Mourningpr f rredbeforeMirth. 27 outwardwelfare, as if they had no fouls at all to reBard ; as iftherenever 1hould, bea feparationof body and foul one fromanother. What is the reafon that there is all that care too for food for the body? for apparel for the body? for health for the body ? 'an fuch an utter neglect of the foui ? but becaufe that men doe not dream, do not thinkofa time ofreparation, ofa tìine of dif -jtin&ion, ofa time ofparting thefe two, All the work ofa mans life, should now be to snake a good ufe of the faculties ofhis foul, that the body maybe happy by it t the foul 'wilt draw the body after it to its own eftate. Now they are together,, if they joyo now in fin : after their feparation , there !hall come a time, when they (ball be' joyned in punifhment: if they joyo now in the fervice of God ;- after they have been feparated a while bydeath , there will come a time, when they (hall be again joyned inglory and happinefs. That is the firft; there will be a feparation of foul' and body : therefore make good of ofthem, while they are together: let the bodybe ferviceable to the foul , by allits fenfes and members: let the foul rule, and order the body , by its underftanding and aff.Etions, &c. that.both body and foul maybe madebleffed in an eternal conjun&ion together after death, and in an everlalting union in the fight of God. Secondly , Death makesa feparation between man, and all his outward eftate z.tofepa. in the world. The rich man in Saint Luke oz. thought not upon this: Saul, thou rate a man haft mucheoodrlaid upfor manyyears ; he thought his foul, and hisgoods, fhoúld from his never have parted , therefore take now thy eafe, faith he. See what the end of it eIlace. was ; Thoufool ( faith the Lord ) this night they!hallfetchaway thy foul, and then whofe!hall thefe things be? the time is coming, that thefe things (hall he none of thine, they(hall be another mans, they !hall be Tome bodies elfe, they (hall be tak en fromthee. How neceflary is this confederation, to take off mens affeftionsfroni the world, and to ftir them up toufe their wealth , and their eftates while they have them ; rods maymake for the glory of God ? A time (hall come, that they !hall not have it to ufe, thatnothing (hall be left them , but a bare account to be given up, Give an account of thy Scewardfhip, Luke'16. The main bufinefs is now to bedone, while a man and his wealth are together, while a manand his efface continueth together, to ufe it to Gods glory, otherwife it will be a woeful, and heavy parting, when deathplait come to make a feparation. The youngman went away forrowful, whenChrift would have his wealth from him , becaufe he had great poffeflions. How forrowful will a man go out ofthe world , when he bath a great deal ofwealth, buthe hath not 'prepared his account : he cannot give up a reckoning ofhis getting of ir, of his ufing and imployingofit ? it is neceffary therefore (Ifay) thatmen take to heart the death ofthole that dic before them,that when they fee the bodies, and fouls ofmen parted, meaand their eftates parted , they may learn how to'ufe their bodies and fouls, themfelv'es and theireftates while they are yet joyned together. Thirdly., Death doth not only part a mans body and foul, a mans felf and his ;. To tepa_ wealth but it parteth a man from his friends,' from all his worldly accquaintance, rare a turn from all thofe that he took delight in upon earth: ')eath makes a feparation be- from his tweenhusband andwife : fee it in Abraham and Sarah, though Abraham loved friends Sarah dearely, yet Death parted them, Letme haveaplace to bury mydead out of der,. ay. mj f;hr. It parteth father and child, how unwilling foever they be : fee it in Davidand Abfolom , Oh Abfolom myfon , would God Ihaddiedfor thee ; and Rachel mournedfor her children, and would not hecomforted, becaufe they w^re net. It parteth the Minder and the people: fee it in the cafe ofthepeople of Ifrael la- menting thedeath ofSamuel; and in the cafeof the Ephefeans, at the parting of S. Paul , forrowing effiecially when they heard they fhould fee hieface no more. It parteth thofe friends who were fo united together in love , as if they had but one foul in two bodies fee it in the feparation that was made by death, between bavid and Jonathan, that were foknit together in their love, thathe bewaileth him, woe ¡Sam.a. 9 is mefor mybrother Jonathan. This is aneceffary confederation for us thatlive,that wemay learn to know how to carry our (elves towards ourworldly friends, andhow tomoderate Our felves in Ea our
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