5o6 fluworldly thingsare 'unprofitable. Eccictafticus. ches ,nor to ay that irehaueenoughforour life:for they!hallnot f.r. helpein the timeofvengeanceand indignation.Finally, howfo- euer thefe worldly vanities doe inthe time of peace and fe- curity,likethe ice bear-: vsvp, yet when the hot funne of Gods wrath arifcth they (hall melt away, and kaue vs to frnckein our greatefl extremities: yea thefe earthly things (hall in the dayofGods vifitation, beas fuel! tohis wrath, andmake it borne more hot againit thofe whohaue abufed them voto finne. The greater honours that men haue, the greater (hall be their ignominie and confufionofface at this day, ifthey hauenot vied them for the aduancing ofGods glory, and for thecountenancing and maintaining ofvertue and religion, as alto for the difcoantenancing and fuppref- fingofhnne and wickedneffe.Tbe greater wealththey haue, the greaterfhall be their plagues, ifwhenGodcommeth to vifit, it (hall be found that they hauenot by thefe rich talents honoured their Lord and mailer, and comforted and relic. tied their fellow feruants, but haue confumed themon their owne lulls in riot and excelle. The more they baue aboun- ded involuptuous pleafures, the more (hall they abound in paines; ifin their mirth they haue kept no meane, and haue not onely recreatedand refrefhed themfelues, but euen fur- fetted in thefe carnal! delights, feeding( like the richglut- Amos.6.44.6. ton)delicioufly,andgoing richly apparelled eueryday; and as the Prophet 1peaketh,drinking wine in bowies, delight- ing themfelues with their fwcete muficke, and llretching themfelues on their iuorybeds, but in themeane time ne- uer retnembring the aéfi&ionsof lofeph,nor relieuingpoore Lazarus with the crums ofhis table. 4.S''a.IO. But let it bee fuppofed that thefe earthly vanities could That worldly preferuevs in fafetyour whole life; fay they were armour of tbingsproftt proofetobeambacke the gunfhot of all euils whileftwee not ;be nowt remainein this world! warfare; et what will the rofit ofdeath. ly y y vs whenthehoure Of-death approcheth? How vaineand in- fufficient (hall we then find them, to (hield vs from thislaft mortal'. ftroke,yea to purchafea reprieue euen vntill thenext morning? For as they were no helpes toour birthand be- ing, fo they (hallbee no impediments to our death anden. ding.
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