for the glory of my kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty was added unto me. Dan. v, 21. And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. Ps. 1xxviii, 50. He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence. Ps. xci, 6. Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noon-day. Ezek. v, 12. A third part of thee | ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth. And the first went, and poured out his vial upon the earth; and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men which had the mark of the beast, and upon them which worshipped his image. WORMS. Acts xii, 23. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, glory: and he was eaten of worms, like oxen, and his body was wetshall die with the pestilence, and because he gave not God the with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will. Acts xxvi, 24, 25. And as he thus spake for himself. Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad. But he said, I am not mad, most noble Festus; but speak forth the words of truth and soberness. with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee. . . . . Amos iv, 10. I have sent among you the pestilence after the manner of Egypt. the pestilence, and burning coals Habak. iii, 5. Before him went went forth at his feet. (See also under SWORD.) 2 Kings iv, 19, 20. And he said unto his father, My head, my head! And he said to a lad, Carry him to his mother. And when he had taken him, and brought him to his mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. Isa. xlix, 10. They shall not hunger nor thirst; neither shall the heat nor sun smite them. . .. Rev. vii, 16. They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. ULCERS. Lev. xv, 3. And this shall be his uncleanness in his issue: whether his flesh run with his issue, or his flesh be stopped from his issue, it is his uncleanness. Luke xvi, 20. And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores. and gave up the ghost. PHYSICIANS. Yet in 2 Chron. xvi, 12. his disease he [Asa] sought not icians. to the LORD, but to the phys Neh. iii. 8. ... Next unto him repaired Hananiah, the son of one of the apothecaries. . . . . Mark v, 25, 26. And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse. Col. iv, 14. Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you. Job xiii, 4. But ye are forgers of lies, ye are all physicians of no value. Gilead? is Jer. viii, 22. Is there no balm in there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? Matth. ix, 12. But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. Mark ii, 17. When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. Luke iv, 23. And he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thy self: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country. Luke v, 31. And Jesus answering, said unto them, They that are whole need not a physician; but they that are sick. MEDICINES, BALM, ETC. Prov. xvii, 22. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. Prov. xx, 30. The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil; so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. Rev. xvi, 1, 2. And I heard a Isa. i, 6. From the sole of the great voice out of the temple say-foot even unto the head there is ing to the seven angels, Go your no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment. Isaiah xxxviii, 21. For Isaiah had said, Let them take a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaister upon the boil, and he shall recover. Jer. xlvi, 11. Go up into Gilead, and take balm, O'virgin, the daughter of Egypt: in vain shalt thou use many medicines; for thou shalt not be cured. Jer. li, 8, 9. Babylon is suddenly fallen and destroyed: howl for her; take balm for her pain, if so be she may be healed. We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed..... Luke x, 34. And went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. OTHER MEANS EMPLOYED. Mark vi, 13, 56. And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick, and healed them. And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole. Acts v, 15. Insomuch that they brought forth the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and couches, that at the least the shadow of Peter passing by might overshadow some of them. James v, 14. Is any sick among you? let him call for the elders of the church; and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord, DISEASE OFTEN INCUR- 2 Chron. xxi, 18. And after all this the LORD smote him in his bowels with an incurable disease. Job xxxiv, 6. Should I lie against my right? my wound is incurable without transgression. P3. xli, S. An evil disease, say they, cleaveth fast unto him: and now that he lieth, he shall rise up no more. Jer. xv, 18. Why is my pain perpetual, and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed? wilt thou be altogether unto me as a liar, and as waters that fail? Jer. xxx, 12, 13. For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous. There is none to plead thy cause, that thou mayest be bound up. thou hast no healing medicines. Hosea v, 13. When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound. Micah 1, 9. For her wound is incurable; for it is come unto Judah: he is come unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem. Nah. iii, 19. There is no healing of thy bruise; thy wound is grievous: all that hear the bruit of thee shall clap the hands over thee.. Matth. xvii, 16. And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. RECOVERY IS FROM GOD. Job xxxiii, 23, 24, 29, 30. If there be a messenger with him, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to shew unto man his uprightness; Then he is gracious unto him, and saith, Deliver him from going down to the pit; I have found a ransom. Lo, all these things worketh God oftentimes with man, To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living. Ps. 1xviii, 20. He that is our God is the God of salvation; and Ps. cvii, 19, 20. Then they cry Ps. cxviii, 17, 18. I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the LORD. The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death. Isa. xxxviii, 15, 16. What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years in the bitterness of my soul. O LORD, by these things men live, and in all these things is the life of my spirit: so wilt thou recover me, and make me to live. Phil. ii, 27, 28. For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. I sent him therefore the more carefully, that, when ye see him again, ye may rejoice, and that I may be the less sorrowful. DEATH, ORIGINAL SENTENCE. Gen. iii, 19. Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Rom. v, 12. Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned. SHORTNESS AND UNCER TAINTY OF LIFE. Gen. xxvil, 2. And he said, Behold, now, I am old, I know not the day of my death. Gen. xlvii, 9. And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage. 1 Sam. xx, 3..... Truly, as the LORD liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death. 