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22 and richer: It is so ſmall order that ſuch fear their loſs of this life, who have not the proſpect of another after it: But O Believer, why doſt thou not fear death? Wherefore if thou haſt a right notion, there is nothing in it ſhould be formidable to thee. The valley and ſhadow of death is a dark and irkſome paſſage to thoſe who go through it ſolitary and alone; but Chriſt hath gone this way to ſanctify it to thee he will be with thee in every ſtep, he will not leave thee: This way is ſtrewed with ſerpents and ſcorpions to the wicked, which will be ſtinging and tormenting them but Chriſt hath taken the ſting of death for their comfort. I Cor. v. Art thou not in union with Chriſt? Yea, ſuch a ſtrict and firm union, that neither in nor Satan can break, nor death diſſolve. Matth. xxi 32. In the virtue whereof, all believers, the miſtic members of Chriſt, that glorious head ſhall at the laſt day be raiſed unto glory, and happineſs I ſay indeed the terrors and torments of death are an earneſt to the wicked of theſe ideffectual miſeries that that follow thereafter, bur death will free from ſin and miſery from all temptations to ſin, and perils of ſorrows, and make thee for ever triumph over ſin, ſatan, hell, & death

O Believer! Haſt thou not been filled with many weary complaints in thy life? death will