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Christ, that he was going to that happier world. There was [some?]
strange character of dignity in his manner & language, such
as I had never seen him exemplify till his last illness, & espe-
cially in these last hours; so that I was on subsequent reflection,
reminded of what was said of I forget when, that "nothing in
his life, can become him so well as his going out of it." [Mark:
Act. I. Se. 4].

"Then there is a termination of all The Cases, solicitudes
and apprehension anticipations, concerning [one?] [?]. He is same
from entering in a sum of infinite corruptions, temptations, &
grievances; and borne, I trust, to that happy region, where
he can no more sin, suffer, or die; safe, & pure, & happy forever.
In such a view & confidence, I am (& my wife too, though more
painfully affected), more than resigned to the dispensation;
the consolation greatly exceeds the grief

"If, as in our case, parents see their children, in an
early period of life visited by a dispensation, which, is
one & the same act, raised them to piety, & deems them to die, so
that they receive an immortal blessing at the price of death;
Oh! methinks it is a cheap cost, both to them, & to those who
[love?] them! In one of my first conversations with John on his
incurable situation, when I said "We shall be very sorry
to lose you John," he calmly {replied} & affectionately, re-
plied "You will not be sorry, if you have cause to believe
that I am beyond all know." "Futers life [?]. [?]. 2. p. 61-2.

See who p 14,15.