TheSpiritùall Sonnefhip. 369 Let me beginthe fecond vfeofthis pointwiththe challengeofthe Prophet, The a.Yfc. e tothepeolenfold; Whereforedoyeslayontfrheer eindnat forbread, andywirlabour trishaw btginfatisfiedISo why feekeyou for thingswhich cannotcontiaue,and c Ira.¡s.s. let thole things gowhichareeternal?Rath notyour own experiéce yettaught vsthe vanityof earthlythings, that theyallvanishas a cloud, and paffe away fuddenly like the wind ?Ynderfiandye vrwifeamong thepeople,andyefpoles,wbenwil jebewiled? Leta man ftand(like Salomon) in thewindowofhisknife =, andobferue d Prat. 94 8. "ens courfes,here you (hail feeone moiling and vexing Is imfelf likehimwhom a Pìou.eq. Bddese/fpeakethof, whoteareth his Palemhis anger t, and all, thathemayfithie pot; 18.4. n4euhie,andbeladedwub the thiekr clay t; Another ambirioufly hunting after gHaba:s,9; forehonouror office , abie&ly andbarely fanningupon and flattering euery one,whomay be any little furtherance tohis defires,b,fng(like A6f tern) euery one thatcammh ne aer brmb: a thirdhanging vpon fomeLawyers fleeue,,tohssawas:5. plot and deuife howto perpetuasehis eftate,that :sc andhis pofteritymayen- joy it by an vnchangeable decree tothe endofall, thusthinking that hisHabw tien 4iall continue ester, fromgeneration to generations. On thisfashiondoe men ipfaL49at. dreams ofperpetuities ,and earn akindof eternity vpon earth, Scenery mans plotting,aimingatthis, how to make things furs. Andyet howToone is the houleoflerehoamfweptaway,eteenas amanfweepethaway dung tillallbegonek?How k t Kia,14.m; fuddenly is Shebuab the trea'urer,whothoughtto die andbe buried inhisown land,Drittenfrom hisAllier,,and rolledandtossedlike, aball ina largecomttry§How tIfe.stas,rp, quickly is Nebacbadneon.ardriaenfrommen,and made todwell with thebeaJlsofthe field? Inwhat lhorttime is Haman, wholeExcellency mountedvpto heavers, and 'inDan,4.a9. wholeHeadmightfeemerereadstheclandr^,thruftoutoflifeandhonorandall ,uÉtt4 o. andbanged vpon that tree whichheprepared foranother^?Howoften hauewe Prou.a;, ti. feen theRichesofebefirmer laidvpfer the irfl P,great wifemeneying &leawing their y Pral4fao. richesforotbersst,andJirangers eatingit vpr,and foall their beauty eárfumingwhen r Eccles a.s. theygee fromtheir honjos totheirgram f?How ordinarilydo we beholdtheSea de-Mal. 49. a4. uotering thefist mafiing,tbee.etortnmercatching',contentions inLaw frettingout, tPfil.tog.a a whoredomeseatingvp,offences againfi thePrince fotfeiting,waltfull humors fcatteringall thole large manes,which menthought to hueentailed to them andtheirs:fo /megas the mooneendrreth^.How many a man is fuddenly taken in a u Pfal.s,y, night with that teareful arreft,Ohfoele this nightwilltheyfetch awaythyfoule ,e¢c*. rLukas.soy euen thenwhenheBoth begintoenioy hisgetting?Andyet mencannot be wife tochsifethegoodpart r, yet they cannot learnt cojee then. affeftientvpentbethingsyLukan.4s, abouei.Yponthybelly,/bale thangestated duffhahthou eatall thyslain a, youknown zCoL ;s. wasthe doome which Godgatie upon the Diuell:how far arewe from thispsi- aGen.;s4, nilhmene, who mindrorehat earthly tbingsb. O that(as Chrift Paid tolerufalem) bPh 1.; to we mightknewattheteafl in this ourday,thele things=,and thatwecould learn to , Luk.ty, 4a: fee,and lament, and toreforme ourowne folly. I faywith theApofile,! will , fnewyowamareexcellent wayà.Do you aflè8 perpetuities,do you delirea glori- d a Cor.t s, ;é ous,acomfortable,an honourab le,and withal an vnchangeable eftate?Behold here the flare of Adoption: feehere an inheritance,of whichno man thathath is once,caneuer after be deptined.A leafe ofan eftare for hues is much,a tearme ofa thourandyeers ismore,a holdingformeand mine heires for suer is á great matter,but what is all this foreternity ?Ifthisclinewere in refpeaofthe yeer- lycommodityof it , nobetter then oneofearthly reuenues, yet in refpe&of the endlesfettledneffe thereofit werebetter worth:but being(as itis)fo farbe- yond them all inworth:& withall,fowithout all expirationoftime, betwixt them and it what comparifon? It wasan honourable penfion which the King of Babel gave to lohoiaehii the Kingof lndah(his captive:)His pertionwararer. tinaallpertior,euery dayaterronáll thedines;ibis hfeuntillhe died=.Yet itisnothing clere {s,;4ì to this leboiachinsportió was as muchthe fitft day,as the Ìaft,it wasnewer im. prooned:But thisisa daily addition to thegraces and comforts ofthe Adopted, Kk (for
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