SOe Poo?Mano famitp 13oo14. 9 that he had hiscups and feafts and whores and honours, for fo long a time ; and that. he (r) bath hadhis good things here ; and that this world hath donefor him all that it can do, and now he muff part with it for ever. Go try, whether death be more comfortable to Dives, wh,o is cloathed in purple and filk,and fareth fumptuou- fly or delicioufly every day,than to a Lazarus that wait_ eth in patient poverty for a better life ? And as for all your poffeffions and wealth, what will they do for you, more than to be the fuel of theft tranfitory delights ? that your flefhly lufts may not lack provifion? Will you carry any of it with you? Will it make your death morefafe or eafe ? or do you not know that unfanctified wealth and pleafures do all leavenothing but their fting behind, and prepare for e- verlafting woe ? S. 1 1, iow all this ; Andyet this world bath a mar- wellous power to blind mens minds, and take up their . heartf, and turn their thoughtsfrom betterthings. P. It's true with thofe that are blind already, and never had fpiritual wifdom or holy inclination , to mindCod or any thing truly good. But ifmen were well in their v(rits, could the beaftly pleafures of the flefh fora moment, be preferred before holy ever- lafting pleafures 3 Could they be quieted in all their" mifery, with the pride and pelf of a few dayes, and which they know they mutt fhortly leave for ever? Coulda life that is pofting fo fpeedily to its end, make men forget an endlefs life? But tell me, Neighbour ; Did you not know all this while that you mull. die ? youmull certainlydie ? you (r.) Luk;i6.Z5,
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