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

^"^gBdfiUc Baw./(»t.x47.i^ Sermtn fnuhtdwhich thau haftfo much longed for; thy death isthe death of all thy defeats, & the beginning ofcverlaftinghappincffcjthy faithfullncfTe^thy integrity,thy2cale have procured to thee acrowneofglory, nowhaft thou thy fill of happinelTe 5 O blefTcd art thouthat n[iaift fee the Lord face to face, that thou maiftenjoy the happy fight ofthy fweet Saviourjthou bcholdeftthoufands of Angels, the Aficmbly of ourfirft ParentSjthe feites of the Apoftles, the tribunalsoftheProphe s, the fceptersof thePatriarkes, thecrownes ofthe Martyrs,3nd the praifes ofall juft menmade perfcd,as Saint Ba^iI faith.V E R. 24. Neverthekjfe te abide inthefl.jh is moreneedjullfor you.Coherence,Our Apoftle hath raadeic knowne unto us, why inrefpeift of himfclfhe defired to die, and ofthis I havealready fpoken ; now doth he in this vcrfe acquaintus with the reafon, why he fliould defireto live,becaufehis life made more for the profit and advantageofthePto^/>/4;f^, then his death could doe Formakingthe way to the maine point which Idoeonelyaime at,five things are to be cleared.is meant by Flefli ^ the mortall body in>Cor.i«.j.JExftfition. I . Whatwhich the foule d wcllcth by a Synecdoche, flefh beinga confpicuous part thereof.2 .What is it to live in the flefii^ it is to live a naturalllife prcferved by naturall meanes,as eating, drinking,{leeping,c^fiwewalkcinthe flefh though wcdo not warrc after the flefh ;yet take him not as ifhemeant to abide. alwaics in the flefli, and by a privi,ledge