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             A fair prospect shewing clearly the difference between things that are seen & things that are not seen, in a sermon preached at the funeral of the Honourable Lady Judith Barrington at Knebworth in Hertfordshire / by Tho. Goodwin ...
             Goodwin, Thomas, d. 1658.
          
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           Barrington, Judith.
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           Funeral sermons.
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           A
           FAIR
           PROSPECT
           ,
           Shewing
           clearly
           The
           difference
           between
           things
           that
           are
           Seen
           ,
           &
           things
           that
           are
           not
           Seen
           .
           IN
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           the
           FUNERAL
           Of
           the
           HONOURABLE
           LADY
           
             JUDITH
             BARRINGTON
             ;
          
           At
           KNEBWORTH
           in
           
             HERTFORDSHIRE
             .
          
        
         
           By
           THO.
           GOODWIN
           ,
           late
           Fellow
           of
           S.
           
             Johns
          
           College
           in
           
             Cambridge
             .
          
           Now
           Minister
           of
           the
           Gospel
           at
           
             Southweal
             ,
          
           in
           
             Essex
             .
          
        
         
           Unum
           mihi
           satis
           magnum
           citò
           moriendi
           pretium
           videtur
           ,
           Poni
           extra
           omne
           delinquendi
           periculum
           .
        
         
           
             Grot.
          
           Epist.
           ad
           
             Gall
             .
          
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           by
           
             A.
             Maxey
             ,
          
           for
           
             John
             Rothwell
             ,
          
           at
           the
           Fountain
           in
           Cheap-side
           .
           1658.
           
        
      
       
       
       
         
           
             To
             the
             Right
             Worshipful
             and
             Vertuous
             LADY
             ,
             The
             Lady
          
           JANE
           CROFTS
           
             And
             To
             the
             Worshipful
             .
          
           GOBERT
           BARRINGTON
           
             
               Esq
            
             And
             Ms
             
          
           LVCY
           BARRINGTON
           
             His
             Pious
             Consort
             .
          
        
         
           
             Much
             Honoured
             ,
          
        
         
           
             I
          
           Was
           by
           your
           intreaties
           invited
           to
           Preach
           this
           Sermon
           ,
           and
           by
           your
           Importunities
           have
           been
           drawn
           to
           this
           Publication
           of
           it
           :
           whether
           this
           Apology
           will
           be
           sufficient
           for
           its
           coming
           abroad
           ,
           I
           know
           
           not
           ;
           t
           is
           all
           I
           have
           ,
           if
           not
           ,
           I
           must
           be
           content
           with
           what
           measure
           is
           meted
           to
           me
           The
           Providential
           occasion
           to
           which
           it
           relates
           ,
           was
           sad
           and
           grievous
           to
           many
           more
           then
           your selves
           :
           That
           Honourable
           and
           Deare
           Relation
           of
           yours
           ,
           at
           whose
           Funeral
           it
           was
           Delivered
           (
           and
           for
           whose
           sake
           I
           doubt
           not
           of
           some
           Acceptance
           it
           will
           find
           with
           many
           ,
           for
           all
           its
           own
           unworthinesse
           )
           being
           one
           ,
           who
           for
           her
           singular
           vertues
           was
           Generally
           beloved
           ,
           and
           Honoured
           ;
           Her
           death
           cannot
           be
           lamented
           as
           Immature
           ,
           for
           she
           lived
           to
           a
           good
           old
           Age
           ;
           T
           is
           the
           Peculiar
           Priviledg
           of
           the
           Godly
           ,
           they
           cannot
           live
           too
           long
           ,
           nor
           dye
           too
           soone
           .
           It
           was
           
           my
           observation
           of
           her
           ,
           that
           her
           declining
           age
           of
           Nature
           seemed
           to
           be
           Her
           improving
           age
           of
           Grace
           ;
           when
           her
           natural
           strength
           ,
           and
           Abilities
           began
           to
           run
           low
           ,
           and
           on
           Tilt
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           ;
           Her
           Spiritual
           affections
           seemed
           as
           if
           but
           fresh
           broached
           .
           This
           is
           rare
           ,
           and
           so
           much
           the
           more
           excellent
           ,
           To
           see
           in
           natures
           Autumn
           ,
           a
           second
           spring
           of
           Grace
           .
           O
           t
           is
           sad
           to
           observe
           the
           many
           declining
           Professours
           of
           these
           dayes
           !
           many
           who
           had
           once
           a
           very
           good
           complexion
           in
           Religion
           ,
           how
           are
           they
           now
           tand
           by
           walking
           much
           abroad
           without
           the
           Covering
           of
           close
           Communion
           with
           God
           in
           his
           Ordinances
           .
           The
           Lord
           make
           you
           
           wise
           herein
           ,
           and
           faithful
           to
           the
           eternal
           interests
           of
           your
           Soules
           ;
           by
           taking
           heed
           to
           your selves
           in
           these
           Perilous
           times
           ,
           that
           you
           steere
           a
           right
           course
           between
           the
           left
           hand
           of
           Profaness
           and
           Carnality
           ,
           and
           the
           Right
           hand
           of
           Schisme
           ,
           and
           Novelty
           .
           Looke
           first
           with
           all
           Possible
           care
           to
           your
           foundation
           ,
           that
           it
           be
           well
           laid
           in
           Regeneration
           ,
           and
           heart-renovation
           ;
           then
           build
           upwards
           ,
           as
           high
           as
           you
           can
           in
           a
           holy
           life
           ,
           and
           heavenly
           Conversation
           .
           Make
           Religion
           your
           Businesse
           ,
           and
           let
           the
           Exercises
           of
           it
           in
           Publick
           ,
           Private
           and
           Secret
           have
           the
           Preheminence
           of
           all
           your
           Employments
           .
           Bestow
           the
           zeale
           
           of
           your
           Affections
           on
           the
           Great
           ,
           and
           weightier
           matters
           of
           Religion
           ,
           Faith
           and
           Godlinesse
           ,
           and
           let
           it
           not
           evaporate
           or
           waste
           it selfe
           on
           the
           mint
           and
           Cummin
           of
           Formes
           and
           opinions
           .
           Looke
           on
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           things
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           this
           Sermon
           gives
           you
           a
           Prospect
           of
           them
           ,
           as
           being
           but
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           the
           Fashion
           of
           them
           Passing
           away
           ;
           Estates
           ,
           and
           Honours
           ,
           Nobility
           ,
           Gentry
           ,
           Lords
           and
           Ladies
           are
           things
           which
           shortly
           will
           be
           quite
           out
           of
           Fashion
           ,
           and
           Christ
           will
           be
           All
           in
           All
           .
           Keep
           Eternity
           in
           your
           thoughts
           ,
           Christ
           in
           your
           hearts
           ,
           Heaven
           in
           your
           eyes
           ,
           the
           world
           under
           your
           Feet
           ,
           and
           in
           this
           posture
           march
           
           on
           dayly
           to
           life
           Eternal
           .
           For
           your
           Helpe
           and
           furtherance
           i●
           these
           and
           all
           other
           christia●
           duties
           ,
           you
           may
           comman●
           the
           Assistance
           of
           His
           poo●
           Prayers
           and
           Endeavours
           ,
           wh●
           is
        
         
           
             Yours
             in
             all
             Christian
             observance
             
             THO.
             GOODWIN
          
           
             Brentwood
             
               October
               .
               
                 24
                 1657.
                 
              
            
          
        
      
    
     
       
       
         
           A
           SERMON
           Preached
           at
           the
           FUNERAL
           Of
           the
           Honourable
           Lady
           
             JUDITH
             BARRINGTON
          
        
         
           
             2
             Cor.
             4.
             ver.
             18.
             
          
           
             
               While
               we
               look
               not
               at
               the
               things
               which
               are
               seen
               ,
               but
               at
               the
               things
               which
               are
               not
               seen
               :
               for
               the
               things
               which
               are
               seen
               are
               Temporal
               ,
               but
               the
               things
               which
               are
               not
               seen
               are
               Eternal
               .
            
          
        
         
           
             SOlomon
          
           tells
           us
           ,
           
             Ecclesiastes
          
           1.
           2.
           
           
             To
             every
             thing
             there
             is
             a
             season
             ,
             and
             a
             time
             to
             every
             purpose
             under
             the
             Sun
             :
             A
             time
             to
             be
             born
             and
             a
             time
             to
             dye
             .
          
           'T
           is
           
           worth
           our
           observing
           ,
           that
           he
           sayes
           not
           a
           time
           to
           be
           born
           and
           a
           time
           to
           Live
           ,
           or
           ,
           a
           time
           to
           live
           and
           a
           time
           to
           dye
           ,
           
             But
             a
             time
             to
             be
             born
             and
             a
             time
             to
             dye
             ;
          
           Intimating
           thereby
           the
           duration
           of
           mans
           life
           to
           be
           so
           inconsiderable
           ,
           that
           it
           deserves
           not
           the
           Nam●
           or
           Title
           of
           time
           ,
           
             Orimur
             ,
             Morimur
          
           we
           are
           born
           ,
           and
           we
           forthwith
           dye
           we
           step
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           out
           of
           one
           Grave
           into
           another
           :
           out
           of
           the
           Grave
           o●
           our
           Mothers
           wombe
           into
           the
           Grav●
           of
           the
           Earth
           our
           Common
           Mother
           again
           .
           But
           however
           mans
           first
           motion
           from
           the
           wombe
           to
           the
           Grave
           be
           so
           short
           and
           swift
           ,
           yet
           his
           next
           from
           the
           Grave
           to
           
             Eternity
          
           is
           unmeasurabl●
           and
           incomprehensible
           .
           
             Man
             goet●
             to
             his
             long
             home
          
           saith
           Solomon
           ,
           12
           
             Eccles.
          
           5.
           the
           state
           of
           man
           after
           thi●
           life
           is
           called
           his
           
             Long
             home
             ,
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           So
           the
           Septuagint
           renders
           it
           :
           to
           his
           house
           of
           Eternity
           :
           house
           so
           long
           ,
           that
           the
           line
           of
           timeselfe
           is
           too
           short
           to
           measure
           it
           .
           〈◊〉
           thought
           can
           imagine
           it
           ,
           no
           expression
           can
           declare
           it
           ,
           
             Semper
             minus
             dicitur
          
           
           
             quòd
             de
             aeterno
             dicitur
             aut
             cogitatur
             .
          
        
         
           To
           this
           long
           home
           Death
           conveye●
           
           every
           man
           ,
           death
           being
           that
           door
           which
           lets
           man
           into
           his
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             his
             house
             of
             Eternity
             .
          
           A
           Christian
           should
           not
           look
           on
           this
           world
           as
           his
           dwelling
           place
           or
           home
           ,
           't
           is
           but
           his
           Tabernacle
           or
           Inne
           ,
           
             we
             have
             here
             no
             certain
             dwelling
             place
             :
          
           thy
           dwelling
           
           house
           must
           be
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           an
           house
           Eternall
           ,
           no
           such
           is
           to
           be
           had
           in
           this
           visible
           world
           ;
           
             for
             the
             things
             which
             are
             seen
             are
             temporall
             ,
             but
             the
             things
             which
             are
             not
             seen
             are
             Eternall
             .
          
