I Ofthe!bertne: andfrailtieofmans life. 659 death;bat departingfrom the world,we fhal carie with vs there rich treafures,and hauing there precious jewels inour hands,we (hall withby and comfort meet the Bridegroome, andprefene out fcluesinGods prefence, offering vntohim his owne gifts and graces, to be rewarded andcrowned withglorie and euer- Jailing happines. Finally, feeing our life is buta íhadow, let vs Vmbrarfvits hailen to the Sunofrighteoufncffe,that he with his vitall heate h.rc:Jrr7tnn ad may preferuevs from the cold ofthis fhade: letvs let our hearts /,lrmuifü ia, vi itdf ndat vpon himwith all loue and affe6lion, and fo fhall webe lure for ab vmbne hM_ euer to enioy our loue,and in him to find erernall happines and iu, frigare;eh' endiefleglory,fecirìghe being life it Idledieth not, &with his r,frrr blibi quickeningSpirit will make vsimmortall , and toflueeternally j a brof_ withhim who is cternall.Whereas contrariwife,ifwith the fine in Plalm a 8, foolifh virgins, we haue not the pure oyleofGodsfan6ijf}'it g Serm.s. graces (lining inour lamps, we (hall be (hut out ofthe bridall chamber,andwhen we would moll be knowne, e (hall heare that fearefullfentence,Departfrom rose Iknolbyou not : ifwe de_ ferour repentance,& do not vie the meanesappointed byGod wherebywe maybe alluredofour faluation; ifwe do not hun- gerand thir(í afterChrifíand hisrighteoufnes; and letting our loue and affe&ionsvpon our heauenly countrie, feeke and en- deauourwithall our powcrs,to be enfranchifed, andmade free burgefhesof the new lerufalem; there gracious offers will once bepulled backe, and the acceptable time and day of faluation will within awhile bepaffed,neuer againe tobe recalled. Whi- lefí thevnfaichfull (lewardwalleth his mailers goods about his owne pleafures, ruffling it out in his (likes and veluets, and re- velling in all delightfull fports and pleafingpafíimes;eating anddrinking,masking anddancing, commandingandouerru- lang all hi; fellow feruants,euery one enuiethhishappines, and with in theirhearts that they were like him; but when the day ofreckoning commeth,thathe muffleaue his place,andgiuean account ofhis flewardfhipto a iufí and powerful! mailer, then all hisformer pompeand pleafurevanifheth like a dreame, and the meanefíofhisfellow feruants,which isaffurcd ofhis owne integritie, andhis mailers lone, would not now changewith himeflaces,becaufe his glory is pafí,&his reckoning to come. And fohowfocuerGods poore feruants may for a while cnuie the profperiryofwicked worldlings,when they fee theirbraue- V v z roe,
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