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

»ooA SERMON.grace and way to Heaven) they can by no mcancsdigcftfuchnewfafliions; theyi not be troubledwith giving account of Sermons ihcy hearc:thcyM have their recreation on the Sabbath, thatihey will : they'l not be mew*d upat homejwhcnother mens fervants are at their fports abroad, &c#Nay perhaps even their owne children ( exceptthe L o R D fcafon them with the fame grace)maygrow ftubborne and rcfradtory, and very rtbdliousand difobedient to the beft things ; fo t hat in aholy fcnfe.C h r i s t s words may be there trulyverified, c^/rfMo.34,35. Thus was fzealousJ>4a'/W troubled with the vanity of a fcornefull,K^hdproud, and propbane wife, i,S,Am. 5.20.with a bloudy brother. Gen. >f..8 . Ucob with a profane£/4», Cen.ij,/^!. ifdac with a mocking Tjh.ptael : And many a gracious hean: in familieswhere grace beares not fway, with the IcwdncfTe,malice, and ungodly oppofitions ofthofe amongwhom they live.Mfiotu paretso r if it fo fall out that the power ofgrace feize%tZ'^'''' on the heart ofa fervant or fonne, fo that he beginHtrMajiers to bee fenfible ofthe ignorance, diforders,prophanenefTe,and finfull confufions of the houfcwhere he dwcls : defiresto fpend the Sabbath asChriftians ufe to do : then prefently begins Satanto put rage into the heart, and frownings into theface ofthe father or mafter ofthe family ; he thentakeson, tells him, that fuch prccifcneile is not forhis profit, hee'l have no fuch inferiour fellow tobe a reformer of his family shec'l not be controlledand contradidcd in his owne houfc? hcc'l governed