Excerpt from The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, Vol. 16 of 23: With a Life of the Author, and a Critical Examination of His Writings; Containing the Mischiefs of Self-Ignorance, and Benefits of Self-Acquaintance; The True Catholic, and Catholic Church Described; Catholic Unity; Making Light of Christ and Salvation A feather, till time is past, and mercy gone, and endless woe hath unexpectedly surprised them. Yet do these dead men' think they live, because they laugh, and talk, and ride, and go, and dwell among gnats and flies in the sunshine, and not with worms and dust in darkness They think they are awake, because they dream that they are busy; and that they are doing the works of men, because they make a pud der and a noise for finer clothes, and larger rooms, and sweeter morsels, and lower congees and submissions than their poorer, undeceived neighbours have they think they are sailing to felicity, because they are tossed up and down. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.