        
         
           A
           great
           part
           of
           this
           Epistle
           is
           Apologeticall
           :
           written
           for
           the
           vindication
           of
           Paul's
           Person
           ,
           Ministry
           ,
           and
           the
           Gospel
           it self
           which
           he
           preached
           ,
           The
           Gospel
           and
           profession
           of
           it
           lay
           under
           a
           very
           great
           prejudice
           
           in
           those
           dayes
           ,
           by
           reason
           of
           the
           Cross
           and
           persecution
           that
           did
           every where
           attend
           them
           ;
           
             Tanquam
             Evangelij
             Genius
             :
             Christianus
          
           and
           
             Crucianus
          
           being
           almost
           all
           one
           ;
           especially
           this
           lot
           fell
           heaviest
           on
           the
           Apostles
           and
           Preachers
           of
           it
           ,
           scarce
           one
           of
           them
           for
           many
           years
           together
           ,
           died
           a
           Natural
           Death
           ,
           but
           were
           buried
           out
           of
           the
           world
           in
           some
           
           fierce
           storme
           of
           persecution
           ver.
           11
           
             we
             which
             live
             .
             i.
             e.
             we
             Apostles
             ,
             an
             alway
             delivered
             unto
             death
             for
             Jesu●
             sake
             .
             q.
             d.
             
          
           There
           is
           but
           a
           few
           of
           u●
           now
           left
           alive
           ,
           through
           the
           rage
           o●
           our
           persecutors
           ,
           
             and
             we
             which
             do
             live
             we
             bear
             about
             in
             our
             bodies
             the
             dying
             〈◊〉
             the
             Lord
             Jesus
             .
             ver.
          
           10.
           we
           are
           troubled
           on
           every
           side
           ,
           perplexed
           ,
           persecuted
           ,
           we
           doe
           
             Mortaliter
             vivere
             &
             vitaliter
             mori
             .
          
           'T
           is
           scarce
           worthy
           to
           be
           called
           living
           ,
           
             Non
             est
             vivere
             sevalere
             vita
             :
          
           yet
           all
           this
           notwithstanding
           ,
           
             we
             faint
             not
             ,
             v.
          
           16.
           w●
           repent
           not
           of
           our
           engaging
           in
           the
           work
           of
           the
           Gospel
           ;
           why
           ?
           wha●
           was
           it
           supported
           and
           encourage●
           them
           ?
           see
           
             v.
          
           17.
           
           
             For
             our
             light
             affliction
             which
             is
             but
             for
             a
             moment
             ,
             work
             for
             us
             a
             far
             more
             exceeding
             eterna●
             weight
             of
             glory
             .
          
           No
           translation
           ca●
           reach
           the
           height
           of
           the
           Apostles
           Rhetoricke
           
           in
           those
           expressions
           ;
           fo●
           Afflicton
           ;
           there
           is
           glory
           ;
           for
           ligh●
           affliction
           a
           weight
           of
           Glory
           ,
           fo●
           Momentany
           affliction
           ,
           an
           exceedin●
           Eternal
           weight
           of
           Glory
           .
           Concer●ing
           
             Paul's
          
           afflictions
           ,
           we
           may
           read
           little
           Martyrology
           of
           them
           ,
           2.
           
           
             Cor●
          
           
           11.
           23
           ,
           24
           ,
           &c.
           
             In
             stripes
             above
             measure
             ,
             in
             prisons
             frequent
             ,
             in
             Deaths
             oft
             ;
             of
             the
             Jewes
             five
             times
             received
             I
             forty
             stripes
             save
             one
             .
             Thrice
             was
             I
             beaten
             with
             rods
             ,
             once
             was
             I
             stoned
             ,
             thrice
             I
             suffered
             ship-wrake
             ;
             anight
             and
             a
             day
             have
             I
             been
             in
             the
             deep
             in
             journeying
             often
             ,
          
           in
           peril
           of
           waters
           
             in
             perill
             of
             Robbers
             ,
          
           &c.
           
           One
           of
           these
           Gospel-chaines
           would
           feel
           very
           heavy
           to
           us
           ,
           yet
           Paul
           makes
           light
           of
           them
           all
           ,
           setting
           against
           them
           ,
           
             An
             exceeding
             Eternal
             weight
             of
             Glory
             ,
             which
             they
             work
             for
             him
             .
          
           A
           farther
           support
           in
           his
           sufferings
           ,
           he
           and
           his
           Fellow-sufferers
           had
           from
           the
           Consideration
           
           laid
           down
           in
           my
           Text
           ,
           
             We
             look
             not
             at
             things
             which
             are
             seen
             ,
             but
             at
             things
             which
             are
             not
             seen
             .
             q.
             d.
          
           we
           set
           not
           much
           by
           the
           things
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           we
           reckon
           little
           upon
           them
           ,
           we
           aime
           not
           at
           them
           ,
           for
           they
           are
           all
           but
           Temporal
           .
           The
           object
           of
           our
           desires
           ,
           aimes
           and
           endeavours
           are
           things
           not
           seen
           ,
           which
           are
           Eternal
           .
        
         
           The
           Text
           may
           be
           called
           a
           pair
           of
           Scripture
           Scales
           or
           Balances
           ,
           in
           which
           may
           be
           observed
           ,
        
         
         
           1.
           
           The
           Commodities
           weighed
           ,
           they
           are
           things
           
             which
             are
             seen
             and
             things
             which
             are
             not
             seen
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           great
           Difference
           appearing
           betwixt
           them
           upon
           the
           weight
           of
           them
           ;
           the
           superpondinm
           of
           things
           not
           seen
           .
           Things
           that
           are
           seen
           being
           weighed
           are
           found
           very
           light
           ,
           very
           vanities
           ,
           they
           are
           but
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             for
             a
             season
             ,
             for
             a
             while
             ,
             so
          
           the
           
           word
           is
           elsewhere
           translated
           .
           Bu●
           things
           that
           are
           not
           seen
           they
           weig●●
           very
           heavy
           ,
           they
           are
           all
           Eternal
           .
           Eternity
           makes
           every
           thing
           weighty
           whether
           it
           be
           Glory
           or
           Misery
           .
           〈◊〉
           the
           verse
           foregoing
           my
           Text
           ,
           w●
           have
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
           
             An
             Eternal
             weight
             of
             Glory
             .
          
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           right
           improvement
           to
           b●
           made
           of
           this
           knowledg
           of
           the
           difference
           between
           things
           
             that
             are
             see●
             and
             things
             that
             are
             not
             seen
             ,
          
           implye●
           in
           that
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           which
           signifi●
           so
           to
           look
           ,
           as
           the
           Archer
           at
           the
           〈◊〉
           he
           aims
           at
           :
           we
           make
           not
           these
           worldly
           things
           that
           are
           seen
           our
           aime
           ,
           〈◊〉
           catch
           not
           at
           them
           ,
           we
           linger
           no●
           after
           them
           ,
           we
           trouble
           not
           our
           selve●
           much
           about
           them
           ,
           our
           aimes
           ar●
           
           higher
           ,
           
             we
             look
             at
             things
             that
             are
             not
             seen
             ,
             that
             are
             Eternal
             .
          
           Many
           profitable
           Lessons
           might
           be
           learnt
           out
           of
           the
           words
           ,
           as
        
         
           
             Christian
             Religion
             teacheth
             us
             to
             know
             and
             believe
             things
             that
             are
             not
          
           
           
             seen
             .
          
           Our
           Christian
           faith
           makes
           evident
           to
           us
           things
           not
           seen
           .
           Some
           things
           we
           know
           by
           sence
           ,
           as
           the
           Sun
           shining
           ,
           and
           fire
           burning
           ;
           others
           by
           reason
           ,
           as
           the
           Creation
           of
           the
           world
           :
           but
           our
           Christian
           Religion
           hath
           revealed
           to
           our
           knowledg
           such
           things
           ,
           as
           neither
           the
           eye
           of
           sense
           ,
           nor
           Reason
           have
           seen
           .
           Our
           lowstatured
           dwarfe-understandings
           ,
           by
           the
           help
           of
           Scripture-Revelation
           ,
           have
           been
           advanced
           to
           some
           Discovery
           of
           things
           Eternal
           .
           Christianity
           calls
           the
           mind
           off
           from
           poring
           on
           those
           low
           trivial
           objects
           of
           perishing
           things
           that
           are
           seen
           ,
           and
           employes
           it
           ,
           in
           the
           Contemplation
           and
           study
           of
           things
           Eternal
           .
        
         
           
             Christianity
             puts
             men
             upon
             making
             it
             their
             great
             Business
             to
             look
             after
          
           
           
             things
             eternal
             ;
          
           we
           Christians
           ,
           we
           Beleevers
           look
           at
           
             things
             that
             are
             not
             seen
             ;
          
           't
           is
           not
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           but
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           we
           
           do
           not
           only
           look
           on
           them
           by
           intellectual
           speculations
           ,
           but
           we
           look
           at
           and
           after
           them
           affectionately
           and
           practically
           in
           our
           dayly
           endeavours
           and
           intentions
           .
           This
           is
           to
           be
           a
           Christia●
           to
           purpose
           ,
           to
           be
           dayly
           busy
           abou●
           things
           Eternal
           .
           This
           is
           indeed
           Christians
           calling
           :
           Christians
           shoul●
           be
           mainly
           skilful
           about
           things
           eternal
           ,
           and
           mainly
           painful
           about
           thing
           eternal
           .
           Things
           of
           this
           life
           ,
           temporal
           things
           should
           be
           your
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           your
           by-business
           ,
           you
           should
           〈◊〉
           them
           ,
           as
           if
           you
           did
           them
           not
           ,
           
             use
             〈◊〉
             world
             ,
             as
             if
             you
             used
             it
             not
             ;
          
           the
           wor●
           
           should
           be
           served
           only
           with
           God
           Leavings
           ;
           it
           should
           have
           but
           the
           fragments
           of
           thy
           time
           ,
           and
           the
           fragments
           of
           thy
           affections
           ;
           things
           eternal
           should
           in
           all
           things
           have
           precedence
           and
           preheminence
           .
           He
           tha●
           believes
           not
           things
           eternal
           is
           an
           in
           fidel
           ,
           but
           he
           that
           believes
           them
           ,
           ye●
           lookes
           not
           after
           them
           ,
           is
           worse
           the
           an
           Infidel
           :
           yet
           alas
           ,
           how
           full
           〈◊〉
           all
           streets
           of
           such
           men
           ,
           that
           arraking
           all
           kennels
           ,
           and
           scrapin●
           Dunghils
           ,
           turning
           over
           every
           ston●
           for
           worldly
           pelfe
           ,
           gathering
           things
           
           temporal
           ,
           but
           scattering
           things
           eternal
           ;
           eternal
           ●ad
           immortal
           Souls
           .
           Think
           of
           it
           ,
           Christians
           ,
           things
           eternal
           are
           worth
           your
           looking
           after
           :
           and
           if
           you
           would
           walk
           worthy
           of
           the
           Name
           whereby
           you
           are
           called
           ,
           you
           must
           sequester
           your selves
           from
           the
           world
           ,
           leave
           the
           looking
           after
           it
           to
           men
           of
           this
           world
           (
           of
           whom
           you
           shall
           hear
           more
           anon
           )
           whose
           calling
           it
           is
           ,
           whose
           portion
           it
           is
           ;
           do
           you
           devote
           ,
           and
           dedicate
           your selves
           chiefly
           to
           the
           care
           of
           things
           eternal
           .
           But
           I
           come
           to
           a
           third
           Observation
           ,
           which
           I
           chiefly
           intend
           to
           handle
           at
           this
           time
           .
        
