J.ti Part fi .,. ~nger endureih bu: fe_r a m_oment : ~~ hisf~tvonr u life : ~eeping may endurefor~ mght, but;oy c?meth~l$ the morni?Jg. J P[al.3o.5 .. . Storms m;ty anfe that may affnght us: but how quickly will they all be. over ? [Come my peep!e (faith the Lord, JfPT.. 26. 20.) ente~ Into thy cham~ers,andfhutthy doorJ 11.bout thee : hide thy fc!f IU Jt were for a ltttle moment, until! the indignfltion be over-· paft.] . ~ And as the momentany forrow of the Godly is forgotten in everlafl:ing Joy , fo the Joy of the wicked is but for a moment and is drowned in everlaHing forrows. }oh 20; 4, 5~ 6, 7, 8, 9: [ Knoweft thou net thii Qf old, jince man -w.u-placed uponearth, 7h~tt the triumphing of the wick.fd ufoort, and the toy r.f the hypo· crite i& but fer am~ment ? Though his excellency mount up to the heavens, and his head reach unto the cloudJ ; yet he fhxlt perifh for tverlik.fhuowndung: They whichh~tvefeenhim./hallfay, Where uhe ? He foall fiie alMJ M a dream, and /halt not /;e f&und : Tea he fb;dl be chafed away M PT. vifirm of the night : the ep alfo whichJaw him, /hall fee him no more; nsither ./halt hu place any more behold him.] (.cb 2 I. I 2, I 3. [They tak__e the Timbrell and Harp, and •njoyce at the found of the Organs : they [pend their diaieJ in wudti-J, #i?Jd in a moment go down te the grave.] . It woy\d grieve a confiderare believer to look on a worldly fenftaal gallant, in t_he rnidil: of hi.~ vain-glory, .or any unfandifi· ed man in his mirth and pleafure, and to think where that man will fflortly be, and how the cafe will be altered with him , ~u:Id where his fport and mirth will leave him.. As it would fadden our hearts to fee one of them fl:rnck dead in the place, or to fee the Devil fetch them aw:~y, and fpoil the game; fo ibould it grieve us; to fore-fee the fl:roakof aeath, and the condemnation of their fouls to everblfl:ing mifery. An& can that man much value the pleaftare of ungodly men, th~t cloth fore-fee tbu end ? Would you not laughat him thcit werea Prince but for a day, and mufl: be the fcorn of the w9rld to morrow? or that would choofe one dayof mirth and pleafwre, though he knew it would fill the refl: of his life. witb pain and mi fery ? If folly and fiupidity were any wo~der, it werea wonder that ungodly men can.be merry, when thetr €Onfciences .tel1 them that they are not fure to fray one hour outQf Hell . nor to hold en their mirth till the end of tbe game : But whil·e'they are f.1.ying, [ SOPJ!,tAke thy eafe, eat, drinftand be mer· ry: J they may fuddenly be told from God , [ Tboufool, ~his - . ·i·~~
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