:Z76 A Bridle to cur£ L11.jl~. State IV. lo3thfome, that ifmuO: be buried on_t of fight. Could a looking· glafs be ufed in the houfe app~inted for all living, it would be a terror to thed, who now look oftner into their glaffe~ than into t_heir Bibles._ ,And what though the body be gorgeoui1y arrayed? the finefl ,clothes are }Jut b,adges of our fin and fhame; and, i.n ·a little time, will be , chan~ged for a winding-fhee~, when the body "vill become . a fea·ll: to the worms. . · · ,. 3diy, . It may ' be a mighty check upon ·fenfuality and fleihly 1ufi:s~ I Pet. ii. I I. I befeechyou, as jlrangers ti71d pilgritm, abjla-in_ from jlejh!y lujh r..vhich war againjl th4 foul. ' It is hard to caufe w~t wood take fire; and when the fire doth take 1 hold ofit, it is foon extinguHhe'd. Sen- . f.lality m:tkes men, mo-(t .:unfit for divine communications, and is ar-1 e:lf~ctual 'means: to quench the Spirit. ' Intempe– rance in. ~ating and·'drinking, carries on the ruin of foul and ~6dy at once ; and haftens death, whi·le it makes the man .p:wh unmeet for it. Therefore, take. hud to your- · jelves: lefl at any !imeyour heartJ be overcharged withjur– fiiting and Jrunken.nefs, and fo that day come uponyou u r arJJ.aref~ Luke xxi. 34• But 0, how often is the.foul ftruck .through wi~h a dart, in -gratifying the fenfes ! At thefe doors defthlOion enters in. 'fher.efore Job made a cove– nant wit{hh eye~. chap, xx:;ci. 1. The mouth of ajlrangf ~oman ila deep pit; he that H abhorred of the Lord jhal! fall therein, Prov. x.x.ii. r 4 Let him that flandeth take ~heed left he jail. Beware of lafcivioufnefs; fl:udy modell:y in your apparel, ~-ords and a.B:ions. The,ravens of the valley ~fdeath will -at length-pick out the wanton eye; · 'T:.he obfcene filthy tongue will at length be .qniet in the land of filence; and grim death, .e,mbraci.ng the body in its cold arms, wilfeffeetuall y lay the'heat of a11 flefhly lufts. Lafl!y, In a wor_d , it may check our earthly ~inded~ nefs; and at once kriock down the lujl of the jiejh, the lufl of the eyes, and the pride of life. ·Ah! if we mutt die , _why are we thus ? \\:' h y i'o fond of temporal thirrgs; ·· f~ anxi– ous to get them, fo eager in theemoraces of them, fomighv ' .. tiLy touched ~i't:h the lofs of them? Let me, upon a vievr · ' 'of tl/e houje appointed for all living, befpeak the worlding in the words of Solomon, Prov. x:xiii. 5 !1/ilt thou (et..thin~ eyt•.s ·itpon that which iJ not? For richN certainly m;t}e_.them· . ' ft~u
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