         
           
             It
             is
             Eternity
             makes
             the
             great
             difference
          
           
           
             between
             things
             that
             are
             seen
             and
             things
             that
             are
             not
             seen
             .
          
           The
           things
           of
           this
           life
           are
           but
           for
           a
           season
           ,
           but
           the
           things
           of
           the
           life
           to
           come
           are
           eternal
           .
           If
           the
           good
           things
           and
           evil
           things
           of
           this
           life
           and
           the
           life
           to
           come
           were
           to
           be
           compared
           and
           weighed
           one
           against
           the
           other
           ,
           many
           other
           differences
           would
           appear
           ,
           to
           give
           the
           things
           of
           the
           life
           to
           come
           precedence
           ;
           But
           that
           which
           mainly
           ,
           infinitely
           ,
           indeed
           ,
           casts
           the
           
           Scale
           ,
           makes
           the
           things
           of
           the
           life
           to
           come
           to
           preponderate
           is
           this
           word
           
             Eternity
             :
          
           they
           are
           all
           eternal
           :
           eternally
           good
           or
           eternally
           evil
           ;
           you
           do
           but
           weigh
           a
           grain
           of
           sand
           against
           a
           huge
           Mountain
           ,
           a
           drop
           of
           water
           against
           the
           whole
           Ocean
           ,
           or
           a
           pins
           head
           against
           the
           whole
           globe
           of
           heaven
           and
           earth
           ,
           that
           weigh
           a
           temporal
           good
           against
           an
           eternal
           good
           ;
           or
           a
           temporal
           evil
           against
           an
           eternal
           evil
           .
           I
           'l
           speak
           a
           little
           to
           three
           particulars
           for
           the
           better
           clearing
           up
           this
           Doctrine
           .
        
         
           
             1.
             
             What
             is
             meant
             here
             by
             things
             seen
             and
             things
             not
             seen
             ?
          
           
             2.
             
             What
             by
             Temporal
             and
             Eternal
             ?
          
           
             3.
             
             What
             are
             those
             things
             not
             seen
             ,
             eternal
             which
             Christians
             are
             to
             look
             after
             ?
          
        
         
           1.
           
           Things
           seen
           and
           not
           seen
           what
           are
           they
           ?
        
         
           Man
           ,
           you
           all
           know
           ,
           Consists
           of
           two
           parts
           ,
           a
           Carnal
           part
           and
           a
           Spiritual
           ,
           a
           Body
           and
           Soul
           ,
           Flesh
           and
           Spirit
           ,
           an
           Earthen
           vessel
           and
           a
           Spiritual
           Treasure
           ,
           a
           Candle
           and
           a
           Lanthorn
           ,
           a
           plain
           Cabinet
           and
           a
           
           Rich
           Treasure
           :
           The
           Body
           one
           part
           of
           Man
           is
           visible
           ,
           the
           Soul
           being
           a
           Spirit
           is
           invisible
           :
           According
           to
           this
           double
           part
           of
           man
           ,
           one
           of
           which
           may
           be
           seen
           ,
           the
           other
           cannot
           be
           seen
           ,
           all
           things
           which
           concern
           man
           may
           be
           divided
           either
           into
           suchthings
           as
           maybe
           seen
           ,
           or
           as
           may
           not
           be
           seen
           .
           The
           things
           which
           immediately
           concern
           the
           body
           ,
           whether
           good
           ,
           as
           life
           ,
           health
           ,
           wealth
           ,
           food
           ,
           Rayment
           ,
           liberty
           ,
           Friends
           
             &c.
          
           or
           evil
           ,
           as
           ,
           Sickness
           ,
           Pains
           ,
           Poverty
           ,
           Nakedness
           ,
           death
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           are
           all
           
             Objecta
             sensibilia
          
           things
           which
           may
           be
           seen
           ,
           they
           do
           
             incurrere
             in
             sensum
             .
          
           Men
           that
           
             walke
             by
             sight
          
           look
           much
           at
           them
           and
           are
           much
           affected
           with
           them
           :
           In
           this
           sense
           the
           Apostle
           1
           John
           2.
           16.
           calls
           wealth
           the
           lust
           of
           the
           eye
           .
           But
           the
           things
           which
           immediately
           Concern
           the
           Soul
           ,
           whether
           good
           ,
           as
           Grace
           and
           Glory
           ,
           or
           evil
           as
           Sinne
           and
           misery
           ,
           guilt
           and
           wrath
           ;
           as
           the
           soul
           it selfe
           is
           a
           thing
           not
           seen
           ,
           eternal
           ,
           so
           are
           those
           concernments
           of
           it
           :
           therefore
           only
           regarded
           and
           lookt
           after
           by
           men
           that
           
             walk
             not
             by
             sight
             but
             by
             faith
             .
          
           So
           
           that
           upon
           the
           point
           ,
           by
           things
           
             that
          
           
           
             are
             seen
             ,
             and
             that
             are
             not
             seen
             ,
          
           may
           be
           meant
           the
           same
           which
           in
           1
           
             Tim.
          
           4.
           8.
           is
           exprest
           by
           the
           
             things
             of
             the
             life
             that
             now
             is
             ,
             and
             of
             that
             which
             is
             to
             come
             .
             The
             things
             of
             the
             life
             that
             now
             is
             ,
             are
             temporal
             ,
             but
             the
             things
             of
             the
             life
             to
             come
             are
             eternal
             .
          
        
         
           2.
           
           What
           is
           meant
           by
           
             Temporal
             and
             Eternal
             ?
          
           T
           is
           a
           very
           easy
           and
           a
           very
           hard
           Question
           ;
           what
           is
           Time
           ?
           what
           is
           
             Eternity
             ?
          
           The
           durations
           of
           all
           beings
           are
           Philosophically
           divided
           into
           three
           kinds
           ,
           
             Tempus
             ,
             Aevum
             ,
          
           and
           
             Aeternitas
             :
          
           But
           Theologically
           into
           two
           only
           ,
           
             Time
             and
             Eternity
             .
          
           Time
           in
           eneral
           in
           the
           Lump
           ,
           signifies
           the
           Duration
           or
           Continuance
           of
           things
           from
           the
           beginning
           of
           the
           world
           to
           the
           end
           of
           it
           ;
           Time
           being
           measured
           ,
           as
           Philosophers
           say
           ,
           
             per
             motum
             primi
             mobilis
             ,
             by
             the
             motions
             of
             the
             heavens
             extrinsecally
             :
          
           when
           the
           heavens
           therefore
           shall
           be
           dissolved
           ,
           
             Time
             shall
             be
             no
             more
             .
             Rev.
          
           10.
           6.
           
           Time
           in
           the
           Nature
           of
           it
           including
           1.
           a
           Beginning
           .
           2.
           
           Succession
           .
           3.
           
           An
           end
           .
           And
           by
           its
           parts
           't
           is
           Differenced
           by
           past
           ,
           Present
           ,
           and
           Future
           .
           This
           is
           time
           in
           General
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           .
        
         
         
           2.
           
           Time
           in
           particular
           called
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           of
           which
           the
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           in
           my
           Text
           is
           Compounded
           ,
           is
           a
           part
           ,
           portion
           or
           quantum
           of
           this
           
             Time
             ,
          
           a
           little
           arme
           of
           this
           Sea
           ,
           a
           Page
           or
           two
           of
           this
           whole
           Book
           ;
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           old
           Father
           Time
           it selfe
           is
           but
           an
           Infant
           of
           a
           span
           long
           to
           this
           great
           Giant
           ,
           
             Eternity
             :
          
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           season
           ,
           is
           a
           limbe
           of
           this
           little
           Infant
           :
           
             Time
          
           it selfe
           is
           but
           a
           moment
           ,
           a
           minute
           of
           
             Eternity
             ;
             and
             season
          
           is
           a
           
             Minutulum
          
           of
           this
           Minute
           ,
           a
           very
           inconsiderable
           thing
           :
           yet
           't
           is
           by
           this
           that
           all
           particular
           worldly
           things
           are
           measured
           ;
           they
           are
           not
           said
           to
           be
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           but
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           They
           are
           not
           measured
           by
           the
           whole
           yard
           ,
           of
           time
           ,
           but
           by
           the
           inch
           of
           season
           ,
           they
           are
           but
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           for
           a
           season
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           is
           
             Eternity
             ?
          
           without
           blushing
           I
           may
           reply
           as
           an
           acute
           Di●putant
           once
           did
           to
           a
           hard
           argument
           ,
           
             Respondeo
             me
             non
             posse
             Respondere
             ,
          
           My
           answer
           to
           this
           Question
           is
           ,
           that
           it
           is
           a
           question
           past
           my
           skill
           to
           answer
           :
           or
           as
           the
           Philosopher
           
             Symonides
          
           did
           to
           King
           
             Hieron's
          
           question
           ,
           
             What
             is
             God
             ?
          
           he
           required
           three
           
           dayes
           one
           after
           another
           to
           meditate
           an
           answer
           to
           it
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           told
           him
           he
           was
           farther
           from
           knowing
           what
           to
           Answer
           ,
           then
           when
           the
           Question
           was
           first
           propoundrd
           ,
           for
           that
           
             Quò
             plus
             cogitaret
             ,
             plus
             cogitandum
             occurreret
             ,
          
           the
           deeper
           we
           digge
           ,
           the
           faste●
           and
           higher
           will
           water
           rise
           upon
           us
           to
           drown
           our
           very
           meditations
           .
           Many
           descriptions
           are
           given
           of
           it
           ,
           which
           I
           will
           not
           spend
           time
           in
           rehearsing
           :
           only
           Note
           a
           common
           Distinction
           of
           
             Eternity
          
           into
           
             Increated
          
           &
           
             Created
             ,
             Absoluta
             &
             Participata
             ;
          
           a
           Complete
           perfect
           Eternity
           that
           is
           God's
           ,
           and
           an
           Incomplete
           inperfect
           eternity
           Communicated
           to
           some
           Creatures
           Gods
           Being
           is
           every
           way
           infinite
           ,
           S●
           are
           all
           the
           Perfections
           of
           it
           :
           In
           wisdom
           ,
           Omniscience
           is
           his
           infinite
           Perfection
           ,
           in
           power
           ,
           Omnipotency
           ,
           it
           Presence
           ,
           Immensity
           ,
           in
           Duration
           Eternity
           .
           Gods
           Eternity
           includes
           four
           things
           ;
           1.
           
           That
           God
           was
           from
           everlasting
           without
           any
           beginning
           
             Psal.
          
           90.
           2.
           
           
             Before
             the
             mountains
             were
             brought
             forth
             ,
             or
             ever
             thou
             hadst
             formed
             the
             earth
             and
             the
             world
             :
             Even
             from
             Everlasting
             to
             Everlasting
             thou
          
           
           
             art
             God
             .
             In
             Isaiah
          
           57.
           15.
           he
           is
           called
           
             the
             High
             and
             Lofty
             One
             that
             Inhabiteth
             Eternity
             .
             In
             the
             beginning
             God
             created
             the
             heaven
             and
             the
             earth
             ;
          
           
           But
           God
           ,
           the
           Creatour
           of
           heaven
           and
           earth
           himself
           ,
           was
           without
           beginning
           ,
           from
           everlasting
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           That
           Gods
           Being
           hath
           no
           ending
           ;
           God
           did
           not
           begin
           to
           bee
           ,
           God
           cannot
           cease
           to
           bee
           ,
           Rev.
           10.
           6.
           
           
             He
             lives
             for
             ever
             and
             ever
          
           1
           
             Tim.
          
