242 Of the proper Improvement S E R M.reLion ; for ,fly and blood, or the prefent X. animal' conftitution of our nature, cannot in- """v"""jherit the kingdom of God, neither can cor- ruption inherit incorruption; but for the ref' of mankind we are exprefsly told it is ap- pointed for them all once to die Secondly, death is the end of all men in this fenfe, that it finally and for ever termi- nates their Bate in this world, tranflating them into a quite different, and entirely new frage of being: It puts an end to their la- bours and enjoyments, to their various rela- tions in life, and in the very day of death their thoughts perijh, their defires, their hopes, their fears, their forrows, their love and hatred, as Solomon fays elfewhere in this book, their proje &s for good or evil to themfelves or others ; thefe (hall all ceafe, and, which is of all the molt important con - fideration, their frate of difcipline (hall ceafe, and where death leaves them, judgment shall find them. The life of man is a cu- rious and wonderful piece of the divine workmanfhip, it contains a beautiful variety of powers and affections, of bufinefs and enjoyment ; there are united in it two beings of effentially different kinds, a particular fyftem of matter, confifling of a numberlefs multitude
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