• w;r,,u, _ , d Sermonpreached, &c. Him, that you receiue not thischargein vainc; that y~-~ mine; recciuedof Him,rodeliuerto you. Lookenorrome Ibefeechyou· 1· 0 ' " 1 not r · . · WlOm wha;.oeveryou regard (countenance orlearmng, ye~res or aurhonry) Idoe m fr Wtlhngly acknowledge my felfe farre unmeet to dehuer any ; more meet a o 0 deale, to receive one my felfe, fave that I have obtainedJellowfhip inthio bufineJJ~re-_Jt difpenlingtheMyflerie!; and deliveringtheChargu ofthe L o 1t n. Laoken'~ 10 me; lookeon your owne foules,andhavc pirie on them : Lookeupon Hcaveno 0~ the Lord of Heaven and earth, from whom it commeth, and of whom it will b· an . day called for agairte. Surely thereis aHeavm; Surely there is aliett: Surely ;he~e will. be a sJay when enquiry fl1all be mad.e, how we have difchargedrhatwe hav~ recetved. ofth~or9; an_d how ):'OU have dtfcharged ~hat, you havereceived ofus in the Lo1os T{jjme. Agam£1: whtch day, your confctences !l:and charged with man things, at many times heard. f' (ee/ie not de&th in the errDIIr ofJour/ife, deceive nit your [elves; thinke not,that when my words fl1all be at an end, both they fhall vanilh in the aire, a~d you never h~arc of them againe. Sure!y you fl1all; the day is com– ming, when tt !hall be requtred agame at your hands. A fearcfull day fatall thofe that for alittleriches,thinkc bafely ofothers; upon all thofe that tepo(ein thefevain; riches (as they fl1~ll fee then) avain~ confidence ; upon ~11 thofe, thatenjoy onely with the belly and the baclct, and doe etther nogood, or mtfcrable.ffaringgoodwiththcir riches : whofe ri~hes flJJll be with them to their deffrllaio~:. Beloved, when your life !hall have an end (as an end it ~all have) when the terrour of death lhallbeeupon you ; when your foule !hall be ctted to appeare before e; on, i11novijlimo; !know and am perfeCtly affured, all rheferhings will come to minde againe, you will per– ceive and feele thar, \Vhich pollibly now you doe not. TheDevils chargecommerh then, who will preffe rhefe points in another manner; than we can : then it will bee too late. Prevent his charge, I befeech you, by regarding and remembring this, now. Now is the time, while you may and have time wherein, and abilitie where– with; rhinke upon it, and provide for etmMlllife: you !hall never in your life !bnd in fogrearneed ofyour riches, as in that day; provide forrhat day; and provide for etcr~:a!t!ife. Irwillnot come yet, it is true; it will belong in comming : but when it comes, it will never have an end. This end isfo good, that I will end with etmlaUlife, which (you fee) is Saint P11nls end. Iris his, and the fame fl1all be my end, and I befeech Go nit may beaU our ends. 7'~ Go o immortal!, invifihle, and one!y wife; Go o, who hath prepared thistternAO life for us; who hath taught us this day, how to come unto it ; whofe grace bee ever with us, and leave us · !lot, till it have thereto brought us ; the Father, the Sdnne, and the Holy Gho.fl, ace all glory, po;\ler,praife,and thankefgiving, now and for ever, o..A MEN. (*.*) ~eeee~ooe~ A SER~ ¥tt~ittt¥tttt~tttt~ttttttttit
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