           6.
           16.
           he
           
             only
             hath
             Immortality
             ;
          
           God
           only
           hath
           it
           Intrinsecally
           ,
           Essentially
           ,
           independently
           ,
           some
           Creatures
           have
           it
           by
           Communion
           ,
           from
           Gods
           good
           will
           and
           pleasure
           ,
           and
           in
           subordination
           to
           Gods
           glory
           .
           God
           only
           is
           from
           Everlasting
           to
           everlasting
           ,
           To
           be
           eternal
           ,
           
             A
             parte
             ante
          
           and
           
             a
             parte
             post
             ,
          
           both
           is
           Gods
           incommunicably
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           In
           Gods
           Eternity
           there
           is
           no
           succession
           ,
           no
           
             prius
             &
             posterius
             ,
          
           no
           yesterday
           and
           to
           morrow
           ,
           all
           things
           being
           equally
           present
           to
           God's
           Eternity
           .
           One
           therefore
           calls
           it
           
             Duratio
          
           
           
             semper
             praesens
             ,
             unum
             perpetuum
             ●odie
             quod
             non
             transit
             in
             praeteri●um
             aut
             ●uturum
             .
          
           Gods
           knowledg
           comprehends
           things
           a
           thousand
           years
           distant
           
           one
           from
           another
           more
           exactly
           the●
           ours
           can
           doe
           things
           of
           yesterday
           
           Things
           come
           to
           our
           knowledg
           ,
           som●
           before
           ,
           some
           after
           others
           ;
           't
           is
           not
           so
           with
           God's
           :
           This
           ,
           some
           schoolemen
           have
           Illustrated
           by
           such
           a
           similitude
           ,
           A
           man
           standing
           on
           the
           to●
           of
           some
           high
           mountain
           ,
           or
           hill
           to
           se●
           an
           army
           marching
           ,
           he
           sees
           the
           whole
           body
           of
           it
           at
           once
           ,
           thoug●
           possibly
           one
           part
           of
           it
           be
           many
           mile●
           distant
           from
           another
           ;
           another
           ma●
           standing
           on
           the
           ground
           sees
           but
           very
           little
           at
           a
           time
           ,
           first
           one
           ra●●
           of
           men
           then
           another
           ,
           one
           troo●
           after
           another
           ,
           one
           Regiment
           afte●
           another
           ,
           some
           before
           ,
           some
           behind
           some
           coming
           ,
           others
           going
           ,
           other
           gone
           .
           Thus
           do
           we
           that
           stand
           〈◊〉
           this
           low
           valley
           of
           time
           see
           an●
           know
           things
           successively
           ,
           and
           compute
           by
           dayes
           and
           years
           ,
           yesterda●
           and
           to
           Morrow
           ,
           last
           and
           next
           year
           
             One
             Generation
             passeth
             away
             and
             an●ther
             cometh
             :
          
           but
           the
           High
           and
           Lo●ty
           
           One
           that
           inhabits
           Eternity
           know
           no
           yesterdayes
           nor
           to morrows
           ,
           hi●
           eternity
           possesseth
           altogether
           ,
           all
           a●
           once
           .
           God's
           Eternity
           is
           
             interminabil●●
          
           
           
             vitae
             tota
             simul
             possessione
             .
          
           If
           thou
           sayest
           thou
           canst
           not
           conceive
           how
           
           t●is
           should
           be
           ;
           I
           only
           say
           to
           thee
           〈◊〉
           the
           words
           of
           a
           Learned
           Philoso●●er
           ,
           
             Si
             scires
             quid
             Deus
             esset
             ,
             Deus
          
           
           
             〈◊〉
             ,
          
           None
           but
           God
           can
           comprehend
           God
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Gods
           Eternity
           is
           Causall
           :
           he
           dispences
           and
           measures
           out
           the
           duration
           and
           Continuance
           of
           all
           other
           b●ings
           :
           he
           sets
           out
           their
           races
           ,
           and
           stages
           ,
           when
           they
           shall
           begin
           ,
           and
           when
           end
           .
           The
           times
           and
           seasons
           
           of
           every
           thing
           under
           the
           Sun
           are
           appointed
           by
           him
           :
           the
           Sun
           it self
           and
           Heavens
           keep
           the
           Courses
           he
           appoints
           them
           :
           and
           when
           he
           will
           ,
           Time
           shall
           be
           no
           more
           ;
           This
           is
           increated
           Eternity
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           The
           Creatures
           eternity
           is
           Communicated
           and
           dependant
           ,
           and
           t
           is
           
           but
           an
           half
           eternity
           :
           God
           is
           from
           everlasting
           to
           everlasting
           ;
           the
           Creatures
           is
           from
           such
           a
           time
           ,
           when
           it
           began
           ,
           To
           everlasting
           .
           Me
           thinks
           it
           makes
           my
           weak
           understanding
           as
           it
           were
           giddy
           to
           stand
           a
           little
           and
           look
           either
           backward
           from
           everlasting
           or
           forward
           to
           everlasting
           .
           One
           quarter
           
           of
           an
           houres
           deep
           meditation
           of
           eternity
           makes
           head
           and
           heart
           fall
           
           an
           aking
           ,
           as
           not
           able
           to
           bear
           it
           .
           As
           the
           eye
           can
           bear
           with
           ten
           or
           twenty
           or
           thirty
           Candles
           all
           lighted
           at
           a
           time
           in
           a
           roome
           and
           look
           on
           them
           without
           any
           pain
           or
           trouble
           ,
           but
           a
           little
           gazing
           on
           the
           Sun
           weakens
           and
           dazles
           it
           ,
           being
           
             Excellens
             Sensibile
             :
          
           so
           it
           is
           with
           the
           weak
           eye
           of
           man's
           understanding
           ,
           if
           you
           keep
           it
           within
           the
           Horison
           or
           compass
           of
           time
           (
           although
           at
           hundred
           and
           thousand
           years
           distance
           )
           it
           will
           hold
           out
           with
           vigour
           and
           quickness
           ;
           but
           if
           thy
           thoughts
           approach
           a
           little
           neer
           Eternity
           to
           Consider
           it
           seriously
           ,
           thou
           wilt
           presently
           be
           sensible
           of
           a
           great
           weakness
           in
           thy
           Intellectualls
           ,
           thy
           head
           will
           scarce
           hold
           out
           to
           serve
           thy
           hearts
           Necessity
           about
           the
           considerations
           of
           Eternity
           .
           So
           much
           at
           present
           for
           that
           second
           particular
           what
           's
           meant
           by
           Temporal
           ,
           and
           Eternal
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           What
           are
           those
           unseen
           eternal
           things
           which
           Christians
           look
           after
           ?
           I
           might
           instance
           in
           many
           particulars
           Take
           these
           four
           .
        
         
         
           1.
           
           The
           new
           Spiritual
           life
           of
           a
           Christian
           in
           his
           union
           to
           Christ
           began
           by
           Regeneration
           .
           As
           natural
           life
           consists
           in
           the
           Conjunction
           of
           the
           body
           and
           Soul
           :
           So
           does
           spiritual
           in
           the
           union
           of
           the
           soul
           to
           Christ
           .
           And
           as
           the
           body
           without
           the
           soul
           is
           dead
           ,
           so
           is
           the
           soul
           without
           Christ
           .
           
           This
           spiritual
           life
           of
           a
           Believer
           is
           a
           very
           secret
           hidden
           thing
           ,
           
             Colos.
          
           2.
           3.
           
             your
             life
             is
             hid
             with
             Christ
             in
             God
             ,
          
           't
           is
           hid
           from
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           hid
           oftentimes
           from
           believers
           themselves
           ,
           so
           that
           they
           are
           often
           in
           great
           feares
           and
           troubles
           about
           their
           spiritual
           Condition
           :
           whether
           in
           Christ
           ,
           or
           out
           of
           Christ
           ,
           they
           cannot
           tell
           .
           They
           are
           not
           to
           be
           numbred
           the
           many
           careful
           thoughts
           that
           the
           hearts
           of
           true
           Christians
           are
           filled
           with
           ,
           about
           this
           one
           thing
           ,
           Their
           Regeneration
           .
           This
           is
           a
           thing
           not
           seen
           ,
           not
           regarded
           ,
           nor
           understood
           by
           the
           world
           ,
           yet
           this
           is
           an
           eternal
           thing
           ,
           your
           souls
           passing
           from
           death
           to
           life
           ,
           its
           first
           step
           towards
           that
           life
           that
           is
           eternal
           over
           this
           narrow
           bridge
           of
           Regeneration
           .
           Oh
           Sirs
           ,
           
           hath
           this
           been
           looked
           after
           by
           you
           ,
           your
           New-birth
           ?
           many
           talke
           much
           of
           their
           Birth
           ,
           and
           Parentage
           ,
           and
           Ancestors
           ,
           you
           are
           but
           meanly
           descended
           and
           base-born
           all
           of
           you
           ,
           that
           are
           not
           born
           again
           of
           water
           and
           of
           the
           Spirit
           .
           The
           differences
           of
           men
           by
           flesh
           and
           blood
           ,
           and
           titles
           
           of
           honour
           ,
           such
           as
           are
           Gentlemen
           ,
           Esquires
           ,
           Knights
           ,
           Lords
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           are
           but
           temporal
           ,
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           but
           the
           differences
           of
           men
           by
           nature
           and
           the
           Spirits
           regenerate
           and
           unregenerate
           these
           are
           Eternal
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Justification
           or
           the
           sense
           of
           sin
           pardoned
           ,
           Thy
           person
           accepted
           ,
           God
           reconciled
           ,
           these
           are
           things
           greatly
           looked
           after
           and
           laboured
           for
           by
           good
           Christians
           ,
           yet
           things
           not
           seen
           nor
           discerned
           by
           the
           world
           ,
           
             Rev.
          
           2.
           17.
           
           
             To
             him
             that
             overcometh
             I
             will
             give
             to
             eat
             of
             the
             hidden
             manna
             ,
             and
             will
             give
             him
             a
             white
             stone
             ,
             and
             in
             the
             stone
             a
             new
             name
             written
             ,
             which
             no
             man
             knoweth
             saving
             he
             that
             receiveth
             it
             .
          
           This
           hidden
           manna
           are
           the
           Comforts
           of
           the
           Spirit
           of
           God
           in
           the
           hearts
           of
           believers
           upon
           the
           sense
           of
           their
           Reconciliation
           to
           
           God
           :
           The
           white
           stone
           is
           their
           absolution
           and
           Justification
           .
           It
           being
           a
           manner
           used
           in
           some
           Iudicatories
           to
           give
           a
           white
           stone
           in
           token
           of
           approbation
           and
           absolution
           ,
           and
           a
           black
           stone
           in
           token
           of
           Condemnation
           or
           rejection
           .
           O
           this
           white
           stone
           Believers
           search
           and
           look
           and
           dig
           for
           as
           a
           Treasure
           !
        
         
           Justification
           is
           an
           eternal
           thing
           
             Rom.
          
           8.
           30
           :
           
             whom
             he
             justified
             ,
             them
             he
             also
             glorified
             ,
          
        
         
           3.
           
           Adoption
           ,
           the
           Souls
           Relation
           to
           God
           in
           a
           state
           of
           Son-ship
           ,
           that
           's
           a
           thing
           not
           seen
           ,
           
             Relationes
             non
             incurrunt
             in
             sensus
             ;
          
           this
           is
           a
           thing
           that
           Beleevers
           are
           inquisitive
           after
           ,
           to
           have
           the
           
             Spirit
             of
             God
             bearing
             witnesse
             with
             their
             Spirits
             ,
             that
             they
             are
             the
             Children
             of
             God
             ,
             Rom.
          
