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I. THE SOLEMN EVENT FOR WHICH WE ARE EXHORTED TO PREPARE, Death.

II. WHAT CONSTITUTES A PROPER PREPARATION FOR DEATH?

1. The justification of our persons by a true and lively faith in Christ.

2. The sanctification of our souls by the effectual operation of the Holy Spirit.

III. WHY SUCH A PREPARATION BECOMES IMMEDIATELY NECESSARY.

1. Because the time of his coming, or (what is substantially the same thing to us) the time of our death is awfully uncertain.

2. Because delay may be fatal and irretrievable.

(D. Ruell, M. A.)

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KJV: Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;

WEB: "Let your waist be dressed and your lamps burning.