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

laPREPARATIONmcane time fitthine hand of allatthc ftemc, and hold the reincs inearthly kingdomes, nay, exdltthyfelfi at the Eagle, 4tt(i fet thy nefi among theflats ;nay, Vikcthc Juftofthe.msrmng advance thy Thromeven above the flanres o/God • yctallthefe, andwhatfocverdfc thou c^nft imagine, to make diytbtgZif^T worldly happincflfe compleat and matchlcflegMd ut the would not be worth a button unto thee upon thy/^"'^bed of death, nor do thee a halfe-pcnny-worth ofgood in thehon'ourofthat dreadfull time. Wheredid that man dwell, or ofwhat cloth was his coatmade, that was ever comforted by his goods,greatneffe, or great men, in that laft and (brcftconflid i In his wraftlings with the accufadons ofconfcience, terrors of death, and oppofitibns ofheU i No, no : It is matter of a more heavenlymetall, treafures of an higher temper, riches of*nobler nature, that muft hold out and heipe in thediftrdfes offoule, in the anguifli ofconfcience, inthe houre of death, againft the flings offinnc,wrath ofG o d, and lafl: Tribunall. Do you thinkthat ever any glorified foule did gaze with delightupon the w^edge of gold, that tramples mdterfootthe Sun,and lookes All-mighty God intheface^^htlefouit No, no: It is the focicty of holy Angels, andblefled Saints, the fweet communion with its dcareftSpoufe, that unapproachable light whichcrownes Gods facred Throne, the beauty andbrightncfleof that moft glorious Place, the fiiiningBody ofthe Sonn e ofGod, die beatificallfruition of the Deity it fclfc,the depth ofEternity,and the like evcrlafting Fountaincs of ffiritualiravifliment