           8.
           16.
           
           God
           hath
           a
           seed
           among
           the
           children
           of
           men
           ,
           whom
           having
           new-begotten
           by
           his
           Spirit
           he
           hath
           certainly
           adopted
           
           to
           be
           his
           children
           ,
           his
           affection
           to
           them
           exceeds
           farre
           yours
           ,
           who
           are
           Natural
           parents
           towards
           your
           
           children
           :
           he
           hath
           Paternal
           affections
           towards
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           filial
           dispositions
           towards
           him
           ,
           he
           a
           paternal
           
           care
           and
           providence
           over
           them
           ,
           they
           filial
           Confidences
           and
           
           Dependences
           on
           him
           ,
           as
           you
           parents
           lay
           up
           for
           your
           Children
           ,
           so
           does
           God
           for
           them
           .
           This
           Dignity
           indeed
           hath
           no
           outward
           appearance
           to
           discover
           it self
           to
           the
           world
           .
           It
           doth
           not
           yet
           appear
           who
           are
           Gods
           sons
           ,
           nor
           how
           such
           shall
           be
           glorified
           :
           The
           heirs
           of
           eternal
           glory
           walke
           up
           and
           down
           the
           streets
           
           of
           the
           world
           in
           very
           contemptible
           appearances
           .
           Sometimes
           in
           
             Sheep-skins
             ,
             and
             goat-skins
             ,
             being
             destitute
             ,
             as
             having
             nothing
             ,
             yet
          
           
           
             possessing
             all
             things
             ,
          
           two
           or
           three
           of
           them
           sometimes
           are
           crouded
           together
           into
           one
           poor
           thatcht
           cottage
           ,
           yet
           not
           one
           of
           these
           (
           though
           it
           be
           a
           thing
           
             not
             seen
             of
             the
             world
             )
          
           stirs
           abroad
           without
           
             a
             guard
             of
             Angels
             &
             the
             Spirit
             of
             glory
             and
             of
             God
             resteth
             on
             them
             .
          
           
           The
           poor
           petty
           heirs
           of
           this
           world
           make
           a
           great
           shew
           and
           noise
           where
           they
           goe
           ,
           they
           are
           looked
           after
           ,
           and
           pointed
           at
           ,
           There
           goes
           such
           a
           Knights
           eldest
           son
           ,
           such
           a
           Lords
           heir
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           only
           the
           sons
           of
           God
           and
           children
           of
           the
           Most
           High
           ,
           who
           shall
           every
           one
           of
           
           them
           inherit
           an
           Eternal
           Kingdome
           ,
           their
           glory
           is
           a
           thing
           not
           seen
           ,
           therefore
           is
           not
           their
           condition
           valued
           by
           men
           of
           the
           world
           :
           but
           Blessed
           is
           that
           Soul
           ,
           who
           has
           received
           this
           New-name
           of
           a
           Son
           or
           daughter
           of
           the
           Lord
           Almighties
           :
        
         
           4.
           
           The
           last
           thing
           which
           I
           shall
           
           name
           among
           things
           not
           seen
           which
           believers
           look
           after
           is
           an
           Inheritance
           
             in
             heaven
             ,
             uncorruptible
             ,
             undefiled
             ,
          
           
           
             that
             fadeth
             not
             away
             ,
          
           while
           other
           men
           are
           busied
           wholly
           in
           laying
           up
           for
           themselves
           treasures
           on
           earth
           ,
           they
           are
           laying
           up
           for
           themselves
           treasures
           in
           heaven
           .
           1.
           
             Cor.
          
           2.
           9.
           
           
             Such
             things
             as
             eye
             hath
             not
             seen
             ,
             nor
             ear
             heard
             ,
             n●ither
             have
             entred
             into
             the
             heart
             of
             man
             ,
             for
             them
             that
             love
             him
             .
          
           God
           is
           preparing
           heaven
           for
           them
           ,
           and
           they
           are
           preparing
           themselves
           for
           heaven
           ;
           They
           are
           clearing
           up
           their
           evidences
           ,
           and
           securing
           their
           titles
           to
           Glory
           ,
           by
           making
           their
           calling
           &
           Election
           sure
           ,
           they
           observing
           wisely
           how
           slippery
           mens
           present
           standings
           are
           on
           earthly
           possessions
           ,
           
             are
             laying
             up
             in
             store
             for
             themselves
             a
             good
             foundation
             against
             the
             time
             to
             come
          
           
           
             that
             they
             may
             lay
             hold
             on
             eternal
             life
             ,
          
           1
           Tim.
           6.
           19.
           
           O
           this
           heavenly
           inheritance
           is
           that
           ,
           which
           a
           Beleever
           hath
           his
           eye
           upon
           on
           all
           occasions
           !
           His
           short
           Commons
           on
           outward
           Mercies
           he
           makes
           up
           often
           with
           the
           remembrance
           of
           the
           plentiful
           feast
           provided
           for
           him
           in
           his
           fathers
           house
           ,
           and
           Kingdome
           .
           His
           heavy
           afflictions
           are
           made
           light
           by
           Considering
           
             that
          
           
           
             exceeding
             eternal
             weight
             of
             Glory
             they
             worke
             for
             him
             .
          
           The
           yoke
           of
           Duty
           and
           service
           is
           made
           easy
           by
           having
           
             Respect
             unto
             the
             recompence
             of
             Reward
             ;
          
           when
           ever
           any
           thing
           troubles
           
           him
           ,
           or
           goes
           amiss
           with
           him
           here
           among
           things
           temporal
           ,
           the
           Consideration
           of
           heaven
           and
           things
           eternal
           makes
           amends
           for
           all
           .
           Thus
           a
           beleever
           looks
           at
           these
           things
           which
           are
           not
           seen
           ,
           which
           are
           eternal
           ;
           I
           come
           to
           Application
           .
        
         
           This
           Doctrine
           ,
           that
           the
           things
           of
           this
           world
           are
           but
           for
           a
           season
           hath
           a
           
           double
           aspect
           ,
           as
           the
           Israelites
           cloud
           ,
           a
           darke
           side
           and
           a
           light
           side
           ,
           it
           
           looks
           very
           sadly
           upon
           all
           those
           whom
           the
           Scripture
           calls
           
             Men
             of
             this
          
           
           
             world
             ;
          
           men
           in
           this
           world
           we
           are
           all
           ,
           
           but
           not
           all
           ,
           I
           hope
           ;
           
             men
             of
             this
             world
             .
          
           To
           men
           of
           this
           world
           I
           may
           call
           and
           say
           in
           the
           words
           of
           the
           Apostle
           
             James
             ,
             James
          
           5.
           1.
           2.
           
           
             Go
             to
             now
             ye
             ▪
             men
             of
             the
          
           world
           ,
           
             weep
             and
             howl
             for
             your
             miseries
             that
             shall
             come
             upon
             you
             ;
             your
             riches
             are
             corrupted
             ,
             and
             your
             garments
             moth-eaten
             .
          
           Here
           is
           the
           Canker
           and
           the
           rust
           ,
           and
           the
           moth
           that
           is
           consuming
           all
           your
           treasure
           ,
           this
           one
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           they
           are
           all
           but
           for
           a
           season
           .
           I'el
           give
           you
           4
           Characters
           of
           men
           of
           this
           world
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Men
           ,
           all
           whose
           skill
           and
           dexterity
           is
           about
           things
           of
           this
           world
           ;
           shrewd
           men
           ,
           very
           knowing
           about
           worldly
           affaires
           ,
           but
           altogether
           ignorant
           about
           the
           matters
           of
           Eternity
           .
           The
           world
           is
           the
           only
           book
           they
           study
           ;
           Therein
           they
           are
           soundly
           book-learned
           .
           As
           David
           did
           on
           Gods
           law
           ,
           so
           do
           they
           herein
           ,
           
             meditate
          
           
           
             day
             and
             night
             ;
          
           This
           booke
           hath
           three
           leavs
           1
           
             John
          
           2.
           16.
           
           Riches
           ,
           Pleasures
           and
           Honours
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           The
           Covetous
           man's
           Genius
           or
           Lust
           carries
           him
           after
           wealth
           ,
           this
           leafe
           he
           is
           daily
           thumming
           ,
           beating
           
           his
           braine
           and
           studying
           new
           wayes
           to
           enlarge
           his
           est●te
           ,
           by
           adding
           house
           to
           house
           ,
           and
           purchase
           to
           purchase
           ,
           contriving
           new
           engines
           to
           draw
           more
           of
           the
           Riches
           of
           the
           world
           into
           his
           possession
           :
           and
           to
           a
           notable
           perfection
           ,
           herein
           many
           of
           them
           attain
           ,
           being
           verstin
           all
           the
           Topicks
           and
           Common
           places
           of
           profit
           and
           gain
           ;
           having
           got
           in
           a
           readinesse
           all
           sorts
           of
           money-traps
           to
           catch
           it
           ,
           where-ever
           it
           is
           stirring
           and
           to
           be
           had
           :
           
             per
             fas
             &
             nefas
             Rem
             ,
             rem
             quocunque
             modo
             ,
             rem
             .
          
        
         
           The
           voluptuous
           man
           ,
           his
           teeth
           water
           more
           after
           pleasures
           and
           sensual
           delights
           ,
           feasting
           and
           gaming
           ,
           and
           riotous
           living
           ;
           he
           gives
           his
           heart
           to
           seek
           and
           search
           out
           all
           manner
           of
           mirths
           and
           pleasures
           ;
           As
           
             Solomon
          
           describes
           his
           own
           Courses
           in
           the
           time
           of
           his
           vanity
           .
           
             Eccles.
          
