Of Temperance. t 6g It is therefore apparently foolifh and unwor- SERM. thy of men to be very folicitous about fuch VI. fhort -lived enjoyments: rather, as the apoflle LM-1 argues, * fznce the end of all things is at hand, we ought to be fiber and temperate ; mode- rate in our defires to the pleafures of life, and cultivate our affeEtions, to enjoy as far as we now can, and make our title fure to that happinefs which thall endure for ever. Would any one that has the ferious expedlation of a future judgment, Peek with anxiety what to eat and drink, wherewith to be cloathed, or any other enjoyment in life which he knows will then be of no ufe to him ? Rather, ac- cording to our Lord's advice to his difciples, we fhould take heed, if at any time our hearts be overcharged with forfeiting and drunkennefs, and the cares of lift, and fo that day come on us unawares t ; the day he means, probably, is the deftrué ion of yeru- falem, but the argument holds as well uni- verfally with refpe t to the laft judgment, or the day of death, which fixes every man in an unchangeable ftate. Another part of the ar- gument is, that the expeaation of an infi- nitely greater felicity fhould abate our de- i Pet. iv. 7. 1- Luke xxi. 34. M 5 fires
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