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Dear Lady and Sister in the Lord:
I shall now address myself to you in a few lines, and so conclude. I know you have for many years been the Lord’s prisoner. Great have been your trials, and many have been your trials, and long have been your trials; but to all these I have spoken at large in my treatise called ‘The Mute Christian under the Smarting Rod’, which you have in your hand, which you have read, and which God has greatly blessed to the support comfort, quiet, and refreshment of your soul under all your trials; and therefore I shall say no more as to those particulars. But knowing that the many weaknesses that hang upon you, and the decays of nature that daily do attend you, seem to point out an approaching dissolution, I shall at this time give you this one word of counsel, viz. that every day you would look upon death in a scripture glass, in a scripture dress or under a scripture notion: that is ... This month's Article of the Month deals with a subject which rarely do any of use care to think about... death. Yes, we will all readily admit that we shall leave this earthly body some day but seldom does our mortality and eventual death impress us enough that we prepare for it, as much as that is possible. Of course, as long as we are drawing breath, we do have time, don't we? The younger we are in years the less likely we will contemplate death. However, as we become old should the Lord grant us long years, the subject sometimes becomes more pressing. Thomas Brooks has taken the time to think on this matter and in this article he counsels a woman who has questions concerning her death. Since we are not privy to when the Lord will remove us from this earth it matters not what age we are before we begin contemplating what our death shall entail. Thus, this surely is a relevant matter for today and for all of us. You can read this article here: To Die is Gain. Or, for later reading, you can find it on the Main Website and clicking on the "Article of the Month" logo. In His service and grace,
simul iustus et peccator
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