Downame - Puritan-02038 v2

Ofthefhortnejeandfrailtyofmans life. 651' + fo !Lott continuance;fot when voluptuous men Thal !cave their delights,oftentimes in the middefl oftheir daies, that fearefull woe denounced by our Sauiour Chrift (hall accompany them for euer : Wo be vnto you(faith hc)that now lau h, foryeThalwaile Luke 6.11, and weepe. So the Apoflle Peter faith,that thofè who are led with s.Pets.r ;. fenfuttlitie,are made to bedefroyed; and,(hall receive the wages of vnrighteoufnes,ae they which count it pleafure to line delicioufly for afeafon.And therfore feeingthefe worldly pleafures are fo Ihort and momsntany,both in refpe& ofthemfelues and vs, & feeing alto their fruition is temporarie,and their punifhment eternall; let vs not let our harts vpon them, but rather on thofe heaven- ly ioyes,which (hall be eternall to vs,andwe to thcm ; and ha- uing with ci1?ofes ret c5l vitro the recompence of relbard, let vs Hamm, chafe rather to fa feraduerfty with the children of God ,then to in- io, thepleafures offinne Which (ball Ial? bat fora fea fait. For who would fettle hisloue on thefc flitting vanities?who would place bis affe6tions on worldly pleafures,chambring and waittonnes, furfetting and drunkenneffe, delightful! fports and dainty fare, fweet finds and coflly rayment, whereby this lumpe of flefh is pleafed and pampered;if he confider,that within a while his bo- die '(hall be themeat-ofwormes,hisfweet perfumes turned into lothfome ftincke,his rich attire into a poore windiingfheer, his 4 r ma : rs tender fell and faire skin ,intorottennesandputrefaEtion; and theec ntemptof not rather on thofe heauenly and vnfpeakeableioyes, in which the world, and welhall euer ioy, they continuing with vs, and we with them loue of beauen, for euermore? groundedopon And thus haue I fhewed,not only that the world;& the things on afar rues thereof are momentany&vncertaine,burthat wealfo are mor- fhort and mo- tall,andour lines offhort continuance: by reafon whereof no- mentanyconti- thing can be vnto vs firme and durable,becaufe our felues,whi- nuance. left we continue inthefe earthly tabernacles are iti lflitting,andd icqua efie t altogether vncertaine of our abode ; for nothing is fledfafl to kris quid te him who isvnfledfafl,nothing eternal,to him who is fraile and tuem non elf. mortal(:& therefore. feeing we haue no lure hold Of the things inrym nihim ofthislife, tetvsnot fct our hearts vpon them;for though webe fr mo;neh:i called their mallets and owners,yet we haue in them but a mo- & inuilrtm a ff: mentany intereft,and though they be with vs, yet they are not tam nece&e elf ours; feeing we are daily ready to leave them. Letvsbuild in perire quoin per - earth tabernacles,and nottnanfion houfes,feeingwe are fill re- dtrr.sencc.>;- Y v mouing, pIiL9s.