A treatise of death : the last enemy to be destroyed .. . accord*ing to that he hath d^ne^bether it be goodtr therefore the terrours of the Lord mperftvaae men. T is not unlikely, that fbmeofthofeivits that are takenmore with things new thenwith things NccefTary, willmarvel that I choofe fo com-mon a fubje&,|and tell meihat they all know thisalrea-dy. But I do ft purpofely upon thefe following B a Con*. (2) Confident ions, i. Becaufe I well know, thatit is thefe Common Truths that are the greatand neceffary things which mens evertafting *happinefsormifery doth moft depend upon^You
A treatise of death : the last enemy to be destroyed .. . accord*ing to that he hath d^ne^bether it be goodtr therefore the terrours of the Lord mperftvaae men. T is not unlikely, that fbmeofthofeivits that are takenmore with things new thenwith things NccefTary, willmarvel that I choofe fo com-mon a fubje&,|and tell meihat they all know thisalrea-dy. But I do ft purpofely upon thefe following B a Con*. (2) Confident ions, i. Becaufe I well know, thatit is thefe Common Truths that are the greatand neceffary things which mens evertafting *happinefsormifery doth moft depend upon^You may be ignorant of many Gontroverfiesand Inferiour points, without the danger ofyour fouls, but fo you cannot of thefe Funda-mentals. 2. Becaufe its apparent by the livesof men,that few know thefe Common Truthsfavingly, that think they know them. 3. Be-caufe there are feveral degrees of knowing thefame Truths,and the beft are imperfe& in dc-gree,the principal growth in knowledg thatweihould look after,is not to know morel mattersthen we knew before, but to know that betterand with a clearer light and firmer apprehen-fion3which we darkly andfldghtly knewbeforeYou may more fafely be without any. know-ledge at all of many lower Truths, then with-outfome further degree of the knowledge ofthole which you already know. 4. Befidesit is known by fad Experience, that many pe-rifh who know the Truth, for want of
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