Ante obitum nemo supremaque funera debet."
In farther illustration of this passage from Ecclus., let us consider the Death of the Righteous.
"Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his," exclaims the truth-compelled and reluctant prophet, Numb. xxiii. 10.
The royal Psalmist, after reflecting on the prosperity of the wicked in this world, adds:
"Then thought I to understand this,
But it was too hard for me,
Until I went into the sanctuary of God:
Then understood I the end of these men."—Ps. lxxiii.
And again:
"I have seen the wicked in great power,