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

Apfe Sermon.Firft,Reproofc to all unrighteous Rulers, Miliifters,Magiftrates, or whatfoever they be. Manynow a daics runne a madding after promotions,and fervc themfelves, Fijs c!r m$dis, intoOffices, Benefices, preferments, high roomes,and being mod unworthily advanced, they hold-it a fpeciall happincffe to have an hand over men,farrcworthyer then themfelves. Let them alone,this is their day, a day of domineering, and oftheir foolcs Paradife, and fcrving themfelvesfenfually, but affuredly without fpcedy repentance,turning on the better fide, taking Godsj^Childrens ipzxi,There is a day a comming upon them, ^c h 1^^it is neere^tt uneere, it haflcneth greatly, faith the*^'Prophet, vohen the mighty manjhall cry (fitter ly.That day is a day of -wrath^ a day oftrouBle^anddtfireJfe,adayofwafim(fe,anddefoiation-, a day sf dark*clouds^ and thickeneffey and gloomineffe, a day ofdarknejfe-y (they arethe the words of the Ho l yGhost,) which no earthly glory, no glitteringofoutward pompe, no fliining heapes of gold andfilver, not the Prince of all the lights in heaven,northe whole ftarry Firmament fhall ever be able toenlightenjorrcfreihj though.they fwell never fobigge with pride, and difdaine, looke they neverfo high, fliould they exalt themfelves as the Eagle,and fet their neft among the ftarres, they {hall certainclydownc with a vengeance, God (hallfuddenlyfhoote at them with a fwift arrow, it is alreadyin the Bow 5 even a Bow of fteelc fhall fendforth an arrow, that fhall ftrikethem thorow, ftiiveofftheir gall, ^Joh fpcakcth, throw them downeLinto'**^