Worldlyprofperity canfollow the fecond Sunda i noman farther than the grave. Y isn Lent: Ser.. 243 .__ manheniin r. thisGfe Asamans lifeis, fp is his death. qui eftinfinu patris &c. The onlybegotten, who is in thebo meofteFather.. As alfothat, Adextris, At bù right hand. So likewife, Many ballliedownwith Abra- ham,lfaac,andlacob. And the Church fingeth, cAtartinus, cA rahie fnu, Lett& excipttur. Morturlsefi autemDiues, d9fejtultuseft. But the rich mandied, andwasburied . TheGreeke makes therea full point.; and then prefentlygoes on, In inferno autemcum eye:in tormentis, Batwhen he was inbellin torment. But of Lazarus itis notfaid, That they buried him ; whither it were for that he hadno buriall atall,cr for that beeing fopooreandmiferable a creature, Earthmade no mention ofhim, as Heauendid not of the rich man ; But we readof the richman,Sepultus efl, He was buried. Hitherto did reach the jurifdiétion of his riches,andthepeculiarofhis profperitie5 great Ceremonies, watchful! attendance abouthis Corps , many Mourners Dolesto the Poore, TombesofAlabafter, Vaults pauedwithMarble Lamentations , odoriferous Ointments,pretiousEmbalmings,FunerallOrations,& folemne Banquets:In all this, I confeffe, therich manhath agreat aduantageofhim thatispoore. But in thisoutward pompe liesall the richmans happineffe ; and whenhee hathentred the dooresofdarkeneffe, and is fhutvp in his graue, like theHedge-hogge, hee leaues hisApples behind him, and nothing remains with himbut the prickles ofa woundedconfcience, his bowlings, his lamentations, weeping, gnafhing of teeth, and whatfoeuer other torments Hell can affoord. Diuitiarumjai/antis, quidcontulit Habit ? The oftentationandgloryofriches,what gooddothit bringvntavs ? O,would to+Godthat Ihad bin fome poore Sheepheard ! O,how toolatehaue I fallen into an account of unyne ownehurt ! O World,wouldtoGod I hadneuer knowne thee. Hedied,andwasburied. Thereis no felicitie fogreat,that candiuerttheeuill ofDeath : let therich manliue the yearesofNeflor, theages ofc'tethufalem ; in theendhec muft defcend into thegraue. The cleereft Fieauen muft haue it's Cloud, and the brighteft daymuft haueit's night ; the Sunne, though neuer fo ihinìng, mutt haue it's fetting ; the Sea, though neuer focalme, mullhaueit's ftorme. If the good things ofthis, life were perpetuall, they that ate in loue with themmight pretendfome cxcufe ; but beeing that worldlypleafure is a Wheele thatis alwayes moouing, aRiuerthat is alwayes running, aMill that is alwayes going, and grinding vs to duft ; How cans/ thou fettle thy felfe fure thereupon :' The higheftplacesare the leaf/ fecure ; the Moon when fhe isat the full,foretellsawaine ; and the Sunnewhen it is atthe heigth , admits a declina- tion ; thehoufe, the higher it isbuilt, the more fubieét it is to falling : And the Neff(faith Abdas) that is neereft to the Starres, God Bothfooneft throw it downe. Therichman died. He tells nothowhe liued, but howhedied ; for death is theecchoofmans life, and hehauingled focruell and fo mercileffea life, what good couldhe hope forat his death ? Juoniamnon efi inmorte, quimemorfit tai, laborauiingemitu meo,'c. The firít part,Reafonprooueth vnto vs : The fecond, Weeping&howling.Inmy life time Iaske Godforgiuenefie formyPnnes: For theman that isvnmindfull of this in his life,God doth northinkeonhim at his death. Many call vponGodat the houreof their death, and it makes a mans haire toRandanend, to feea man careleffe info dangerous a paffage,&only be- caufeDeath is theeccho of ourlife. Others will calvpon Iefus,but asthat cru- cifiedTheefe, thatdyedwithout deuotion ': For that heart which is hard inhis . X2 life,
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