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

A SERMON. 239onely de^ri've the hody oftemfOraB life^ hutvftngalfo the mmortall fiule to endieffe flames everlafiingly.3. D^^^r4/^.- corrupt afFeaion is ftrangelyde- cortupti^H ufpcratcto run headlong upon the damnation ofhel, deiperareto thefor a little earthly delight ; if we fhould fee a na- Z''"'^' _ked man in Tome furious moode, as prodigal! ofhis temporall life, run upon his owne fword, orthrow himfelfe from fome fteepe rocke, or cafthimfelfc into fome deepe river, and teare out hisowne bowels, we fhould cenfureit prefently to beaverydefpcrarepartandruefull fpe^f^ade: whatfhallwefayofhimthem who thorough the furyofhis rebellious nature, to the endlefle deftru^ionofthelifeofhisimmorfall foule, doth defperatlythrow himfelfe upon the devouring edge ofGods fierccft indignation: upon the iharpeftpoints ofall the plagues and Gurfes in his Booke,and into the very flames of everlafting fire : It is^veryfearefull thing, to fee a man bath and erabruehishands in the blood and butchery of hisowne body,and with his murderous blade to takeaway the life thereofbut of how much morehorrourand wofulneiTcis thatfpecf^acle, when a defperatewretch with the empoy foned edge of hisowne enrnged corruption,doth cut the throat ofhis owne deare immortall foule,fo that a man maytrack him all his Hfe long, by the blood thereofinthe finfull paflTages of his life,untill at length he beftaik dcid in finnes and trefpaffes, for how can afoule all purple red with wilfull fhedding its ownebloodjlookefor any part in that prctious bloud ofthat