CHnrs.x, t 1Comnaentarte vpon the 354 there is no man that finding his eyes decaying , needeth co be vrged to prouide fpeElacics :nor he whole loynes lallehim,ro prepare him a ftaffe to leanevpon: and much more íhould grace teach euery Chtií ian, that when with Dauid , throughage or otherwife, hefndeth hie fefhfai. Pfat.7326. ling hiw,and hit heart alfe, then to snake theLord h hope and ins portion for euer. 4 Fourthly , the recompence of this dutie is beyond all our thoughts: feting theblindneffe ofthebodie is made vp by the vifion of the Lord Iefus, andGod the father appealed in him; bodilyweakeneffe fupplied BoAl, tveaknes by fpirirual (frength,corporal death abated,yea exchangedwith beaué- t,pptiedt,y rpi ly life:all which not onely quell the feare ofdeath approaching,but euco ritual) ftrengrh. Luks.29. whet the delire of is : For if Simeon fceing Chriff in his armes, prayeth Deus 34 I. for his peaceable departure : It cWofet teeing the land of Canaan from Hebar.t3. thdtoppe ofmount Nebo,could willinglyfubmic himfelfe to die : If the threefamoeu Patriarchs wIto neuer law the promifes accontplifhcd to their owne perfons but a feare offpromilcd to their pofteriries , could willingly die in faith : how much more (hall they be able to with their diffolution, who by the eye of faith (hall behold that heaucnly Cana - an,and that celeffiall Ierufalem , ofwhich the other were but darke fba dowes ? 17fe. This dodfrine cries fhame vpon many old men,that are as weake or weaker in foule then they be in body, ferre more blinci,more ilagge- ring, euery way more fenfles, more dead: they perceive their faces and eyes look drooping to the earth, and yet their fpirits neuer a whit more lifted vp vnto heauen : they fee the world forfaking them as not able to cherifb them any longer ; and yet cannot they be drawne to forfakc the world: they cannot but behold the earth calling them offir,and making a way for the next age their poffericie; and yet they calf care away, and neuer prouide themfelues ofa continued çitie. The tie of their bodie feet) how they are Browne into yeares,and firiken in age;but the eye of Hoc7 a. their mindes fee not thegrayhaireshere and there vpon them, no more then cphraimsdid Every man can lee and-fay they are come even to the period oftheir daies, and yet no man can fay, they are come to the be- ginnings ofany true grace. Thus althoughmultitude ofyearesfiould teach rob.3:,f. wifedoane,vnderflanding,faith,application; yet may young Elihu truely obie6l,to the reproachnot ofa fewe ; that olde age is not alwaies wife. Further vrging of this point,although carried further in the deliuerie , I purpofely omit. The Lord grant all of vs whom it concerneth to learne thus muchas is Paid. !x love ] This fecond vertue befeeming the elder fort nor onely as olds, men, but auncient Chrillians,is brotherly loue, which called) tie unto
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