Cap. 27., 4/2u Ex°pofirton7+pen the Book, ofJó. as;. , Verf, r . the jgdgment, is flailcarry kirw away. , And hed'eparteth. The word, is he gaetb ; tfre winde comes, and he goeth or . parteth; how doth he depart ? We commonly fay, A. man (in that cafe) plays loath to deport he departs, but not willingly, or he de arcs whether ha rwtlt or no. Thus he departs ; and t whence dóthhe depart ? .he departs out of his beloved flareand' warm feat, out of his riches, pleasures and honours, %which he bàth adored; and updta which he hash fo much doated ; He de- parts from all his pleafan thi©gs,even from the defireof hiseyes, and from the joy of his heart ; . he 'thought himfelf in a paradife, but ic was a fools paradife ; Me y;epares from,hisdelight, from his goodly Eden; from ill there he muff depart-, ancfrom his life top. There is nothing in thisworld but mayquickly depart f om usj 1 and if is clod] nor, we may quickly depart from all weave in this worid.And asfor the wicked man,an Safi-winde isprepared tocarryhim away, andhe departetb. OldSimeon [lid (Lul¿,e z. 29.) Lord, zcw leuefl these thyfervarst depart in peace ; tkte 4cath of Saints is adeparting, laid we ufually.fayof any man when he dieth he is departed ; They who dye, depart from their earthly All,what or tlowgreat foever iris; yet I take this departure in the text, with whicI1die wicked man is threatnad, for his de trturs from all the g o things ofthis life, rather then far his departure from life itf4L Suppofe his life is continued, yet his life (hall be a kindof death to him,and he (hall be as a dead man whilehe ljves. Hence ()Verve, Wicked men often depart from the comfort;'of this life they depart this life. They live to fee themfelves miferabte, and that is a miferable life, a;life more rniferable than death in the nature of it) though not in xhetconfequentst of it. How unhappyare they 'vhoour live all that which they account and call°their 'happine1 he next words clear thi¡furthet ,rind ets a florin bdrletbhim otlt ofhis place, Or,asothers render mo:e ftri5ly to the'.lctter,anetelegancy o Sb the before 185
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