             
             In
             death
             ,
             the
             
               banished
               returne
               ,
            
             and
             the
             
               Pilgrims
            
             enter
             into
             
               their
               Fathers
            
             house
             .
             In
             this
             life
             wee
             are
             exiled
             men
             ,
             banished
             frō
             Paradise
             ,
             and
             Pilgrims
             &
             Strangers
             in
             a
             far
             Countrey
             ,
             absent
             from
             God
             &
             heauen
             .
             In
             death
             wee
             are
             receiued
             to
             Paradise
             ,
             and
             settled
             at
             home
             in
             those
             euerlasting
             habitations
             in
             our
             Fathers
             house
             ,
             
               Luke
            
             
             17.
             
             
               Iohn
               14.
               2.
               
               Heb.
            
             13.
             11.
             
             And
             can
             we
             bee
             so
             senceless
             as
             to
             be
             afraid
             of
             this
             ?
          
           
             6.
             
             Death
             is
             our
             birth-day
             ;
             we
             say
             falsely
             ,
             when
             we
             call
             Death
             the
             last
             day
             .
             For
             it
             is
             indeed
             the
             beginning
             of
             an
             euerlasting
             day
             :
             and
             is
             there
             any
             greeuance
             in
             that
             ?
          
           
             7.
             
             Death
             is
             the
             funerall
             of
             our
             vices
             ,
             and
             the
             resurrection
             of
             our
             graces
             .
             Death
             was
             the
             daughter
             of
             Sinne
             ,
             and
             in
             death
             shall
             that
             be
             fulfilled
             :
             
               The
               daughter
               shall
               destroy
               the
               mother
               .
            
             Wee
             shall
             neuer
             more
             be
             infected
             with
             sin
             ,
             nor
             troubled
             with
             ill
             natures
             ,
             
             nor
             be
             terrified
             for
             offending
             .
             Death
             shall
             
             deliuer
             vs
             perfectly
             whole
             of
             all
             our
             diseases
             ,
             that
             were
             impossible
             to
             be
             cured
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             and
             so
             shal
             there
             be
             at
             that
             day
             a
             glorious
             resurrection
             of
             graces
             :
             Our
             gifts
             shall
             shine
             ,
             as
             the
             Starres
             in
             the
             Firmament
             ;
             And
             can
             we
             be
             so
             sottish
             as
             stil
             to
             be
             afraid
             of
             Death
             ?
          
           
             8.
             
             In
             death
             the
             soule
             is
             deliuered
             out
             of
             prison
             :
             For
             the
             body
             in
             this
             life
             is
             but
             a
             loathsome
             ,
             and
             darke
             prison
             of
             restraint
             .
             I
             say
             ,
             the
             soule
             is
             restrained
             ,
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             in
             a
             prison
             ,
             
             while
             it
             is
             in
             the
             body
             ,
             because
             it
             cannot
             be
             free
             to
             the
             exercise
             of
             it selfe
             ,
             either
             in
             naturall
             ,
             or
             supernaturall
             things
             :
             For
             the
             body
             so
             rules
             by
             senses
             ,
             and
             is
             so
             fiercely
             carried
             by
             appetites
             ,
             that
             the
             soule
             is
             compelled
             to
             giue
             way
             to
             the
             satisfying
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             and
             cannot
             freely
             follow
             the
             light
             either
             of
             Nature
             or
             Religion
             :
             
               The
               truth
               ,
            
             as
             the
             Apostle
             saith
             ,
             
               is
               with-held
               ,
            
             or
             shut
             vp
             ,
             
               through
               vnrighteousnesse
               ,
               Rom.
            
             1.
             18.
             
             I
             say
             ,
             it
             is
             
               a
               loathsome
               prison
               ,
            
             because
             the
             soule
             is
             annoied
             with
             so
             many
             loathsome
             smels
             
             of
             sinne
             ,
             and
             filthinesse
             ,
             which
             by
             the
             body
             are
             committed
             .
             And
             it
             is
             
               a
               darke
               prison
               ;
            
             For
             the
             soule
             looking
             through
             the
             body
             ,
             can
             see
             but
             by
             little
             holes
             ,
             or
             small
             casements
             .
             The
             body
             shuts
             vp
             the
             light
             of
             the
             soule
             ,
             as
             a
             dark
             Cloude
             doth
             hide
             the
             light
             of
             the
             Sunne
             ;
             or
             as
             the
             interposition
             of
             the
             earth
             doth
             make
             it
             night
             :
             Now
             death
             doth
             nothing
             ,
             but
             as
             it
             were
             a
             strong
             wind
             dissolue
             this
             Cloud
             ,
             that
             the
             Sunne
             may
             shine
             cleerely
             ,
             and
             puls
             downe
             the
             walles
             of
             the
             prison
             ,
             that
             the
             soule
             may
             come
             
             into
             the
             open
             light
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             The
             liberty
             of
             the
             soule
             in
             death
             may
             be
             set
             out
             by
             another
             similitude
             .
             The
             world
             is
             the
             Sea
             :
             our
             liues
             are
             like
             so
             many
             Gallies
             at
             Sea
             ,
             tost
             with
             continuall
             Tides
             ,
             or
             Stormes
             :
             our
             bodies
             are
             Gally-slaues
             ,
             put
             to
             hard
             seruice
             by
             the
             great
             Turke
             the
             deuill
             ,
             who
             tyrannically
             ,
             and
             by
             vsurpation
             ,
             doth
             forcibly
             cōmand
             hard
             things
             .
             Now
             the
             soule
             within
             ,
             like
             the
             heart
             of
             some
             ingenuous
             Gally-slaue
             ,
             may
             bee
             free
             ,
             so
             as
             to
             loathe
             that
             seruitude
             ,
             and
             inwardly
             detest
             that
             tyrant
             ;
             but
             yet
             
             so
             long
             as
             it
             is
             tyed
             to
             the
             body
             ,
             it
             cannot
             get
             away
             .
             Now
             death
             comes
             like
             an
             vnresistable
             Gyant
             ,
             and
             carries
             the
             Gallies
             to
             the
             shore
             ,
             and
             dissolues
             them
             ,
             and
             lets
             the
             prisoners
             free
             :
             And
             shall
             this
             glorious
             liberty
             of
             the
             soule
             bee
             a
             matter
             of
             terrour
             vnto
             vs
             ?
             Had
             we
             rather
             be
             in
             captiuity
             still
             ?
          
           
             10.
             
             In
             this
             life
             wee
             are
             cloathed
             with
             rotten
             ,
             ragged
             ,
             foule
             garments
             :
             Now
             the
             Apostle
             shewes
             ,
             that
             death
             doth
             nothing
             else
             but
             pull
             off
             those
             ragged
             garments
             ,
             and
             cloath
             vs
             with
             the
             glorious
             robes
             of
             
             saluation
             ;
             more
             rich
             then
             the
             robes
             of
             the
             greatest
             Monarch
             ,
             2.
             
             
               Cor.
               Chap.
               5.
               
               Vers.
            
             2
             ,
             3.
             
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             the
             godly
             haue
             some
             kinde
             of
             desire
             
               to
               be
               cloathed
               vpon
               :
            
             They
             would
             haue
             those
             new
             garments
             ,
             without
             pulling
             off
             their
             old
             ;
             But
             that
             is
             not
             decent
             :
             for
             a
             Prince
             to
             weare
             (
             without
             )
             gorgeous
             attire
             ,
             and
             (
             vnderneath
             )
             base
             ragges
             .
             To
             desire
             to
             goe
             to
             heauen
             ,
             and
             not
             to
             die
             ,
             is
             to
             desire
             to
             put
             on
             our
             new
             cloaths
             without
             putting
             off
             our
             old
             :
             and
             is
             it
             any
             grieuance
             to
             shift
             vs
             by
             laying
             aside
             our
             old
             cloathes
             ,
             to
             
             put
             on
             such
             rich
             garments
             ?
             We
             are
             iust
             like
             such
             slothfull
             persons
             ,
             that
             loue
             well
             to
             haue
             good
             cloaths
             ,
             and
             cleane
             linnen
             :
             but
             they
             are
             so
             sluggish
             ,
             they
             are
             loth
             to
             put
             off
             their
             old
             cloathes
             ,
             or
             foule
             linnen
             .
          
           
             11.
             
             In
             the
             same
             place
             the
             Apostle
             cōpares
             our
             bodies
             to
             an
             old
             mud-walled
             house
             ,
             and
             to
             a
             rotten
             Tent
             :
             and
             our
             estate
             in
             heauen
             to
             a
             most
             glorious
             and
             Princely
             Palace
             ,
             made
             by
             the
             most
             curious
             Workman
             that
             euer
             was
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             such
             a
             building
             too
             ,
             as
             wil
             neuer
             be
             out
             of
             
             repaire
             .
             Now
             for
             a
             godly
             man
             to
             die
             ,
             is
             but
             to
             remoue
             from
             a
             rotten
             old
             house
             ,
             ready
             to
             fall
             on
             his
             head
             ,
             to
             a
             sumptuous
             Palace
             ,
             2.
             
             
               Cor.
            
             5.
             1.
             
             Doth
             that
             Land-lord
             do
             his
             Tenant
             wrong
             ,
             or
             offer
             him
             hard
             measure
             ,
             that
             will
             haue
             him
             out
             of
             his
             base
             Cottage
             ,
             &
             bestow
             vpon
             him
             his
             owne
             Mansion
             house
             ?
             No
             other
             thing
             doth
             God
             to
             vs
             ,
             when
             by
             Death
             he
             remoues
             vs
             out
             of
             this
             earthly
             Tabernacle
             of
             our
             bodies
             ,
             to
             settle
             vs
             in
             those
             euerlasting
             habitations
             ,
             euen
             into
             that
             building
             made
             without
             hands
             ,
             in
             
             heauen
             ,
             
               Ioh.
               14.
               2.
               
               Luk.
            
             17.
             
          
           
             12.
             
             A
             man
             ,
             that
             had
             neuer
             seene
             the
             experience
             of
             it
             ,
             perhaps
             would
             haue
             thought
             ,
             that
             the
             seed
             cast
             into
             the
             ground
             had
             beene
             spoyled
             ,
             because
             it
             would
             rot
             there
             :
             but
             Nature
             hauing
             shewed
             the
             returne
             of
             that
             graine
             with
             aduantage
             ,
             a
             man
             can
             easily
             bee
             cured
             of
             that
             folly
             :
             The
             Husbandman
             is
             neuer
             so
             simple
             ,
             as
             to
             pitty
             himselfe
             ,
             or
             his
             seed
             ;
             he
             sayes
             not
             ,
             Alas
             ,
             is
             it
             not
             pitty
             to
             throw
             away
             and
             marre
             this
             good
             seed
             ?
             Why
             brethren
             ;
             what
             are
             our
             bodies
             ,
             
             but
             like
             the
             best
             graine
             ?
             The
             bodies
             of
             the
             Saints
             are
             Gods
             choisest
             corne
             .
             And
             what
             doth
             Death
             more
             vnto
             Gods
             Graine
             ,
             then
             cast
             it
             into
             the
             earth
             ?
             Do
             we
             not
             beleeue
             ,
             our
             bodies
             shall
             rise
             like
             the
             graine
             ,
             better
             then
             euer
             they
             were
             sowed
             ?
             and
             are
             we
             still
             afraid
             ?
          
           
             
               Paul
            
             saith
             ,
             he
             would
             be
             
               dissolued
               ,
               that
               hee
               might
               be
               with
               Christ
               ,
               Phil.
            
             1.
             21.
             
             In
             which
             words
             hee
             imports
             two
             things
             in
             death
             .
             First
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             dissolution
             of
             the
             soule
             from
             the
             body
             :
             and
             secondly
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             a
             coniunction
             of
             
             the
             soule
             with
             Christ.
             Now
             which
             is
             better
             for
             vs
             ,
             to
             haue
             the
             body
             ,
             or
             to
             haue
             Christ
             ?
             The
             same
             Apostle
             saith
             else-where
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             
               confident
               in
               this
               ,
               they
               had
               rather
               be
               absent
               from
               the
               body
               ,
               and
               so
               to
               be
               present
               with
               the
               Lord
               :
            
             then
             to
             bee
             present
             with
             the
             body
             ,
             and
             absent
             from
             the
             Lord
             :
             2.
             
             
               Cor.
            
             5.
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Now
             the
             true
             reason
             why
             men
             feare
             death
             ,
             is
             ,
             because
             they
             looke
             vpon
             the
             dissolution
             onely
             ,
             and
             not
             vpon
             the
             coniunction
             with
             Christ.
             
          
           
             14.
             
             In
             the
             1.
             
             
               Cor.
            
             9.
             24.
             our
             life
             is
             compared
             to
             a
             
             race
             ,
             and
             eternall
             life
             to
             a
             rich
             prize
             not
             corruptible
             ,
             but
             an
             incorruptible
             Crowne
             :
             Now
             death
             is
             the
             end
             of
             the
             race
             ,
             and
             to
             die
             is
             but
             to
             come
             to
             the
             goale
             ,
             or
             race
             end
             .
             Was
             euer
             runner
             so
             foolish
             ,
             as
             to
             bee
             sorry
             ,
             that
             with
             victory
             hee
             was
             neere
             the
             end
             of
             the
             race
             ?
             And
             are
             we
             afraid
             of
             death
             ,
             that
             shall
             end
             the
             toile
             ,
             and
             sweate
             ,
             and
             danger
             of
             the
             running
             ;
             and
             giue
             vs
             with
             endlesse
             applause
             so
             glorious
             a
             recompence
             of
             reward
             ?
          
           
             15.
             
             In
             the
             Ceremoniall
             Law
             ,
             there
             was
             a
             yeare
             
             they
             called
             the
             yeere
             of
             
               Iubilee
               ;
            
             and
             this
             was
             accounted
             an
             acceptable
             yeare
             ,
             because
             euery
             man
             that
             had
             lost
             ,
             or
             sold
             his
             Lands
             ,
             vpon
             the
             blowing
             of
             a
             Trumpet
             returned
             ,
             and
             had
             possession
             of
             all
             againe
             ;
             and
             so
             was
             recouered
             out
             of
             the
             extremities
             in
             which
             he
             liued
             before
             .
             In
             this
             life
             wee
             are
             like
             the
             poore
             men
             of
             
               Israel
               ,
            
             that
             haue
             lost
             our
             inheritance
             ,
             and
             liue
             in
             a
             manner
             and
             condition
             euery
             way
             straightned
             :
             now
             Death
             is
             our
             
               Iubilee
               ,
            
             and
             when
             the
             Trumpet
             of
             death
             blowes
             ,
             we
             all
             ,
             that
             
             die
             ,
             returne
             ,
             and
             enioy
             a
             better
             estate
             ,
             then
             euer
             we
             sold
             ,
             or
             lost
             :
             Shall
             the
             
               Iubilee
            
             be
             called
             an
             acceptable
             time
             ?
             And
             shall
             not
             our
             
               Iubilee
            
             bee
             acceptable
             to
             vs
             ?
             
               Esay
            
             61.
             2.
             
          
           
             16.
             
             Death
             is
             the
             day
             of
             our
             Coronation
             ;
             wee
             are
             heires
             apparant
             to
             the
             Crowne
             in
             this
             life
             :
             yea
             ,
             wee
             are
             Kings
             Elect
             ,
             but
             cannot
             bee
             crowned
             ,
             till
             death
             ,
             2.
             
             
               Tim.
            
             4.
             8.
             
             And
             shall
             not
             that
             make
             vs
             loue
             the
             appearing
             of
             Christ
             ?
             Is
             a
             King
             afraid
             of
             the
             day
             of
             his
             Coronation
             ?
          
           
             To
             conclude
             this
             first
             part
             of
             Contemplation
             :
             
             If
             we
             did
             seriously
             set
             before
             our
             eyes
             the
             glory
             to
             come
             ;
             could
             our
             eyes
             be
             so
             dazeled
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             see
             ,
             and
             admire
             ,
             and
             haste
             to
             it
             ?
             Aske
             
               Paul
               ,
            
             that
             was
             in
             heauen
             ,
             what
             he
             saw
             ;
             and
             hee
             will
             tell
             you
             ,
             
               Things
               that
               cannot
               hee
               vttered
               :
            
             Happinesse
             beyond
             all
             language
             of
             mortall
             man.
             If
             there
             were
             as
             much
             faith
             on
             earth
             ,
             as
             there
             is
             glory
             in
             heauen
             :
             oh
             !
             how
             would
             our
             hearts
             bee
             on
             fire
             with
             feruent
             desires
             after
             it
             !
             But
             euen
             this
             faith
             is
             extremely
             wanting
             :
             It
             is
             our
             vnbeleefe
             that
             vndoes
             vs
             ,
             and
             filles
             vs
             with
             
             these
             seruile
             and
             sottish
             feares
             .
          
           
             And
             thus
             of
             the
             meditations
             ,
             taken
             from
             the
             happinesse
             wee
             enioy
             by
             death
             :
             which
             should
             make
             vs
             conclude
             with
             
               Salomon
               ,
            
             
             That
             
               the
               day
               of
               Death
               is
               better
               ,
               then
               the
               day
               when
               one
               is
               borne
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             V.
             
          
           
             
               Shewing
               the
               miseries
               of
               life
               in
               wicked
               men
               .
            
          
           
             NOW
             it
             followes
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             breake
             open
             the
             miseries
             of
             life
             ;
             the
             consideration
             whereof
             
             should
             abate
             in
             vs
             this
             wretched
             loue
             of
             life
             .
          
           
             The
             miseries
             of
             life
             
             may
             bee
             two
             waies
             considered
             ;
             for
             they
             are
             of
             two
             sorts
             :
             First
             ,
             either
             such
             miseries
             ,
             as
             loade
             the
             life
             of
             Nature
             :
             secondly
             ,
             or
             such
             miseries
             ,
             as
             do
             molest
             the
             very
             life
             of
             Grace
             .
          
           
             The
             miseries
             ,
             that
             accompany
             
             the
             naturall
             life
             of
             man
             ,
             while
             hee
             remaines
             in
             the
             state
             of
             Nature
             onely
             ,
             who
             can
             recount
             ?
             I
             will
             giue
             but
             a
             briefe
             touch
             of
             some
             heads
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             thinke
             of
             thy
             sins
             :
             
             and
             so
             three
             dreadfull
             
             things
             may
             amaze
             thy
             thoughts
             :
             For
             first
             ,
             thou
             art
             guilty
             of
             
               Adams
            
             sinne
             ;
             For
             
               by
               that
               man
               sinne
               came
               in
               vpon
               all
               men
               ,
            
             euen
             the
             guilt
             of
             his
             sinne
             :
             
               Rom.
            
             5.
             12.
             
             Secondly
             ,
             thy
             nature
             is
             
               altogether
               vile
               ,
               and
               abominable
               from
               thy
               birth
               ,
               thou
               wast
               conceiued
               in
               sinne
               ,
               Psal.
            
             51.
             4.
             
