at the S P I ~ T L E, laid on ir, fome would thrull: their lhoulders our ofjoynr, bur they would reach ir. It was a greattruthout of a grear lyar's mouth, Skinneandall. And I meane not lob •· f· eurnaU, ·but this life ; and theref<?re fo!De readings h.a-~e, to lay holdoftrue life ; as is in this, were littletrurh.Indeed Samt Augujltne fatth,tt IS nothmg bur a difeafe: Wee fay Qfdangerous fickneffes, he hath theplagtte,'ne is in a~onfumptio~, fure he will die; and yet itfailes ;dtvers dte not: whereas, (!atth he) ofhfe1t felfe, It may be faid,and never failes : He lives, therefore he will certainly die. , . . . Well yet, this li(e, .fuchas it is, yet we lqve ir,and loth we are to end it: and, if it be in hazard by the La•v, what running, riding, pofting, fuiog, bribing, and it all wi)l nor fe~.ve, breaking prifon is there for it ! Or, i.fir be in danger ofdifeafe, what adoe is there kepr, what ill-favoured druggcs taken ! what fcarily ing, cutting, fea– ring ! and when all comes toall, it is but a few yeares more added ; and when they aredone, we afC where we lhould have been~ before ; and thep, that which is now lifdhall be then no life; And then, \vhat is it the neerer ~ What if LAdamhad li, ved till this morning,what were he now the neerer ~ Yer, for all rhar,as lhort and fraile as it is, wedoe, wh~t pofiibly man can doe, ro ~ekeirfiill; andt/llnkeour felves jolly wife men whw we havedone,though_wedicnextyeare after for all thar.' Ifthen with fo great labour, diligence, earnefinefle, endevour, ~are and colt, webtl– fie ourfclvesfometimesto live for a while, how ought we to defire ro ltvefor ever f if for a timeto pur death away, howtotakedeathawaycleane t Youdefirelifel "m fure, and long life; :md thereforea long life, ~ecaufeit is long, that is, commeth fomewhat neerer in fomedegreeto eterna!Liife : Ifyou defire a long la.fling life, wby , ' doe you not defire aneverlarting life? Ifa life ofmany yeares,whichyetin themdJbaU Plhl.•o,,,a;: fai!e; why not thatlife, whofe yearesjha/1neverfaile? If we fay, it is lacke of.wit or grace when any man runnes in danger ofthelaw ofman, whereby haply he abridges himlelfe of halfea dozen ycares ofhis life ; what wit or grace is there, wilfully to incurrethe loffe ofeternalllife ? For indeed, as in the beginning wef~t downe, it is amatter touching the loffeofetenMil life,wehave in hand; and withallrouching the paine pf eternal! death. Iris not a loffconely, fotwe cannot!ofe life, :ind becqm'e as ;drone; free from either: if weleele our hold ofrhislife, eternaUdwh.~~keth hold upon us : Ifwe heapenot up the trea{ureof immortality, we heape up rhetreafure of wrathagain.fl the day ofwrath. If your wealth be not with us to life,pecrmia Rom.s: r: vefira voGifmm eJI inperditionem. We have not farre to feeke forthis. For, if now Acts s. oo: wet~rne our deafe eare to this Charge, you fJJallfaUinto temptations: feare ye~not verrc J. that~ Into m~nyfoolijh And noyfome lu.fls; nor feareyee that neither~ yet fearc whither thefele:id .,which dmvne men inperdition andde.flruCiion ofbsdy and{oule. Feare yee not thefe ~cloth t):Je Lord thundenhus, a101dare ye not moved~ !2.!<,ibf41 verbis te c~tra- /;o? !know ttot how to doe you good. Bur, let eternalllife prevaile. Sure, iflife come nor, deatk comes. There is as much faid, now, (not as I have to fay, bur) as the time wo'uld fuffer: Onely let me in a few words del'iverthe charge concerning this, and fo I wlll breakeup the Court for this.rim·c, And now (Right Honourable, beloved, &c.) albeit that according to the power that the L o R o hath given us, I might tefiifie and charge you in the pr'lfenceof G o o the FAT H • R, who quickeneth all things; and of the L o R o I • s us,n:ho jhall fl,1ew Himfelfe ftom Heaven with Hi; n;ightie <-Angels in({amingftr~, rmderr?g .vmgeance to them, not onely that know. n~t G o D, _but to them •lfo tba~ ob!y not tht GoJJeU•four L o R. o I • • u s C , H R 1' i T , that ye,e thinke upon r~efe tlungs whtch you have heard to doe them: ycthtlmanumdico, foryourmfirmlty, I will fpeakea{ter the manner ofmen,the natur~ ofamao belt loveth to be dealt with– all, and even befeech youby the mercies of G o o, even of Go o the F A T H s B. riho bath loved yo11, Mtd given y1u an everlttfling confolatiDn am! ago~dhEft through grace, andby th'ecomr»ing ofoHr Lo R o I E s us C H R' , s T AndMrajjtmbly tl~to Htm,
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