444. TheWorldling.r Donnft;:li', ptob tsa4. with the wicked it isnot fo;death,to them iscalled Thekigoffefaeátid the flymy valley is a placeof terrour totheirconceit. Therefore, they willfetch eby q d7111172or- finitefrom theeq, faithGodto the rich man. As who fhouldfay, Mossart Iknow Láaa.xo. loth to depart, buttheyfhallfetchitaway from thee,tbey/balltake itbyviolence. The fecond particular wherein this earthlyman is like to the dying Beat&, is this Thecarkeisof the bcaft fodying, cannot chufebut betioyfomeand vnfauory the finell is offenfrue ontocuery one that pa(fethby , and thefight vnpleaIing. Sois the dying worldling inGods fight. Preemies isslue fightof the Lord, is the ePfal.i-teat death ofkis Saints, faith Daaid e. And nomaruaile ; Their taroare the Temples faCor. 6.19. oftheholy Gheftf : their foules areho.tndvablatneableandwithoatfank, ( by the tcolofc r..s. blood of Chrift) inGodrfigbt t. Their death therefore mull needs be a facri. ficeofafweetfine llingfauourvntoGod. As for the vngodly, it is not fowith Pfaç.9. them. Their bodies are cages ofvncleanneffe, theirtbrotesopenfepulchersa,tbeir Rom. 6. s;. members weapons of tenrighteorefnefe. ; In their foules dwelleth the Princethat rel- yEpheLs.s. lttbin the ayre, menthe fpirit who ' warkethinthe children ofdifn6edrenceY. How can they be but noyfome in theeyes ofGod, yea, molt lothfome andabominable ? g,Mat.7.23, Surely he will fay vnro them; Deparfromme,Ibtaowyounota. The third degree oflikenes betwixtthe dying beall,and'the dying worldling is this:Thebodyof a beat}whom fuchadifeafe bath quelled, becommeth a prey to the fowles of theaire,and is tornein peeces by other beafts. Whcrethecarkeìs trtbsthertheE. a Maox4. a8. glesrefert,faith'orir Sauiour':It fareth fowith the worldling: for ashis goods ill gotten come many times,through the iuft judgement ofGod,tobe aprey to o- thers, andto be the fpoyleof ftrangers,fo his foule is feizedvpon bythe dam_ bHeb.9.sr. ned fpirits,and is prefently arraigned before the IudgementfeateofGoob,aud e Alts r.at. isdifmilfed thence intoit owneplacee, where it is keptìn chainsvnderdarkenef(òy dludc 6. vntetho lodgement ofthegreat dayd l be fourthand leitpoint oflikenes, is this: There is noregard hadofthe deathof a bruitbeaft , the remembranceisfootle gone.The ownermayhaply bewaile thatlolfe,ít being forediminution ofhis fubftance: butotherwife, it is a matterwhich the world pallcth byand rakerb no noriceof.Sois the death ofthecarnali worldling. There maybe (perhaps) fome forrow amonghis ownepeople, whoreceiued forne outwardbenefit by his meaner,andwith them hismemory may continue.But elfe there is nomitre. The Church ofGod bath no occafon tolament his lólfe, in regard that itis deprived of a cómfortablemember. No man will open his mouth to fayof him, 4/44 beW nowgeno, roboifbe baditillliaed,fachwarhetzeale, b,tgodlymijdome, andgoodcartage, that hemight much havefurthered Gadsglory. But men let him goe,with Come fuchphrafe, whatisleeechan onegone ? and there isan end; fome other wo, Idlings(perhaps)ofthe famehumour , andofthe like fieflrlydifpo. Pinion, who bath been fellow with himin the fameemail courfes, may chance to fay as theOld Prophet did over theP. ophet ofGod whenhe buried him,A- rr K10,:3.30 lai my brother' a, my oldfriend, leechan one isgone ,with whom l baneioyfully conuerfed manytimes, whomIhavebeenacquaintedwithfo manyyeeret,tyc. Here is all. But Gods Churchfinder not it felfc maimed in regardof the holy communion of Saints. And thus by degreeshis memory foonedieth,accordingtothe Paying ofSafómon. The memorialoftheinßfhallbebleffed,6sst the nameofthe wicked/hall fProh.ro.i. rotf.Hitrem;mbrancepal/peril),from theearth,and hefbalharm noname enthefireetsge lob '8. 57. And fo much for theopeningofthisdo&rine. . Now to preuent all fufpitious mifconfiruings, I mutt (before I mention the hThe realn why rhEs pre- vfe)fay thus muchh, Ifany man (hall fpider-like tune the tweet triteofa wel. nondo,, was meant (perch into poyfon,andirnagineit tobean inue&iue againft fomeparti- vfcd,rvas,be. cnlar, he frail therein wrong bothmeand himfelfe: Me, invncharitable multa. mate rhófer- kingme : himfelfe,becaufe he ffrall by that meanes be kindred from making 1°°"`vas that goodvie of thedoetrinetaught, which isrequired. If oudemand ofine pgchadat 9 y fu' ik therefore,wltoml mearre bythis martof whom I haue difcourfedhitherto,!fay auto
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