             And
             this
             staine
             and
             leprosie
             
               hangs
               on
               fast
            
             vpon
             thy
             nature
             ,
             and
             cannot
             bee
             cured
             ,
             but
             by
             the
             bloud
             of
             Christ
             onely
             ,
             
               Heb.
            
             12.
             1.
             
             And
             this
             is
             seated
             in
             all
             the
             faculties
             of
             thy
             soule
             :
             For
             in
             thy
             mind
             there
             is
             ignorance
             ,
             and
             
             impotency
             to
             receiue
             knowledge
             ;
             and
             a
             naturall
             approuing
             of
             euill
             and
             errour
             ,
             rather
             then
             the
             truth
             and
             sound
             doctrine
             .
             Those
             waies
             seeme
             good
             in
             thine
             eyes
             ,
             which
             tend
             vnto
             death
             :
             1.
             
             
               Cor.
               2.
               14.
               
               Rom.
               8.
               7.
               2.
               
               Cor.
               3.
               5.
               
               Prou.
            
             14.
             12.
             
             And
             this
             thou
             maist
             perceiue
             by
             this
             ,
             that
             thou
             art
             not
             able
             to
             thinke
             a
             good
             thought
             ,
             but
             canst
             go
             free
             for
             daies
             and
             weekes
             ,
             without
             any
             holy
             cogitation
             ;
             and
             besides
             ,
             thy
             minde
             is
             infinitely
             prone
             to
             swarmes
             of
             euill
             thoughts
             :
             
               Gen.
            
             6.
             5.
             
          
           
             Againe
             ,
             if
             thou
             behold
             
             thy
             conscience
             ,
             it
             is
             impure
             ,
             polluted
             ,
             without
             light
             ,
             or
             life
             ,
             or
             glory
             in
             thee
             ,
             shut
             vp
             in
             a
             dungeon
             ,
             excusing
             thee
             in
             many
             faultes
             ,
             and
             accusing
             thee
             for
             things
             are
             not
             faultes
             ,
             but
             in
             thy
             conceit
             :
             and
             when
             it
             doth
             accuse
             thee
             for
             sinne
             ,
             it
             rageth
             &
             falleth
             mad
             with
             vnbrideled
             fury
             and
             terrors
             ,
             keeping
             no
             boundes
             of
             hope
             or
             mercy
             .
          
           
             Further
             ,
             if
             thou
             obserue
             thy
             affections
             ,
             they
             are
             altogether
             impotent
             in
             that
             which
             is
             good
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             lust
             in
             thee
             after
             that
             which
             is
             good
             ,
             &
             yet
             they
             
             are
             all
             out
             of
             order
             ,
             and
             prone
             to
             continuall
             rebellion
             against
             God
             ,
             ready
             to
             be
             fiered
             by
             all
             the
             inticements
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             or
             the
             Deuill
             :
             
               Phil.
               2.
               13.
               
               Gala.
            
             5.
             24.
             
             Thirdly
             ,
             vnto
             these
             ,
             adde
             thy
             innumerable
             actuall
             sins
             ,
             which
             are
             more
             then
             the
             haires
             of
             thy
             head
             ,
             multiplied
             daily
             in
             thought
             ,
             affection
             ,
             word
             ,
             &
             deed
             ,
             the
             least
             of
             them
             deseruing
             hel
             fire
             for
             euer
             ,
             thy
             sins
             of
             
               Infancy
               ,
               youth
               ,
               old-age
               ,
            
             sinnes
             of
             
               omission
            
             and
             
               commission
               :
            
             sinnes
             in
             prosperitie
             and
             aduersity
             ;
             sinnes
             at
             home
             &
             abroad
             ;
             sinnes
             of
             infirmity
             &
             presumption
             .
             
             If
             
               Dauid
            
             looking
             vpon
             his
             sins
             ,
             could
             say
             ,
             
               They
               haue
               so
               compassed
               mee
               ,
               and
               taken
               such
               hold
               of
               me
               ,
               that
               I
               am
               not
               able
               to
               looke
               vp
               ?
            
             Oh
             then
             ,
             if
             thou
             haddest
             sight
             ,
             and
             sence
             !
             how
             might'st
             thou
             much
             more
             cry
             out
             of
             the
             intolerable
             burthen
             of
             them
             ;
             and
             the
             rather
             ,
             if
             thou
             obserue
             ,
             that
             many
             of
             thy
             corruptions
             raigne
             tyrannically
             ,
             &
             haue
             subdued
             thy
             life
             to
             their
             vassalage
             ,
             so
             as
             thou
             art
             in
             continuall
             slauery
             to
             them
             .
          
           
             Thus
             is
             thy
             life
             infested
             with
             these
             vnspeakable
             inordinations
             :
             and
             thus
             of
             
             the
             first
             part
             of
             thy
             infelicity
             in
             life
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             if
             thou
             obserue
             ,
             but
             how
             God
             hath
             auenged
             himselfe
             vpon
             them
             ,
             &
             what
             yet
             remaineth
             vnto
             thee
             ,
             how
             can
             thy
             heart
             sustaine
             it selfe
             ?
             For
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             Thou
             art
             a
             banished
             man
             ,
             exiled
             frō
             
               Paradise
               ,
            
             and
             made
             to
             liue
             without
             hope
             to
             returne
             thither
             :
             The
             best
             part
             of
             the
             earth
             thou
             shalt
             neuer
             enioy
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             earth
             is
             cursed
             to
             thee
             ,
             and
             it
             may
             bee
             a
             wofull
             spectacle
             to
             see
             all
             the
             creatures
             subiect
             to
             vanity
             ,
             and
             smitten
             vvith
             
             the
             strokes
             of
             God
             for
             thy
             sinne
             ,
             and
             groning
             daily
             round
             about
             thee
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Look
             vpon
             thy
             most
             miserable
             soule
             ;
             for
             there
             thy
             mind
             and
             conscience
             liue
             shut
             vp
             with
             darknes
             and
             horror
             .
             The
             Diuels
             haue
             within
             thee
             strong
             holds
             ,
             and
             liue
             entrenched
             in
             thy
             thoughts
             ,
             
               Eph.
               4.
               17.
               2.
               
               Cor.
            
             10.
             5.
             
             Thy
             heart
             is
             spiritually
             dead
             ,
             and
             like
             a
             stone
             within
             thee
             ,
             
               Eph.
               2.
               1.
               
               Ezech.
            
             36.
             27.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             Thy
             body
             is
             wretched
             through
             deformities
             ,
             and
             infirmities
             ,
             diuersly
             noisome
             to
             thee
             with
             paines
             that
             greeue
             
             thee
             ,
             either
             in
             respect
             of
             labour
             ,
             or
             diseases
             ,
             vnto
             which
             thou
             art
             so
             prone
             ;
             &
             there
             is
             no
             part
             or
             ioynt
             of
             thee
             ,
             but
             is
             liable
             to
             many
             kindes
             of
             diseases
             ,
             
               Deut.
               28.
               21
               ,
               22.
               
               Gen.
            
             3.
             19.
             
             And
             of
             the
             labours
             of
             thy
             life
             ,
             which
             is
             but
             the
             least
             part
             of
             thy
             bodily
             miseries
             ,
             
               Salomon
            
             saith
             ,
             
               All
               things
               are
               full
               of
               labour
               ,
               who
               can
               vtter
               it
               ?
            
             And
             for
             that
             reason
             ,
             life
             is
             but
             
               a
               vanity
               and
               vexation
               ,
               Eccl.
            
             1.
             18.
             
          
           
             5.
             
             If
             thou
             looke
             vpon
             thy
             outward
             estate
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             with
             what
             fearefull
             frights
             may
             thy
             heart
             
             be
             griped
             ?
             If
             thou
             consider
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             cōmon
             ,
             or
             generall
             ,
             or
             publike
             plagues
             with
             which
             God
             fights
             against
             the
             world
             ,
             as
             wars
             ,
             famines
             ,
             earthquakes
             ,
             pestilence
             ,
             and
             yeerely
             diseases
             ,
             inundations
             of
             waters
             ,
             and
             infinite
             such
             like
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             particular
             crosses
             ,
             with
             which
             hee
             vexeth
             thee
             in
             particular
             ,
             either
             with
             losses
             of
             thy
             estate
             ,
             or
             the
             troubles
             of
             thy
             family
             ,
             
               Deut.
               28.
               15
               ,
               16
               ,
               &c.
               
            
          
           
             3.
             
             
               The
               praeterition
               of
               God
               ,
            
             restraining
             many
             good
             things
             frō
             thee
             ,
             so
             as
             thou
             wantest
             many
             of
             those
             
             blessings
             of
             all
             sorts
             ,
             which
             yet
             God
             doth
             bestow
             vpon
             others
             ,
             
               Esa.
               59.
               1
               ,
               2.
               
               Iere.
            
             5.
             25.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             cursing
             of
             thy
             blessings
             ,
             whē
             God
             blasts
             the
             gifts
             of
             thy
             mind
             ,
             that
             thou
             canst
             not
             vse
             them
             for
             any
             contentment
             of
             thy
             life
             ,
             or
             makes
             thy
             prosperity
             to
             be
             the
             occasion
             of
             thy
             ruine
             ,
             
               Mala.
               2.
               3.
               
               Eccles.
            
             5.
             13.
             
             This
             is
             a
             sore
             euill
             .
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             consider
             yet
             further
             what
             may
             fall
             vpon
             thee
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             which
             thou
             art
             in
             daily
             danger
             .
             There
             are
             seas
             of
             vvrath
             ,
             which
             hang
             ouer
             thy
             
             head
             ,
             
               Iohn
            
             3.
             36.
             and
             God
             may
             plague
             thee
             with
             the
             terrors
             of
             conscience
             ,
             like
             
               Cain
               ,
               Gene.
            
             4.
             14.
             
             Or
             with
             a
             reprobate
             sense
             ,
             or
             the
             spirit
             of
             slumber
             ,
             
               Ioh.
               12.
               4.
               
               Rom.
            
             11.
             8.
             strong
             illusions
             ,
             2
             
               Thes.
            
             2.
             11.
             or
             such
             other
             like
             dreadfull
             spirituall
             iudgements
             :
             Besides
             many
             other
             fearefull
             iudgements
             ,
             which
             thy
             heart
             is
             not
             able
             to
             conceiue
             of
             ,
             as
             painefull
             diseases
             in
             the
             body
             ,
             or
             an
             vtter
             ruine
             in
             thy
             estate
             ,
             or
             good
             name
             :
             but
             aboue
             al
             other
             things
             ,
             the
             remembrance
             of
             the
             fearefull
             iudgement
             of
             Christ
             ,
             &
             the
             euerlasting
             
             paines
             of
             Hell
             ,
             with
             a
             miserable
             death
             ,
             should
             cōpel
             thee
             to
             cry
             out
             ,
             
               O
               men
               ,
               and
               brethren
               !
            
             what
             shall
             I
             doe
             to
             be
             saued
             ,
             and
             get
             out
             of
             this
             estate
             ?
          
           
             But
             because
             it
             is
             my
             purpose
             heere
             chiefely
             to
             perswade
             with
             godly
             mē
             ,
             &
             not
             with
             naturall
             men
             ,
             and
             because
             death
             it selfe
             is
             no
             ease
             vnto
             such
             men
             ,
             that
             liue
             in
             their
             sins
             without
             repentance
             ,
             who
             haue
             reason
             to
             loath
             life
             ,
             and
             yet
             no
             cause
             to
             loue
             death
             ,
             I
             passe
             frō
             them
             ,
             &
             come
             to
             the
             life
             of
             godly
             men
             ,
             and
             say
             ,
             they
             haue
             great
             
             reason
             to
             loath
             life
             ,
             &
             desire
             the
             day
             of
             death
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             VI.
             
          
           
             
               Shewing
               the
               miseries
               of
               godly
               men
               in
               life
               .
            
          
           
             NOW
             the
             miseries
             of
             the
             godly
             mans
             life
             are
             of
             two
             sorts
             :
             first
             ,
             for
             either
             he
             may
             consider
             what
             hee
             wants
             :
             secondly
             ,
             or
             what
             he
             hath
             in
             life
             ,
             for
             which
             he
             should
             be
             weary
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             I
             will
             giue
             but
             a
             touch
             of
             the
             first
             .
             Consider
             of
             it
             :
             in
             this
             life
             there
             are
             sixe
             things
             ,
             among
             the
             rest
             ,
             we
             
             want
             ,
             and
             can
             neuer
             attaine
             ,
             while
             we
             liue
             here
             .
          
           
             The
             first
             ,
             is
             the
             glorious
             presence
             of
             God
             ,
             while
             
             
               the
               body
               is
               present
               ,
               the
               Lord
               is
               absent
               ,
               2.
               
               Cor.
            
             5.
             8.
             
             And
             is
             not
             this
             enough
             to
             make
             vs
             loath
             life
             ?
             Shal
             we
             more
             esteeme
             this
             wretched
             Carkasse
             ,
             then
             our
             glorious
             God
             :
             whose
             onely
             presence
             in
             glory
             shall
             fill
             vs
             with
             eternall
             delight
             ?
             O
             the
             Vision
             of
             God!
             If
             we
             had
             but
             once
             seene
             God
             face
             to
             face
             ,
             we
             would
             abhorre
             that
             absence
             that
             should
             hinder
             the
             fruition
             of
             such
             vnspeakeable
             beauties
             ,
             as
             
             would
             enamour
             the
             most
             secure
             heart
             to
             an
             vnquenchable
             loue
             .
          
           
             The
             second
             thing
             we
             want
             in
             life
             ,
             is
             the
             sweet
             fellowship
             with
             our
             best
             friends
             :
             A
             fellowship
             matchlesse
             ;
             if
             we
             either
             consider
             the
             perfection
             of
             the
             creatures
             ,
             whose
             communion
             we
             shall
             enioy
             ;
             or
             the
             perfect
             manner
             of
             enioying
             it
             :
             Who
             would
             be
             with-held
             from
             
               the
               Congregation
               of
               the
               first-borne
               ,
               from
               the
               society
               with
               innumerable
               Angels
               ,
               and
               the
               Spirits
               of
               iust
               men
               ?
            
             Alas
             !
             the
             most
             of
             vs
             haue
             not
             so
             much
             ,
             as
             one
             intire
             and
             
             perfect
             friend
             in
             all
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             yet
             we
             make
             such
             friends
             ,
             as
             we
             haue
             ,
             the
             ground
             of
             a
             great
             part
             of
             the
             contentment
             of
             our
             liues
             :
             Who
             could
             liue
             here
             ,
             if
             he
             were
             not
             beloued
             ?
             Oh!
             what
             can
             an
             earthly
             friendship
             be
             vnto
             that
             in
             heauen
             :
             when
             so
             many
             thousand
             Angels
             ,
             and
             Saints
             shall
             be
             glad
             of
             vs
             ,
             and
             entertaine
             vs
             with
             vnwearied
             delight
             ?
             If
             we
             had
             but
             the
             eies
             of
             faith
             to
             consider
             of
             this
             ,
             we
             would
             thinke
             euery
             houre
             a
             yeare
             ,
             till
             wee
             were
             with
             them
             ?
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             in
             this
             world
             we
             
             want
             the
             perfection
             of
             our
             owne
             Natures
             :
             we
             are
             but
             maimed
             and
             deformed
             creatures
             heere
             ;
             we
             shall
             neuer
             haue
             the
             sound
             vnderstanding
             of
             men
             in
             vs
             ,
             till
             we
             be
             in
             heauen
             :
             our
             holinesse
             of
             nature
             and
             gifts
             wil
             neuer
             be
             consummate
             ,
             till
             we
             be
             dead
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             in
             this
             world
             we
             want
             liberty
             :
             
               Our
               glorious
               liberty
            
             will
             not
             be
             had
             here
             :
             A
             thing
             ,
             which
             the
             Spirits
             of
             the
             best
             men
             haue
             ,
             with
             much
             sighing
             ,
             longed
             after
             :
             
               Rom.
            
             8.
             21.
             22.
             
             O
             who
             would
             liue
             in
             a
             prison
             ,
             a
             dungeon
             ,
             rather
             then
             a
             Palace
             of
             royall
             
             freedome
             ?
             It
             hath
             beene
             implyedly
             shewed
             before
             ,
             that
             we
             are
             many
             waies
             in
             bondage
             here
             .
          
           
             Fiftly
             ,
             we
             shal
             euer
             want
             heere
             fulnesse
             of
             contentment
             .
             
               If
               a
               man
               liue
               many
               yeeres
               ,
               so
               that
               the
               dayes
               of
               his
               yeeres
               bee
               many
               ,
               if
               his
               soule
               be
               not
               filled
               with
               good
               ,
            
             Salomon
             saith
             ,
             
               an
               vntimely
               birth
               is
               better
               then
               hee
               .
            
             And
             it
             is
             certain
             ,
             if
             a
             man
             liue
             a
             thousand
             yeers
             twise
             told
             ,
             hee
             shall
             neuer
             see
             sollid
             good
             to
             fill
             his
             hart
             ,
             his
             appetite
             will
             neuer
             be
             filled
             ,
             
               Eccles.
            
             6.
             3
             ,
             6
             ,
             7.
             
             There
             is
             nothing
             in
             this
             life
             can
             giue
             a
             man
             sollid
             ,
             and
             durable
             
             contentment
             :
             but
             a
             man
             finds
             by
             experience
             ,
             vanity
             ,
             and
             vexation
             of
             spirit
             ,
             in
             what
             hee
             admires
             orloues
             most
             :
             and
             shall
             we
             be
             so
             sottish
             as
             to
             forget
             
               those
               riuers
               of
               pleasures
               that
               are
               at
               Gods
               right
               hand
               ?
               Psal.
               6.
               vlt.
               
            
          
           
             6.
             
             The
             sixt
             thing
             vvee
             want
             in
             this
             world
             ,
             is
             our
             crowne
             ,
             and
             the
             immortall
             and
             incorruptible
             inheritance
             ,
             bought
             for
             vs
             with
             the
             bloud
             of
             Christ
             :
             and
             shall
             not
             our
             hearts
             burn
             within
             vs
             in
             longing
             after
             possession
             ?
             Can
             we
             desire
             still
             to
             liue
             in
             wants
             ,
             &
             to
             be
             vnder
             age
             ?
             What
             
             shall
             mooue
             vs
             ,
             if
             such
             an
             incomparable
             crown
             cannot
             moue
             vs
             ?
             Wee
             that
             sweat
             with
             so
             much
             sore
             labour
             for
             the
             possession
             of
             some
             small
             portion
             of
             the
             earth
             :
             shall
             wee
             ,
             I
             say
             ,
             bee
             so
             sluggish
             ,
             as
             not
             to
             desire
             ,
             that
             this
             kingdom
             ,
             which
             our
             Father
             hath
             giuen
             vs
             ,
             might
             come
             quickly
             vpon
             vs
             ?
             or
             are
             wee
             so
             transported
             with
             spirituall
             madnes
             ,
             as
             to
             be
             afraid
             to
             passe
             through
             the
             gate
             of
             death
             ,
             to
             attain
             such
             a
             life
             ?
             What
             Prince
             would
             liue
             vncrowned
             ,
             if
             hee
             could
             helpe
             it
             ,
             and
             might
             possess
             it
             without
             wrong
             or
             danger
             ?
             
             and
             what
             great
             heire
             would
             bee
             grieued
             at
             the
             tidings
             ,
             that
             all
             his
             Lands
             were
             falne
             vnto
             him
             ?
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             VII
             .
          
