proposed by the inquirer is not that taken in Holy Scripture, which is the rule and pattern of our teaching. There we do not hear anything of preparation for death. I doubt whether one text can be found in which we are exhorted to make such preparation, as such. But the constant note, the continually recurring exhortation is, to be prepared for the Lord’s coming. So that if we would teach as God’s word teaches, as our blessed Lord and his Apostles taught, we cannot do as the inquirer would have us.