valour af ancient Martyrs,, *ho con- 

 temocd death in the uticamfombte fcfeflc 

 of their lives 9 and in their decrepfc 

 Martyrdomesdid probably lofe not ma- 

 joy moneths of their dayes 5 or parted 

 I with life when it wasfcarce worth the 

 living. For ( befide that long time: paft 

 holds no confederation unto a (lender 

 time to come) they had no ftnall di 

 [advantage from the conftttution of old 

 ige, which naturally makes men fear- 

 |full; And complexionally fuperanftua- 

 ited from the bold and couragious 

 thoughts of youth and fervent year^ 

 lut the contempt of death from corpo- 

 rall animofity, promoteth not our fe 

 licity* They may fet in the Ordtfr 

 and nobleft Seats of Heaven ^ 

 have held up (baking bands in the 

 ire, and humanely contended for 

 lory. 



Mean while Epicurtu lyes deep in 

 #/e's hell, wherein we meet with 

 *ombs enclofing fouls which denied 

 their immortalities. But whether the 

 Irtuous heathen, who lived better then 

 fpake, or erring in the principles of 

 F birn* 



