Deaths Arrelt. LUK.E l'l. ')(). Thv ~ight thy Soul fha!l be required of thee. AN S Body (we fay) is clofoo up within the Elements, his Blood in his Body, his ~pirits.in his Blo<>d, his Soul in his Spirits, and G 0 D or Sat~~~ in his Soul. Who hglds the p<>lfdfion,we may gueffe m ltfe; bot then is it mofl: apparent when we come to death : The tree 111ay bend ,J::afl:, or Weft, or North, or South; but"' it falleth, fo it litth: Our affections may look up or dQwn , towards heaven or hell; but as we dye we receive our doom, ami then whofe we are fhali be fully made rnanifeft to all ~he world. There is a Parallle qf poor L""-"f"', whofe life was nothing Lu~. 16. bu~a catalogue of miferies , his body full of fores, his minde full of forrows; what fpec!lade could we think mor.c pitiful, whofe beft dai~ties were but broken.cru~bs,and his warmeft lodsing but the rtch mans gates? Here ts a parable of a certam nch man, ~;~ e1nr~~il~?~~: 1~~~ p~~~~~~~(~~/h~i~~~u::~~~t;0~e,h~~~!:~~~hev;~~~~·? r~~~tf~ ~;:!;;,6;9; t:ollect~d in the Verfefucce~ding, Soul, thosJhtlj~ much goods/aid •P fsrmAny years; t!QUI live lit ell[e, ~l"t, drink_, fll!d tak,g thy plljfime. Thefe twq efl:ates thus different,how {hould they be but ofdiver~ ten\)res? No man t·anferve Godand Mammon: See Laz..arus lrf•llh· 6. ·~ dying,and the .Apgetu..rry him i11ro Abrahamsbofome. See this rich man dying, and they (that is, devils) require his foul. God receives one , and his foul is in Heaven ; Satan takes the other, and drags down his foul ~Q Hdl; He is comf orted that received pains, ancj thou art to•menred that wafl: full of cafe: this is the doom, and that he may undergo this, De~th now gives the fummons, This night thy fo~tl jlu;/1 be ,.,_ 1'1ired of thee. . . . . . . The Text we may chqften De~<th; Arrejl, tt IS we that offend h1s M:l.Jefty of Heaven, a.nd his Pre<;epts ?re given unto Death, to attach our fouls. Sec here a prcfident, a rice tn.an taken on a fu<\deq, who mull: infl:antly appear before the Judge of Heaven : When? '{his night.] What? Thy foul.] Why? .(t is reptircd.] Of whom? . Of l/iec.] Or if this will not find th.e offender, fee y~ta more narrow fearch, every w~rd is like fome~ark clofet, therefore we will open·the windows that you may have full light. This Text 15 Deathf Arrcjl, which as it muft be e:K:ccuted, fo it admits of no other time but 'f,his.] This, what' this day, whilell: the Sunne gives lightto the world, and the light · !iltvcs plcafure to the eye? this·were fome comfort: no, but then fudd'enly whilelf iill Heep fecurely,not This dllJ, but This night.] And what',this night? I's it to attach the body of fome great pcrfonage,whofe looks might affrighten Officers had they come by day? No, let his body rot in dufl: , whilefl: the foul muft anfwcr hjs defaults; it is not thy body , "tis thyfoul.] And what of his foul l Is this a fubjcC!liablc to arrefis? rather can they beg it at his hands, or will he yield it at their fair intreaties? no, it iS nctth.er begg"d n~r intreated; but by vertue of Gods Writ, it is required.] And how r~qv1red? . of)hts fureties bound for his appearing? he hath many friends, an~ all , ~~~b.er have, ?r woulq have entred bonds: no, he mull: go without bail or main-prize, •tts not reqmre<J of h1s furet!es, but himfdf ; 11ot of others, but of tlm] is tloy jout rhis m.ght reqmrrd. Yon'
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