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( 10 ) II. That this truth (that we ſhall once ſee death) is not much believed or thought upon by many; therefore it is that the Pſalmiſt doubteth the aſſertion, ''What man is he that liveth, and ſhall not ſee death ? ſhall he deliver his ſoul (that is, his life) from the hand (that is, from the power) of the grave?''

III. That ſometimes a Chriſtian may win the ſolid faith of this truth, that once he muſt die; this the Pſalmiſt wan unto, as it is alſo clear in that word : Who is he that liveth, and ſhall not ſee death?

IV. That the certainty of this, that once we ſhall die, ſhould be ſtill kept in our mind; therefore, that note of attention, Selab, is put to it. As if he had ſaid, Take heed, that there is none living that ſhall not die!

V. That howbeit ſome perſons put the evil day far away, as if they were not to ſee death; yet, is the day coming, when they ſhall ſee death, and death ſhall take them by the hand.

VI. We ſhall take notice of this from the context, that the Chriſtian who is much in minding the brevity of his life, will believe the certainty of his death. The Pſalm ſt was ſpeaking of the ſhortneſs of his life in the preceding verſe, and, in this verſe he ſpeaketh of the certainty of death.