"He comforted those that wept about him, exhorting them to trust in
God, and pray to him for mercy and forgiveness of their sins;
telling them what a glorious exchange it would be, to leave the
troubles and cares of a wretched mortality to live with Christ for
ever, with peace and joy inexpressible; expounding to them the
comfortable scriptures by which they were to hope and assuredly come
unto a blessed resurrection in the last day. He desired some to pray
with him, and he joined with them in prayer; and his last words,
after he had struggled with a languishing disease, were these: 'Weep
not for me, but for yourselves. I go to the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who will, through the mediation of his blessed Son, receive
me, though a sinner; where I hope we ere long shall meet to sing the
new song, and remain everlastingly happy, world without end.'"