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

6oi^ Sermon Preachedding a heavy judgement jby which it dcih appearc,that the wicked do enjoy tcmporall bkflingsby thelife and prayers of a good Minifterr/^ I . Is of Confutation to the Churchyfii.of Komc,-^gain/f invo' which do maintainc the invocatiocs of Saints dcpatrcation ofsaiststcd ,and fay that their favoui' with God (which wedeny not) is improved, and that their affcdionatcnotice of the peoples ncceilirics,continues greaterafter death then when they were alive ; if fo,thc fpcedydiffolutionof Saint P4»/_, had beenc as expedientfor the Churches which he had planted, as for himfelfe,for fo(to ufe their owne language) they mighthave had a new Patron in the Court of Heavcn,and itwouldbe expedient for the benefit of the Churchmilitant,that the godlieft Minifters fliould die thefopneft and the faOeftjforfo they may become morethenApoftics, able to heare the prayers and undertakethe Patronage of many thoufands with whomthey had no commerce while they lived ; but ir wasnever profitable for rhe Church to be deprived ofthe]^h.H 1 J. godly Paftours bodily prefence in this teCp^Q ; thisRom.'8.34. Is to rob C H R I s T of his preroga ive, fitting at theright hand of his Father; in the Tabernacle of thisworld, as was in the firft Tabernacle, we may findmany Priefts to iraploy as Agents foruswich God,Hcb.p.^,7,&cbut in the San5tum SanBorum^ the fecond Tabernacle,there is but one Agent who hath Royall com-KoUo^mCoi. milTiontodcale betwixt Go d and men. I dare be/•/.17 1/w^.ijQij jQ fay^ that ifthe Angels and Saints would takethe honour that the Pope and his Clergy would givethem, they fhould all go to hell and leave the joyeswhich they now have.This