480 Chap. 6. An Exp onion upon the Book of J O B. Verf. z I. rather to be the mind of the holy Ghoft in this place) obfery e, That there is no evil in the death of a godly man, which (hould 'make Nina unwilling to dye, or which fhouldmake him linger af- ter this life. What is the end of a Godly man, that he fhould pro- longhis life ? All the bitternefs of death is removed, or fweet- ned by Chrift. Dcath the King of terrours, is made a fervant, to let us in to our comforts; by the power ofChrijf, that prince of life, who bath abolifhed death and brought life and immortality to light by the Golpel. A beleiver buries all his fears of death in thegrave of Cbrili. He looks upon death as the funeral ofhis forrows, and the rcfurrec`cion of his joyes When the PGlmift had defcribed the troublesand ftorrny conflicts ofa godly man, toge- ther, with'the flour,fhing out ward pomp of the wicked, he con- cludes with this advice, ¿Ylarktherighteous man.(obferve him well take fpecial notice of him) the latter end of that man is peace ; if his end be peace,therc is nothing in his end, which can make him ['acorn to por afraid ofit, or put it off. All defire; peace, they efpecially, who ci?ntrt ®mnet. are wearied with war. The life of the holiell Man is a warfare, and his end is peace.The-n what is his end, that he fhould prolong his life. When a worldly man looks upon his end, he faith, O what is my end, that I fhould defire to dye ?Hisend is fuch, as makes him jullly afraid to dye.T'here is nothing in the end ofa wicked man, but matter to feed the fearofdeath, and the defire of prolonging life, , as long as he tan. This is the reafon, w..y, when God calls him todye, he is deafat the call ; yea, that tall is death to him, before he dyes. Lot had a mind to prolong his time in Sodome, it was a goodly City, and he was not well affür'd, whether to go, or how he fhould be lodged next night. This caufed him to linger fo long till the Angels came and thrufi him out : Natural men have all their portion and eftates in the Sodom,ofthis world: And if they hear a meffageof départing or going out they ; ing r and make excufes, they run behind the door, or hang about the polls, till God tkrufts themout of the world, and puls from them their pleaftres,by head and fhoulders as we fay.They would never leave the world if they might enjóy it,becaufe they havenothing to en- joy beyond it. A worldling groans, becaufe he mull be uncloathed of his honfe ofearth-, and the Saintsgroan earneffly, that they may be cloaiÇd upon with theirhoufe from heaven; who would not be willing, to
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