           
             
               The
               miseries
               of
               a
               Christian
               in
               respect
               of
               God
               in
               this
               life
               .
            
          
           
             THus
             ,
             of
             what
             he
             wants
             in
             this
             life
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             he
             ought
             to
             bee
             as
             much
             troubled
             to
             think
             what
             he
             hath
             ,
             and
             cannot
             auoide
             while
             hee
             liues
             :
             and
             thus
             his
             life
             is
             distressed
             ,
             and
             made
             vnlouely
             ,
             either
             if
             
             he
             respect
             God
             ,
             or
             the
             euill
             Angels
             ,
             or
             the
             world
             ,
             or
             himselfe
             .
          
           
             For
             first
             ,
             if
             hee
             respect
             God
             ,
             there
             are
             two
             things
             
             should
             marre
             the
             taste
             of
             life
             ,
             and
             make
             it
             out
             of
             liking
             .
             The
             first
             is
             the
             danger
             of
             displeasing
             of
             God
             :
             who
             would
             liue
             to
             offend
             God
             ?
             or
             grieue
             his
             Spirit
             ?
             or
             any
             way
             to
             make
             him
             angry
             ?
             Though
             this
             reason
             will
             moue
             little
             in
             the
             hearts
             of
             wicked
             men
             ;
             Yet
             it
             is
             of
             singular
             force
             in
             the
             heart
             of
             an
             humble
             Christian
             ,
             who
             as
             hee
             accounts
             Gods
             louing
             kindnesse
             better
             then
             life
             :
             
             so
             finds
             nothing
             more
             bitter
             ,
             then
             that
             he
             should
             displease
             God
             :
             that
             God
             (
             I
             say
             )
             who
             is
             so
             great
             in
             Maiesty
             ,
             and
             hath
             shewed
             himselfe
             so
             aboundant
             in
             mercy
             to
             him
             .
             It
             would
             lye
             as
             a
             heauy
             load
             vpon
             our
             hearts
             ,
             to
             think
             of
             the
             displeasing
             of
             our
             best
             friend
             ;
             specially
             if
             he
             were
             a
             great
             person
             ,
             or
             a
             Prince
             .
             How
             much
             more
             should
             we
             desire
             to
             be
             rid
             of
             that
             condition
             ,
             wherein
             we
             may
             displease
             our
             good
             God
             ;
             and
             to
             be
             there
             ,
             where
             we
             are
             sure
             neuer
             to
             anger
             him
             more
             ?
             The
             second
             thing
             ,
             that
             should
             make
             vs
             
             looke
             with
             lesse
             affection
             vpon
             life
             ,
             is
             ,
             that
             God
             doth
             continually
             crosse
             vs
             in
             the
             things
             of
             this
             life
             :
             The
             Lord
             doth
             of
             purpose
             watch
             vs
             ,
             that
             when
             hee
             sees
             vs
             settle
             any
             contentment
             in
             life
             ,
             hee
             drops
             in
             some
             thing
             ,
             that
             makes
             all
             extremely
             bitter
             :
             And
             those
             corrections
             of
             God
             should
             bee
             the
             more
             noted
             ,
             if
             we
             consider
             but
             diuers
             aggrauations
             about
             them
             ,
             as
             
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             God
             will
             correct
             euery
             sonne
             ,
             whom
             hee
             loueth
             ,
             none
             can
             escape
             ,
             
               Heb.
            
             12.
             4.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             a
             man
             is
             vsually
             
             most
             opposed
             &
             crossed
             in
             that
             hee
             loues
             best
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             That
             a
             man
             shall
             euer
             want
             ,
             what
             he
             wisheth
             ,
             euen
             in
             such
             things
             ,
             as
             other
             men
             do
             not
             want
             .
             There
             is
             a
             secret
             vexation
             cleaues
             vnto
             mans
             estate
             ,
             that
             their
             hearts
             run
             vpon
             such
             things
             which
             cannot
             be
             had
             ,
             but
             in
             the
             Callings
             of
             other
             men
             :
             The
             Countriman
             prayseth
             the
             Citizens
             life
             ;
             and
             the
             Citizen
             is
             full
             of
             the
             praises
             of
             the
             Country
             :
             And
             so
             is
             there
             in
             all
             men
             a
             liking
             of
             the
             Callings
             of
             other
             men
             ,
             with
             a
             dislike
             of
             their
             own
             ,
             
               Eccles.
            
             6.
             
          
           
           
             4.
             
             That
             
               there
               is
               no
               discharge
               in
               that
               warre
               ,
            
             but
             that
             a
             man
             must
             euery
             day
             looke
             for
             crosses
             .
             
               Euery
               day
               hath
               his
               griefe
               ,
               Eccles.
               8.
               8.
               
               Luk.
               9.
               24.
               
               Math.
               6.
               vlt.
               
            
          
           
             5.
             
             That
             God
             will
             not
             let
             vs
             know
             the
             times
             of
             our
             corrections
             ,
             but
             executeth
             them
             according
             to
             the
             vnchangeable
             purpose
             of
             his
             owne
             counsell
             :
             so
             as
             they
             come
             vpon
             vs
             ,
             as
             a
             snare
             vpon
             a
             Bird.
             For
             this
             reason
             
               Salomon
            
             saith
             :
             
               That
               the
               misery
               of
               man
               is
               great
               vpon
               him
               ,
               because
               there
               is
               a
               time
               for
               euery
               purpose
               ,
               which
               cannot
               bee
               auoided
               ,
               nor
               can
               man
               know
               
               beforehand
               that
               ,
               which
               shall
               be
               ;
               for
               who
               can
               tell
               him
               ,
               when
               it
               shall
               be
               ?
               Eccl.
               8.
               6
               ,
               7
               ,
               8.
               
               &
            
             9.
             12.
             
          
           
             6.
             
             That
             no
             man
             knoweth
             either
             loue
             ,
             or
             hatred
             ,
             by
             all
             that
             is
             before
             him
             :
             A
             godly
             man
             can
             haue
             no
             such
             blessings
             outwardly
             ,
             but
             a
             wicked
             man
             may
             haue
             them
             in
             as
             great
             aboundance
             ,
             as
             hee
             :
             nor
             doth
             there
             any
             misery
             fall
             vpon
             the
             wicked
             in
             outward
             crosses
             ,
             but
             the
             like
             may
             befall
             the
             godly
             .
             
               All
               things
               come
               alike
               to
               all
               :
               there
               is
               one
               euent
               to
               the
               righteous
               and
               to
               the
               vvicked
               :
               to
               the
               cleane
               ,
               and
               vncleane
               ,
               to
               him
               
               that
               sweareth
               ,
               &
               to
               him
               that
               feareth
               an
               oath
               ,
               as
               is
               the
               good
               ,
               so
               is
               the
               sinner
               .
            
             This
             ,
             saith
             
               Salomon
               ,
            
             is
             
               an
               euill
               among
               all
               things
               ,
               that
               are
               done
               vnder
               the
               Sunne
               ,
               that
               there
               is
               one
               euent
               vnto
               all
               ,
               Eccle.
            
             9.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             3.
             
          
           
             7.
             
             This
             bitternesse
             is
             increased
             ,
             because
             GOD
             will
             not
             dispose
             of
             things
             according
             to
             the
             meanes
             ,
             or
             likelihoods
             of
             mans
             estate
             .
             
               The
               race
               is
               not
               to
               the
               swift
               ,
               nor
               the
               battell
               to
               the
               strong
               ,
               nor
               yet
               bread
               to
               the
               wise
               ,
               nor
               yet
               riches
               to
               men
               of
               vnderstanding
               ,
               nor
               yet
               fauour
               to
               men
               of
               skill
               ,
               but
               time
               and
               chance
               hapneth
               to
               
               them
               all
               ,
               Eccles.
            
             9.
             11.
             
          
           
             8.
             
             That
             besides
             the
             present
             miseries
             ,
             there
             are
             many
             miseries
             to
             come
             ,
             so
             as
             it
             is
             an
             argument
             to
             proue
             the
             happines
             of
             the
             dead
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             
               taken
               away
               from
               the
               miseries
               to
               come
               ,
               Esay
            
             57.
             1
             ,
             2.
             vvhich
             should
             likewise
             mooue
             vs
             to
             loue
             life
             the
             lesse
             ,
             because
             we
             know
             not
             ,
             what
             fearefull
             alterations
             may
             come
             ,
             either
             in
             our
             outward
             estate
             ,
             or
             in
             matters
             of
             Religion
             .
             What
             case
             were
             wee
             in
             ,
             if
             war
             should
             come
             vpon
             vs
             ,
             with
             all
             the
             desolations
             &
             terrors
             that
             accompany
             it
             ?
             What
             if
             
             the
             Pestilence
             should
             come
             againe
             ,
             or
             we
             be
             left
             in
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             violent
             ?
             or
             God
             fight
             against
             our
             estates
             by
             fire
             ,
             or
             inundations
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             ?
             Who
             can
             tell
             what
             fearful
             alterations
             may
             be
             in
             Religion
             ?
             And
             is
             it
             not
             best
             to
             be
             in
             heauen
             ,
             and
             then
             are
             we
             safe
             ?
             Besides
             ,
             the
             miseries
             may
             fall
             vpon
             our
             own
             bodies
             ,
             or
             our
             children
             ,
             or
             friends
             ,
             &c.
             
             And
             these
             things
             should
             abate
             the
             loue
             of
             life
             ,
             as
             wee
             respect
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             VIII
             .
          
           
             
               The
               misery
               of
               life
               in
               respect
               of
               euill
               Angels
               .
            
          
           
             NOW
             secondly
             ,
             let
             vs
             turne
             our
             eyes
             to
             the
             euill
             Angels
             ,
             &
             then
             these
             things
             may
             affright
             vs.
             
          
           
             First
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             euery
             
             where
             vp
             and
             downe
             the
             world
             ,
             in
             the
             Earth
             ,
             Aire
             ,
             Seas
             ;
             no
             place
             free
             .
             Those
             fiery
             Serpents
             are
             euerie
             where
             in
             the
             wildernes
             of
             the
             world
             .
             Wee
             leade
             our
             liues
             here
             in
             the
             midst
             of
             innumerable
             dragons
             ,
             yea
             
             they
             are
             in
             the
             most
             
               heauēly
               places
            
             in
             this
             life
             :
             The
             Church
             is
             not
             free
             from
             them
             .
             A
             man
             can
             stand
             no
             where
             before
             the
             Lord
             ,
             but
             one
             Diuell
             or
             other
             is
             
               at
               his
               right
               hand
               ,
               Ephe.
               2.
               2.
               
               &
               6.
               13.
               
               Zach.
               3.
               1.
               
               Iob
            
             1.
             
          
           
             And
             sure
             ,
             it
             should
             make
             vs
             like
             the
             place
             the
             worse
             where
             such
             foule
             spirits
             are
             :
             the
             earth
             is
             a
             kind
             of
             Hell
             in
             that
             very
             respect
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Secondly
             ,
             it
             should
             
             more
             trouble
             vs
             ,
             that
             wee
             must
             of
             necessity
             enter
             into
             the
             conflict
             with
             these
             Diuels
             ,
             and
             their
             temptations
             ,
             and
             to
             bee
             buffeted
             and
             gored
             by
             them
             .
          
           
           
             A
             man
             that
             knew
             hee
             must
             goe
             into
             the
             field
             to
             answere
             a
             challenge
             ,
             will
             be
             at
             no
             great
             rest
             in
             himselfe
             .
             But
             alas
             !
             it
             is
             more
             easie
             a
             thousand
             fold
             to
             
               wrastle
               with
               flesh
               and
               bloud
               ,
            
             then
             with
             these
             
               Principalities
               and
               Powers
               ,
               and
               Spirituall
               wickednesses
               ,
               &
               great
               Rulers
               of
               the
               world
               ,
               Ephe.
            
             6.
             13.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Besides
             ,
             it
             adds
             vnto
             the
             distresse
             of
             life
             ,
             to
             consider
             of
             the
             subtilty
             ,
             and
             cruelty
             of
             these
             Diuels
             ,
             who
             are
             therefore
             like
             the
             
               crooked
               Serpent
               ,
               and
               Leutathan
               ,
            
             and
             
               Dragons
               ,
            
             and
             
               roring
               Lions
               ,
               seeking
               whom
               
               they
               may
               deuoure
               .
            
             Though
             these
             things
             wil
             litle
             moue
             the
             hearts
             of
             wicked
             men
             ,
             yet
             vnto
             the
             godly
             minde
             ,
             the
             temptations
             of
             life
             are
             a
             greeuous
             burthen
             .
             Thus
             much
             of
             euill
             Angels
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             IX
             .
          
           
             
               The
               miserie
               of
               life
               in
               respect
               of
               the
               world
               .
            
          
           
             3.
             
             THirdly
             ,
             cōsider
             but
             vvhat
             the
             World
             is
             ,
             in
             which
             thou
             liuest
             ;
             and
             that
             either
             in
             the
             apparant
             miseries
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             or
             in
             the
             vexations
             ,
             
             that
             accompany
             the
             best
             things
             the
             world
             hath
             to
             offer
             or
             giue
             thee
             .
             First
             ,
             for
             the
             apparant
             miseries
             ;
          
           
             1.
             
             It
             is
             exquisitely
             like
             a
             wildernes
             ,
             no
             man
             but
             
             for
             innumerable
             vvants
             ,
             liues
             as
             in
             a
             Desart
             here
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             It
             is
             a
             true
             Egypt
             to
             the
             godly
             ,
             it
             continually
             imposeth
             hard
             tasks
             ,
             and
             seruile
             conditions
             .
             Life
             can
             neuer
             be
             free
             frō
             greeuous
             burthens
             ,
             and
             inexorable
             molestations
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             This
             world
             is
             verily
             like
             Sodome
             ,
             full
             of
             generall
             and
             vnspeakable
             filthinesse
             :
             
               all
               the
               world
               lyeth
               in
               wickednesse
               ,
            
             scarce
             one
             
             
               Lot
            
             to
             be
             found
             in
             a
             whole
             Citie
             ,
             or
             Parish
             .
             If
             God
             would
             seeke
             but
             fiue
             righteous
             men
             ,
             that
             are
             truly
             or
             absolutely
             godly
             ,
             they
             are
             not
             to
             be
             found
             in
             the
             most
             assemblies
             in
             the
             world
             ,
             nay
             in
             the
             Church
             too
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Yet
             more
             ;
             this
             world
             is
             a
             very
             Pesthouse
             ,
             spiritually
             cōsidered
             .
             Euery
             man
             that
             a
             godly
             man
             comes
             neere
             ,
             hath
             a
             mischieuous
             plague-sore
             running
             vpon
             him
             ;
             yea
             the
             godly
             themselues
             are
             not
             without
             the
             disease
             :
             so
             as
             there
             is
             a
             necessity
             as
             it
             were
             ,
             to
             infect
             ,
             or
             bee
             infected
             still
             in
             all
             
             places
             ,
             or
             companies
             .
             Oh!
             who
             would
             loue
             to
             liue
             in
             a
             Pesthouse
             ,
             that
             may
             dwell
             in
             a
             place
             for
             euer
             free
             from
             all
             infection
             ?
          
           
             5.
             
             Yet
             more
             ,
             this
             world
             ,
             why
             ,
             it
             is
             a
             very
             
               Golgotha
               ,
            
             a
             place
             of
             dead
             men
             ,
             we
             liue
             amongst
             the
             graues
             :
             Almost
             all
             we
             see
             ,
             or
             haue
             to
             deale
             with
             ,
             are
             but
             men
             truly
             dead
             .
             Alas
             !
             vvhat
             should
             wee
             reckon
             of
             the
             life
             of
             mens
             carkases
             ,
             whē
             
             their
             soules
             are
             dead
             ?
             and
             both
             soule
             and
             body
             sentenced
             to
             eternall
             death
             ?
             Almost
             all
             that
             wee
             meete
             with
             ,
             are
             malefactors
             ,
             vnder
             sentence
             ,
             ready
             to
             be
             
             carried
             to
             execution
             ,
             the
             wrath
             of
             God
             hanging
             ouer
             their
             heads
             ,
             and
             vnquenchable
             fire
             kindled
             against
             them
             ;
             &
             shall
             we
             be
             so
             besotted
             ,
             as
             to
             loue
             the
             dead
             more
             thē
             the
             liuing
             ?
             or
             the
             societie
             of
             vile
             and
             miserable
             malefactors
             in
             a
             prison
             ,
             rather
             then
             the
             fellowship
             of
             the
             glorious
             Princes
             of
             God
             ,
             in
             their
             Palace
             of
             endlesse
             and
             matchlesse
             blisse
             ?
          
           
             6.
             
             Sixtly
             ,
             why
             should
             we
             loue
             the
             world
             that
             hateth
             vs
             ,
             and
             casts
             vs
             off
             ,
             as
             men
             dead
             out
             of
             minde
             ?
             Are
             wee
             not
             crucified
             to
             the
             world
             ?
             
               Gala.
            
             6.
             14.
             and
             
             doe
             not
             wicked
             men
             hate
             vs
             ,
             and
             enuy
             vs
             ,
             and
             speak
             all
             manner
             of
             euil
             sayings
             of
             vs
             ,
             because
             wee
             follow
             good
             ?
             The
             World
             loues
             her
             owne
             ,
             but
             vs
             it
             cannot
             loue
             ,
             because
             we
             are
             not
             of
             this
             world
             .
             Can
             darknesse
             loue
             light
             ?
             or
             the
             sonnes
             of
             
               Belial
            
             oare
             for
             the
             sons
             of
             God
             ?
             In
             this
             world
             we
             shall
             haue
             trouble
             ;
             and
             if
             wee
             found
             not
             peace
             in
             Christ
             ,
             we
             were
             of
             al
             men
             most
             miserable
             ,
             
               Ioh.
               15.
               19.
               
               Ecclos
               .
               4.
               4.
               
               Ioh.
               17.
               14.
               2.
               
               Cor.
               6.
               17.
               
               Ioh.
            
             16.
             33.
             
             And
             if
             they
             hate
             vs
             for
             well-dooing
             ,
             how
             will
             they
             triumph
             if
             our
             foote
             doe
             but
             slippe
             ?
             