1 Chron. xxix, 15. For we are strangers before thee, and s0journers, as were all our fathers: our days on the earth are as a shadow, and there is none abiding. Job vi, 12. Is my strength the strength of stones? or is my flesh of brass? Job ix, 25, 26. Now my days are swifter than a post: they flee away, they see no good. They are passed away as the swift ships: as the eagle that hasteth to her prey. Job x, 20. Are not my days few? cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little. Job xiv, 1-3, 5, 6. Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continueth not. And dost thou open thine eyes upon such an one, and bringest me into judgment with thee? Seeing his days are determined, the number of his months are with thee, thou hast appointed his bounds that he cannot pass; Turn from him, that he may rest, till he shall accomplish, as an Lirellug, his day. Job xvi, 22. When a few years are come, then I shall go the way whence I shall not return. Job xvii, 1. My breath is corrupt, my days are extinct, the graves are ready for me. Ps. xxxix, 4, 5, 13. LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. Behold, thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth, and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah. O spare me, that I may recover strength, before I go hence, and be no 3 the flower fadeth: because the spirit of the LORD bloweth upon it; surely the people is grass. Ps. xc, 10. The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow: for it is soon cut off, and we fly away. Ps. ciii, 15, 16. As for man, his days are as grass: as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth. For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone; and the place thereof shall know it no more. Ps. cxix, 109. My soul is continually in my hand: yet do I not forget thy law. Prov. xxvii, 1. Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. Zech. 1, 5. Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? 2 Tim. iv, 6. For I am now ready to be offered, and the time of my departure is at hand. James i, 10. But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. FRAILTY OF LIFE. of clay, whose foundation is in the wheel broken at the cistern: Then LESSONS. Let me Num. xxill, 10. . Deut. xxxii, 29. Oh that they Ps. xc, 12. So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. 1 Cor. vii, 30, 31. And they that world, as not abusing it: for the not; And they that use this 2 Cor. iv, 16. For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. Eph. v, 15, 16. See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Çol. iv, 5. Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time. Heb. xiii, 14. For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. that say, To-day, or to-morrow, James iv, 13-15. Go to now, ye we will go into such a city, and and sell, and get gain; Whereas continue there a year, and buy They die, even with-ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. Job vii, 17, 18. What is man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart heart upon him? And that thou shouldest visit him every morning, and try him every moment? P3. lxxxix, 47. Remember how short my time is: wherefore hast thou made made all men in vain? Ps. xc, 4, 9. For a thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night. For all our days are passed away in thy wrath: we spend our years as a tale that is told. Ps. clii, 14, 19. For he knoweth our frame: he remembereth that we are dust; The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom ruleth over all. Eccles. xii, 6, 7. Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the DEATH THE WILL OF GOD. Job x, 8. Thine hands have made Job xxx, 23. For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. Ps. ix, 13. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; consider my trouble which I suffer of them that hate me, thou that liftest me up from the gates of death. Ps. xlix, 6-9. They that trust in their wealth, and boast themselves in the multitude of their riches: None of them can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him; (For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceaseth for ever;) That he should still live for ever, and not see corruption. Ps xc, 3. Thou turnest man to destruction; and sayest, Return, ye children of men. Ps. ciii, 4. Who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies. P3. lxviii, 20. He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death. Dan. v, 23....... And the God in whose hand thy breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified. live, and move, and have our Acts xvii, 28. For in him we being, as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring. Rom. xiv. 7. For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. and was dead; and, behold, I am Rev. i, 18. I am he that liveth, alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. AN APPOINTED TIME gathered unto his people; for he Num. xx, 24-26. Aaron shall be shall not enter into the land which Israel, because ye rebelled against I have given unto the children of my word at the water of Meribah. and bring them up unto mount Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, Hor; And strip Aaron of his garments, and put them upon Eleazar his son: and Aaron shall be gathered unto his people, and shall die there. Deut. xxxii, 50. And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people. 2 Kings viii, 10. And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die. 2 Kings xx, 6. And I will add unto thy days fifteen years...... appointed his bounds that he cannot pass: If a man die, shall he live again? All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. Eccles. iii, 2. A time to be born, and a time to die: a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which és planted. Isa. xxxviii, 5. Go and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: Behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years. NONE TO BE EXEMPTED. Num. xxiv, 23. And he took up his parable, and said, Alas! who shall live when God doeth this? Josh. xxiii, 14. And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts, and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the LORD your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. Judges ii, 10. And also all that generation were gathered unto their fathers: and there arose another generation after them, which knew not the LORD, nor yet the works which he had done for Israel. 1 Kings ii, 2. I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man. Job vii, 9, 10. As the cloud is consumed and vanisheth away; so he that goeth down to the grave shall come up no more. He shall return more to his house, neither shall his place know him no any more. Job ix, 22. This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked, Job xiv, 10, 12, 19, 20. But man dieth, and wasteth away; yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? So man lieth down, and riseth not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep. The waters wear the stones: thou washest away the things which grow out of the dust of the earth; and thou destroyest the hope of man. Thou prevailest for ever against him, and he passeth; thou changest his countenance, and sendest him away. Job xxi, 23, 25, 26, 32. 