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

24^FuritansaUwaies hated'A SERMON.caft them downc : fo that out offight of fin, andfenfe of divine wrath, being weaiie, ficke, loft,wounded, bruifed, broken-hearted, (thefe areScripture phrafes) and thereupon cafting theireyes upon the amiablenelfejcxcellencic and fweerncsoftheLord ]e svs,andthe Al-fijfficiencieofhis blood to cure them, rcfolve to fell all, to confcffeand forfake all rheir fins,not to leave an hoofebehind: and then taking him offered by the handof G o D s free grace,as well for an Husband, Lord,and King,to love,ferve,and obey him,as for a Sa-VI ov Rto free them from hell. They put on withthe hand offaith the per fed puritie of his imputedrighteoufnefcattendcd ever with fome meafure ofinherent puritie, infufed by thefandifying Spirit,and after entring the good way, their lives are everafter pure and holy.Thefe are Ch R i s T s KctU^oh and the Puritans Imeane. And thefe men ofpurity fome never meanenay,they heartily hate the very Image ofto be :J E 8 V s Ck R I s T in them, they fpeakc fpirefully a-gainftthem. David \v:is not onely the drunkardsfong , but thofe alfo that fate in the gate fpake a-gainft him : they are your fr^nfcke/md matter ofyour mirth 5 lamyotdr muficke, faith the Church inthe perfon o^Icremy^Lam^^.They w'ill many timescall upon a roguifli vagabond at your feafts ro finga fong againft them, whom they fliould rather feein the flockes 5 they are rranfported,and inwardlyboy le with farre more indignation and heart- rifingagainft their holincfre,purity3precife walking, andall mcanes that lead tbercumo, though cnjoynedupon