The· Et~t·nity of Go n • .glory fir et·e.r. And as- ·l}e ·is an eternall King, 'fq he hat-h given to us, his fubje6l:s,to ·beeternall,~~ the foule is; and he bath givenpunifbments,~nd . ·rewards eternall; hdl is an · everla~ing prilon, andHeav·en is-aneternall Palace; therefore thefe are thethinglmoft tobe regarded·of us. And if · wee would but tbroughly confider that thefe things areeternall, it would effe6l:ually draw our mindes to the things that areabove•.A.man that c-omes-toan Inne, ifhe can get abetter room·e,he wiH; if not, bee can becontent \V ith it, for hee_ faith, it is but for a night; fo ·your habitation here is but for a night : if you canhave abetter · . condition, uft it rathtr_,. but if~or, oe not mudi moved,for it is but fo~ a-uight.Ioworldly things the fhortneffe of them makes us tq undergoe · them cheerefnlly. An·apprenrifuip that is hard; a·man \l'ill enc'ure it, for bee faith ,it· is b.ut for~ · time; fo thing-s ·that are pleafant, iftheybebut offhort.continuance, ·wee r~gard themthe leffe. NGwour time-dtatweeliave licre, in refpect of ·erernity,is fhort~r thanan apprentifhip,nay,than a ·nighr, .nay, t11orter than an houre. Now put thecafe, that a,man Chould have an houre.given him ;.-and it fhould>t>e fa id to him ·; as-th<m fpen- · def.l:·this houre, fo -thou (halt live all thydayes; .' · what-vvould nota man doe,orwhat wouldhe nGt fu.tfcr? how carefuUwou Id heebe to fpend this houre well ? Now this life is not fo much as an -houre to e rern ~ty; and therefore whyfhouid we not be ca11efull howwe fpend1th'is houre? fee~ ingitihaU be widtu-sf-Or ever according.~s wEe · fpend .:
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