             We
             should
             desire
             death
             ,
             euen
             to
             be
             deliuered
             from
             the
             feare
             of
             giuing
             occasion
             to
             the
             World
             to
             triumph
             ,
             or
             blaspheme
             in
             respect
             of
             vs.
             Yea
             ,
             so
             extreme
             is
             the
             hatred
             of
             the
             World
             ,
             that
             a
             iust
             man
             may
             perish
             in
             his
             righteousnesse
             ,
             when
             a
             vvicked
             man
             prolongs
             his
             daies
             in
             his
             wickednes
             ,
             
               Eccl.
            
             17.
             16.
             and
             8.
             14.
             
          
           
             7.
             
             Doe
             wee
             fall
             into
             any
             speciall
             misery
             in
             this
             world
             ?
             Why
             ,
             behold
             the
             teares
             of
             the
             oppressed
             ,
             &
             there
             is
             none
             to
             comfort
             them
             .
             We
             are
             either
             not
             pitied
             ,
             or
             not
             regarded
             :
             or
             
             the
             compassion
             of
             the
             world
             is
             like
             the
             morning
             deaw
             ,
             it
             is
             gone
             as
             a
             tale
             that
             is
             told
             ,
             our
             misery
             wil
             last
             ,
             but
             there
             wil
             soone
             be
             none
             to
             comfort
             vs.
             Miserable
             comforters
             are
             the
             most
             that
             can
             bee
             had
             in
             this
             vvorld
             ;
             and
             for
             this
             reason
             
               Salomon
            
             praised
             the
             dead
             ,
             that
             are
             already
             dead
             ,
             aboue
             the
             liuing
             ,
             that
             are
             yet
             aliue
             ,
             
               Eccles.
            
             4.
             1
             ,
             2.
             
          
           
             8.
             
             There
             is
             vsually
             no
             Christian
             ,
             but
             in
             this
             world
             he
             hath
             some
             speciall
             miserie
             vpon
             him
             ,
             either
             pouertie
             ,
             or
             debt
             ,
             or
             disease
             in
             his
             body
             ,
             or
             the
             
             like
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             9.
             
             We
             daily
             suffer
             the
             losse
             of
             our
             friends
             ,
             that
             were
             the
             companions
             of
             our
             life
             ,
             and
             the
             causes
             of
             contentment
             to
             vs.
             Now
             who
             would
             tarry
             behinde
             them
             ,
             or
             esteeme
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             when
             they
             are
             gone
             from
             vs
             ?
          
           
             And
             thus
             much
             of
             the
             apparant
             miseries
             of
             this
             world
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             X.
             
          
           
             
               The
               vanities
               of
               the
               seeming
               felicities
               of
               the
               world
               .
            
          
           
             NOW
             it
             followeth
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             entreat
             of
             the
             vanities
             ,
             that
             cleaue
             to
             the
             seeming
             felicities
             of
             the
             world
             :
             and
             proue
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             reason
             to
             be
             in
             loue
             with
             life
             for
             any
             respect
             of
             them
             .
          
           
             The
             best
             things
             the
             world
             can
             make
             shew
             of
             ,
             
             are
             
               Honours
               ,
               Credit
               ,
               Lands
               ,
               Houses
               ,
               Riches
               ,
               Pleasures
               ,
               Birth
               ,
               Beauty
               ,
               Friends
               ,
               Wit
               ,
               Children
               ,
               Acquaintance
               ,
            
             
             and
             the
             like
             .
             Now
             there
             be
             many
             things
             ,
             which
             apparantly
             proue
             ,
             there
             can
             bee
             no
             sound
             contentment
             ,
             or
             felicity
             in
             these
             :
             For
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             All
             things
             be
             full
             of
             labour
             ,
             who
             can
             vtter
             it
             ?
             
             
               Ecclesiastic
               .
            
             18.
             
             Men
             must
             gaine
             the
             blessings
             of
             the
             earth
             with
             the
             sweare
             of
             their
             browes
             ;
             there
             is
             seldome
             any
             outward
             blessing
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             attained
             with
             much
             difficulty
             ,
             paines
             ,
             or
             danger
             ,
             or
             care
             ,
             or
             grieuance
             some
             way
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             How
             small
             a
             portion
             in
             these
             things
             can
             the
             most
             men
             attaine
             ?
             If
             the
             
             whole
             world
             were
             posses
             sed
             ,
             it
             would
             not
             make
             a
             man
             happy
             ;
             much
             lesse
             those
             small
             parcels
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             which
             the
             most
             men
             can
             attaine
             :
             
               Eccl.
            
             1.
             3.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             It
             is
             manifest
             ,
             men
             cannot
             agree
             about
             the
             chiefe
             good
             in
             these
             things
             .
             Life
             is
             therefore
             apparantly
             vaine
             in
             respect
             of
             these
             things
             ,
             because
             there
             are
             almost
             infinite
             proiects
             ,
             and
             variety
             of
             opinions
             :
             And
             in
             all
             these
             successions
             of
             ages
             ,
             no
             experience
             can
             make
             men
             agree
             to
             resolue
             :
             Which
             of
             these
             things
             haue
             felicity
             in
             them
             ?
             Who
             knows
             
             what
             is
             good
             for
             a
             man
             in
             this
             life
             ,
             all
             the
             daies
             of
             his
             vaine
             life
             ,
             which
             he
             spendeth
             as
             a
             shadow
             ,
             
               Eccle.
            
             6.
             12.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             In
             all
             these
             things
             here
             is
             nothing
             new
             ,
             but
             it
             hath
             beene
             the
             same
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             to
             it
             .
             Now
             things
             that
             are
             common
             ,
             are
             out
             of
             request
             ,
             
               Eccl.
            
             1.
             9.
             10.
             
             &
             3.
             15.
             
          
           
             5.
             
             The
             world
             passeth
             away
             ,
             and
             the
             lusts
             thereof
             :
             the
             eye
             is
             not
             satisfied
             with
             seeing
             ,
             nor
             the
             eare
             with
             hearing
             .
             If
             a
             man
             liue
             many
             daies
             ,
             his
             soule
             is
             not
             filled
             with
             good
             ;
             the
             desire
             after
             these
             things
             
             will
             vanish
             ;
             men
             cannot
             loue
             them
             still
             :
             Our
             life
             is
             spent
             in
             wishing
             for
             the
             future
             ,
             and
             bewailing
             of
             the
             past
             ;
             a
             loathing
             of
             what
             wee
             haue
             tasted
             ;
             and
             a
             longing
             for
             that
             we
             haue
             not
             tasted
             :
             which
             ,
             were
             it
             had
             ▪
             would
             neuer
             more
             satisfie
             vs
             ,
             then
             that
             which
             wee
             haue
             had
             .
             Hence
             it
             is
             ,
             that
             men
             weary
             themselues
             in
             seeking
             variety
             of
             earthly
             things
             ,
             and
             yet
             cannot
             bee
             contented
             .
             The
             vexation
             ,
             that
             cleaues
             vnto
             them
             still
             ,
             breeds
             lothing
             ;
             We
             are
             like
             men
             ,
             that
             are
             Sea
             ▪
             sick
             ,
             that
             shift
             from
             roome
             
             to
             roome
             ,
             and
             from
             place
             to
             place
             ,
             thinking
             to
             finde
             ease
             ;
             neuer
             considering
             ,
             that
             so
             long
             as
             the
             same
             Seas
             swell
             ,
             and
             Windes
             blow
             ,
             and
             Humors
             are
             stirred
             ,
             alteration
             of
             place
             will
             not
             profite
             :
             So
             it
             is
             with
             vs
             ;
             so
             long
             as
             we
             carry
             with
             vs
             a
             nature
             so
             full
             of
             ill
             Humours
             ,
             and
             that
             the
             pleasures
             of
             the
             world
             haue
             so
             much
             vanity
             in
             them
             ,
             no
             change
             of
             place
             ,
             or
             delights
             can
             satisfie
             vs
             :
             
               Seeing
               there
               are
               many
               things
               that
               encrease
               vanity
               ,
               what
               is
               man
               the
               better
               ?
               Eccl.
            
             6.
             13.
             
          
           
             6.
             
             How
             can
             these
             
             earthly
             things
             satisfie
             ,
             whē
             the
             nature
             of
             thē
             is
             so
             vile
             and
             vaine
             ?
             They
             are
             but
             blasts
             ;
             a
             very
             shadow
             ,
             which
             is
             some
             thing
             in
             appearance
             ,
             but
             offer
             to
             lay
             hold
             vpon
             it
             ,
             thou
             graspest
             nothing
             .
             
               Man
               walketh
               in
               a
               vaine
               shadow
               ,
               and
               disquieteth
               himselfe
               in
               vaine
               .
               He
               that
               loueth
               siluer
               ,
               shall
               not
               be
               satisfied
               with
               siluer
               ,
               Eccl.
               〈◊〉
               .
               9.
               
               Psal.
            
             39.
             
          
           
             7.
             
             Besides
             :
             There
             is
             a
             
             snare
             in
             all
             these
             earthly
             things
             ,
             they
             are
             like
             pitch
             to
             defile
             a
             man
             ;
             there
             is
             euer
             one
             temptation
             or
             other
             lodged
             vnder
             them
             :
             and
             the
             fruition
             of
             them
             ,
             
             and
             desire
             after
             the
             ,
             breeds
             many
             no
             isome
             lusts
             in
             the
             soule
             ,
             1.
             
             
               Tim.
            
             6.
             9.
             
          
           
             8.
             
             These
             outward
             things
             are
             also
             all
             vncertaine
             ,
             and
             transitory
             :
             
               Riches
               haue
               wings
               ,
               and
               will
               suddenly
            
             
             
               flye
               away
               ;
               and
               Fame
               is
               but
               a
               blast
               :
               and
               the
               glory
               of
               man
               is
               but
               as
               the
               flower
               of
               the
               field
               ,
               which
               is
               to
               day
               ,
               and
               to
               morrow
               withereth
               :
               The
               fashion
               of
               this
               world
               passeth
               away
               :
               And
               at
               the
               last
               day
               ,
               they
               shal
               all
               be
               burnt
               and
               consumed
               in
               the
               fire
               :
            
             I
             meane
             these
             senselesse
             things
             ,
             we
             now
             set
             our
             hearts
             vpon
             ,
             
               Esay
               40.
               6.
               1.
               
               Cor.
            
             7.
             31.
             
          
           
             9.
             
             There
             is
             no
             support
             
             in
             these
             things
             ;
             in
             the
             euill
             day
             they
             cannot
             helpe
             vs
             ,
             when
             the
             houre
             of
             temptation
             comes
             vpon
             vs.
             
          
           
             10.
             
             A
             man
             may
             damne
             his
             own
             soule
             by
             too
             much
             liking
             of
             these
             things
             ,
             the
             abuse
             of
             them
             may
             witnes
             against
             men
             in
             the
             day
             of
             Christ
             :
             
               Iam.
               5.
               1.
               
               &
               Philip.
            
             3.
             18.
             
          
           
             11.
             
             In
             these
             things
             there
             is
             one
             condition
             to
             all
             ;
             as
             it
             falleth
             to
             the
             wise
             man
             ,
             so
             doth
             it
             to
             the
             foole
             ,
             
               Eccl.
            
             2.
             14.
             
          
           
             12.
             
             All
             things
             are
             subiect
             to
             Gods
             vnauoidable
             disposing
             :
             Let
             man
             get
             what
             he
             can
             ,
             yet
             God
             
             will
             haue
             the
             disposing
             of
             it
             ;
             and
             whatsoeuer
             God
             shall
             do
             ,
             it
             shall
             abide
             :
             To
             it
             can
             no
             man
             adde
             ,
             and
             from
             it
             can
             no
             man
             diminish
             ,
             
               Eccl.
            
             3.
             1.
             
          
           
             13.
             
             A
             man
             may
             haue
             all
             aboundance
             of
             these
             things
             ,
             and
             yet
             not
             haue
             a
             heart
             to
             vse
             them
             :
             Euill
             is
             so
             set
             in
             the
             hearts
             of
             the
             sonnes
             of
             men
             ,
             and
             such
             madnesse
             cleaues
             vnto
             them
             here
             ,
             that
             they
             cannot
             take
             the
             contentment
             of
             the
             things
             they
             haue
             ;
             and
             so
             they
             be
             worse
             then
             an
             vntimely
             fruite
             ,
             
               Eccl.
               6.
               1
               ,
               7.
               
               &
            
             9.
             3.
             
          
           
             14.
             
             Euery
             day
             hath
             his
             
             euill
             ;
             and
             afflictions
             are
             so
             mingled
             with
             these
             outward
             things
             ,
             that
             their
             taste
             is
             daily
             marred
             with
             bitternesse
             ,
             which
             is
             cast
             into
             them
             ;
             no
             day
             without
             his
             griefe
             :
             and
             vsually
             the
             crosses
             of
             life
             are
             more
             ,
             then
             the
             pleasures
             of
             liuing
             ;
             so
             as
             they
             that
             reioyce
             ,
             ought
             to
             bee
             as
             though
             they
             reioyced
             not
             .
          
           
             15.
             
             Lastly
             ,
             If
             all
             these
             considerations
             may
             not
             suffice
             ,
             then
             remember
             ,
             that
             thou
             art
             mortall
             ;
             thy
             life
             is
             short
             ,
             it
             passeth
             as
             a
             dreame
             ,
             it
             is
             but
             as
             a
             span
             long
             thy
             daies
             are
             few
             and
             euill
             ;
             all
             these
             things
             are
             
             ged
             with
             a
             necessity
             of
             dying
             :
             Life
             was
             giuen
             thee
             with
             a
             condition
             of
             dying
             ,
             
               Gen.
               47.
               9.
               
               Iob.
            
             14.
             1.
             thy
             life
             passeth
             like
             the
             winde
             :
             
               Iob
            
             7.
             7.
             
             Yea
             ,
             our
             daies
             consume
             like
             smoake
             ,
             
               Psalm
               .
               102.
               3.
               
               All
               flesh
               is
               grasse
               ,
               Esay
            
             40.
             6.
             
             And
             hence
             arise
             
             many
             considerations
             deduced
             from
             this
             head
             of
             our
             mortality
             :
             For
          
           
             1.
             
             All
             these
             things
             are
             but
             the
             necessaries
             of
             thy
             Inne
             :
             Thou
             art
             a
             stranger
             ,
             and
             a
             pilgrime
             ,
             and
             canst
             enioy
             them
             ,
             but
             as
             a
             passenger
             ,
             thou
             canst
             carry
             nothing
             out
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             but
             in
             all
             points
             ,
             as
             thou
             
             cam'st
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             so
             must
             thou
             go
             hence
             ,
             
               Eccl.
            
             5.
             13
             ,
             14
             ,
             15.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             time
             ,
             place
             ,
             and
             manner
             of
             thy
             death
             is
             vncertaine
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             time
             nor
             place
             ,
             but
             man
             may
             die
             in
             it
             ;
             the
             Court
             ,
             the
             Church
             ,
             the
             Campe
             :
             yea
             the
             very
             wombe
             is
             not
             excepted
             .
             There
             is
             but
             one
             way
             to
             come
             into
             the
             world
             ,
             but
             there
             are
             a
             thousand
             waies
             to
             go
             out
             ;
             and
             therefore
             the
             possession
             of
             all
             things
             is
             wonderfull
             vncertaine
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             When
             thou
             diest
             ,
             all
             will
             be
             forgotten
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             more
             remembrance
             
             of
             former
             things
             ,
             nor
             shall
             there
             be
             any
             remēbrance
             of
             things
             which
             are
             to
             come
             ,
             with
             those
             that
             shall
             come
             after
             ,
             
               Eccl.
            
             1.
             11.
             
             That
             which
             was
             ,
             in
             the
             daies
             to
             come
             ,
             shall
             be
             forgotten
             ,
             1.
             
             
               Chr.
            
             2.
             16.
             
             Yea
             ,
             a
             man
             shall
             be
             forgotten
             in
             the
             City
             where
             he
             hath
             done
             right
             ,
             
               Eccles.
            
             8.
             10.
             
             For
             this
             very
             reason
             ,
             
               Salomon
            
             hated
             life
             ,
             
               Eccles.
            
             2.
             17.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             When
             thou
             diest
             ,
             thou
             shalt
             die
             either
             without
             issue
             ,
             or
             leaue
             children
             behind
             thee
             .
             If
             thou
             dye
             without
             issue
             ,
             how
             hast
             thou
             beene
             infatuated
             in
             seeking
             these
             outvvard
             
             things
             with
             so
             much
             care
             and
             toile
             ,
             and
             couldest
             neuer
             say
             to
             thine
             own
             soule
             ,
             For
             whom
             do
             I
             trauell
             ,
             &
             defraud
             my selfe
             of
             pleasure
             ?
             Thou
             gatherest
             these
             things
             ,
             and
             knowest
             not
             who
             shall
             enioy
             them
             ,
             
               Eccles.
            
             4.
             8.
             
             If
             thou
             die
             and
             leaue
             issue
             ,
             thou
             maist
             be
             frighted
             and
             amazed
             with
             one
             of
             these
             things
             .
             For
             either
             thou
             maist
             bee
             despised
             while
             thou
             liuest
             ,
             of
             those
             for
             whom
             thou
             endurest
             sore
             trauaile
             ,
             so
             as
             they
             that
             shall
             come
             after
             thee
             ,
             doe
             not
             reioyce
             in
             thee
             ,
             
               Eccles.
            
             4.
             15
             ,
             16.
             
             Or
             else
             thou
             maist
             leaue
             the
             
             fruite
             of
             thy
             labours
             to
             a
             foole
             ,
             or
             a
             wicked
             wretch
             .
             For
             who
             knoweth
             ,
             whether
             he
             that
             shall
             rule
             ouer
             thy
             labours
             ,
             shal
             be
             a
             wise
             man
             ,
             or
             a
             foole
             ?
             This
             very
             consideration
             made
             
               Salomon
            
             hate
             all
             his
             labour
             ,
             which
             he
             had
             taken
             vnder
             the
             Sunne
             ;
             and
             he
             went
             about
             to
             make
             his
             heart
             despaire
             of
             all
             his
             labours
             ,
             that
             hee
             should
             vse
             all
             his
             wisedome
             and
             knowledge
             for
             attaining
             of
             great
             things
             ,
             and
             yet
             might
             be
             in
             danger
             to
             leaue
             all
             for
             a
             portion
             to
             him
             ,
             that
             hath
             not
             laboured
             in
             wisedom
             :
             and
             all
             this
             is
             vexation
             of
             
             spirit
             ,
             
               Eccles.
            
             a.
             18.
             
               to
            
             24.
             
          
           
             Or
             else
             ,
             thou
             maist
             beget
             children
             ,
             &
             thy
             riches
             perish
             before
             thy
             death
             ,
             &
             then
             there
             is
             nothing
             in
             thine
             hand
             to
             leaue
             them
             ,
             
               Eccles.
            
             5.
             14.
             
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             XI
             .
          
           
             
               The
               miseries
               of
               life
               in
               respect
               of
               our selues
               .
            
