Mr. Boltons last and learned worke of the foure last things, death ...

, PREPARATIONAft AJTMdef thofe things whieh art cOfftraryto thirndttrcsj wh'ch other creatures mver fs weake, fearenot, hetng of the[mm nature. No more fearefall crea-.ture thai^afjlh flying at the fhaJow of a man., yet itfiares not the Ocean Sea^ becaufe ofits oxvne nature andacquaintance : which Liens, and thepo.'ttefi creatffrctfeare—A p:eef e feare s not hisJhepheard, by rcafonofac(\fimnianceyVchomyet the heart andthe wolfefcan:Whatfoevcr isflrangc ardunacquaimed^ts futreftdl.lfwe acquaint oar fives v&ith G o n , and walke withHim (vs H is friends, -^ve j]jall have th:r»orehold»(S)vitkHiffij when wc have moft rccrd ofHim. In a word,Tit.iit, be wciy tempera' ey honejiyholj. For, thcmoiccon*fcionable thou haft formerly been, the IcfTc powerwill the crofiTehave when it comes. It was the fayingofa reverend man, where finnc lies heavy, theerode lies light ; and conrr.irily, that heart is liketo be tnoft 1 ightfome in a ftormc,which hath beeatheholieft in a calme,n.FreparaTive,3^Bee Jilted Tfitb • •^ j j-• •/i imeditariw:PofTcfle thv mind betime ofmany mortify*a- ^% motivesand meditations to maltcr tlie immof^inji:death, derate feavc of death, ihtkingpfterrourj and thenthou wilt be able with f^tre more patience and rcfolutiontodigeft all petty troubles and miferies inthe meanetime. For which purpofe pondei uponaz,i-nfi death.I- There IS almoftno man, but he hath fuffer'dmorcpainein his life, than ordinarily he (hall paflcthorow>»'d "'"J"^'' in death. The pangs cfdeath (faith M.^W)in^ cat .pig.^g often leffethanofthe toeth- ache.2. The covenant of G o d is of force with us,as we lie inthc duft ofthe earth, c^4r.22.3 1>32.3. Our