to Meaty Reetfons for dealing Life. with it calamities enough of its own to weary it : What daily pains mull. it be at for the fufientation of it felf in its prefent mate; and yet what grief and forrow muff it undergo ? Every member bath either its difeafe, or a difpofition thereto: What abundance of paffages can pain and ficknefs find to enter at ; and how many rooms that are ready to receive them! As every member bath its ufe, fo every one is capable of for- row ; and the forrow of one is at leaft as much communicated to the whole, as the ufefulnefs is : The pain of the limp:eft member, even of a tooth can make the whole body aweary of it feif. What is the daily conditionof our flefh,but weak- nefs and fuffering with care and labour to prevent much worfe, whichyet we know cannot long be avoided : The for- row of many a mans life bath made him with he hadnever been born : andwhy then thould he not with as much to die, which doth ten thousand fold more for him if he be a Chri- fiian, then to beunbornwould have done. Not a Relation fo comfortable but bath its difcomforts : Not a friend fo fuit- able,but hathfome clifcordancy: Nor any fo amiable and fweet, but hath fomewhat loathforne, troubleforne and bitter. Not a place fo pleafant and commodious, but hath its unfitnefs and difcommodities : Not a fociety fo good and regular,but hath its corruptions and irregularities. And thould we be fo loth to leave ( whether naturally or violently ) fuch a life as this ? When the fruit is ripe,fhould it not be gathered ? When the corn is ripe, would you have it grow there & not be cut? 'When the fpirit hath hatched us for heaven, fhould we be fo loth to leave the thenl or neft ? Whenwe are begotten again to the hopes of immortality, thould we be fo defirous to Pcay in the womb ? 0 Sirs, it is another kind of life that we that( have with God? They are purer comforts, that flay for us above Bt if youwill not have the grapes to be gathered and prell, bow can you expel to have the wine ? Me thinks our flefh fhouldhave enough ere this time officknefs,and pain, &want, and croffes, and thould be content to lie down in hope of the ti4ywhen thefe shall be no more. -Little would an unbeliever thinkwhat1a Body Godwill make oCthi5,, .114t now is .corruptible flefh and blood! , It (hall then
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