Serm, t 2. to difcern their Spiritual condition wearinefs, or till thou hada got acertainty of thy gate ? and fhould- e(t thou not do this, rather, than any Temporal concernment ? fhould- eft not thou make fure of .Grace, rather than of riches ; of Heaven, ra- ther h an the earth ; of an interca in God, rather than of earthly poi- f.dìons ? 2. Is it nor a fhame that wicked Men thouId daily ufe more care to make lure of fading vanities, than thou doff to make lure of better operore izif,il and more lading riches ? whir, is not the foul better than the body ? gloat. or are things Temporal better worth than things Eternal ?how do they cark and care,whac muli we eat,and what mutt we drink; and how (hall we be fure offomething to keep us when we are old ? doff thou dochus. for thy foul,how (hall I get my fins pardoned,my nature fanaified, and my foul faved ? how (hall I be fure of an eternal heavenly houle above, when this mouldring cottage of my body is tumbled down ? cloth . it not fhame thee to fee the diligence of worldly: men, that if they buy houfe, or land, they look narrowly to the writing, and ask advice and counfel, whether the Title will be good , that he may be fure , and not defrauded ? The old Uferer will not let forth his monies, but he will have good lufl-icient fecuricy, both for principal and inrerea , be, caufe he faith and knows it is good to be fure ; nay, yet farther, Both it not fhame thee that many men fhould take more pains for Hell, . than thou doll for Heaven, and to be lure of damnation , than thou doll to be certain of thy falvation ? how do they daily drudge in the wayes of wickednels,committing fin with greedinefs,with both hands,.. heartily, with their whole foul, as though they ( hould not come to Hell lure enough, or loon enough ; while thou art dull, flsr, lifilefs in thy duties to God, and not praying heartily as for thy foul a_ Do not wicked men take more pains in breaking the Sabbath , than thou dolt in keeping of it ; and do not they fcorn duties more than thou doff prize and pradtife them : But further, 3. Doll thou not too much forget chine own Mortality ; dolt thou indeed confider that thou arc balling into an Eternal (fate , and mull within thefe few years, months, yea weeks , enter into an tmchange- able condition ? doff thou indeed believe He.ven or Hell is be- fore thee ? that eternal death , or eternal life , are at the end of this fading fhort , momentany life ? or doff thou judge it to he ditferenr, whether it be the place of thy everlailing abode ? what is the matter ? Good Lord 1. what floch, flupidity , negligence, hath poffeffed our hearts ! fu:ely if thou didit believe chat thou mighte(t'be in thy Grave to morrow), wculdeft thou not make lure of He 'en ro, day .
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