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

1^5A SERMON.siadttsa^ainflPM frw6 itghis ownc malice and machinations, heeprcfcntlyfets on foot and on fire too all that belong untohim in hisinftigation. They band and combinethemfelvcs with gieat rage and indignation a-gainft the power ofthemeflengers of G o d .Word, and the faithful!They fret,and fume^pickeunRecefiary quarrels, raile, flander, and indeedfoame oii filthily their owne fliame, in difgracingthctruthofG o d without all truth or con fcie nee :and if Satan fpies any poore foule amongft themto bee pulled out of his clutches and kingdome ofdarkcnefTc by the preaching ofthe Word, he prefentlyfets all the reft upon him as fo many doggedcurres, or rather furious wol ves(for fo our bleffedSaviour makes thecomparifon) upon a harmeleffelambe 5 he whets (like fiiarpe razors) all the lyingand lewd tongues in the towne, and tips them withthe very fire of hell 5 fo that they pleade for ppophanenefrc,prophaningofthe Sabbath, and manyfinfull fooleries and vanities in all places wherethey come. Hee makes thofe who have a littlemore wit, hisclofe fadors and under-hand-dealers:for that (lands not with Sacans policy, andthe reputation of the worldly-wife, that rhemfclveslhouldbeeopenadorsin childifh vanities,and profes'd enemies to the Law ofG o d : theydo him fuflicient fervice by being fecrct patronsand protedors of impiety, counfellers and countcnancersof the works ofdarkeneife : hee fils themouthcs of the ignorant with flandcrous compijjj^fsand cries, that there was never good worldfince there was fo much knowledge :that therewas