z84. Death. Shortnefeoflife. bee will lofe;them for finding, lice willfeeke them with a lanterne, and fearch themwitha candle. When weknow thetimemuftcome,we enquire ofit:and beholding God draw- ingfomeprefently into theltage, andknowingthat othersarereferued forthe latiudge. went, the faitlrfullrnquirefor theirhope , the wicked for their feare. Well, aol wouldnot baue men too curious,Mat.z4.focouldI with them notto betoocardelle : the fir(} isill, the fecondis worfe. Theday (hall comefuddenly, and therefore neithercur-ioufneffeno carelefiteffe isgood : onely thusmuch isLure, iris at hand,but noman could euerthew the fingersofthis hand. Peter (hewech,that we muff notmeafure the time aftermán,butafter Aworthyme- God. Somereafonthis, fome that ; but let vs remember that,Deut.a9.z9. The ferret ditatiozof the things belong to theLorde oarGod, batthe things reaealedbelong vnto vs. Let no man thinke dayof iadge- by anallegonetoreach tothat, which the Angels themfeluescannot comprehend. For if 'meet. one fhould fay, that as there werefourethoufand yeeresbefore Christ hiscomming inthe Theancients 11efb, fothere fhouldbefourechoufand before he cameto judgement, were it notas like a erred the uidditieas they har eon andyet both vntrue?If weelooke one rianand Tertnllian, indgebe day ofq F y yP ju ment. we(hal feethem eohaue thought thedaytocome inthew times. Herethe Fathershauero- ued much but all like to milli themarke. Let vsknow, that theneereneffe isnotinre. Flowthe day of fpea of vs,butof chelpeaker, who onelyknoweth whatisneere ; and let vs content our iudgementis lilacs with this,that inrefpeet ofeternitie nothing is long, that fhall haue anende. When pa to clicApoftles then fayitis neere , fowenlay lay, irisonere ,and no difference: but as the Daywas thenmere, fo theHoare is now neere; neere, Ifay, inrefpeet of God and ofeter nitre. And as thepromife accomplühed ryas neeretoGod 4000.yeeres beforeitMlle, fo it is notin thefadomeof mans brame to tell, howmany daies oryeeres, wherewith God is not gouerned, is farre or neerevnto vs. TheApostle Heb.r o. z5.fhewech thetime tobe neere,and that it iswithin theviewof theeye, becaufe thefacrífices of the Lewes are abo- hfhed, the true facrificesare offered, and theGofpell moreorldfe is preached. But amongall reafons thismodeth me,andmaymoue al,that nowChrist is readyto come, becaufe wefee finall faith on theearth. For if euer thiswas, it is now, wherein is not onely ,adefeól offaith, which euer was, but becaufe now mengoe Beane again({faith : for now Lying. not onely the principlesof the faith are not obferued, but they arethought abfurd, and things cleane contrary areprefcribed. Is it not monftrous, that now fome teach fordo- Swearing Chine, that a manmay lie and forfwearewithout finor (home? Seeingthat linen is now in it ripeneffe, which was before but in thecare, could the diuell from hell broth morepro- foundblafphemies ? If the regionsbegin togrow white, and fin growechripe andyellow, we muft lookefor the Antell fhortly tothruftin his fickle. Well, whenfoeuerthe day of Semitic. iudgmencis,Ifeare thedayof thedeparture oftheGofpel is at hand. Our fecuritie isfuch, thatwemay rather fay,the Lordbath fuffered vstoo longithen that we can accule Godfor feuerenefle in ftriking vs tooToone. Be it then,that asyet theday is not come,wherein the world (hall crackle about ourcares ,orthough wefeenot our lerufalemdeftroyed : yet we know ourdayof death 'cannot befar off,and quicklywe (hallcome toour dome. CHAP. 20. Of thefhortne.rofour life; and the meditation ofDeathhow profitable. -'F TisthevfuallmanneroftheholyGhof t,x.Pet.4.Iam.z.Ioh.ia.toperfwailemen Thefhortnesof `s togodlines, becaufe they lianebutaquantitieofdaies. This is fuchanordinarie life. argument, that vfebath takenaway the forceof it,yet Datadfaith, thatenen dinarie things bygrace mouevs, and wheregraceworkes not,euen extraordinary things "VIA moue vs not .Concerning(hortnes.oflife,theheathen could fay,that a man is but aman of a day old,and thePhilofophers teach that his lifecannot be long.Butwewil leaue al them without theChurch, andcomeco them within Dausd fard it wasa (pan long Meferand Salomon fay,it isa lift ofdayes:and Iwill obferuewithal',that .4lofar, ich, Daniel, Salomon, When
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