33. One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet. And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. They shall lie Eccles. ii, 16. For there is no remembrance of the wise more than of the fool for ever; seeing that which now is, in the days to come shall all be forgotten: and how dieth the wise mant as the fool. Eccles. iv, 15. I considered all the living which walk under the sun, with the second child that shall stand up in his stead. Eccles. vi, 6. Yea, though he live a thousand years twice told, yet hath he seen no good: do not all go to one place? Eccles. viii. 8. There is no man that hath power over the spirit, to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it. Eccles. xii, 5. Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way and the almond-tree shall flourish. Zech. i, 5. Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever? Heb. vii, 23. And they truly were many priests, because they were not suffered to continue by reason of death. PREPARATION FOR DEATH OF VARIOUS KINDS. I-SECULAR. 2 Kings xx. 1. In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death: and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live. Isa. xxxviii, 1. In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not live. Heb. ix, 16, 17. For where a testament is there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. For a testament is of force after men are dead: other wise it is of no strength at all while the testator liveth. II-SOLICITUDE FOR Deut. xxxi, 14, 28, 29. And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation. Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them. For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. 1 Kings fi, 1, 2. Now the days of David drew nigh that he should die; and he charged Solomon his son, saying, I go the way of all the earth: be thou strong therefore, and shew thyself a man. endeavour that ye may be able 2 Peter 1, 15. Moreover, I will after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. III. CHARGE IN REGARD TO BODY WHEN DEAD. Gen. xlvii, 29, 30. And the time drew nigh that Israel must die, and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: But I will lie with my fathers; and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their burying-place. And he said, I will do as thou hast said: Gen. xlix, 29-33. And he charged them, and said unto them, I am to be gathered unto my people: bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite; In the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite, for a possession of a burytag-place. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife; and there I buried Leah. The purchase of the field, and of the cave that is therein, acas from the children of Heth. And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, be gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people, Gen. 1, 4-6, 25. Joseph said, Speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pharaoh, saying, My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, come again. And Pharaoh said, Go up and bury thy father, according as he made thee swear. And Joseph took an oath of the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones from hence. and I will ... 2 Sam. xix, 37. Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn back again, that I may die in mine own city, and be buried by the grave of my father and of my mother. . . . . 1 Kings xiii, 31. And it came to pass, after he had buried him, that he spake to his sons, saying, When I am dead, then bury me in the Sepulchre wherein the man of God is buried; lay my bones beside his bones. ber our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. P3. lxxxviii, 10-12. Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. Shall thy loving-kindness be declared in the grave? or thy faithfulness in destruction? Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness? Ps. cxv, 17. The dead praise not the LORD, neither any that go down into silence. Eccles. ix, 10. Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither, thou goest. Isa. xxxviii, 18, 19. For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: they that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: the father to the children shall make known thy truth. against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD. Behold, therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again. Job xvii, 16. They shall go down to the bars of the pit, when our rest together is in the dust. Ps. xxxi, 5. Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth. P3. xxxvii, 37. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of that man is peace. Ps. lxxiii, 24. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory. Ps. cxvi, 15. Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints. Amos iv, 12. Therefore thus will I do unto thee, O Israel: and beProv. xi, 8. The righteous is cause I will do this unto thee, delivered out of trouble, and the prepare to meet thy God, O Israel. Matth. x, 28. And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. John ix, 4. I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. Heb. xiii, 14. For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come. 1 Peter i, 17. And if ye call on the Father, who without respect wicked cometh in his stead. Prov. xiv, 32. The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death. Eccles. vil, 1. A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth. Isa. Ivii, 1. The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart; and merciful men are taken away, noue considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. Luke xvi, 22, 25. And it came to Heb. xi, 22. By faith Joseph of persons judgeth according to pass, that the beggar died, and when he died, made mention of the departing of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones. IV.-SPIRITUAL PREPARATION, WHICH MUST ALWAYS BE MADE BEFORE DEATH. Deut. xxxii, 29. O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! P. vi, 5. For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? P3. xxx, 9. What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? Pa. xxxix, 4. LORD, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. P3. xc, 12. So teach us to num every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear. 2 Peter i, 10, 11. Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure; for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall: For so an entrance shall be ministered unto you abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. HAPPY DEATH OF THE Num. xxiii, 10. . . . . . Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his! 1 Kings ii, 10. So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. 2 Kings xxli, 19, 20. Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man Abraham said, Son, remember also died, and was buried. But that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art mented. tor Luke xxiii, 43. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou; be with me in paradise. John xi, 11-13. These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. Then sald his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep. Rom. xiv, 8. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the |