As all are born in sin, and by nature children of wrath, all are subject to bondage through the fear of death; this I found by experience at an early age: and as I increased in years, and multiplied my transgressions, the greater fear and dread I had of this king of terrors. As this O bondage is natural to us, so it is natural for us to have recourse to something that we consider to be virtuous, godly, or religious, in order to obtain peace and quietness of mind: and whatever mode of worship, or outward form of religion we have been brought up to, or that may be proposed to us by those whom we suppose to be godly people, to this we…