That worldly things increafeour left reckoning. Soi hid their mailers talent ina napkin;fo as they cannot returne ces nrïrefl'e;v- it withany increafe? andhowmuchmore horrible thenwill tram aligutdab it bee to them, who haue riotoufl walled, and fpent their bonrae,an àdée Y mawum(ùiap. Lords rich talents, in their wicked and worldly courfes, ferit.Senec., whereby they haue diíhonoured their mailer and hurt their epift.87. fellow feruants ? For what(hameand confufion offace fhalI they bee poffeffed with, who haue teceinedliberall wages fromthe Lord,that theymight be the betteri ncouraged and inabled tadoehim feruice,when their Iudgefhall tell them, and their owue confcience fhall witnes againfl them, that theyhaue abufèd thisvrichbountieofGod in the feruice of finne and Satan,and (penthis rich treafures vpon their owoè lulls? howwill they thendefirethehits to fall vpon andco- uer them fromtheir wrathfull Iudge;that togetherwith thé they mayhidetheir reckoning ? what would they thenglut that theyhad imploied their profperity for the fitting forth ofGods glorie,andhad vfed all his gifts to the honour ofthe giuer? and betaute they haue failed heereof, howmany worlds, if they had them, would they part with, that they might haue but one day more to hue, wherein they might fet llraight their reckonings by truerepentance,and faithin IefusChrill ?But then alas itwill be too late, feeiug the ac- ceptable timeand dayoffaluation isnow pafl,and now their teares,groanes,forrowes, and lamentations, (hall bebegin- nings and parts oftheir hellifh punifhments; which if they had been vied in time, and improued to thebell in this life, would,throughGods gratious and freepromifes,and the precious merits oflefus Chrifl, haue procured' lento them certainealfurance of the pardon ofall theirfinnes, reconci- liation withGod,and ofthe eternal] inheritance, and neuer endingioyes of his heauenly kingdome. Butletvs for thebetter cleeringofthispoint inlifl in'the'§:Sell.g, fpeciall examples. And firfl for honors; the more theyare That boaoars, multiplied vponmen,the greateraccount theyhaueto make rithes,and plea- at thedayofiudgement ;for theyhaue receiuedhonor from% "res doe but God,that theymightreturne honor to him; theyare by fpe- f- 4ounourórta ciall priuiledge mide glorious before men,that theymight fI»nebefore- them in an holle example, and glorifie God Fff more
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