           2.
           1.
           2.
           to
           the
           10.
           
             v.
             Solomon
          
           shews
           there
           what
           large
           provision
           he
           made
           to
           satisfie
           this
           lust
           ,
           sumptuous
           diet
           ;
           stately
           buildings
           ,
           orchards
           ,
           Gardens
           ,
           Forests
           ,
           Parkes
           ,
           Fishponds
           ,
           Musick
           vocall
           ,
           and
           instrumentall
           ,
           he
           with-held
           not
           his
           heart
           
             from
             any
             joy
          
           
           
             that
             his
             eyes
             desired
             ;
          
           As
           a
           young
           prodigal
           Citizen
           of
           London
           I
           have
           
           read
           of
           ,
           who
           had
           a
           great
           longing
           to
           give
           all
           his
           five
           sences
           a
           pleasure
           at
           once
           ,
           and
           allowed
           to
           the
           delight
           of
           every
           sence
           a
           several
           hundred
           pound
           :
           by
           which
           and
           such
           like
           practises
           within
           the
           space
           of
           three
           years
           he
           wasted
           an
           estate
           of
           thirty
           thousand
           pound
           in
           money
           left
           him
           by
           his
           father
           ,
           besides
           Land
           ,
           Plate
           ,
           Jewels
           ,
           and
           houses
           furnished
           very
           richly
           to
           a
           great
           value
           .
           T
           is
           not
           a
           little
           cost
           and
           pains
           men
           of
           this
           lust
           are
           at
           ,
           to
           maintaine
           and
           give
           it
           satisfaction
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           The
           Ambitious
           man
           is
           of
           an
           aspiring
           mind
           ,
           he
           is
           climbing
           higher
           and
           higher
           after
           honours
           and
           preferments
           ,
           his
           head
           is
           never
           without
           a
           plot
           to
           promote
           this
           his
           design
           .
           These
           three
           ,
           which
           one
           calls
           the
           worlds
           Trinity
           ,
           in
           serving
           of
           these
           ,
           men
           of
           the
           world
           are
           wholly
           taken
           up
           :
           and
           many
           live
           under
           the
           Repute
           of
           notable
           wise
           men
           ,
           for
           the
           skill
           they
           have
           attained
           in
           these
           worldly
           businesses
           .
           Poore
           Creatures
           !
           the
           subject
           of
           our
           skill
           are
           things
           that
           
           are
           but
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           therefore
           for
           a
           while
           you
           l
           go
           for
           wise
           men
           ,
           wise
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           but
           fools
           Eternally
           .
           How
           will
           these
           wiser
           men
           of
           the
           world
           see
           themselves
           shortly
           befool'd
           !
           me thinks
           I
           hear
           the
           Noise
           of
           their
           cry
           at
           the
           day
           of
           Judgement
           in
           the
           words
           of
           
             Saul
             .
             Behold
             we
             have
             played
             the
             fool
             and
             have
             erred
             exceedingly
             :
          
           you
           have
           a
           
           Proverb
           ,
           
             Penny
             wise
             and
             pound
             foolish
             ,
          
           such
           are
           men
           of
           this
           world
           ;
           wise
           in
           temporalls
           ,
           fools
           in
           Eternals
           .
           Looke
           to
           it
           ,
           Sirs
           ,
           that
           none
           of
           you
           be
           such
           ,
           wise
           to
           buy
           and
           sell
           and
           make
           bargains
           ,
           to
           Contrive
           wayes
           of
           enlarging
           your
           estates
           ,
           and
           raising
           your
           families
           ,
           but
           in
           the
           Mysteries
           of
           Godliness
           ,
           and
           matters
           of
           Salvation
           ,
           such
           as
           Regeneration
           ,
           union
           and
           Communion
           with
           Christ
           ,
           Living
           by
           faith
           ,
           having
           our
           Conversation
           in
           heaven
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           grossly
           ignorant
           and
           void
           of
           understanding
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Men
           whose
           labour
           and
           activity
           is
           wholly
           or
           chiefly
           for
           things
           of
           this
           world
           ;
           men
           whose
           practise
           is
           directly
           opposite
           to
           our
           Saviours
           precept
           
             John
             .
          
           6.
           27.
           
           They
           
             labour
             for
             the
             meat
             that
             perisheth
             ,
          
           but
           they
           
             labour
          
           
           
             not
             for
             the
             meat
             which
             endureth
             unto
             everlasting
             life
             .
          
           Great
           week-day
           Labourers
           in
           gathering
           the
           perishing
           things
           of
           this
           world
           ;
           but
           Lords-day
           loyterers
           when
           they
           should
           be
           gathering
           heavenly
           Manna
           for
           life
           Eternal
           .
           Industry
           and
           diligence
           in
           an
           honest
           Calling
           ,
           though
           never
           so
           poore
           and
           mean
           in
           the
           Account
           of
           men
           is
           well-pleasing
           to
           God
           :
           I
           would
           not
           be
           thought
           to
           reprove
           or
           reproach
           that
           :
           I
           wish
           heartily
           many
           pretenders
           to
           Religion
           now
           a
           dayes
           would
           make
           more
           conscience
           of
           that
           duty
           :
           I
           thinke
           it
           also
           one
           of
           the
           great
           sins
           and
           reproaches
           of
           our
           Nation
           that
           it
           abounds
           with
           so
           many
           vagrant
           beggers
           and
           extravagant
           Gentlemen
           ,
           living
           ,
           the
           one
           as
           if
           they
           were
           above
           ,
           the
           other
           ,
           beneath
           all
           honest
           calllngs
           :
           But
           the
           sin
           I
           am
           now
           describing
           ,
           and
           disgracing
           is
           ,
           when
           men
           will
           toil
           and
           moil
           ,
           run
           and
           ride
           ,
           rise
           early
           and
           sit
           up
           late
           ,
           in
           pains-taking
           about
           the
           things
           of
           this
           life
           ;
           but
           will
           not
           be
           brought
           to
           like
           or
           practise
           any
           exercise
           in
           Religion
           ,
           in
           which
           pains
           must
           be
           taken
           ,
           although
           the
           profit
           and
           advantage
           of
           
           it
           be
           an
           Eternal
           good
           ;
           When
           Estates
           and
           preferments
           in
           the
           wo●ld
           which
           are
           but
           ●or
           a
           while
           ,
           are
           sought
           with
           the
           hazard
           of
           eternal
           Soules
           ;
           which
           are
           lost
           for
           〈◊〉
           of
           looking
           af●●r
           .
           
             O
             ye
             Sons
             of
             men
             how
             long
             will
             ye
             love
             varity
             and
             seek
             after
             lea●●ng
             ?
             Psal.
          
           4.
           2
           ▪
           
             why
             labour
             you
             for
             that
             which
             〈◊〉
             not
             ?
          
           the
           dayes
           are
           Coming
           when
           you
           will
           reflect
           on
           your
           〈◊〉
           for
           these
           temporal
           things
           ,
           with
           
             Solomons
          
           words
           
             Eccles.
          
           1.
           3.
           
           
             what
             profit
             hath
             a
             man
             of
             all
             his
             labours
             which
             he
             taketh
             under
             the
             Sun
             ?
          
           so
           
             Eccles.
          
           2.
           11.
           you
           will
           look
           on
           all
           the
           works
           your
           hands
           have
           wrought
           ;
           and
           on
           the
           labour
           you
           have
           laboured
           to
           do
           ,
           and
           the
           Result
           of
           all
           will
           be
           vanity
           and
           vexation
           of
           Spirit
           ,
           there
           was
           no
           profit
           under
           the
           Sun
           .
           You
           that
           now
           are
           all
           for
           profit
           and
           gain
           ,
           to
           whom
           
             dulcis
             odor
             lucri
             ex
             re
             quâlibet
             ,
          
           you
           will
           be
           miserably
           disappointed
           ,
           you
           'l
           find
           there
           was
           no
           profit
           under
           the
           Sun
           ,
           pro●●t
           will
           be
           found
           to
           be
           amongst
           things
           that
           are
           not
           seen
           ,
           things
           eternal
           which
           you
           looked
           not
           after
           .
           What
           a
           vain
           thing
           is
           it
           for
           a
           man
           to
           
           busy
           himself
           in
           drawing
           curious
           images
           or
           letters
           in
           the
           sand
           or
           dust
           ,
           which
           one
           blast
           of
           wind
           will
           suddenly
           deface
           and
           spoil
           ,
           and
           in
           a
           moment
           obliterate
           the
           pains
           of
           many
           hours
           or
           dayes
           ?
           O
           it
           might
           be
           happy
           for
           many
           mens
           soules
           ,
           if
           one
           tenth
           part
           of
           that
           time
           ,
           labour
           ,
           and
           pains
           which
           is
           spent
           about
           things
           temporal
           ;
           were
           spent
           about
           things
           eternal
           .
           Consider
           with
           what
           shame
           and
           torment
           of
           spirit
           you
           will
           stand
           before
           God
           at
           the
           Day
           of
           Judgement
           :
           under
           this
           remembrance
           ;
           
             what
             profit
             of
             all
             my
             labour
             under
             the
             Sun
             ?
          
           None
           ,
           none
           at
           all
           ,
           your
           labour
           was
           misplaced
           ,
           it
           was
           about
           perishing
           things
           ;
           In
           stead
           of
           profit
           behold
           nothing
           but
           anguish
           and
           vexation
           of
           Spirit
           .
        
         
           3.
           
           Men
           of
           this
           world
           are
           such
           ,
           all
           whose
           treasure
           ,
           estate
           and
           portion
           lies
           in
           this
           world
           :
           't
           is
           all
           visible
           ,
           consisting
           only
           of
           things
           which
           are
           seen
           .
           As
           we
           say
           of
           some
           men
           ,
           they
           are
           great
           men
           in
           their
           own
           Country
           ,
           their
           estate
           lies
           altogether
           in
           one
           Country
           ,
           there
           they
           have
           great
           Command
           ,
           great
           interest
           and
           Respect
           ,
           
           many
           Tenants
           and
           retainers
           ,
           great
           Alliance
           ,
           they
           beare
           all
           the
           sway
           ,
           but
           out
           of
           their
           Country
           ,
           they
           are
           No body
           ,
           they
           pass
           to
           and
           fro
           unregarded
           :
           so
           is
           it
           with
           many
           ,
           who
           in
           this
           world
           bear
           a
           great
           sway
           through
           their
           worldly
           greatnesse
           ,
           by
           their
           purse
           and
           power
           they
           can
           have
           any
           thing
           ,
           and
           do
           any
           thing
           here
           below
           ;
           But
           Alas
           ,
           you
           see
           all
           ,
           all
           lies
           on
           this
           side
           the
           Holy
           Land
           ,
           here
           lies
           all
           their
           estate
           ,
           they
           have
           no
           treasure
           ;
           nor
           inheritance
           in
           heaven
           ,
           their
           friends
           dwell
           all
           on
           earth
           :
           in
           heaven
           there
           's
           none
           cares
           for
           them
           :
           they
           have
           much
           kindred
           and
           acquaintance
           on
           earth
           ,
           but
           strangers
           to
           heaven
           ,
           God
           ownes
           them
           not
           ,
           
             Abraham
             is
             ignorant
             of
             them
             ,
             and
             Israel
             will
             not
             acknowledg
             them
             ,
          
           one
           stroke
           of
           death
           utterly
           undoes
           them
           ,
           and
           bereaves
           them
           of
           all
           at
           once
           .
           In
           a
           moment
           ,
           in
           the
           twinkling
           of
           an
           eye
           they
           are
           thrown
           out
           of
           all
           ,
           they
           are
           
             cast
             down
             and
             shall
             not
             be
             able
             to
             rise
             .
             Psal.
          
           37.
           35
           ,
           36.
           
           
             I
             have
             seen
             the
             wicked
             in
             great
             power
             and
          
           
           
             spreading
             himself
             like
             a
             green
             Bay-tree
             :
             yet
             he
             passed
             away
             and
             lo
             he
             was
          
           
           
             not
             ,
             I
             sought
             him
             but
             he
             could
             not
             be
             found
             .
          
           Death
           like
           a
           Bayly
           or
           Serjeant
           comes
           with
           a
           writ
           of
           arrest
           ,
           seizes
           upon
           all
           ,
           and
           carries
           them
           away
           to
           prison
           ,
           where
           they
           must
           be
           for
           ever
           without
           any
           hope
           of
           Redemption
           .
           This
           will
           be
           the
           end
           of
           men
           of
           this
           world
           .
           O
           Sirs
           ,
           me thinks
           you
           should
           sit
           trembling
           under
           all
           your
           enjoyments
           to
           see
           this
           one
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             For
             a
             while
             ,
          
           written
           upon
           the
           forehead
           of
           them
           all
           ;
           For
           a
           Souldier
           to
           have
           an
           honourable
           sword
           of
           Knighthood
           girt
           about
           him
           (
           as
           one
           once
           had
           )
           and
           a
           piece
           of
           match
           of
           a
           few
           inches
           lye
           by
           him
           burning
           ,
           with
           which
           his
           life
           must
           extinguish
           and
           end
           also
           ,
           where
           would
           his
           eye
           think
           you
           be
           most
           ?
           on
           his
           sword
           ,
           or
           his
           burning
           match
           ?
           would
           not
           this
           more
           dismay
           him
           than
           that
           could
           rejoyce
           him
           ?
           This
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             for
             a
             while
          
           lies
           like
           a
           piece
           of
           match
           ,
           burning
           by
           all
           your
           enjoyments
           ;
           thy
           goodly
           Houses
           ,
           rich
           Lands
           ,
           Portions
           ,
           Jewels
           ,
           pleasant
           Gardens
           ,
           stately
           Parks
           ,
           Dear
           Relations
           ,
           are
           all
           within
           a
           few
           inches
           of
           going
           out
           at
           once
           ,
           and
           thou
           
           thy selfe
           shalt
           be
           left
           in
           utter
           darknesse
           .
        
