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

2i8A SERMON.liant armies walked up and downe FA-^/^f^^ like fbmany invincible Lions. But oh the mighty,and unconquerablemanhood and magnanimity of theancient Englijh ! Whither art thou gone^and whereart thou buried, that wee may vific thy TombedBut I fay, to let thefe paffe, I onely lay hold uponthat which is moft pregnant and pundluall to mypurpofe.ThcfeiV^^/^y iu my Text, and ordinarily inall.TmaJ'^wnp.tationi. times fwallow down fo many baits from the divelsCorrupt affim-9n\de}ned,hands, are fo furrounded with variety and ftrengthoftemptations :fo ill brought up, and fo vainelypuft up with infolency and felf-eftimation,becaufethey are lifted up above others:They are fo limedwith inextricable infnarements, by pleafures,riches, honours, eafe, liberty, earthly fplendour,bravery, applaufe ofthe world, and pride of lifejthat commonly, by fuchtimeas they come to theftrengthofbody and mmdacorruft ajfethon obtainsits full ftrength and height, and hardneffe in theirhearts: And then,and by that time,in what dangerthey are for falvation, you may perceive by wellweighing the condition of this divcllifli engine,and its curfed companion, which I am wont to defcribethusIt is the ripened and aduated ftrength and rageof Originall corruption that furioufly executes therebellious didates of the Divell, and dcfperareproje(5ls ofMens fenfuall hearts : ftands at defiance,profefresopen hoftility againft grace, goodneffe,good men, good can es, and all courfes offeeds upon fo long, and fils it k\^cfandificution^fo