          
           
             THus
             haue
             we
             cause
             to
             be
             weary
             of
             life
             in
             respect
             of
             GOD
             ,
             the
             euill
             Angels
             ,
             and
             the
             World.
             Now
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             none
             of
             these
             to
             molest
             vs
             ,
             yet
             
             man
             hath
             enough
             in
             himselfe
             to
             marre
             the
             liking
             of
             this
             present
             life
             .
             For
          
           
             1
             The
             remainders
             of
             corruption
             of
             nature
             still
             
             lye
             like
             a
             poyson
             ,
             a
             leprosie
             ,
             a
             pestilence
             in
             thee
             ,
             thou
             art
             vnder
             cure
             indeed
             ,
             but
             thou
             art
             not
             sound
             from
             thy
             sore
             :
             thou
             art
             
               Lazarus
            
             still
             .
             This
             very
             consideration
             made
             
               Paul
            
             weary
             of
             his
             life
             ,
             when
             he
             cried
             out
             ,
             
               O
               wretched
               man
               that
               I
               am
               ,
               who
               shall
               deliuer
               me
               from
               this
               body
               of
               death
               !
               Rom.
            
             7.
             
             And
             if
             in
             this
             respect
             wee
             bee
             not
             of
             
               Pauls
            
             minde
             ,
             it
             is
             because
             wee
             want
             of
             
               Pauls
            
             goodnes
             &
             
             grace
             .
             And
             this
             corruption
             of
             nature
             is
             the
             more
             greeuous
             ,
             if
             wee
             consider
             either
             the
             generality
             of
             the
             spreading
             the
             infection
             ,
             or
             the
             incurablenes
             of
             it
             ,
             or
             the
             ill
             effects
             of
             it
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             For
             the
             first
             ,
             this
             is
             a
             Leprosy
             that
             spreads
             all
             ouer
             .
             There
             is
             no
             soūd
             part
             in
             vs
             ,
             our
             mindes
             ,
             our
             memories
             ,
             our
             wills
             ,
             and
             affections
             ;
             yea
             ,
             our
             very
             cōsciences
             are
             still
             impure
             within
             vs
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             good
             nature
             in
             vs
             in
             any
             one
             faculty
             of
             our
             soules
             ,
             but
             there
             is
             a
             miserable
             mixture
             of
             vile
             infection
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Secondly
             ,
             this
             is
             the
             
             worse
             ,
             because
             this
             is
             incurable
             .
             There
             lyeth
             vpon
             vs
             a
             very
             necessity
             of
             sinning
             ,
             wee
             cannot
             but
             offend
             .
             Of
             the
             flesh
             it
             vvas
             wel
             said
             ,
             I
             can
             neither
             liue
             with
             thee
             ,
             nor
             without
             thee
             .
             The
             flesh
             is
             an
             inseparable
             ill
             companion
             of
             our
             liues
             ,
             we
             can
             goe
             no
             whether
             to
             auoide
             it
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             if
             we
             consider
             but
             some
             of
             the
             effects
             of
             this
             corruption
             in
             vs
             ,
             as
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             ciuill
             warre
             it
             
             causeth
             in
             our
             soules
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             businesse
             can
             be
             dispatched
             ,
             that
             concernes
             our
             happinesse
             ,
             without
             a
             mutiny
             in
             our
             own
             hearts
             .
             
             The
             flesh
             is
             a
             domesticall
             Rebel
             ,
             that
             daily
             lusts
             against
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             as
             the
             Spirit
             hath
             reason
             to
             lust
             against
             the
             flesh
             ,
             
               Gal.
            
             5.
             17.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Secondly
             ,
             the
             insufficiency
             it
             breeds
             in
             vs
             for
             our
             callings
             .
             The
             greatest
             Apostle
             must
             in
             this
             respect
             cryout
             ,
             Who
             is
             sufficient
             for
             these
             things
             ?
             Though
             Gods
             worke
             bee
             all
             faire
             worke
             ,
             yet
             we
             see
             ,
             that
             euery
             mā
             is
             extreamly
             burthened
             with
             the
             defects
             ,
             and
             mistakings
             ,
             and
             insufficiencies
             ,
             which
             befall
             him
             in
             his
             course
             of
             life
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             It
             workes
             a
             perpetuall
             
             madnesse
             in
             the
             heart
             of
             a
             man
             ,
             in
             some
             respects
             worse
             then
             that
             of
             some
             lunatickes
             :
             For
             they
             are
             mad
             at
             some
             times
             of
             the
             yeare
             ,
             onely
             ,
             or
             chiefly
             ;
             but
             man
             is
             seldome
             ,
             or
             neuer
             free
             from
             this
             inward
             madnesse
             of
             heart
             .
             
               Salomon
            
             saith
             ,
             
               The
               heart
               of
               the
               sonnes
               of
               men
               is
               full
               of
               euil
               ,
               and
               madnesse
               is
               in
               their
               hearts
               while
               they
               liue
               ,
               and
               after
               that
               ,
               they
               goe
               to
               the
               dead
               .
            
             Now
             this
             madnesse
             appeares
             in
             this
             ,
             that
             men
             can
             neuer
             bring
             their
             harts
             to
             a
             settled
             contentment
             in
             the
             things
             they
             inioy
             ,
             but
             Death
             comes
             
             vpon
             them
             ,
             before
             they
             know
             how
             to
             improue
             the
             ioy
             of
             their
             hearts
             in
             the
             blessings
             they
             enioy
             ,
             whether
             Temporall
             or
             Spirituall
             .
             This
             vile
             corruption
             of
             nature
             diffuseth
             gall
             into
             althat
             a
             man
             possesseth
             ;
             so
             as
             it
             marreth
             the
             taste
             of
             euery
             thing
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             It
             fils
             our
             hearts
             and
             liues
             with
             innumerable
             euils
             ;
             it
             ingenders
             ,
             &
             breeds
             infinitely
             ,
             swarmes
             of
             euill
             thoughts
             ,
             and
             desires
             ,
             and
             aboundance
             of
             sinnes
             in
             mens
             liues
             and
             conuersations
             ,
             so
             as
             godly
             
               Dauid
            
             cries
             out
             ;
             
               Innumerable
               euils
               hauc
               compassed
               mee
               about
               ,
               
               and
               I
               am
               not
               able
               to
               looke
               vp
               .
            
             They
             were
             more
             then
             the
             haires
             of
             his
             head
             ,
             therefore
             his
             heart
             failed
             him
             ,
             
               Ps.
            
             40.
             12.
             
          
           
             5.
             
             It
             is
             continually
             mad
             to
             betray
             vs
             to
             Sathan
             and
             the
             world
             ,
             in
             all
             the
             occasions
             of
             our
             life
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             It
             will
             play
             the
             Tyrant
             ,
             if
             it
             get
             any
             head
             ,
             and
             leade
             vs
             〈◊〉
             ,
             and
             giue
             wretched
             Lawes
             to
             the
             members
             :
             yea
             ,
             euery
             sinne
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             brat
             bred
             of
             this
             corruption
             ,
             is
             like
             a
             fury
             to
             fright
             and
             amaze
             vs
             :
             there
             is
             a
             very
             race
             of
             deu●s
             br●●
             in
             vs
             ,
             when
             Sathan
             and
             the
             
             Flesh
             ingender
             together
             in
             vs.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             And
             as
             we
             are
             thus
             miserable
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             remainders
             of
             corruption
             ,
             so
             are
             we
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             remainders
             of
             the
             punishment
             of
             sinne
             vpon
             our
             spirits
             :
             Our
             hearts
             were
             neuer
             fully
             free
             ,
             since
             the
             first
             transgression
             ,
             our
             minds
             are
             yet
             full
             of
             darknesse
             ;
             that
             euen
             godly
             men
             do
             seriously
             cry
             out
             ,
             They
             are
             but
             as
             beasts
             ;
             they
             haue
             not
             the
             vnderstanding
             of
             men
             in
             them
             :
             And
             in
             many
             passages
             of
             life
             they
             carry
             thēselues
             like
             beasts
             ,
             
               Prou.
               3.
               3.
               
               Ps.
               139.
               
               Eccl.
            
             3.
             18.
             
             
             The
             ioyes
             of
             Gods
             presence
             are
             for
             the
             greatest
             part
             kept
             from
             vs
             :
             our
             consciences
             are
             still
             but
             in
             a
             kinde
             of
             prison
             :
             when
             they
             go
             to
             the
             seat
             of
             iudgement
             to
             giue
             sentence
             in
             any
             cause
             ,
             they
             come
             forth
             with
             fetters
             vpon
             their
             legs
             ,
             as
             prisoners
             themselues
             ;
             besides
             the
             many
             personall
             scourges
             light
             vpon
             our
             soules
             in
             this
             life
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Lastly
             ,
             the
             very
             condition
             of
             our
             bodies
             should
             not
             be
             ouer-pleasing
             to
             vs
             :
             our
             deformities
             ,
             and
             infirmities
             ,
             and
             the
             danger
             of
             further
             
             diseases
             ,
             should
             tire
             vs
             out
             ,
             and
             make
             vs
             account
             it
             no
             louely
             thing
             to
             be
             present
             in
             the
             body
             ,
             while
             we
             are
             absent
             from
             the
             LORD
             .
             And
             thus
             of
             the
             miseries
             of
             our
             liues
             also
             .
             Now
             it
             remaines
             ,
             that
             I
             should
             proceed
             to
             the
             second
             sort
             of
             contemplations
             ,
             that
             is
             ,
             those
             that
             are
             remouals
             :
             namely
             such
             meditations
             ,
             as
             take
             off
             the
             obiections
             ,
             which
             are
             in
             the
             hearts
             of
             men
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             XII
             .
          
           
             
               Comforts
               against
               the
               Paine
               of
               death
               .
            
          
           
             THere
             are
             in
             the
             minds
             of
             all
             men
             certaine
             Obiections
             ,
             which
             if
             they
             could
             be
             remoued
             ,
             this
             feare
             of
             Death
             would
             be
             stocked
             vp
             by
             the
             very
             rootes
             .
             I
             will
             instance
             in
             some
             of
             the
             chiefe
             of
             thē
             ;
             and
             set
             downe
             the
             answers
             to
             them
          
           
             1.
             
             
               Ob.
            
             Some
             men
             say
             they
             should
             not
             be
             afraid
             of
             death
             ,
             considering
             the
             
             gaine
             of
             it
             ,
             &
             the
             happines
             after
             death
             ,
             but
             that
             they
             are
             afraid
             of
             the
             paine
             of
             dying
             :
             It
             is
             the
             difficulty
             of
             the
             passage
             troubles
             them
             .
          
           
             
               Sol.
            
             For
             answere
             heereunto
             diuers
             things
             would
             be
             considered
             of
             ,
             to
             shew
             men
             the
             folly
             of
             this
             feare
             .
          
           
             First
             ,
             thou
             lik'st
             not
             
             death
             ,
             because
             of
             the
             paine
             of
             it
             .
             Why
             ,
             there
             is
             paine
             in
             the
             curing
             of
             a
             wound
             ,
             yet
             men
             will
             endure
             it
             .
             And
             shall
             death
             do
             so
             great
             a
             cure
             ,
             as
             to
             make
             thee
             whole
             of
             all
             thy
             wounds
             and
             diseases
             ,
             and
             art
             thou
             so
             loth
             to
             come
             
             to
             the
             cure
             .
          
           
             Secondly
             ,
             There
             is
             difficulty
             in
             getting
             into
             a
             Hauen
             .
             Hadst
             thou
             rather
             be
             in
             the
             Tempest
             stil
             ,
             then
             put
             into
             the
             Hauen
             ?
          
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             thou
             likest
             not
             Death
             ,
             thou
             saiest
             ,
             for
             the
             paine
             of
             it
             :
             Why
             then
             likest
             thou
             life
             ,
             which
             puts
             thee
             to
             worse
             paine
             ?
             Men
             obiect
             not
             at
             the
             paines
             of
             life
             ,
             which
             they
             endure
             without
             death
             .
             There
             is
             almost
             no
             man
             ,
             but
             hee
             hath
             endured
             worse
             pains
             in
             life
             ,
             then
             he
             can
             endure
             in
             death
             ,
             and
             yet
             we
             are
             content
             to
             loue
             life
             still
             :
             Yea
             ,
             such
             is
             our
             folly
             ,
             that
             
             whereas
             in
             some
             paines
             of
             life
             wee
             call
             for
             death
             to
             come
             to
             our
             succours
             :
             yet
             when
             we
             are
             well
             againe
             ,
             wee
             loue
             life
             ,
             and
             loath
             Death
             .
          
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             we
             are
             manifestly
             mistaken
             concerning
             death
             :
             For
             the
             last
             gaspe
             is
             not
             death
             .
             To
             liue
             ,
             is
             to
             die
             :
             For
             how
             much
             wee
             liue
             ,
             so
             much
             we
             die
             ;
             euery
             step
             of
             life
             is
             a
             step
             of
             death
             .
             He
             that
             hath
             liued
             halfe
             his
             daies
             ,
             is
             dead
             the
             halfe
             of
             himselfe
             :
             Death
             gets
             first
             our
             infancie
             ,
             then
             our
             youth
             ,
             and
             so
             forwards
             :
             All
             that
             thou
             hast
             liued
             ,
             is
             dead
             .
          
           
           
             Fifthly
             ,
             it
             is
             further
             euident
             ,
             that
             in
             death
             there
             is
             no
             paine
             ;
             it
             is
             our
             life
             ,
             that
             goeth
             out
             with
             paine
             :
             We
             deale
             herein
             ,
             as
             if
             a
             man
             after
             sicknesse
             ,
             should
             accuse
             his
             health
             of
             the
             last
             pains
             .
             What
             is
             it
             to
             be
             dead
             ,
             but
             not
             to
             be
             in
             the
             world
             ?
             and
             is
             it
             any
             paine
             to
             be
             out
             of
             the
             world
             ?
             Were
             we
             in
             any
             paine
             before
             we
             were
             borne
             ?
             Why
             then
             accuse
             we
             death
             ,
             for
             the
             paines
             our
             life
             giues
             vs
             at
             the
             parting
             ?
             Is
             not
             sleepe
             a
             resemblance
             of
             Death
             ?
          
           
             Sixthly
             ,
             if
             our
             comming
             into
             the
             world
             bee
             
             with
             teares
             :
             Is
             it
             any
             wonder
             ,
             if
             our
             going
             out
             be
             so
             too
             ?
          
           
             Seuenthly
             :
             Besides
             ,
             it
             is
             euident
             that
             wee
             make
             the
             passage
             more
             difficult
             ,
             by
             bringing
             vnto
             death
             a
             troubled
             and
             irresolute
             minde
             :
             It
             is
             long
             of
             our selues
             there
             is
             terrour
             in
             parting
             .
          
           
             Eighthly
             ,
             Consider
             yet
             more
             ,
             the
             Humors
             of
             the
             most
             men
             !
             Men
             will
             suffer
             infinite
             paines
             for
             a
             small
             liuing
             ,
             or
             preferment
             here
             in
             this
             world
             :
             Yea
             ,
             we
             see
             souldiers
             for
             a
             small
             price
             will
             put
             themselues
             into
             vnspeakeable
             dangers
             ,
             and
             
             that
             many
             times
             at
             the
             pleasures
             of
             others
             that
             command
             them
             ,
             without
             certaine
             hope
             of
             aduantage
             to
             themselnes
             .
             Will
             men
             kill
             themselues
             for
             things
             of
             no
             valew
             ;
             and
             yet
             be
             afraid
             of
             a
             litle
             pain
             to
             be
             endured
             ,
             when
             such
             a
             glorious
             estate
             is
             immediately
             to
             be
             enioyed
             in
             heauen
             ?
          
           
             Ninthly
             ,
             Let
             not
             men
             pretend
             the
             paines
             of
             death
             ,
             that
             is
             but
             a
             figge
             leafe
             to
             couer
             their
             little
             faith
             :
             For
             they
             will
             languish
             of
             the
             Gowte
             ,
             or
             Stone
             ,
             a
             long
             time
             ,
             rather
             then
             die
             one
             sweet
             death
             
             with
             the
             easiest
             conditions
             possible
             .
          
           
             Tenthly
             ,
             if
             none
             of
             these
             will
             perswade
             ,
             yet
             attend
             ,
             I
             will
             shew
             thee
             a
             Mysterie
             :
             Feare
             not
             the
             paines
             of
             death
             :
             For
             first
             ,
             Death
             is
             terrible
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             inflicted
             by
             the
             Law
             ;
             but
             it
             is
             easie
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             inflicted
             by
             the
             Gospell
             :
             The
             curse
             is
             taken
             off
             frō
             thee
             ,
             thou
             art
             not
             vnder
             the
             Law
             ,
             but
             vnder
             Grace
             :
             And
             besides
             ,
             for
             this
             cause
             did
             Christ
             die
             a
             terrible
             and
             a
             cursed
             death
             ,
             that
             euery
             death
             might
             be
             blessed
             to
             vs.
             And
             further
             :
             God
             that
             hath
             greatly
             loued
             
             thee
             in
             life
             ,
             will
             not
             neglect
             thee
             in
             death
             .
             
               Precious
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               the
               LORD
               ,
               is
               the
               death
               of
               his
               Saints
               .
            
             What
             shall
             I
             say
             against
             the
             terrour
             of
             death
             ,
             but
             this
             Text
             of
             the
             Apostle
             ?
             
               Thankes
               be
               to
               God
               that
               hath
               giuen
               vs
               victory
               through
               Iesus
               Christ.
            
             Hee
             hath
             pul'd
             the
             sting
             out
             of
             death
             :
             
               O
               Death
               ,
               where
               is
               thy
               sting
               ?
               1.
               
               Cor.
            
             15.
             55.
             
          
           
             Lastly
             ,
             thou
             hast
             the
             Spirit
             of
             Christ
             in
             thee
             ,
             which
             will
             succour
             and
             strengthen
             ,
             and
             ease
             thee
             ,
             and
             abide
             with
             thee
             all
             the
             time
             of
             the
             combate
             .
             Why
             should
             we
             doubt
             of
             
             it
             ,
             but
             that
             the
             godly
             die
             more
             easily
             then
             the
             wicked
             ?
             Neither
             may
             wee
             gesse
             at
             their
             paine
             ,
             but
             the
             pangs
             vpon
             the
             body
             :
             for
             the
             body
             may
             bee
             in
             grieuous
             panges
             ,
             when
             the
             man
             feeles
             nothing
             ,
             and
             the
             soule
             is
             at
             sweete
             ease
             in
             preparing
             it selfe
             to
             come
             immediately
             to
             the
             sight
             of
             God.
             
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             XIII
             .
          
           
             
               Comforts
               against
               the
               losse
               of
               the
               body
               in
               death
               .
            
          
           
             2.
             
             
               Ob.
            
             OH
             !
             but
             in
             death
             a
             man
             is
             destroied
             ,
             
             he
             loseth
             his
             body
             ,
             and
             it
             must
             bee
             rotted
             in
             the
             earth
             .
          
           
             
               Sol.
            
             1.
             
