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

-ao6 • A SERMON..- . :—. .— » •TratchfuUy tended :but inquire into the fpirituallhusbandry at home in his owne confcience, andyou (hall find his heart overgiowne with finne,asthe wildeft waft with thirties and briars ; no fenceto keep the Divell out ofhis foule, many noyforachifts growing thick and ranke, Ukc fo many nettlesand brambles to be cut down and caft into the firejfo that his fillieft lamb and pooreft pig is in a thoufandtimes more happy cafe,than himfelfe theowner^andwell were he if his laft end might be liketheirs, that is, that hisimmortall foule might diewith his body: but that cannot bej except in themeane time he repent, and renounce his carnallreafon, hee muft be dcflroyed with an everlaftingperdition,from the prcfence ofGo n,and from theglory ofHis power.^' Confider His care and afifeaion towardsm'rf'c'ire forS«r IhliJens Hls children; youfhallfindethattobe all earth;tm^nan than for whereas perhaps with farre lelTe toyle and traqinMi^aiivailcbythemerciesof Go D, by teaching themthe feare ofG o d , inftrud^ing them in the waies ofgodlinelTe, reftrayning them from prophanenefle,and prophaning the Sabbath, by his owne exampleof piety and godly converfation, hee mightplantgracein their hearts, andprovideacrowncofglory for their heads hereafter: yet (wretchedroan ) hee doth not onely wickedly flegle(S thefemeanes of everlafting comfort : but with toomuch worldlineflc, variety ofvexations (and perhapsfor his very wickedneffe that way, iftherewere nothing elfe) with the great danger of hisowne foule Jhchcapesupforthcm thofe hoards,that