         
           4.
           
           Lastly
           ,
           men
           of
           this
           world
           are
           such
           ,
           whose
           hearts
           are
           wholly
           set
           on
           things
           of
           this
           world
           :
           Their
           projects
           and
           designs
           are
           all
           for
           the
           world
           ,
           nothing
           goes
           neer
           their
           hearts
           to
           affect
           them
           or
           afflict
           them
           ,
           but
           things
           of
           this
           world
           ,
           worldly
           losses
           and
           crosses
           ,
           worldly
           gaines
           and
           advantages
           :
           if
           they
           rejoyce
           ,
           't
           is
           in
           corne
           or
           wine
           ,
           or
           some
           worldly
           good
           ,
           if
           they
           mourn
           and
           walke
           heavily
           ,
           't
           is
           under
           some
           worldly
           loss
           and
           disappointment
           .
           Me
           thinks
           this
           should
           be
           heart-breaking
           News
           to
           you
           ,
           to
           hear
           of
           all
           at
           once
           thus
           suddenly
           departing
           from
           you
           :
           It
           goes
           to
           your
           hearts
           now
           ,
           to
           part
           with
           a
           little
           of
           your
           wealth
           though
           to
           cloath
           the
           naked
           ,
           or
           feed
           the
           hungry
           ,
           how
           will
           you
           beare
           the
           loss
           of
           all
           ?
           how
           painful
           is
           the
           plucking
           ,
           out
           but
           of
           one
           tooth
           ,
           that
           stands
           fast
           in
           the
           flesh
           ?
           To
           have
           all
           knockt
           out
           together
           is
           intolerable
           :
           you
           whose
           hearts
           sticke
           so
           fast
           ,
           and
           cleave
           so
           close
           to
           the
           world
           ,
           weep
           and
           houle
           for
           the
           miseries
           that
           are
           coming
           upon
           
           you
           ,
           who
           must
           have
           all
           at
           once
           rent
           and
           ●orn
           from
           you
           .
           It
           is
           storied
           of
           
           a
           German
           Prince
           that
           being
           admonished
           by
           Revelation
           to
           search
           for
           a
           writing
           in
           an
           old
           w●ll
           :
           which
           should
           neerly
           concern
           him
           ,
           he
           found
           one
           containing
           one●y
           these
           two
           words
           ;
           
             Post
             sex
             ;
          
           After
           six
           ,
           whereupon
           the
           Prince
           conceived
           his
           death
           was
           foretold
           ;
           that
           after
           six
           dayes
           it
           should
           ensue
           ,
           which
           made
           him
           pass
           those
           six
           dayes
           in
           Continual
           preparation
           for
           death
           ;
           but
           those
           six
           dayes
           being
           past
           ,
           without
           the
           event
           he
           expected
           ,
           he
           persevered
           in
           his
           Godly
           Resolution
           six
           weeks
           ,
           six
           moneths
           ,
           six
           years
           ,
           and
           on
           the
           first
           day
           of
           the
           seventh
           year
           the
           Prophecy
           was
           fulfilled
           ,
           but
           otherwise
           then
           he
           interpreted
           it
           ;
           for
           thereupon
           he
           was
           chose
           Emperour
           of
           Germany
           ,
           having
           before
           gotten
           such
           a
           habit
           of
           Piety
           ,
           that
           he
           Continued
           in
           that
           Religious
           course
           for
           ever
           after
           .
           Brethren
           ,
           that
           writing
           in
           the
           wall
           did
           no
           more
           concern
           the
           Prince
           ,
           then
           this
           in
           my
           text
           does
           you
           all
           ,
           whose
           hearts
           are
           set
           on
           the
           world
           ;
           Ponder
           and
           meditate
           seriously
           on
           
           this
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           
             for
             a
             while
             ,
          
           this
           estate
           is
           but
           
             for
             a
             while
             ,
          
           these
           pleasures
           but
           
             for
             a
             while
             ,
          
           these
           treasures
           ,
           this
           Husband
           ,
           Wife
           ,
           Children
           are
           but
           
             for
             a
             while
             ;
          
           the
           Princes
           while
           was
           
             Post
             sex
             ,
          
           after
           six
           ,
           Thine
           may
           be
           
             Ante
             sex
             .
          
           It
           may
           be
           as
           the
           Rich
           fooles
           in
           the
           Gospel
           was
           ,
           
             Luke
          
           12.
           20.
           
           
             Hâc
             Nocte
             ,
             this
             night
             ;
          
           so
           little
           may
           the
           while
           be
           ,
           that
           those
           things
           which
           are
           seen
           will
           abide
           with
           thee
           .
           
             Oh
             ,
          
           that
           you
           would
           take
           up
           some
           wise
           Resolutions
           from
           this
           Consideration
           ;
           namely
           these
           two
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Regulate
           and
           moderate
           your
           affections
           towards
           them
           ;
           let
           this
           meditation
           allay
           the
           heat
           of
           your
           affections
           towards
           worldly
           things
           :
           Let
           not
           things
           of
           so
           short
           a
           duration
           ,
           take
           so
           deep
           a
           rooting
           in
           thy
           affections
           .
           Love
           the
           world
           ,
           and
           the
           things
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           thou
           dost
           the
           good
           accommodations
           of
           an
           Inne
           ,
           not
           as
           thy
           home
           ;
           Facilitate
           thy
           parting
           with
           them
           ,
           Considering
           them
           often
           under
           this
           Representation
           of
           being
           Temporal
           ,
           but
           for
           
             a
             season
             ,
             for
             a
             while
             .
          
           I
           have
           read
           of
           a
           Roman
           
           Senator
           ,
           that
           having
           a
           very
           curious
           Cupboard
           of
           Glasses
           ,
           in
           which
           he
           took
           much
           delight
           ,
           they
           being
           all
           upon
           the
           occasion
           of
           a
           great
           feast
           he
           made
           ,
           brought
           forth
           and
           set
           upon
           a
           table
           ;
           while
           he
           was
           pleasingly
           viewing
           of
           them
           ,
           it
           came
           into
           his
           thoughts
           what
           brittle
           Commodities
           they
           were
           ,
           and
           how
           easily
           broke
           ,
           broke
           they
           would
           be
           ,
           one
           by
           one
           servant
           ,
           another
           by
           another
           ,
           and
           the
           breaking
           of
           one
           would
           more
           anger
           him
           then
           they
           were
           all
           worth
           ;
           he
           to
           prevent
           this
           evil
           ,
           layes
           his
           hand
           on
           the
           cloth
           on
           which
           they
           stood
           ,
           and
           by
           one
           pluck
           himself
           breaks
           them
           all
           at
           once
           .
           Sirs
           ,
           all
           our
           Creature-enjoyments
           consisting
           of
           things
           which
           are
           seen
           ,
           are
           like
           a
           Cupboard
           of
           glasses
           ,
           fair
           to
           the
           eye
           ,
           but
           very
           brittle
           and
           fadeing
           .
           
             Inter
             peritura
             vivimus
             .
          
           A
           glass
           is
           not
           easier
           broken
           then
           all
           worldly
           
           things
           beside
           ,
           and
           break
           they
           all
           will
           ;
           Fire
           comes
           and
           breaks
           one
           ,
           sick
           ness
           another
           ,
           violence
           another
           ,
           death
           first
           one
           child
           ,
           then
           another
           ,
           one
           friend
           after
           another
           ,
           and
           if
           thy
           affections
           be
           not
           well
           regulated
           ,
           there
           
           will
           be
           more
           evil
           in
           thy
           immoderate
           grief
           for
           the
           loss
           of
           one
           ,
           then
           ever
           there
           was
           good
           in
           the
           enjoyment
           of
           all
           ;
           to
           prevent
           this
           ;
           breake
           thy
           heart
           off
           from
           them
           all
           ,
           which
           cannot
           be
           better
           done
           ,
           then
           by
           dwelling
           much
           in
           thy
           thoughts
           upon
           this
           Notion
           of
           them
           :
           As
           being
           but
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           for
           a
           season
           .
        
         
           2.
           
           Resolve
           not
           to
           hazard
           the
           loss
           of
           invisible
           Eternal
           things
           ,
           for
           things
           which
           are
           but
           temporal
           ,
           
             for
             a
             while
             .
          
           You
           know
           the
           fable
           of
           the
           dog
           ,
           that
           lost
           the
           meate
           he
           had
           in
           his
           mouth
           ,
           by
           Catching
           at
           the
           shadow
           of
           it
           in
           the
           waters
           ,
           
             De
             te
             Fabula
             narratur
             ,
          
           may
           it
           be
           said
           to
           every
           worldling
           .
           Suppose
           a
           man
           having
           a
           purse
           of
           gold
           in
           his
           pocket
           ,
           and
           coming
           into
           a
           market
           ,
           where
           he
           finds
           men
           scrambling
           for
           apples
           on
           the
           ground
           ,
           amongst
           them
           he
           runs
           into
           a
           croud
           ,
           loses
           his
           purse
           of
           gold
           ,
           but
           gets
           an
           apple
           ,
           which
           he
           falls
           of
           eating
           ,
           but
           before
           he
           had
           halfe
           eaten
           it
           ,
           that
           is
           snatched
           out
           of
           his
           hands
           also
           ;
           This
           egregious
           fool
           hazarded
           his
           gold
           for
           an
           apple
           ,
           and
           then
           loses
           gold
           and
           apple
           too
           :
           thus
           do
           vaine
           
           men
           ,
           whose
           hearts
           are
           set
           upon
           the
           world
           ;
           venture
           with
           eternal
           soules
           anywhere
           ,
           upon
           any
           desperate
           project
           ,
           in
           scrambling
           for
           the
           things
           of
           the
           world
           ,
           Precious
           eternal
           soules
           are
           scattered
           and
           lost
           in
           mens
           busy
           gathering
           the
           dust
           of
           the
           world
           ;
           and
           within
           a
           few
           dayes
           death
           comes
           and
           snatches
           all
           that
           out
           of
           thy
           hands
           also
           :
           This
           will
           be
           the
           Conclusion
           ,
           you
           that
           will
           hazard
           things
           Eternal
           for
           things
           temporal
           ,
           will
           lose
           both
           temporal
           and
           Eternal
           ,
           you
           have
           seen
           the
           dark
           side
           of
           this
           Doctrine
           :
           with
           which
           it
           lookes
           sadly
           upon
           men
           of
           this
           world
           .
        
