176 Chap. 38. an Expofitaon upon the Booklf J o a. Verf. 2 t. light about naturals, and how little is it then that we have cro an about fpirituals 1 But if we mif-fpend that inch of time that we have in this world , we may go out of ir, knowing as little to purpofe as we did at all(which was nothing at all) before we came into it. Thirdly, Note ; They whohave been longefl in the world, have been but a little while in it, andiv blyhave l ved much leis. Knowefl thlu it , becaufe thou wag then'born t Waft thou then born i? Surely no, nor till many ages after. They who number mofldays, number but a fewdays ; it was but the other day line we had not fo much as a day in this world. waft thou then k rn z Fourthly, Note 4: it is but a little while line any man was born into the world fo there is no man born, that hash long to 671 in this world. AS the number of our days pall is not great, fo neither can the number of our days to come be great. Herewe have a Ter, yea a Map of our Mortality , and a memorial of our fhort flay or quick paffage through this world. Noman bath had ma- ny days fince he came into this world ; they that have had mofl, have had but few toeternity. As for the moil of men, they go cut of the world with a very few days upon their backs; and u none have many days, fonone know how many days they (hall have. Our lite hath theft two things in ir, which fhould conti- nually humble us, and keep us not onely awake , but watchful : Firff , Our days in this life arefew, our life isfhort in this world. Secondly , Our daysàreunfixed, at tow our life is uncertain. They that reckon upon many days in this life, ufually fall fhort of their reckoning.'Tis or (hould bematter of humiliation tous,that we are fhort-lïv'd , fhort breath'd creatures ; we who were born into the world but theother day, (hall in a few days (no man knows how few) pats out of the world again. Laflly , The Lord, by this queflion , would teach 7o6, that it is he who takerh care of us, and orders both our coming in, and our going out of this world. It_is God, by whom the days are cum-
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