35° y I Cor. 10. 13. x Heb.i z.t . a I Cor.11.3 z, b 2(01.4.17. C14 evr,g.. An Expofation vpon the firf# VER. i& Father; that firf}, Y tempers them to our flrength ; fecondly, vlèth them a$ wanes to mortifie our fsnnes,to apreuent damnation ; Thirdly , they b we*. to vs an incomparable weight of eternallglory. In infamy and contempt; they Phew vs the vanity of popular applanfe. What is fame, but aura popularie? the breath ofthe people. And .honour, they fay, is in bona. rante, not in honorato. Heare Scriptures : God bath chof n ciCor.ISS, C the vi/e tho ngs.& thi,gr of no oftcerne to confound the mighty; rhefè that now are counted the off fcouring of the earth, d Mat.19.t2. (hall one day d ft on thrones indging the tribes of Irael; and e Mat,s,tz, egreatis their reward in Hearten. I might be infinite in this kind; but whereto ? who maruells, if the comforts of men be not comparable to chore, that proceed from the Father of mercies, 'And God of all confolarion ? Hee that made mans heart, heft knowes the maladies thereof, and what cordialls to rninif}er thereto for medicine. What then may we thinke of them,ro whole foules,no comforts are more vnwelcome,then thole the Scriptures affoord ? thatforf4e this fotentaine oflisting waters, anddigge them pits that can hold no water ? in deadlier} ficknefTc, when now the foule drawes neeref} to the pit, delight Judi in the company, and pretence of the molt profane, and ignorant, of their curled acquaintance; The Mini. f1433,2,3. fter, whomGod bath made f his interpreter, andmcirenger of comfort to the weary foulc,is laft tent for, and leaf} wel- come ; as if they thought, of all comforts, they were loft pretious,that the word of God affoords. Will you heare the forme ofcomforting that fo much delights them? Be ofgood cheare, neighbour; you fliall doe well enough, by grace of God : 1 haue feene many as low brought, and yet haue recouered : or if the wont come, it is but a dying. We owe God a death,and there is an end. As Iob fpeakes to his friends, Miferablecrmfor- ters are the /e to the of h ed : It is indeed appointed to all gHeb.9.z7. Men once to dye. But hcare what followes : g After death comes
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