             It
             hath
             bin
             shewed
             before
             ,
             that
             the
             separation
             of
             the
             soule
             frō
             God
             ,
             is
             properly
             death
             ,
             but
             the
             separation
             of
             the
             soule
             frō
             the
             body
             ,
             is
             but
             the
             shadow
             of
             death
             ,
             &
             wee
             haue
             no
             reason
             to
             be
             afraid
             of
             a
             shadow
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             The
             body
             is
             not
             the
             man
             ,
             the
             man
             remaines
             still
             ,
             though
             he
             be
             without
             the
             body
             .
             
               Abraham
               ,
               Isaac
               ,
            
             and
             
               Iacab
               ,
            
             are
             prooued
             to
             be
             liuing
             still
             by
             our
             Sauiour
             Christ
             ,
             though
             their
             bodies
             were
             consumed
             in
             
             the
             earth
             ,
             and
             GOD
             was
             their
             God
             still
             .
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             Death
             seazeth
             on
             the
             body
             ,
             but
             a
             Christian
             ,
             at
             the
             most
             ,
             suffers
             ,
             but
             
               aliquid
               mortis
               ,
            
             a
             little
             of
             death
             .
          
           
             Death
             is
             like
             a
             Serpent
             ;
             the
             Serpent
             must
             eat
             dust
             :
             now
             death
             therefore
             can
             feede
             vpon
             no
             more
             ,
             but
             our
             dust
             ,
             which
             is
             the
             body
             ,
             it
             cannot
             touch
             the
             soule
             :
             wheras
             wicked
             men
             suffer
             the
             whole
             power
             of
             death
             ,
             because
             it
             seazeth
             both
             vpon
             body
             and
             soule
             too
             ,
             and
             in
             their
             case
             onely
             it
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             death
             destroyes
             a
             man.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Grant
             that
             wee
             lose
             
             the
             body
             in
             death
             ,
             yet
             that
             ought
             not
             to
             be
             terrible
             :
             for
             what
             the
             body
             is
             ,
             it
             hath
             been
             before
             shewed
             .
             It
             is
             but
             a
             prison
             to
             the
             soule
             ,
             an
             old
             rotten
             house
             ,
             or
             a
             ragged
             garment
             .
             It
             is
             but
             as
             the
             barke
             of
             a
             tree
             ,
             or
             the
             shell
             ,
             or
             such
             like
             ;
             now
             what
             great
             losse
             can
             there
             be
             in
             any
             of
             these
             ?
          
           
             4.
             
             This
             separation
             is
             but
             for
             a
             time
             neither
             ;
             we
             doe
             not
             for
             euer
             lose
             the
             body
             ,
             wee
             shall
             haue
             our
             bodies
             again
             ,
             they
             are
             kept
             safe
             for
             vs
             till
             the
             day
             of
             Christ.
             Our
             graues
             are
             Gods
             chests
             ,
             &
             hee
             makes
             a
             precious
             account
             of
             the
             
             bodies
             of
             his
             Saints
             ,
             they
             shall
             bee
             raised
             vp
             againe
             at
             the
             last
             day
             :
             GOD
             will
             giue
             a
             charge
             to
             the
             earth
             to
             bring
             forth
             her
             dead
             ,
             &
             make
             a
             true
             account
             to
             him
             ,
             
               Reue.
            
             20.
             
             And
             God
             hath
             giuē
             vs
             the
             assurance
             of
             this
             ,
             not
             onely
             in
             his
             Word
             by
             promising
             it
             ,
             but
             in
             his
             Sonne
             ,
             whom
             hee
             hath
             raised
             from
             the
             dead
             .
             If
             any
             say
             ,
             What
             is
             that
             to
             vs
             ,
             that
             Christs
             body
             is
             raised
             ?
             I
             answere
             ,
             It
             is
             a
             full
             assurance
             of
             the
             safety
             ,
             and
             of
             the
             resurrection
             of
             our
             bodies
             .
             For
             Christ
             is
             our
             head
             .
             Now
             cast
             a
             man
             into
             a
             Riuer
             ,
             
             though
             all
             the
             body
             bee
             vnder
             water
             ,
             yet
             the
             man
             is
             safe
             ,
             if
             the
             head
             bee
             aboue
             water
             .
             For
             the
             head
             will
             bring
             out
             all
             the
             body
             after
             it
             .
             So
             it
             is
             in
             the
             body
             of
             Christ
             ,
             though
             all
             wee
             sinke
             in
             the
             riuer
             of
             death
             ,
             yet
             our
             Head
             is
             risen
             ,
             and
             is
             aboue
             water
             ,
             and
             therefore
             the
             whole
             body
             is
             safe
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             It
             should
             yet
             more
             satisfie
             vs
             ,
             if
             we
             throughly
             cōsider
             ,
             that
             we
             shall
             haue
             our
             bodies
             againe
             much
             better
             then
             now
             they
             are
             .
             Those
             vile
             bodies
             wee
             lay
             down
             in
             death
             ,
             shall
             be
             restored
             againe
             vnto
             vs
             glorious
             
             bodies
             ,
             like
             the
             body
             of
             Christ
             now
             glorified
             ,
             
               Phil.
            
             3.
             21.
             
             And
             therefore
             death
             loseth
             by
             taking
             away
             our
             bodies
             ;
             we
             haue
             a
             great
             victory
             ouer
             death
             .
             The
             graueis
             but
             a
             Furnace
             to
             refine
             them
             ,
             they
             shall
             come
             out
             againe
             immortall
             and
             incorruptible
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             XIIII
             .
          
           
             
               The
               desire
               of
               long
               life
               confuted
               .
            
          
           
             3.
             
             
               Ob.
            
             OH
             !
             but
             if
             I
             might
             liue
             lōg
             ,
             I
             would
             desire
             no
             more
             ,
             if
             
             I
             might
             not
             dye
             till
             I
             were
             fifty
             ,
             or
             threescore
             yeeres
             old
             ,
             I
             should
             bee
             contented
             to
             dye
             then
             .
          
           
             
               Sol.
            
             There
             are
             many
             things
             may
             shew
             the
             vanitie
             &
             folly
             of
             men
             ,
             in
             this
             desire
             of
             long
             life
             :
             For
          
           
             1.
             
             If
             thou
             art
             willing
             to
             
             dye
             at
             any
             time
             ,
             why
             not
             now
             ?
             Death
             will
             bee
             the
             same
             to
             thee
             then
             ,
             it
             is
             now
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Is
             any
             man
             angry
             &
             greeued
             when
             he
             is
             at
             sea
             in
             a
             tempest
             ,
             because
             hee
             shall
             be
             so
             quickly
             carried
             into
             the
             Hauen
             ?
             Is
             he
             displeased
             with
             the
             wind
             ,
             that
             wil
             soon
             set
             him
             safe
             in
             the
             
             harbour
             ?
             If
             thou
             beleeue
             ,
             that
             death
             will
             end
             all
             thy
             miseries
             ,
             why
             art
             thou
             carefull
             to
             defer
             the
             time
             ?
          
           
             3.
             
             Till
             thy
             debt
             be
             paid
             time
             wil
             not
             ease
             thee
             ,
             thy
             care
             will
             continue
             ,
             and
             therefore
             thou
             wert
             as
             good
             pay
             at
             the
             first
             ,
             if
             thou
             bee
             sure
             it
             must
             bee
             paid
             at
             all
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             In
             this
             world
             there
             is
             neither
             young
             ,
             nor
             old
             :
             When
             thou
             hast
             liued
             to
             that
             age
             thou
             desirest
             ,
             thy
             time
             past
             will
             bee
             as
             nothing
             .
             Thou
             wilt
             still
             expect
             that
             ,
             which
             is
             to
             come
             ,
             thou
             wilt
             be
             as
             ready
             to
             demaund
             longer
             respite
             
             then
             ,
             as
             now
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             What
             wouldest
             thou
             tarry
             heere
             so
             long
             for
             ?
             There
             will
             bee
             nothing
             new
             ,
             but
             what
             thou
             hast
             tasted
             :
             and
             often
             drinking
             will
             not
             quench
             thy
             thirst
             ,
             thou
             hast
             an
             incurable
             Dropsie
             in
             thy
             heart
             ,
             and
             those
             earthly
             things
             haue
             no
             abilitie
             to
             fill
             thy
             heart
             with
             good
             ,
             or
             satisfy
             thee
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Wouldest
             not
             thou
             iudge
             him
             a
             Sot
             ,
             that
             mournes
             because
             hee
             was
             not
             aliue
             a
             hundred
             yeres
             agoe
             ?
             And
             thou
             art
             no
             better
             :
             thou
             mournest
             ,
             because
             thou
             canst
             not
             liue
             a
             hundred
             yeeres
             here
             .
          
           
           
             7.
             
             Thou
             hast
             no
             power
             of
             the
             morrow
             ,
             to
             make
             it
             happy
             to
             thee
             .
             If
             thou
             dye
             young
             ,
             thou
             art
             like
             one
             that
             hath
             lost
             a
             Dye
             ,
             with
             which
             hee
             might
             as
             well
             haue
             lost
             ,
             as
             wonne
             .
          
           
             8.
             
             Consider
             the
             proportion
             of
             time
             thou
             desirest
             to
             thy selfe
             ,
             reckon
             what
             will
             be
             spent
             in
             sleep
             ,
             care
             ,
             disgrace
             ,
             sickenesse
             ,
             trouble
             ,
             wearinesse
             ,
             emptinesse
             ,
             feare
             ;
             and
             vnto
             all
             this
             adde
             sinne
             :
             and
             then
             thinke
             ,
             how
             small
             a
             portion
             is
             left
             of
             this
             time
             ,
             &
             how
             small
             good
             it
             will
             do
             thee
             .
             What
             can
             that
             aduantage
             thee
             with
             such
             
             mixtures
             of
             euill
             ?
             It
             is
             certaine
             ,
             to
             liue
             long
             ,
             is
             but
             to
             be
             long
             troubled
             ,
             and
             to
             die
             quickly
             ,
             is
             quickly
             to
             be
             at
             rest
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             Lastly
             ,
             if
             there
             were
             nothing
             else
             to
             be
             said
             ,
             yet
             this
             may
             suffice
             ,
             that
             there
             is
             no
             comparison
             between
             time
             and
             eternity
             .
             What
             is
             that
             space
             of
             time
             to
             eternity
             ?
             If
             thou
             loue
             life
             ,
             why
             dost
             thou
             not
             loue
             eternall
             life
             ?
             as
             was
             said
             before
             .
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             XV.
             
          
           
             
               Of
               them
               that
               would
               liue
               to
               do
               good
               .
            
          
           
             4.
             
             
               Ob.
            
             BVT
             I
             would
             liue
             long
             to
             do
             good
             ,
             and
             benefite
             others
             ,
             and
             to
             do
             God
             seruice
             ,
             &
             to
             benefite
             others
             by
             mine
             example
             .
          
           
             
               Sol.
            
             1.
             
             Search
             thine
             
             owne
             heart
             :
             it
             may
             be
             ,
             this
             pretence
             of
             doing
             good
             to
             others
             ,
             is
             pleaded
             onely
             ,
             because
             thou
             wouldst
             further
             thine
             owne
             good
             :
             Thou
             wouldst
             not
             seek
             the
             publicke
             ,
             but
             to
             finde
             
             thine
             owne
             particular
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             God
             ,
             that
             set
             you
             to
             do
             his
             worke
             ,
             knowes
             ,
             how
             long
             it
             is
             fit
             for
             thee
             to
             bee
             at
             the
             same
             :
             hee
             knowes
             ,
             how
             to
             make
             vse
             of
             the
             labours
             of
             his
             worke-men
             .
             Hee
             will
             not
             call
             thee
             from
             thy
             worke
             ,
             till
             he
             be
             prouided
             to
             dispatch
             his
             businesse
             without
             thee
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             It
             may
             be
             ,
             if
             thou
             be
             long
             at
             thy
             worke
             ,
             thou
             wouldest
             marre
             all
             ;
             thy
             last
             workes
             would
             not
             be
             so
             good
             as
             thy
             first
             ;
             it
             is
             best
             to
             giue
             ouer
             ,
             while
             thou
             dost
             well
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             If
             God
             will
             pay
             thee
             
             as
             much
             for
             halfe
             a
             day
             ,
             as
             for
             the
             whole
             :
             art
             thou
             not
             so
             much
             the
             more
             to
             praise
             him
             ?
          
           
             5.
             
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             the
             best
             comfort
             of
             our
             life
             here
             ,
             is
             in
             a
             religious
             conuersation
             :
             but
             thy
             Religion
             is
             not
             hindred
             by
             going
             to
             heauen
             ,
             but
             perfected
             :
             There
             is
             no
             comparison
             betweene
             thy
             goodnesse
             on
             earth
             ,
             and
             that
             in
             heauen
             :
             For
             though
             thou
             maist
             do
             much
             good
             here
             ;
             yet
             it
             is
             certaine
             ,
             thou
             dost
             much
             euill
             here
             too
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Whereas
             thou
             perswadest
             thy selfe
             ,
             that
             by
             
             example
             thou
             maist
             mend
             others
             ,
             thou
             art
             much
             mistaken
             :
             A
             thousand
             men
             may
             sooner
             catch
             the
             plague
             in
             an
             infected
             Towne
             ,
             then
             one
             be
             healed
             .
             It
             is
             but
             to
             tempt
             God
             to
             desire
             continuāce●
             in
             this
             infectious
             world
             ,
             longer
             then
             our
             time
             ;
             for
             the
             best
             way
             is
             to
             get
             farre
             from
             the
             contagion
             .
             If
             diuers
             fresh
             waters
             fall
             into
             the
             Sea
             ;
             what
             doth
             that
             to
             take
             away
             the
             saltnesse
             of
             the
             Sea
             ?
             No
             more
             can
             two
             or
             three
             
               Lots
            
             reforme
             a
             world
             of
             
               Sodomites
               .
            
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             XVI
             .
          
           
             
               Why
               men
               may
               not
               make
               away
               themselues
               ,
               to
               be
               rid
               of
               the
               miseries
               of
               life
               .
            
          
           
             5.
             
             
               Ob.
            
             BVT
             then
             it
             seems
             by
             this
             ,
             that
             it
             were
             a
             mans
             best
             course
             to
             cast
             away
             life
             ,
             seeing
             so
             much
             euill
             is
             in
             life
             ,
             and
             so
             much
             good
             to
             be
             had
             in
             death
             .
          
           
             
               Sol.
            
             1.
             
             I
             thinke
             the
             most
             of
             vs
             may
             bee
             trusted
             for
             that
             danger
             .
             For
             though
             the
             soule
             aspire
             to
             the
             good
             to
             come
             ,
             yet
             the
             body
             
             tends
             vnto
             the
             earth
             ,
             &
             like
             a
             heauy
             clog
             weighes
             men
             downewards
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             That
             is
             not
             the
             course
             ,
             
             wee
             must
             cast
             the
             world
             out
             of
             our
             hearts
             ,
             not
             cast
             our selues
             out
             of
             the
             world
             .
             It
             is
             both
             vnseemly
             ,
             and
             extremely
             vnlawfull
             .
             It
             is
             vnseemly
             ;
             for
             it
             is
             true
             ,
             we
             ought
             willingly
             to
             depart
             out
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             but
             it
             is
             monstrous
             base
             ,
             like
             cowards
             to
             runne
             away
             out
             of
             the
             battaile
             ▪
             Thou
             art
             Gods
             souldier
             ,
             and
             appointed
             to
             thy
             standing
             ,
             and
             it
             is
             a
             miserable
             shame
             to
             runne
             out
             of
             thy
             place
             .
             When
             Christ
             ,
             the
             
             great
             Captaine
             sounds
             a
             retreat
             ,
             then
             is
             it
             honourable
             for
             thee
             to
             giue
             place
             .
             Besides
             ,
             thou
             art
             Gods
             tenant
             ,
             and
             dost
             hold
             thy
             life
             as
             a
             Tenant
             at
             will
             :
             the
             Landlord
             may
             take
             it
             frō
             thee
             ,
             but
             thou
             canst
             not
             without
             disgrace
             surrender
             at
             thy
             pleasure
             ;
             and
             it
             is
             extreme
             slothfulnes
             to
             hate
             life
             ,
             onely
             for
             the
             toiles
             that
             are
             in
             it
             .
             2.
             
             And
             as
             it
             is
             vnseemely
             ,
             so
             it
             is
             vnlawfull
             ,
             yea
             damnable
             .
             It
             is
             vnlawful
             :
             for
             the
             souldier
             that
             runnes
             away
             frō
             his
             Captain
             ,
             offends
             highly
             :
             so
             doth
             the
             Christian
             that
             makes
             away
             himselfe
             :
             
             and
             therefore
             ,
             the
             cōmandemēt
             is
             not
             onely
             ,
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             kill
             other
             men
             ,
             but
             generally
             ,
             Thou
             shalt
             not
             kill
             ,
             meaning
             ,
             neither
             thy selfe
             ,
             nor
             other
             men
             .
             Besides
             ,
             wee
             haue
             no
             example
             in
             Scripture
             of
             any
             that
             did
             so
             ,
             but
             such
             as
             were
             notorious
             vvicked
             men
             ,
             as
             
               Saul
               ,
               Achitophel
               ,
               Iudas
               ,
            
             and
             the
             like
             .
             Yea
             ,
             it
             is
             damnable
             :
             for
             he
             that
             leaueth
             his
             work
             before
             God
             calls
             him
             ,
             loseth
             it
             ,
             &
             besides
             ,
             incurres
             eternall
             death
             .
             As
             the
             souldier
             that
             runneth
             away
             ,
             dieth
             for
             it
             when
             he
             is
             taken
             :
             so
             the
             Christian
             that
             murdereth
             
             himselfe
             ,
             perisheth
             ;
             I
             say
             ,
             that
             murdereth
             himselfe
             ,
             
               being
               himselfe
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             XVII
             .
          
           
             
               Why
               we
               shold
               not
               be
               troubled
               to
               part
               with
               our
               friends
               .
            
          
           
             6.
             
             
               Ob.
            
             MIght
             some
             other
             say
             ,
             I
             could
             more
             willingly
             dye
             ,
             but
             me
             thinks
             it
             is
             greeuous
             vnto
             me
             to
             part
             with
             friends
             ,
             &
             acquaintance
             ,
             I
             cannot
             willingly
             goe
             frō
             my
             kindred
             ,
             and
             my
             familiars
             ,
             life
             is
             sweet
             in
             respect
             of
             their
             presence
             ,
             
             and
             loue
             ,
             and
             societie
             .
          
           
             
               Sol.
            
