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

BEFORE DEATH.iiHeare a wife and noble writer fpeaking to this purpofc,though for another purpofe : Who hath not ^^^^*,";§hfervedy what labour , what pra^ice,feri HyhlBnd-fhed,d/td cruelty,the Kings And Princes ofthe world haveundergone, exercifedytaken onthem,and committed-^ tomake themfelnjes and their ifues M afters ofthe world ?•(,'*'.""*J^%^ndyet hath Babylon, Perfia, Egypt, Syria, Ma- f* ^I'He woriicedon, Caithage, Rome, and the reft, no fruit, fort'jhmss tbtflower, grafe or leafe, f^nngr^gtarth, ofthofefeeds: No, their very roots and ruines dohardly remaine,''^'^ufon the face of the f£'lZ'J^Uthat the hand ofman can make^or at lengthif either over-turned hy the hand ofman 5kyftanding and continuing confumed, Whattruftthen or true comfort in thearmeofflcfh, humansgrcatncfle, or eanhly treafares-^ Whatftrengihor flay in fuch broken ftaves ofreed ^ Inthetimeofneed, the Worme ofvanity will waft and withertheihall, Yiktlonahs gourd -^and leave our nakedfoiUcs to the open rage ofwind and weather -yto the fcouiges and Scorpions of guikineflc andfeare.It tranfcends the Sphere oftheira(9:ivity,asthey (ay, and'paffeth their power to fatisfiean immortallfoule, to comfort thorow the length of e-ternity ; either to corrupt or conquer any fpiritualladverfaries. For couldft thou purchafe unto thyfelfe a Monopoly of all the wealth in the world 5wcrt thou able to empty the Wefterne parts ofgold; and the Eaft ofall her fpices and preciousthings; fbouldeft thou inclofe the whole face ofthecarthfromone end ofheaven to another, andfill this wide worlds circumference with goldenheapes and hoards ofpcarle; diddeft chou in themcane-