54 I of t heRich at:AndLazarus. for due thoughts of death will fo diflaflé then ofearthly things,that they will hnde.final' milli]] in them,and be rea_ dy to fay with Efaas ; Lee Iam ain:ofl dead. , andwhat is this birthright tome ? Gen.25.3 Z. Wherecontrarily, promifing to thenifelucs long life, (and their leale may beout to [nor- row,) they lay vp all their treafure in their barnes and full baggcs, Luk: z z. z 9 ; not caring for their other houle tilt this be taken from there. Vfe. 3. A reproofetherefore to thofe, who (as ifthey forgate the common way ofall the liuing) make it a (irange thing to die ; arid wholiue,as iftherewere no houfe ofdarknes to palTevnto, nor way in death to walke in : but the igno. raneeofa way fobeaten,& by fomany,how can it beexcue fed ?And yetif we find any little alterationorchange in our f omacke,inoar body,or bones,how doewewonder at it ? how palhonate be we , and how pettilh for it:as ifit were fome great wonder that any ofAdams childrenMould fie- ken & die How will fuch beable quietly and withany peace tobeare the conimingofdeath , the Lord hinmfelfe, when they are lo agafl at the approch oftheft' his purueiers, or pettideaths , whomhe fends before to prepare for his comming Howhaue fuchremenibred eueryday to lecke for death ? and eueryheure to p! epare to die?or rather how haue filch forgotten to efleeme of euery day as of their haft day : and to prepare for euery houle as for their dying heure ? But ofthis l haute fpoken largely in my .Sermons of lifeand death,lpecially the Eft and fecond these. Thus we haue heard that it is common hoth to rich and roore todie. Yet, in the order obfe) ued in thetext, this Fooregodiy man, he that was in fuch mifery, pained with fuchhunger,dìed firfl. It was tohallen him to glory, and from the euilsheendured here. Doetr.2. And fo vvefecendly learne,that the deaths ofthe righte- ous are their gaine, er a fpecdy takingof them from culls prefent,andto ccme. ,S'o faith .Efay,the righteous, that is, they that loue rightcoufnes,and haue it impute d,are takena. zra,, or gatheredf em the cssill to come: Lfa.S7. z: Thatis, both
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