That worldly things areunprofitable. 507 ding.How trulymay we then fay to them,after that wehaue our whole life relied on their helpe, as lob to hisfriends;Mi- Iob ths. ferable comfortersare you all,feeing whenwe moll needre- frefhing, they will not afford vuto vs any confolation : not vnfitly in this refpe& compared to the brookes ofArabia, Mr.Greenbata> which are moli drie when thepaffengers Band in moil need ofwater: for when we are tormented with the pangs of death, and are terrified with the threatnings ofthe law, and vexed with the inward accufationsofour owne confciences, and affrighted with the apprehenfion ofGods deferued wrath, and affaulted with the fubtile andRrong tentations ofour fpirituall enemies; and befidesour owne griefes, fee our friends weeping and lamenting aboutvs, as being loath to part,and yet vnable to flay vs; when thefe (I fay) and ma- nyothervnauoidable culls haue befet vs; whatwill it auaile vs, that we haue led our whole life in flourifhing rofperity, and abounded in all which our hearts could defiire : feeing now theycanminifler vntovs no helpe, in this our fall and greateftextremítie, but leaue and forfakevswhen we Rand in moll needofcomfort? What comfort (hall we then find, that we hauefate in thefeat ofhonor; andbeen advanced to the chiefe preferments, and haue for fmall or no defertsbin famous and glorious in the cares and eyes 'ofmen ? Seeing,as the Pfalmifl faith, thefemortal! gods muff die asa man, andPfa!m.82.e7. thefe Princesfhall fallltke others, and When theglerieoftheir hau zs oto.Fl increafed, they(hall take nothing array When they Pf>ta9tóa7 t9 e die, neither(hall theirpompe defcendafter :him, bat thefe bono- rableperfonaaesfhallbe like to thebes Iethatperilb:andthough theyhaue fhined in glorious brightneffe, whilefl the lampe oflife failed, yetiftheir light be not Dill nourifhedwith the remembranceoftheirvertues, graces,and good deferuings, it fhall then goout and vanifh away in finoake and flincke: what will it profitvs that we hanemultiplied our treafures as the landsniche fea,feeingthefe golden rayes fhalthë fer,and bring no comfort vnto vs in thenight ofdeath ? How true Luke Ital. . then fháll we findourSauiour Chrifl,faying,thac ourlifech.- fiflethnot in our richesand abundance?How ea&ly thenRtall we fubfcribeto the layingoftheWife man, The treafares of Prou.to.a, varigh.
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