The Art of Dying Well, by Joseph Alleine
Luke 12. 19, 20. Soul thou hast much goods laid up for many years — But God said, Thou fool this night shall thy soul be required of thee. Question: Since no man has one day’s certainty of his life, what may we do to be secured from being surprised by death? 1. Sit loose from the world, that you may be able to packup and be gone upon sudden warning. Here was the folly and misery of this rich man, that he had set his heart upon the world, his mind did run upon his barns, and u