{ Preached in L E NT. } The verfc it felfe (ifwe marlie it well) is, in figure and proportion, an exaCt Crojfe. ThlDhtifl(f. C lfe it confillerhoftwo barres or beamesfo firuate,as the one cloth quar- - For,~sa hro ThO<ereccwedflgoodthmgs, dnd Lazarru recet7/edevtll. Thefetwolye tert e~r n~:.~r . Bur meet both,at the middle word, Norv therefore: .and there,b.y a ckane 0 !xft Yc;olfeeach other: ·~·He that recezvede7/tii,Is comforted: and >:o:i, thou n,ewdAdnlfttzt zs'egood art tormented. And,to make it a perfeCt Crojfe,it hath a title or tmrt t recuu ' · · d jl A dli h C "' f [,. . feroverir:andthiSitis,Recor are It. n ure,nexttot e roueo ~ wpuon t~;d thememory thereof,this Crolfe ofAhrahams invention and exaltati- '! (R r 1 ' 1lro.t1Jers)mofi dfeCtuall. And I venly perfwademy felfe,ifweoften would Onisoa rr··. !db {i ·11 • fix it before our eyes, and well marke the mcnptwn, It wou ea pecta prepara- . oui Palfeover (meamng, by our Palfeover, ourend) whereby palfe we mufr, uonl tong Into another !l:ate eith-er ofmifery or blilfe :but,whether ofmifery,or blilfe, ycr o ' r 'f . d d. · iilhe much in the ute o thts wor Recor •re. . itl~irfithenwe will treat, 'ofthe ~rofle: After, • oftheTitle: . . . J; We have, in the Croffe,twoBarres: B~r, With.both, .we ~¥111not meddle. Fo.r, 11. h lhould we deale with Lazarru ? Th1s,place ts not for hun; nor he no roome m ~~J Auditory. Ther.efore,waving his parr, in this other(ofthe Rich mans )\~e have tivo q 11 .rters,reprefencmgunto us two efiates:' The upper parr,or he.d,Ruepu1~ bona, invid, his ellare,in this life. b The nether, orfoot: lam vero torqt~eris : his eftate, in the other· · oftheferwo;' That,tworhey are : • which they be: l and how they befaftened or tenanted che one eo the other, wich the I!lative, Now therefore, "T'' <juarter.outthis Croffi : Two parts it ftands o!; which two parts ar~ two c: Ofth!~rolT<; ,·~ fiates;' One pall,' The other,ptefenr: The one, mMemory :The other, mexpe. .. !Tience. Now,both memory and experience(Memory ofthings pafr,andExperienceof things prefent) are (both) hand-maids'toPro7/idence, and fervetQ provideforthings to come. And, ofall poirits of providence, for that which is the highefi point of all, thatour memory ofit, keepe us,from experience ofthis placc,this conclufion. . i .. Thefetwo are f~tdowne: 'The one ellate,in the.wor~s V ita tu~ : ' The ot~er, in The up",,;, the words lam vera, Bill n9rv. The former, pall :with htm, and yet prefcnt wtti:lus: ofh; T~c Prt– For,we yet receive. The latter:f.refcnr with him;but (with us) yet to come, or rather ~';~)!";~. ,~ (l trull) neverto come: lam vero torqreeru. . c~pifli. - - . I The firfi is the lifdinef!e, which we all now live: which though it be one and .. the fame, yet is there in ita fenfible difference, Panper & dives ohvia7/ertmt,. offome poore, and Comerich, every day meetingeach other. z Bu.r, Nemo dives, {emper dives : and againe, Nems ptU1per,{emperpdt•per; They that be n~h in it,lhall not everbe rich; nor they that are poore,poore a!way. It came toPaJfe(faith the Scripture)that the beggar died(ver{e zz.) Morttlru eft etiam& dives,anl the rzch man(for all his riches) died alfo. There ends the firfi ellate. 3 But, that end is no finall end. For, after Vita t11a there is a lam7/ero, fiill: a fc--' cfed ftat~ inreverfion, to take place when the firftis expir~d. Our hearts mirgive us 0 homefuche!bte: and(as the Heathen man faid/they,tha: put i~ off;with.flEisfeet?, b ocantel,whether fuch ellate be~lhall never be able to nd thett mmds af flf!,tdfi? du\what iffucha one be, howthen~ But, to put us (that be Chrifiians) out ofall r6u t,dofuSavzottr c HR I ST' by this fiory, openeth us a Cafement into the other. 1 e,an . ewethqs,whitherwegoe whenwegoehence. r Fu·fi, That, as in this life (di;ughbutone,yec) therearetwodive!fe elt;ttes~
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