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

Mat.j.15,% Cor.j ,54t^ Sernton Preachedf reaching of the Word^m rtgard of dying to limthc Mi-nif^cr iS as theJalt of the earthy in regard of living torighteou'lncs,its the Word of grace hy which we are fan-8. tfifed^NhdX. had become of PaiUus Sergtm^ of Omfimusjof Lydia, and of many Churches if they had notbecne called to Go d by the preaching ofS.PW,whorcftoredthofe tolife/aith S.Chryfofeme, which hadllxe hundred ulcers by (in ^bur what need linftancein particiilarsjtheconfciencesof millions converted,can witncflTc that Minifters have beenc their fpirituallfathers, their preaching hath beenc the key to openthe Kingdomc of Heaven, and they are appeimed hjEpScr4. II. God for thegathering oft he Saints .fiia^ncmns2» Secondly,their life is profitable, ifnot to convert,^^ ^^ civilizc peopIe,and to reftraine the corruptioncorruptions. ofnature • even reafon and Philofophy over-ruledSctBraimird, py/^4^^r/*/, by nature the worft of men, as Philemorti!i,Ti;^''the Aftrologerconje(5turedj to conquer his naturallpropenfions to vice, and to become (as his Schollersthought)thc beft and the mofl worthy roan that lived;much more effeduall fure is the Word preached toproduce morall vertues, and to enable fomc to docraorall workes rationally, out of the fway of rightreafon, though not obedicntially with a pure intentionto obey and glorifie God, preaching is a banke tohinder the inundation of finne, and to kecpc men inoutward conformity, this keeps calmeneffe upon theface of the Church and mankind, which otherwifemight degenerate into favagebratiibncfTc. Herod vfasbetter by hearing lohft^and reformed many thingsthat wcreamilTcand by their meancs they may havemany graces of the fpirit,it is the influcDcc ofthe fameSun