             It
             is
             true
             ,
             that
             vnto
             some
             minds
             this
             is
             the
             greatest
             contentment
             of
             life
             of
             any
             thing
             ,
             but
             yet
             many
             things
             must
             be
             considered
             :
             For
          
           
             First
             ,
             amongst
             a
             hundred
             men
             ,
             scarce
             one
             can
             
             by
             good
             reason
             plead
             that
             ,
             I
             meane
             ,
             cannot
             say
             ,
             that
             hee
             hath
             so
             much
             as
             one
             sound
             friend
             in
             the
             whole
             world
             ,
             worthy
             to
             be
             reckned
             ,
             as
             the
             stay
             of
             his
             life
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Those
             ,
             that
             can
             plead
             felicitie
             in
             their
             friends
             ;
             yet
             what
             is
             it
             ?
             one
             pleasing
             dreame
             hath
             more
             in
             
             it
             ,
             then
             a
             months
             contentmēt
             which
             can
             be
             reaped
             from
             thy
             friends
             .
             Alas
             !
             it
             is
             not
             the
             thousand
             part
             of
             thy
             life
             ,
             which
             is
             satisfied
             with
             delight
             from
             them
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Thou
             seest
             thy
             friends
             drop
             away
             from
             thee
             frō
             day
             to
             day
             ;
             for
             either
             they
             die
             ,
             or
             they
             are
             so
             farre
             remooued
             from
             thee
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             as
             it
             were
             dead
             to
             thee
             ;
             &
             sith
             they
             are
             gone
             ,
             who
             would
             not
             long
             to
             go
             after
             them
             ?
          
           
             4.
             
             The
             friends
             that
             are
             left
             ,
             are
             not
             sure
             to
             thee
             :
             men
             are
             mutable
             ,
             as
             well
             as
             mortall
             ;
             they
             may
             turne
             to
             bee
             thy
             foes
             ,
             that
             now
             
             are
             dearest
             vnto
             thee
             :
             or
             if
             they
             fall
             not
             into
             tearms
             of
             flat
             enmity
             ,
             they
             may
             grow
             full
             ,
             and
             wearie
             of
             thee
             ,
             and
             so
             ,
             carelesse
             of
             thee
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             If
             none
             of
             these
             would
             satisfie
             thee
             ,
             yet
             what
             are
             thy
             friends
             on
             earth
             ,
             to
             thy
             friends
             thou
             shalt
             find
             in
             heauen
             ?
             This
             is
             an
             answere
             beyond
             all
             exception
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Lastly
             ,
             by
             death
             thou
             doost
             not
             lose
             thy
             friends
             neither
             ,
             for
             thou
             shalt
             find
             them
             ,
             and
             enioy
             them
             in
             another
             world
             to
             all
             eternitie
             ;
             and
             therefore
             thou
             hast
             no
             reason
             for
             thy
             
             friends
             sake
             to
             bee
             loth
             to
             dye
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             
               Ob.
            
             But
             might
             some
             one
             say
             ,
             All
             my
             griefe
             is
             to
             part
             with
             my
             wife
             &
             children
             ,
             and
             to
             leaue
             them
             ,
             especially
             in
             an
             vnsettled
             estate
             .
          
           
             
               Sol.
            
             1.
             
             Hast
             thou
             forgotten
             the
             consolation
             that
             saith
             ,
             God
             will
             be
             a
             father
             to
             the
             fatherlesse
             ,
             and
             a
             Iudge
             ,
             and
             a
             Protector
             of
             the
             widowes
             cause
             ?
             Hee
             will
             relieue
             both
             the
             fatherless
             and
             the
             widow
             ,
             as
             many
             Scriptures
             doe
             assure
             vs
             ,
             
               Psal.
               146.
               9.
               
               &
               68.
               6.
               
               Prou.
            
             15.
             25.
             
          
           
             2.
             
             Thou
             leauest
             them
             
             but
             for
             a
             time
             ;
             God
             will
             restore
             thē
             to
             thee
             againe
             in
             a
             better
             world
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Thou
             gainst
             the
             presence
             of
             God
             ,
             and
             his
             eternall
             coniunction
             ,
             who
             will
             be
             more
             to
             thee
             ,
             then
             many
             thousand
             wiues
             ,
             or
             children
             could
             be
             .
             He
             can
             be
             hurt
             by
             the
             losse
             of
             no
             company
             ,
             that
             findeth
             God
             in
             heauen
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             XVIII
             .
          
           
             
               Why
               we
               should
               not
               be
               sorry
               to
               leaue
               the
               pleasures
               of
               life
               .
            
          
           
             8.
             
             
               Ob.
            
             BVT
             might
             some
             other
             say
             ,
             My
             
             heart
             is
             sorely
             vexed
             ,
             because
             in
             death
             I
             must
             part
             with
             the
             pleasures
             of
             life
             .
          
           
             
               Sol.
            
             There
             are
             many
             things
             might
             quiet
             mens
             mindes
             in
             respect
             of
             this
             obiection
             :
             For
             thy
             pleasures
             are
             either
             sinfull
             pleasures
             ,
             
             or
             lawfull
             pleasures
             :
             If
             they
             bee
             sinfull
             ,
             thou
             shewest
             thy
             hatred
             of
             God
             by
             louing
             them
             ,
             and
             heapest
             vp
             wrath
             vpon
             thine
             own
             soule
             ,
             by
             liuing
             in
             them
             .
             But
             say
             ,
             thy
             pleasures
             be
             lawfull
             in
             themselues
             :
             yet
             consider
             ,
          
           
             1.
             
             That
             the
             paines
             of
             thy
             life
             are
             ,
             and
             will
             bee
             greater
             both
             for
             number
             
             and
             continuance
             ,
             then
             thy
             pleasures
             can
             be
             :
             No
             pleasure
             at
             once
             ,
             euer
             lasted
             so
             long
             ,
             as
             the
             fit
             of
             an
             Ague
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Thou
             forgettest
             ,
             what
             end
             they
             may
             haue
             :
             For
             thy
             pleasures
             may
             go
             out
             with
             gall
             .
             For
             either
             shame
             ,
             or
             losse
             ,
             or
             euill
             sicknesse
             may
             fall
             vpon
             thee
             :
             or
             if
             not
             ,
             yet
             thine
             owne
             heart
             will
             loath
             thē
             ;
             as
             they
             are
             vanity
             ,
             so
             they
             will
             proue
             vexation
             of
             spirit
             :
             Thou
             wilt
             be
             extremely
             tired
             with
             them
             .
          
           
             3.
             
             Thou
             art
             farre
             from
             giuing
             thy
             life
             for
             Christ
             ,
             
             that
             wilt
             not
             forgoe
             the
             superfluity
             of
             life
             for
             him
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             That
             in
             thy
             delights
             thou
             shewest
             the
             greatest
             weakenes
             ,
             so
             as
             thou
             maist
             say
             of
             
               Laughter
               ,
               Thou
               art
               mad
               ,
               Eccl.
            
             2.
             2.
             
          
           
             5.
             
             That
             death
             doth
             not
             spoile
             thee
             of
             pleasures
             :
             For
             it
             bringeth
             thee
             to
             the
             pleasures
             ,
             that
             are
             at
             Gods
             right
             hand
             for
             euermore
             ,
             
               Psal.
               16.
               vlt.
               
            
          
        
         
           
           
             CHAP.
             XIX
             .
          
           
             
               Why
               we
               should
               not
               be
               loth
               to
               leaue
               the
               honours
               of
               the
               world
               .
            
          
           
             9.
             
             
               Ob.
            
             IF
             any
             other
             obiect
             ,
             the
             lothnes
             to
             leaue
             his
             honours
             ,
             or
             high
             place
             in
             the
             world
             :
             I
             may
             answer
             diuers
             things
             .
          
           
             
               Sol.
            
             1.
             
             Why
             shouldest
             thou
             be
             so
             in
             loue
             with
             the
             honours
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             if
             thou
             but
             consider
             how
             small
             thy
             preferment
             is
             ,
             or
             can
             be
             ?
             The
             whole
             earth
             
             is
             ,
             but
             as
             the
             full
             point
             or
             center
             ,
             in
             comparison
             
             with
             the
             circumference
             of
             the
             whole
             world
             besides
             .
             Now
             in
             true
             iudgement
             ,
             it
             is
             almost
             impossible
             to
             discerne
             ,
             how
             a
             mā
             should
             rise
             higher
             in
             a
             Center
             .
             If
             thou
             hadst
             all
             the
             earth
             ,
             thou
             wert
             no
             more
             exalted
             ,
             then
             to
             the
             possession
             of
             a
             full
             point
             :
             a
             little
             spot
             in
             comparison
             ,
             and
             therefore
             how
             extremely
             vaine
             is
             thy
             nature
             ,
             to
             be
             affected
             with
             the
             possession
             of
             lesse
             ,
             then
             the
             thousand
             thousand
             part
             of
             a
             little
             spot
             or
             point
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             Consider
             seriously
             the
             thraldome
             ,
             which
             thy
             preferment
             brings
             thee
             
             vnto
             :
             Thou
             canst
             not
             liue
             free
             ,
             but
             still
             thou
             art
             fettered
             with
             the
             cares
             ,
             and
             feares
             ,
             and
             griefes
             ,
             that
             attend
             thy
             greatnesse
             .
             There
             is
             little
             difference
             between
             thee
             and
             a
             prisoner
             ;
             saue
             that
             the
             prisoner
             hath
             his
             fetters
             of
             iron
             ,
             and
             thine
             are
             of
             gold
             ;
             and
             that
             his
             fetters
             binde
             his
             body
             ,
             and
             thine
             thy
             mind
             :
             He
             weares
             his
             fetters
             on
             his
             legs
             ,
             and
             thou
             thine
             on
             thine
             head
             ;
             and
             in
             this
             thou
             art
             one
             way
             lesse
             contented
             ,
             then
             some
             prisoners
             :
             for
             they
             can
             sing
             for
             ioy
             of
             heart
             ,
             when
             thou
             art
             deiected
             with
             the
             cares
             and
             griefes
             
             of
             thy
             minde
             .
             If
             thou
             hast
             a
             Crowne
             ,
             it
             were
             but
             a
             Crowne
             of
             thornes
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             cares
             it
             would
             put
             thee
             to
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Say
             thou
             shouldest
             get
             neuer
             so
             high
             ,
             thou
             canst
             not
             protect
             thy selfe
             from
             the
             miseries
             of
             thy
             condition
             ,
             nor
             preserue
             thy selfe
             in
             any
             certainety
             from
             the
             losse
             of
             all
             thou
             enioyest
             .
             If
             thou
             wert
             as
             high
             as
             the
             toppe
             of
             the
             
               Alpes
               ,
            
             thou
             canst
             not
             get
             such
             a
             place
             ,
             but
             the
             clouds
             ,
             winds
             ,
             stormes
             ,
             &
             terrible
             lightnings
             may
             finde
             thee
             out
             ,
             so
             as
             thou
             wouldst
             account
             the
             lower
             
             ground
             to
             bee
             the
             safer
             place
             .
             Thou
             standest
             as
             a
             man
             on
             the
             top
             of
             a
             pinacle
             ,
             thou
             canst
             not
             know
             ,
             how
             soone
             thou
             maist
             tumble
             downe
             ,
             and
             that
             fearefully
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             If
             thou
             shouldst
             be
             sure
             to
             enioy
             thy
             greatnes
             of
             place
             in
             the
             world
             :
             yet
             thou
             art
             not
             sure
             to
             preserue
             thine
             honour
             :
             For
             either
             it
             may
             be
             blemished
             with
             vniust
             aspersions
             ,
             or
             else
             some
             fault
             of
             thy
             own
             may
             marre
             all
             thy
             praises
             :
             For
             as
             a
             dead
             flye
             may
             mat
             a
             whole
             box
             of
             ointment
             :
             so
             may
             one
             sinne
             ,
             thy
             glory
             ,
             
               Eccl.
            
             10.
             1.
             
          
           
           
             5.
             
             Thou
             losest
             not
             honour
             by
             dying
             :
             for
             there
             are
             Crownes
             of
             glory
             in
             heauen
             ,
             such
             as
             shall
             neuer
             wither
             ,
             nor
             be
             corrupted
             ;
             such
             as
             can
             neuer
             be
             held
             with
             care
             ,
             or
             enuy
             ,
             nor
             lost
             with
             infamy
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             XX.
             
          
           
             
               Why
               it
               should
               not
               trouble
               vs
               to
               part
               with
               riches
               .
            
          
           
             10.
             
             
               Ob.
            
             IF
             thou
             be
             infected
             with
             the
             loue
             of
             riches
             ,
             and
             that
             thou
             art
             loth
             to
             die
             ,
             because
             thou
             wouldst
             not
             be
             taken
             from
             thy
             estate
             ,
             and
             
             outward
             possessions
             ;
             then
             attend
             vnto
             these
             considerations
             .
          
           
             
               Sol.
            
             1.
             
             Thou
             camest
             naked
             into
             the
             world
             ;
             and
             
             why
             should
             it
             grieue
             thee
             to
             goe
             naked
             out
             of
             the
             world
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             Thou
             art
             but
             a
             steward
             of
             what
             thou
             possessest
             :
             and
             therefore
             why
             should
             it
             grieue
             thee
             to
             leaue
             ,
             what
             thou
             hast
             imployed
             ,
             to
             the
             disposing
             of
             thy
             master
             ?
          
           
             3.
             
             Thou
             hast
             tried
             by
             experience
             ,
             and
             found
             hitherto
             ,
             that
             contentment
             of
             heart
             is
             not
             found
             ,
             or
             had
             by
             aboundance
             of
             
             outward
             things
             .
             If
             thou
             hadst
             all
             the
             Pearles
             of
             the
             East
             ,
             and
             wert
             Master
             of
             all
             the
             Mines
             of
             the
             West
             ,
             yet
             will
             not
             thy
             heart
             bee
             filled
             with
             good
             :
             by
             heaping
             vp
             of
             riches
             ,
             thou
             dost
             but
             heap
             vp
             vnquietnesse
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Riches
             haue
             wings
             ,
             thou
             maist
             liue
             to
             lose
             all
             by
             fire
             ,
             or
             water
             ,
             or
             thieues
             ,
             or
             suretiship
             ,
             or
             iniustice
             ,
             or
             vnthrifty
             children
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             They
             are
             riches
             of
             iniquity
             .
             There
             is
             a
             snare
             in
             riches
             ,
             and
             nets
             in
             possessions
             ,
             thy
             gold
             and
             siluer
             is
             limed
             ,
             or
             poisoned
             .
             
             It
             is
             wonderfull
             hard
             ,
             and
             in
             respect
             of
             men
             ,
             impossible
             for
             thee
             to
             bee
             a
             rich
             man
             ,
             but
             thou
             wilt
             bee
             a
             sinful
             man
             ,
             especially
             if
             thy
             heart
             bee
             growne
             to
             loue
             money
             ,
             and
             to
             haste
             to
             be
             rich
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Thou
             must
             leaue
             thē
             once
             ,
             and
             therefore
             why
             not
             now
             ?
             Thou
             canst
             not
             enioy
             them
             euer
             ,
             &
             therefore
             why
             shouldest
             thou
             trouble
             thy
             heart
             about
             them
             ?
          
           
             7.
             
             By
             death
             thou
             makest
             exchange
             of
             them
             for
             better
             riches
             ,
             &
             shalt
             be
             possessed
             of
             a
             more
             enduring
             substance
             .
             Thou
             shalt
             enioy
             
             the
             vnsearchable
             riches
             of
             Christ
             ,
             thou
             canst
             neuer
             be
             fully
             rich
             ,
             til
             thou
             get
             to
             heauen
             .
          
           
             11.
             
             
               Ob.
            
             Might
             some
             one
             say
             ,
             I
             should
             not
             feare
             death
             ,
             were
             it
             not
             ,
             that
             I
             knowe
             not
             ,
             what
             kind
             of
             death
             I
             shall
             dye
             :
             I
             may
             dye
             suddenly
             ,
             or
             by
             the
             hands
             of
             the
             violent
             ,
             or
             without
             the
             presence
             ,
             or
             assistance
             of
             my
             friends
             ,
             or
             the
             like
             .
          
           
             
               Sol.
            
             Sith
             we
             must
             dye
             ,
             it
             is
             the
             lesse
             matter
             vvhat
             kind
             of
             death
             we
             dye
             ;
             we
             should
             not
             so
             much
             looke
             how
             wee
             dye
             ,
             as
             whither
             wee
             shall
             goe
             when
             wee
             
             are
             dead
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Christ
             died
             a
             cursed
             death
             ,
             that
             so
             euery
             death
             might
             be
             blessed
             to
             vs.
             For
             hee
             that
             liues
             holily
             ,
             cannot
             dye
             miserably
             .
             Hee
             is
             blessed
             that
             dieth
             in
             the
             Lord
             ,
             what
             kind
             of
             death
             soeuer
             it
             be
             .
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             XXI
             .
          
           
             
               Shewing
               the
               cure
               of
               this
               feare
               of
               death
               by
               practise
               .
            
          
           
             HItherto
             of
             the
             way
             of
             curing
             this
             feare
             of
             death
             by
             meditation
             .
             It
             remaines
             now
             ,
             that
             I
             proceed
             
             to
             shew
             how
             the
             cure
             is
             to
             bee
             finished
             ,
             and
             perfected
             
             by
             practise
             .
             For
             there
             are
             diuerse
             things
             to
             bee
             heeded
             by
             vs
             in
             our
             daily
             conuersation
             ,
             which
             serue
             exceedingly
             for
             the
             extinguishing
             of
             this
             fear
             ,
             without
             which
             the
             cure
             wil
             hardly
             euer
             be
             soundly
             wrought
             for
             continuance
             .
          
           
             1.
             
             The
             first
             thing
             wee
             must
             frame
             our
             liues
             to
             for
             this
             purpose
             ,
             is
             the
             contempt
             of
             the
             world
             :
             wee
             must
             striue
             earnestlie
             with
             our
             owne
             hearts
             ,
             to
             forgoe
             the
             loue
             of
             worldly
             things
             .
             It
             is
             an
             easie
             thing
             to
             be
             willing
             to
             dye
             ,
             
             when
             our
             hearts
             are
             clensed
             of
             the
             loue
             of
             this
             world
             .
             We
             must
             leaue
             the
             world
             ,
             before
             the
             vvorld
             leaue
             vs
             ,
             and
             learne
             that
             lesson
             heartily
             ,
             To
             vse
             the
             world
             ,
             as
             if
             we
             vsed
             it
             not
             .
             Neither
             ought
             this
             to
             seeme
             too
             hard
             a
             precept
             .
             For
             they
             that
             striue
             for
             mastery
             ,
             abstaine
             from
             all
             things
             ,
             when
             it
             is
             but
             to
             obtaine
             a
             corruptible
             crowne
             :
             how
             much
             more
             should
             wee
             be
             willing
             to
             deny
             the
             delights
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             and
             striue
             with
             our
             natures
             herein
             ,
             seeing
             it
             is
             to
             obtaine
             an
             incorruptible
             crowne
             ?
             1.
             
             
               Cor.
            
             9.
             24.
             
          
           
           
             We
             must
             learne
             of
             
               Moses
               ,
            
             who
             brought
             himselfe
             to
             it
             willingly
             ,
             to
             forsake
             the
             pleasures
             of
             Egypt
             ,
             and
             to
             chuse
             rather
             to
             suffer
             affliction
             with
             Gods
             people
             ,
             then
             to
             be
             called
             the
             sonne
             of
             
               Pharaohs
            
             daughter
             ,
             
               Heb.
            
