tOe Paov9,lano fain Zook. 2 61 :as a.man ofReafon whoforefeth the Erád, and not as a heal}, that liveth but by fenfe.on prefent objeEts. Do- I needto tell thee Alan, that thou mìe/1 die ? Cannot carkaffes, and bones, and duff inftruct thee, to fee the EndofEarthly glory; and all the pleafures of the flefh ? Is ita Controverfiewhether thy flefh muff fhortly perifb? and wilt thouyer.provide for it before thy foul ? What a lad farewelmuft thou fhortly take, ofall that worldhngs fell their fouls for ! And O how quickly will this be l Alas man, the day is even at hand. A few days more, and thou art gone ! And dareft thou live unready, and art with Heaven for fuch a world as this ? XIII. And then think, f berly of the (u) life to come : what it is for a foul to appear' before the Living God, and be judged to Endlefs joy or Mifery.! If the Devil tempt thee to doubt of fuch a life, remember that Nature, and Scripture, and the worlds Content, and lots- own temptations are witneffes againft him. Oman cant$ thou pats one day, in company, or alone, in bulinefs or in idlenefs, without force fober thoughts of Everlaftiri-- ve/ ? Nothing more fheweth that the hearts of men are afleep or dead, than that the thoughts of Endlefs joy or pain,.fo near at hand, conftrain them not to be holy, and overcome not all the temptationsof the f fh, as toyes and inconfiderable things. XIV. Markwell what mindmolt men are of, when they come to(x) die ! Unlefs it be fouie defperare for- (u) Lasse 12.4. Eccl. r2.7, 2 Pet.3. 11. 2 Cor .4. 18. Phi13.18 20. (x) Natmb 2 .1 I, 3 o.1I?qt. . rov.1.28,29, 8e>"
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