.r Ofthefhortnesandfrailtieofmans life. 653 r no further conifort inthemwhenthe dayofdeath approcheth; for as lobfaith,What hopehath the hypocrite, whenhe hath-heaped 1ob.z7.Y. mp riches,ifGod takeaway hisfoule?Finally,ifferuitïgGodwee wantthefeearthly richesand abundance, let vsnot beedifeon- tented inour felues, nor couic wicked menwho flourifhwith them,feeing the time is but fl-hort, bothofour want, and their plentie ; for death ishard at hand, and feazingon vs both, hee willl}ripthemofall their flore, andfurther vs to the poffeflîon ofour eternal! treafitres.'Benot thenafraid (faiththe Pfalmill ) Pfal.49.16.17 whenone is made rieh,and?bhen theglory ofhis houfe is increafed; forhefhall takenothing away*hen bedieth,.neitherfhall hispompe defcendaferhim. The like incouragement another giueth to the godlyman oppreflèd with pouerty. Doeft thou fee them (faithhe) ftrouting in thefreets, and drawing after than -their long and rich traines,wherebythey raitevp acloud ofduff- inBernard.ad the aire ? let not thefe things moue thee; forall thefe they fhal Sophism viz- layafide at thehoure ofdeath; whenas thy vertues and 0j5gmtm. fball,flillaccompanie thee:. they are not their ovine'clothes which they. weare :for when death commeth they muff put themoff,andlcane them behind them; neither (hall theirglo- ry defcend with them. To the famepurpofeanother exhorteth Let vs not(faithhe) aHiióì our (clues whenwee behold the vn. expe6ted profperity ofworldlymen;Peeing when we fee rich. men paintedon a table in all their brauerie, and. poore menill' their ragges; we neither admire theone ashappie,nor pitieChryfoflelh3 the other as being mil-et-able and yet thefe dead teluresarer.Cor.rç.ho g Y P il oftentimes oflonger continuance then liningmen reprefented by them. For apinted-tablemaylaul aboueanhundredyecres, when asrich men whopleafe themfelues in their abundáncei are often taken from all in a fewmoneths: Yea but this-is their comfort, that whileft they line they4.See7.13. fhaileuioy their wealth, andwhen they die they fhallleaue it Thatthe hope to their heires. Iris true indeed that though rich men cannot<ofmoridtings is promifevnto themfelues long life, yet they tnaybee affured wineand vn- that they(hall haue heires; but if they meane byheires their tcberitnaki n owne children and pofterity, they ground their hopes andall to their heirs comfortsvpon a falleand deceiueable ground; for howfoeuerand children. men may prouide heritages, yet it is God who appointeth heires:and though they may rake and fcrape togther riches with.. r
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