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CHAP. I. First reflection which a sick person should

make upon his affliction, that it is the will of GOD—A

prayer,
CHAP. II. Second reflection, possibly it is a punishment
for some sin - A prayer,

215 CHAP. III. Third reflection, it is possible God has designed our sickness to detach us from earth,

227 Chap. IV. Fourth reflection, it is very possible that

God has deprived us of our health because we make a
bad use of it - A prayer,

232
CHAP. V. Some other reflections which we should make
in sickness,

239 CHAP. VI. Reply to an objection, whether it is proper

that a sick person should desire and pray to God, and
use every means of recovery,

247

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CHAP. VII. Of remedies and other care which should be
taken for recovery,

253 CHAP. VIII. Last reflection, the sickness by which we

are attacked may be mortal, or may become so, 265

BOOK IV.

CHAP. I. First duty of a man who would prepare him-
self for death; he should send for a minister of God -

275 A prayer,

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CHAP. II. He should assure himself whether he has

made his peace with God, or whether he has yet to
labor for this all-important work,

283

CHAP. III. Duties of a Christian, who upon strict exa

mination, hopes he has reason to believe himself one of
God's reconciled children

291

A prayer,

CHAP. IV. Second order of duties -- Meditation,

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THE

DEATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS:

OR

THE WAY OF HOLY DYING.

BOOK I.

WHERE IT IS CONSIDERED WHAT PROPERLY DESERVES THE NAME OF A GOOD DEATH.

How shocking must thy summons be, O Death!
To him that is at ease in his possessions:
Who, counting on long years of pleasure here,
Is quite unfurnish'd for the world to come!
In that dread moment how the frantic soul
Raves round the walls of her clay tenement;
Runs to each avenue and shrieks for help;
But shrieks in vain! How wishfully she looks
On all she's leaving, now no longer hers.
A little longer; yet a little longer!
O might she stay to wash away her stains,
And fit her for her passage! — Blair.

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THE

DEATH OF THE RIGHTEOUS.

CHAPTER I.

THAT NOTHING IS MORE RARE THAN A GOOD DEATH. THE

CAUSE OF THIS. - PLAN OF THE WORK,

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NOTHING is more common than death thing more rare than to die well. The first of these truths is incontestible, and we shall not doubt the second if we consider, that as salvation is a necessary and inseparable consequence of a good death; so if the greater part of men died the death of the righteous, the greater part would obtain salvation. But far from this ; we know the number of those who are saved, bears no proportion to that of those who perish; since we are assured there are but "few who enter in at the strait gate," and that the multitude are to be found at the “wide gate,” and in the "broad roadof destruction. · We should, therefore, admit that a good death is unusual, and that the greater part of mankind

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