Oft1e Risb.man,tndLazarus, 8g inghome e force adulterers haue bene taken in their filthy finne by death asZrmri and Cczbiwere, NLm.2 s.7.8.1.ß. 7 s.Some haue withered in dcath,as lerobcams hand, brea- thing ctuclty, 1.King.a 3.4. Some drinking themfelues drunken haue fo died.Mìath.24.5o. And forre,dancingon the Sabbath,haue fallendownedead in the dance. Should not chefe examples be warnings to vs : fhould theynot icadevs to Chriftian watchfulnelle e or, are we furer of our life,then thefewere e But who con fidereth, that prophaning the Sabbath, fwearing,whering,drinking,andbeing drunken,the fame day or houre may take him that tocke them fuddenly or doe we thinke to goo to heauen with a paire ofdice in our hands,and ahell cfoathes inour mouths f But,though this rich man ¡aweA raham,3et the text faith that, He poreAbraham af4rre of Not to his comfort, but further tormenting. Ashe be held Lemarats, fo God now beholds tan,:farrecff. And as farce was the rich man fromAbraham, as hell is farrefrom heauen, and as miferies without cafe or end are from ioyand pleafures endletfe. This teacheth, that as the wickedarefarrefromGodslaw,Pfal 119.15o,fo Gods /alua Lion isfarrefrom the wicked,Pfal. z 19.155Sinne and falua- tion are twoends, that canneuer meete. The Prophet faith,as he lotted not bleffgfo f allit befarce fromhim, Pfal. 1 09.17. And this made Patti to with that King Agrippa, in his great pompe, hadbinfch as he scar, A a xG.29,not towith himfelfe fuch as Agrippa was inall his roialty. Forhewouldnot change coats withhim, nor exchange eflates,though it were tohaue a Princes life for a prifoners. The reafons. Thewicked arenot foneere to faluation as hypccrites,who (though they feeme tohue in the luburbs ofit,ashewhowas among theother ghefis,not hauing his wedding garment) yet, (hall neuer befoitd : ,Aiatl1. 7. a. N 11.13.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=