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Work, 2, Cor. 4. 17. Our light affliffi ion , 

 which is but for a moment l , ivprketh for us 

 a far more exceeding and eternal weight of 

 Glory. 



To fum up all in brief: Since then, i. A 

 Holy Life and Converfation here fecures to 

 us an intereft in a Future State of Eternal 

 Blifs and Happinefs, Glory and Immorta- 

 lity in the World to come, and thereby de- 

 livers us from the fear of Death, that King 

 of Terrors, as it is denominated, Jobi%. 14. 

 that <p$tqw (pofaqoTajov, as Arijtotle calls it, 

 The mofl terrible of all terribles : Which 

 the wifeft Philofophers by all their Argu- 

 mentations could never either arm others 

 againft, or fecure themfelves from the fear 

 of; the very beft of them, even Socrates 

 himfelf being doubtful of the immortality 

 of the Soul ; our Saviour alone having 

 brought life and immortality to light through 

 theGoffel: Of which [Death] wicked Men 

 cannot but have a dreadful apprehenfion, 

 becaufe of that indignation and ivrath^ tri- 

 bulation and anguijh^ which is threatned 

 againit thofe who obey not the truth , but 

 obey unrighteoufnefs^ Rom. x. 8, 9. 



z. Since alfo it conduceth much to the 

 well being and happinefs of the outward 



and 



