Ilhe IVorldlingf Downfall. onto &fA (whofoeuer thou art which makeft thequefion,) Theaerttbeohm jEfebe thoube Inch anone as is in this Pfalme defcribed ; which tree in thy iVedae. gwdr, andWelt is the multitudeofthy richer;. MySermonhithertobath been as a parable : in which thoughone fingular man hash beennamed, yet one in fpeciáll bathnot been meant. Iwill make themorrall and meaning to be the fame that ourSauiour Cbrillmade tothat fpeechofhis,tohching therickwan: Iathe end to thew his true intent, headdeth this faying,kSo is be tbacgntbereth k Luk. riche: sebintfelfe,andra not richinGod. The fame is the man intended in chia ¿o. ¿krine. But as torayming atanyone in particular, myconfcience icfree in the light ofGod. And therefore letvsall apprehend and entertaine itasa matter which concernes our felues, andmake this vfeofit, to beware howinour lines andconuerfations,we be likepratebeaftt led withfenfnality l,orliteborfeand laPers.ra, otulewhichvnderflandetb notm,oras the fow,whofè greatest felicity is towailuw wPfaL;a®. aaiW^,or in unbridled lulls,lifc5fedhefe$ o, oretherwife like the baler creaturesa aPeea.aa. groueling (till ontheearth, and alwaieslooking downward: Forthis is alarau;s'E' certen,ifwe line like beaus , we (hall perifh like the beafts,and our sail end (hall be like theirs,yea,and worfe thentheirs; becaufe death which is to theman endofwoe, fhallbe to vs the beginning of forrowes, andas it were aprologue to themoll wofullTragedyofa neuer ending mifery. 455, S » THE
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