no more, no;m,re bur a jlep, one jhp and no more: 0 beloved ! were ~ot this lat~cnt&· ble that foroc one of us that now are ftanding .or fitting, fhould thu m:;ht flcep hts tar~, J 1110 rrow have his body brought to be buncd : yea,and before to 11101 row morn– ~: ~~ve his foul (which the Lordforbid) cafl: from his bed of feathers. to a bed of fire? a!d yet alas! alas! if >ny of us thtSiught dte mhtsfin, or ma ftatc um egencrate, thus will it be with him whofoever he be; to morrow may his body lye cold under earth, and his foul lodge in hell with this mifcrablc rich man. But let me fpeak to you, ofwhom I hope bewr things; it is good courifel for you all 'to expeCl: death every day, an!l by this means, death fore-fccn cannot poffibly be fudden·: no, it is he only dies fuddenly, that dtcs unp~eparcdly ; Watch therefore, fatth l'rfattb. 6 .t 9 ,, 0 .our ·saviour, be ever in a rcadmeffe: finally, that thts nch man may be your warnmg, you that tender your fouls, learn that leffon of our SaviOur, Lay not up (oryourfclves, treafurC.s 1~pon ear-1h, rvhere mo:h and ruft 1vth c:orntpt, andwh~rc thtcvcs brea~thorowand ftc 4 t: bur fay up forpmr ftlveJ trcafltres m Htaven, where ncuhe-r moth nor ruft do:h corrupt, and where thu vesdo not break thorow, nor flea!, Matth. 6. 19, 20. You wtll fay, What ueafures arc thofe? I anfwcr: Thefe trcafures arc thofe ftocks of grace that wtll (aft for ever, it is thatcirt~tm(pe[f walking, Ephcf. ) . 1). thatfervem:y •f fpmr,Rom. 12. .1 r. that.tud ofg ood workj, Tit. 2. 14- that pu;·ity,which John makes a property ofevery true-hearted profelfour, 1 John 3· 3· In a word, tt ts the work, the ltfe, the power of that prayer, that the rcjl of our i>fe hereafter may be pure.and holy; thefe are heaven– ly hoards indeed. 0 that we would treafurc up fuch provtfion agamft the day of cabEpluf. S· 11 Rnm. 12. 11 Tru.r :2. 14 I ] olm 3·; • inity! If while it is called to Jay, we would make our J>Cac~ w!th his heaven~y High– ndfe,by an humble contmued cxercife of repentance.; tf m thts time of grace we would purchafe Gods favour, and thofe rarefts jewels offatth and a good confctcnce; tf now oefore we appear.at the dreadful Tribunal, we.w.ould Jmake God and his Angels our friends in the Court of Heaven; 0 then how blelfed would 'our death be to us? came it never fo fuddenly, !l:ill fhould death finde us ready, and if ready, no matter how fuddenly, yea though it were this] this night. , I have broke ope the Writ, and you fee when it muft be ferved, this] night; but in this 0_tando, there is both fuddenne.lfe, and fadne./[e; 'it is not this day, but this nightJ Let this] end this dayes difcourfe, and the next day we will lay open the nights dark fadneffe; it is a difmal tilne, and God give us grace fo to provide, that we 111ay be ready with oyle in our hmps, and enter with our Saviour. into his bleffed Kingdomc. Night] 1' 1 E finncs aUd~y, and dyes at 'ight, and why at night? This you ktlow is frequent, f! and there IS rcafon, moff are begot, and bor,z, a11d thcrcf•re die at niobt: •but we· rnult further then the lifts of nature; this night was more than ordinary,"'as b~ing !he fitteft time to aggravate his grief: weigh but the circumftances. .: Firft, it was a night ofdarkne.lfe, and this may encreafc the horrour of h'is judge– ment: think but what a fear fcized on the Egyptians) when no power of the fire mll/f gwe them Ltght, nor •mgbt th~ c/ea;·flames ofthe jla>res lighten· the horriblnJighc•than.fe[l Wi[J. 11 ' 9 upon them. The Husband-men, the Shephc;rds, .the workmen, all were bound with one chame of darkncffe, No manJaw another, neither rofc ~tpfrMI the place ilfhere heW& Exoi. , 0 , 2 ~ for three daye.r, Exod. 10. 23. Was not this fearful darkt£t.lfe? you may gudfe.irpy the effects, they were troubled, and terrified, and f'wooncd,. as though their pwn fouls fhouldbetra'{ them. Whether inverean hiffin,t winde, or aftyect noife ofbirds, among Wifd. 7.18,•9 thefpreadmg branches, or apleafingfall of wattrJrilflning violi!nf"f• or" rerrtble[o11nd ~~ ftones, or rherttnnmg of skjppmg beajls, o1 the noJ~ ~~ cnee/ ltlfllpi, .orrhc ccclilf'tliaf an[- "!treth agmn I-ll the hoitorv 1/JOltlltains, thefef earf;tl.thmgs IJ!ade t/Um tq_fW001!. for fc~!hnl tf thus the Egyptians, how was it with this Ulorl~ling? a lbwi(_WtJfefcized onhif/1 t-hat ·, · , • engendred athoufand ttmes more intollerable torments: T-his·.,was the imagao['(hdt d 11 rk...nejJe whu:h jhoJtldafurwardreceive him,an.dy.cr(w.as heufl/iOhinifclfmOre ~zbvoMS r-lii!N Wifd. •f.,. 2 a'"l the dark,_neffi. It was not an outward, but an uttcr·dar~cffi,notonfy m be n'ot fciciJ., but. to be felt and feared. It:1agine then what.vlifio~SJ what fdt!nQs, ar.d -fights, 1 W~at fud"' 'f ·\ 0 or:. ?en fires appeared unto htm? Unhappy Wruldhng, look rolln<J, auout thee; ~llhotlg!i lt bedark, here IS fomcthtng tO be feen; anQli.O~iSr~hc n!rgty ~Odgc, bcne.:U;t\ is.the burnmg lake, befvre ts gloomy darknelfer b:ehind~s infa!Gbk!<dbtlly on thy t;gnt and , l ,.,, Ddd z kfi ,. \
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