             11.
             26.
             
          
           
             And
             to
             this
             end
             wee
             should
             first
             restraine
             all
             needlesse
             cares
             ,
             &
             busines
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             and
             study
             so
             to
             be
             quiet
             ,
             as
             to
             meddle
             with
             our
             own
             businesse
             ,
             &
             to
             abbridge
             them
             into
             as
             narrow
             a
             scantling
             ,
             as
             our
             callings
             will
             permit
             .
             Secondly
             ,
             wee
             should
             auoid
             ,
             as
             much
             as
             may
             bee
             ,
             the
             
             societie
             with
             the
             fauourites
             and
             minions
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             I
             meane
             such
             persons
             ,
             as
             admire
             nothing
             but
             worldly
             things
             ,
             and
             know
             no
             other
             happinesse
             thē
             in
             this
             life
             :
             That
             speak
             onely
             of
             this
             world
             ,
             and
             commend
             nothing
             ,
             but
             what
             tends
             to
             the
             praise
             of
             worldly
             things
             ,
             and
             so
             to
             the
             intising
             of
             our
             hearts
             after
             the
             world
             .
             And
             withall
             ,
             wee
             should
             sort
             our selues
             with
             such
             Christians
             ,
             as
             practise
             this
             contempt
             of
             the
             world
             as
             well
             as
             praise
             it
             ,
             and
             can
             by
             their
             discourse
             ,
             make
             vs
             more
             in
             loue
             with
             heauen
             .
             
             3.
             
             Thirdly
             ,
             we
             should
             daily
             obserue
             ,
             to
             what
             things
             in
             the
             world
             our
             hearts
             most
             run
             ,
             and
             striue
             with
             GOD
             by
             prayer
             ,
             to
             get
             downe
             the
             too
             much
             liking
             ,
             and
             desire
             after
             these
             things
             .
             4.
             
             Fourthly
             ,
             vvee
             should
             daily
             be
             pondring
             on
             these
             meditations
             ,
             that
             shew
             vs
             the
             vanitie
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             and
             the
             vilenesse
             of
             the
             things
             thereof
             .
             Thus
             of
             the
             first
             medicine
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Secondly
             ,
             we
             must
             in
             our
             practise
             ,
             soundly
             mortifie
             our
             beloued
             sins
             :
             our
             sinnes
             must
             dye
             ,
             before
             we
             dye
             ,
             or
             else
             it
             will
             not
             be
             well
             with
             vs.
             The
             
             sting
             of
             death
             is
             sinne
             ,
             and
             whē
             we
             haue
             puld
             out
             the
             sting
             ,
             we
             need
             not
             feare
             to
             entertaine
             the
             Serpent
             into
             our
             bosome
             .
             It
             is
             the
             loue
             of
             some
             sin
             ,
             &
             delight
             in
             it
             ,
             that
             makes
             a
             man
             afraid
             to
             dye
             ,
             or
             it
             is
             the
             remembrance
             of
             some
             foule
             euill
             past
             ,
             which
             accuseth
             the
             hearts
             of
             men
             :
             and
             therefore
             men
             must
             make
             sure
             their
             repentance
             ,
             and
             iudge
             themselues
             for
             their
             sinnes
             ,
             and
             then
             they
             need
             not
             feare
             Gods
             condemning
             of
             them
             .
             If
             any
             aske
             me
             ,
             how
             they
             may
             knowe
             when
             they
             haue
             attained
             to
             this
             rule
             ,
             I
             answer
             ,
             Whē
             
             they
             haue
             so
             long
             confessed
             their
             sinnes
             in
             secret
             to
             God
             ,
             that
             now
             they
             can
             truly
             say
             ,
             there
             is
             no
             sinne
             they
             know
             by
             themselues
             ,
             but
             they
             are
             as
             desirous
             to
             haue
             GOD
             giue
             them
             strength
             to
             leaue
             it
             ,
             as
             they
             would
             haue
             God
             to
             shew
             them
             grace
             to
             forgiue
             it
             .
             He
             hath
             soundly
             repented
             of
             all
             sin
             ,
             that
             desires
             from
             his
             heart
             to
             liue
             in
             no
             sin
             .
             And
             vnto
             this
             rule
             I
             must
             adde
             the
             care
             of
             an
             vpright
             &
             vnrebukeable
             cōuersation
             .
             It
             is
             a
             maruelous
             encouragement
             to
             dye
             with
             peace
             ,
             when
             a
             man
             can
             liue
             without
             offence
             ,
             
             and
             can
             iustly
             plead
             his
             integrity
             of
             conuersation
             ,
             as
             
               Samuel
            
             did
             ,
             1.
             
             
               Sam.
            
             12.
             3.
             and
             
               Paul
               ,
               Act.
            
             26.
             26
             ,
             27.
             and
             2.
             
             
               Cor.
            
             1.
             12.
             
          
           
             3.
             
             Thirdly
             ,
             assurance
             is
             an
             admirable
             medicine
             to
             kill
             this
             feare
             ;
             &
             to
             speake
             distinctly
             ,
             wee
             should
             get
             the
             assurance
             first
             of
             Gods
             fauour
             ,
             and
             our
             owne
             calling
             and
             election
             .
             For
             hereby
             an
             entrance
             will
             be
             ministred
             into
             the
             heauēly
             kingdome
             ,
             and
             therefore
             haue
             I
             handled
             this
             doctrine
             of
             the
             Christians
             assurance
             ,
             before
             I
             medled
             with
             this
             point
             of
             the
             feare
             of
             death
             .
             
               Simeon
            
             can
             
             dye
             willingly
             ,
             whē
             his
             eyes
             haue
             seene
             his
             saluation
             .
             Feare
             of
             death
             is
             alwaies
             ioyned
             with
             a
             weake
             faith
             ,
             and
             the
             full
             assurance
             of
             faith
             ,
             doth
             maruelously
             establish
             the
             heart
             against
             these
             feares
             ,
             and
             breeds
             a
             certain
             desire
             of
             the
             comming
             of
             Christ.
             
               Paul
            
             can
             be
             confident
             when
             he
             is
             able
             to
             say
             ,
             I
             knowe
             whom
             I
             haue
             belieued
             ,
             and
             that
             hee
             is
             able
             to
             keepe
             that
             which
             I
             haue
             committed
             to
             him
             ,
             2.
             
             
               Tim.
            
             1.
             12.
             
          
           
             Besides
             ,
             we
             should
             labour
             to
             get
             a
             particular
             knowledge
             and
             assurance
             of
             our
             happines
             in
             death
             ,
             
             and
             of
             our
             saluation
             .
             We
             should
             study
             to
             this
             end
             ,
             the
             Arguments
             that
             shews
             our
             felicity
             in
             death
             :
             And
             to
             this
             purpose
             it
             is
             of
             excellent
             vse
             to
             receiue
             the
             Sacraments
             often
             :
             For
             Christ
             by
             his
             Will
             bequeathed
             Heauen
             to
             vs
             ,
             
               Ioh.
            
             17.
             and
             by
             the
             death
             of
             the
             Testator
             this
             Will
             is
             of
             force
             ,
             and
             is
             further
             daily
             sealed
             vnto
             vs
             ,
             as
             internally
             by
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             so
             externally
             by
             the
             Sacraments
             .
          
           
             Now
             if
             we
             get
             our
             Charter
             sealed
             and
             confirmed
             to
             vs
             ,
             how
             can
             we
             be
             afraid
             of
             the
             time
             of
             possession
             ?
             
             Hee
             is
             fearelesse
             of
             death
             ,
             that
             can
             say
             with
             the
             Apostle
             ;
             
               Whether
               I
               liue
               or
               die
               ,
               I
               am
               the
               Lords
               ,
               Rom.
            
             14.
             8.
             
          
           
             4.
             
             That
             charge
             giuen
             to
             
               Hezekiah
               ,
            
             concerning
             the
             setting
             of
             his
             house
             in
             order
             ,
             
               Esay
            
             38.
             is
             of
             singular
             vse
             for
             this
             Cure
             :
             Men
             should
             with
             sound
             aduice
             settle
             their
             outward
             estates
             ,
             and
             dispose
             of
             their
             worldly
             affaires
             ,
             and
             according
             to
             their
             meanes
             prouide
             for
             their
             wife
             ,
             and
             children
             .
             A
             great
             part
             of
             the
             feare
             and
             trouble
             of
             mens
             hearts
             is
             ouer
             .
             ,
             when
             their
             Wils
             are
             discreetely
             
             made
             :
             but
             men
             are
             loth
             to
             die
             ,
             so
             long
             as
             their
             outward
             estates
             are
             vnsettled
             ,
             and
             vndisposed
             .
             It
             is
             a
             most
             preposterous
             course
             for
             men
             to
             leaue
             the
             making
             of
             their
             Wils
             to
             their
             sicknesse
             ;
             For
             besides
             their
             disabilities
             of
             memories
             or
             vnderstanding
             ,
             which
             may
             befall
             them
             ,
             the
             trouble
             of
             it
             breeds
             vnrest
             to
             their
             minds
             ,
             and
             besides
             ,
             they
             liue
             all
             the
             time
             in
             neglect
             of
             their
             duty
             of
             preparation
             for
             death
             .
          
           
             5.
             
             We
             may
             much
             help
             our selues
             by
             making
             vs
             friends
             with
             the
             riches
             of
             
             iniquity
             :
             we
             should
             learne
             that
             of
             the
             vniust
             Steward
             ,
             as
             our
             Sauiour
             Christ
             sheweth
             ,
             since
             we
             shall
             be
             put
             out
             of
             the
             Stewardship
             ,
             we
             should
             so
             dispose
             of
             them
             while
             wee
             haue
             them
             ,
             that
             when
             wee
             die
             ,
             they
             may
             receiue
             vs
             into
             euerlasting
             habitations
             ,
             
               Luke
            
             16.
             
             An
             vnprofitable
             life
             is
             attended
             with
             a
             seruile
             feare
             of
             death
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             It
             would
             master
             this
             feare
             ,
             but
             to
             force
             our selues
             to
             a
             frequent
             meditation
             of
             death
             :
             To
             learne
             to
             die
             daily
             ,
             will
             lessen
             ,
             yea
             ,
             remoue
             the
             feare
             of
             dying
             :
             Oh
             this
             remembring
             
             of
             our
             latter
             end
             ,
             and
             learning
             to
             number
             our
             daies
             is
             an
             admirable
             rule
             of
             practices
             :
             It
             is
             the
             forgetfulnesse
             of
             death
             ,
             that
             makes
             life
             sinfull
             ,
             &
             death
             terrible
             ,
             
               Deut.
               32.
               19.
               
               Psal.
               90.
               12.
               
               Lam.
            
             1.
             9.
             
             And
             wee
             should
             beginne
             this
             exercise
             of
             meditation
             betimes
             ;
             
               Remember
               thy
               Creator
               in
               the
               daies
               of
               thy
               youth
               ,
               Eccl.
            
             12.
             1.
             
             This
             is
             that
             is
             called
             for
             ,
             when
             our
             Sauiour
             Christ
             requires
             vs
             ,
             and
             all
             men
             ,
             so
             to
             watch
             :
             and
             heerein
             lay
             the
             praise
             of
             the
             fiue
             wise
             Virgines
             ,
             
               Math.
            
             25.
             3.
             
             Thus
             
               Iob
            
             will
             waite
             ,
             till
             the
             time
             of
             his
             
             change
             come
             ,
             
               Iob
            
             10.
             14.
             
             And
             of
             purpose
             hath
             the
             Lord
             left
             the
             last
             day
             vncertain
             ,
             that
             we
             might
             euery
             day
             prepare
             .
             It
             were
             an
             admirable
             methode
             ,
             if
             we
             could
             make
             euery
             day
             a
             life
             to
             beginne
             and
             end
             ,
             as
             the
             day
             begins
             ,
             and
             ends
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             Lastly
             ,
             because
             yet
             wee
             may
             finde
             this
             feare
             combersome
             ,
             and
             our
             natures
             extremely
             deceitfull
             :
             there
             is
             one
             thing
             left
             ,
             which
             can
             neuer
             faile
             to
             preuaile
             as
             far
             as
             is
             fit
             for
             vs
             ;
             and
             that
             is
             hearty
             prayer
             to
             God
             for
             this
             very
             thing
             .
             Thus
             
               Dauid
            
             praies
             ,
             
               Psal.
            
             39.
             4.
             and
             
               Moses
               ,
               Psal.
            
             
             90.
             12.
             and
             
               Simeon
               ,
               Luk.
            
             2.
             32.
             
             And
             in
             as
             much
             as
             Christ
             died
             for
             this
             end
             ,
             to
             deliuer
             vs
             from
             this
             feare
             ,
             we
             may
             sue
             out
             the
             priuiledge
             ,
             and
             by
             prayer
             striue
             with
             God
             to
             get
             it
             framed
             in
             vs
             :
             It
             is
             a
             suite
             God
             will
             not
             deny
             them
             ,
             that
             aske
             in
             the
             name
             of
             Christ
             ,
             because
             it
             is
             a
             thing
             that
             Christ
             especially
             aimed
             at
             in
             his
             owne
             death
             .
          
           
             To
             conclude
             then
             :
             wee
             haue
             proued
             ,
             that
             it
             is
             possible
             to
             be
             had
             ,
             and
             most
             vncomely
             to
             want
             it
             ;
             and
             likewise
             the
             way
             hath
             beene
             shewed
             ,
             how
             both
             
             by
             meditation
             &
             practise
             ,
             this
             Cure
             may
             bee
             effected
             :
             If
             then
             it
             bee
             not
             wrought
             in
             any
             of
             vs
             ;
             we
             may
             heere
             finde
             out
             the
             cause
             in
             our selues
             :
             For
             if
             wee
             would
             hereby
             bee
             soundly
             aduised
             and
             ruled
             ,
             we
             might
             attaine
             to
             it
             all
             the
             daies
             of
             our
             life
             ,
             to
             sing
             with
             the
             Saints
             that
             triumphant
             song
             ,
             mentioned
             both
             in
             the
             Old
             and
             New
             Testament
             :
             
               Oh
               death
               ,
               where
               is
               thy
               sting
               ?
               Oh
               hell
               ,
               where
               is
               thy
               victory
               ?
               Death
               is
               swallowed
               vp
               into
               victory
               :
               so
               as
               we
               are
               now
               the
               conquerours
               through
               him
               that
               loued
               vs
               ,
               and
               gaue
               himselfe
               
               to
               death
               for
               vs
               :
            
             euen
             Iesus
             Christ
             the
             righteous
             :
             To
             whom
             with
             the
             Father
             ,
             and
             the
             Holy
             Ghost
             bee
             all
             praise
             in
             the
             Churches
             ,
             throughout
             all
             ages
             for
             euer
             .
          
           
             Amen
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
         
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A17386-e710
           
             The
             drift
             of
             the
             whole
             Treatise
             .
          
           
             The
             profit
             of
             following
             these
             directions
             
          
           
             The
             parts
             of
             the
             Treatise
             .
          
           
             1
             
          
           
             2
             
          
           
             3
             
          
           
             Eight
             Arguments
             to
             proue
             we
             may
             be
             helped
             against
             the
             feare
             of
             death
             .
          
           
             Fifteeene
             Reasons
             why
             it
             is
             an
             vncomely
             thing
             to
             be
             afraid
             to
             die
             .
          
           
             An
             exhortation
             to
             attend
             vpon
             the
             meanes
             of
             cure
             .
          
           
             Two
             waies
             of
             curing
             the
             feare
             of
             death
             .
          
           
             The
             wayes
             of
             curing
             this
             feare
             by
             contēplation
             .
          
           
             The
             happines
             of
             a
             Christian
             in
             death
             shewed
             17.
             wayes
             .
          
           
             The
             dissolution
             of
             the
             body
             ,
             is
             the
             absolution
             of
             the
             soule
             .
          
           
             Eccles.
             7
             1
             
          
           
             The
             miseries
             of
             life
             two
             waies
             considered
             .
          
           
             The
             miseries
             of
             a
             naturall
             life
             shewed
             three
             waies
             .
          
           
             Three
             dreadfull
             considerations
             about
             sin
             .
          
           
             Six
             things
             euery
             godly
             mā
             wants
             ,
             while
             hee
             liues
             here
             in
             this
             world
             .
          
           
             Life
             bitter
             in
             respect
             of
             God
             diuers
             waies
             .
          
           
             Eight
             aggrauations
             of
             the
             miseries
             of
             life
             ,
             in
             respect
             of
             the
             corrections
             of
             God.
             
          
           
             The
             world
             full
             of
             diuels
             .
          
           
             Our
             conflict
             with
             diuels
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             Apparant
             miseries
             of
             life
             in
             this
             vvorld
             .
          
           
             In
             this
             world
             the
             dead
             bury
             the
             dead
             .
          
           
             What
             the
             seeming
             felicities
             of
             the
             world
             are
             .
          
           
             Fifteene
             Argumēts
             to
             proue
             the
             vanity
             of
             the
             best
             worldly
             things
             .
          
           
             The
             amity
             of
             the
             world
             ,
             is
             the
             enmity
             with
             God.
             
          
           
             All
             subiect
             to
             vanity
             or
             violence
             ,
             Mat.
             6.
             19
             ,
             20.
             
             They
             may
             be
             lost
             at
             the
             very
             seate
             of
             iudgemēt
             ,
             Eccl.
             3.
             16
             ,
             18.
             
             &
             4.
             1
             ,
             2
             
          
           
             Our
             mortality
             aggrauated
             by
             4.
             considerations
             .
          
           
             The
             causes
             in
             our selues
             why
             wee
             should
             not
             be
             in
             loue
             with
             life
             .
          
           
             4.
             
             Effects
             of
             corruption
             of
             nature
             in
             vs.
             
          
           
             Ten
             reasons
             to
             shew
             the
             folly
             of
             mē
             in
             pre
             tending
             the
             feare
             of
             the
             pain
             of
             death
             .
          
           
             9.
             
             Arguments
             to
             shew
             the
             vanity
             of
             men
             ,
             in
             desiring
             to
             liue
             long
             .
          
           
             Sixe
             reasons
             against
             their
             pretence
             that
             would
             liue
             long
             to
             do
             good
             ,
             as
             they
             say
             .
          
           
             Against
             selfe
             murther
             .
          
           
             6.
             
             Reasons
             about
             parting
             with
             our
             friēds
             in
             death
             .
          
           
             Fiue
             Arguments
             against
             the
             pleasures
             of
             life
             .
          
           
             Fiue
             obseruations
             about
             the
             honors
             of
             this
             world
             .
          
           
             Seuen
             mo
             ●ue
             to
             leaue
             the
             loue
             of
             riches
             .
          
           
             7.
             
             Things
             that
             cure
             the
             feare
             of
             death
             in
             practice
             .