of theRichman,oad Laxaras. 57 bemerry,except this may make them glad ; that makingno goodvvfe of theirhappy ends , their owne vnhappy end is notifarre off, that waiteth for them to damnation. Now, cenlìder this yee that forget God,Ieft he tearepm inpeeces, and there de none to deliver yen. Pfal.5o.2 i. Let La. arcs, let the godlybe regarded while they Hue withyou, Iea (foryour contemptoffuch)Godtake them to bliffe,and fend you to hel.Or if God remoue force yong,and in their tender bud, fparing you in your threefcore,and 1tuhberneroote;know, that it is done of theLord , either to bringyou torepen- tance : or ifyou will not repent, toharden you further to detlruclion. Further,is thedeath ofthe righteous, the righteous mans Vfe. = gaine ; i hen let not thegodly nun feare to die, whofe pre- ferment is filch bydeath, that Chriftinlife anddeath ishis aduanta;e.Philip. z.a I.That which is bitter to worldly men is pleafure tohim : that which is wofull to them, is ioy to him : that which bringeth them intomifery, drawethhim out: and what takes himout oftheprifon of life,cafls them into the prifon of hell. No maruell then ifthe wicked be loth todie: but great maruell that the godly ihould feare to die. For,for the wicked, (fpecially the rich, fach as this richman) ; here they arewell, andcannot hope that their remoue fhall be tobetter, or fo good : and therefore their change to a place theyknownot whither, and to a life,they knownotwhat, muff needes much ¿roublethem : and no naarudl, ifthey whoknownobetterlife, 1eaue this againa their willes. Butfor the righteous,that are called inhope and to better things in Ghrifi ; it were ftrange feeing,their dimittis is in peacewith Simeon, that withSimeon they shouldnotdefire the dray oflibertie,l.Tim.4.8,which is the dayoftheir death : and that they might bcloofed,to wit from theirfetters here, tobe withChr .Philip. 1.2 3 . Tl tis 'life to them is but a veryvale of teares, and they be in the world as Jacob in Labans houfe. How then can Gen,3o.3 they fomuch loue this.vale,and Labatt; boufe,of fo many I and
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