         
           This
           Doctrine
           hath
           a
           light
           side
           for
           
           true
           Israelites
           ,
           a
           comfortable
           aspect
           on
           all
           true
           Believers
           ;
           wicked
           men
           have
           all
           their
           good
           things
           in
           this
           life
           ;
           't
           is
           sad
           to
           them
           therefore
           to
           consider
           they
           are
           all
           but
           for
           a
           season
           ,
           but
           believers
           have
           all
           their
           evils
           in
           this
           life
           ,
           't
           is
           therefore
           their
           comfort
           that
           they
           are
           but
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           their
           foul
           way
           lies
           all
           here
           below
           ,
           the
           shorter
           the
           better
           for
           them
           :
           whatever
           thou
           seest
           here
           below
           ,
           that
           is
           at
           any
           time
           bitter
           
           or
           grievous
           to
           thee
           ,
           Remember
           for
           thy
           comfort
           't
           is
           but
           for
           a
           while
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Thy
           own
           sins
           ,
           those
           are
           now
           great
           eye-sores
           to
           thee
           ,
           and
           grievous
           to
           behold
           ;
           the
           hardnesse
           and
           deadnesse
           of
           thy
           heart
           ,
           thy
           vain
           thoughts
           ,
           earthly
           affections
           ,
           the
           wandrings
           of
           thy
           paths
           out
           of
           Gods
           wayes
           ;
           thou
           never
           lookest
           upon
           thy
           heart
           or
           life
           ,
           but
           thou
           sighest
           to
           see
           lusts
           and
           sin
           abounding
           and
           superabounding
           :
           but
           be
           of
           good
           comfort
           these
           evils
           are
           but
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           thy
           heart
           ere
           long
           shall
           be
           perfectly
           renewed
           and
           totally
           purified
           ,
           thou
           shalt
           look
           and
           shalt
           not
           see
           all
           over
           the
           least
           matter
           for
           sighs
           and
           tears
           ,
           not
           a
           spot
           nor
           wrinkle
           shall
           be
           left
           all
           over
           thee
           :
           thy
           soul
           shall
           not
           be
           long
           as
           a
           bird
           tyed
           by
           the
           wing
           ,
           it
           shall
           mount
           up
           ,
           and
           be
           in
           the
           midst
           of
           things
           eternal
           ;
           it
           shall
           be
           soiled
           no
           more
           by
           conversing
           with
           things
           temporal
           ,
           it
           shall
           deal
           only
           with
           things
           Eternal
           :
           
           while
           
             thou
             art
             present
             in
             the
             body
             ,
             thou
             art
             absent
             from
             the
             Lord
             ,
             but
             thou
             shalt
             after
             a
             little
             while
             be
             for
             ever
             with
             the
             Lord
             .
          
        
         
         
           2.
           
           Other
           men's
           sins
           ;
           they
           are
           great
           evils
           which
           thou
           ●eest
           under
           the
           Sun
           :
           and
           they
           are
           great
           troubles
           and
           torments
           to
           gracious
           Soules
           .
           He
           that
           is
           not
           troubled
           for
           other
           mens
           sins
           ,
           is
           not
           troubled
           for
           his
           own
           .
           
             Lots
             righteous
             Soul
             was
             vexed
             ,
          
           wracked
           ,
           tortured
           
             from
             day
             to
             day
             to
             see
             the
             ungodly
             conversation
             of
          
           the
           Sodomites
           .
           
             Rivers
             of
          
           
           
             water
             's
             run
             down
             mine
             eyes
             ,
          
           sayes
           
             David
             .
             Psal.
          
           119.
           130.
           
           
             Because
             men
             keep
             not
             thy
             law
             .
             Psal.
          
           120.
           
           
             Psal.
          
           5
           ,
           6.
           
           
             Woe
             is
             me
             that
             I
             sojourn
             in
             M●sech
             ,
             That
             I
             dwell
             in
             the
             tents
             of
             Kedar
             :
          
           't
           is
           but
           for
           a
           while
           that
           thou
           shalt
           see
           the
           reeling
           drunkard
           ,
           and
           hear
           the
           oaths
           of
           swearers
           ,
           and
           the
           idle
           frothy
           talke
           of
           vain
           men
           ;
           
             The
             wickedness
             of
             the
             wicked
             shall
             be
             at
             an
             end
             ;
          
           Thou
           shalt
           not
           alwayes
           see
           the
           
           prosperity
           of
           the
           wicked
           to
           tempt
           ,
           nor
           the
           adversity
           of
           the
           Godly
           to
           discourage
           thee
           .
           
             Ps.
          
           37.
           35
           ,
           38.
           
           
             I
             have
             seen
             the
             wicked
             in
             great
             power
             ,
             But
             the
             transgressors
             shall
             be
             destroyed
             together
             ,
             the
             end
             of
             the
             wicked
             shall
             be
             cut
             off
             ;
          
           while
           God
           exerciseth
           his
           patience
           in
           forbearing
           them
           ,
           thou
           
           must
           exercise
           thy
           zeal
           in
           reproving
           them
           ,
           and
           thy
           repentance
           in
           mourning
           for
           them
           .
           3.
           
           Thy
           own
           sufferings
           and
           afflictions
           ,
           of
           what
           Nature
           or
           kind
           soever
           ,
           they
           are
           but
           for
           a
           while
           ,
           but
           
             for
             a
             moment
             ,
          
           in
           the
           verse
           foregoing
           my
           Text
           ;
           Remember
           this
           as
           a
           lenitive
           to
           allay
           the
           smart
           of
           thy
           afflictions
           .
           Thy
           aking
           head
           ,
           thy
           Palsy
           hands
           ,
           thy
           trembling
           heart
           ,
           thy
           Gouty
           leggs
           ;
           all
           these
           are
           but
           
             for
             a
             while
             .
          
           Thy
           slandred
           innocency
           ,
           disgraced
           Name
           ,
           impoverisht
           estate
           ,
           all
           these
           are
           but
           for
           a
           while
           .
           1
           
             Pet.
          
           1.
           6.
           there
           are
           two
           Cordialls
           together
           ,
           
             ye
             are
             now
             in
             heaviness
             for
             a
             season
             ,
             if
             need
             be
             ;
             For
             a
             season
             ,
             If
             need
             be
             .
          
           The
           patient
           complains
           his
           Physick
           makes
           him
           sick
           at
           the
           heatt
           ,
           his
           Physician
           comforts
           him
           by
           telling
           him
           ,
           
             't
             is
             but
             for
             a
             little
             season
             ,
          
           and
           
             it
             was
             needfull
             ,
          
           his
           strong
           disease
           needed
           such
           strong
           Physick
           .
           Thou
           art
           apt
           to
           cry
           out
           in
           the
           bitterness
           of
           thy
           Soul
           ,
           How
           long
           Lord
           ,
           how
           long
           ,
           
             Holy
             and
             True
             ?
          
           God
           answers
           thee
           in
           his
           word
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           be
           patient
           ,
           't
           is
           but
           for
           a
           season
           ,
           for
           a
           moment
           
           
             Nubecula
             est
             ,
             citò
             transibit
             .
          
           This
           meditation
           is
           a
           soft
           Pillow
           for
           thee
           ,
           to
           lay
           thy
           aking
           head
           and
           heart
           on
           ,
           to
           keep
           thee
           from
           fainting
           in
           the
           day
           of
           adversity
           .
           4.
           
           The
           Calamity
           of
           God's
           Church
           and
           people
           ,
           Sions
           sufferings
           ,
           Jerusalem's
           breaches
           :
           The
           true
           legitimate
           sons
           of
           Sion
           cannot
           but
           grieve
           and
           mourn
           to
           see
           their
           Mothers
           distresses
           ,
           many
           a
           time
           do
           they
           sit
           down
           by
           the
           waters
           side
           weeping
           to
           Remember
           Sion
           
             Psal.
          
           137.
           5.
           
           
             If
             I
             forget
             thee
             O
             Jerusalem
             ,
             Let
             my
             right
             hand
             forget
             her
             cunning
             ,
          
           To
           see
           the
           potency
           and
           prevalency
           of
           the
           Churches
           Enemies
           ,
           Gebal
           ,
           Ammon
           ,
           Amaleck
           ,
           Philistine
           ,
           
             &c.
          
           all
           uniting
           their
           power
           against
           Sion
           ;
           To
           see
           the
           paucity
           of
           Sions
           friends
           ,
           and
           they
           divided
           amongst
           themselves
           ,
           to
           see
           her
           wall
           broken
           down
           ,
           her
           treasure
           profaned
           ,
           her
           precious
           Corner-stone
           it selfe
           vilified
           and
           made
           light
           of
           ,
           his
           truths
           corrupted
           ,
           ordinances
           despised
           ,
           Ministers
           reproached
           ,
           and
           discipline
           mocked
           at
           ;
           these
           are
           sad
           objects
           for
           gracious
           soules
           to
           look
           on
           ,
           yet
           these
           things
           are
           to
           be
           seen
           ,
           and
           
           to
           be
           seen
           in
           our
           dayes
           ,
           and
           in
           our
           own
           Countrey
           ,
           but
           our
           Comfort
           is
           ,
           these
           things
           also
           are
           but
           for
           a
           season
           ;
           as
           thou
           seest
           them
           ,
           so
           Jesus
           Christ
           the
           Churches
           head
           and
           husband
           who
           
             sitteth
             in
             the
             heavens
             ,
          
           he
           seeth
           them
           ,
           
           
             and
             he
             will
             arise
             and
             have
             mercy
             on
             Sion
             ,
             for
             the
             time
             to
             favour
             her
             ,
             yea
             the
             set
             time
             is
             come
             ;
          
           Sion
           Militant
           shall
           be
           Sion
           Triumphant
           .
           The
           time
           is
           coming
           when
           all
           those
           
             that
             mourned
             for
             her
             ,
             shall
             rejoyce
             for
             joy
             with
             her
             .
          
           
        
         
           Thus
           may
           this
           Doctrine
           ,
           that
           these
           things
           that
           are
           seen
           are
           but
           temporal
           ,
           be
           improved
           to
           the
           Comfort
           of
           Believers
           .
        
         
           I
           'l
           onely
           adde
           one
           use
           more
           which
           shall
           be
           of
           exhortation
           ,
           from
           
           the
           latter
           part
           of
           the
           Doctrine
           ,
           That
           the
           things
           which
           are
           not
           seen
           are
           Eternal
           .
           There
           are
           ,
           Christians
           ,
           you
           hear
           things
           eternal
           ,
           and
           you
           to
           whom
           I
           am
           speaking
           of
           these
           things
           are
           all
           of
           you
           such
           as
           must
           live
           eternally
           amongst
           things
           Eternal
           .
           The
           Continuances
           of
           your
           beings
           here
           among
           things
           seen
           ,
           may
           be
           different
           from
           each
           other
           ,
           some
           may
           be
           longer
           ,
           others
           shorter
           ;
           but
           in
           the
           
           world
           to
           come
           however
           in
           kind
           your
           beings
           may
           differ
           infinitely
           ,
           as
           farre
           as
           heaven
           and
           hell
           ,
           yet
           in
           duration
           they
           will
           all
           agree
           to
           be
           Eternal
           .
           Many
           of
           us
           live
           as
           if
           they
           had
           never
           heard
           of
           things
           Eternal
           ,
           most
           as
           if
           they
           did
           not
           believe
           any
           such
           things
           ,
           and
           truly
           even
           the
           best
           of
           us
           do
           not
           improve
           as
           we
           ought
           the
           knowledg
           of
           things
           Eternal
           .
           Now
           my
           exhortation
           to
           you
           all
           is
           ,
           that
           you
           would
           seriously
           Consider
           and
           meditare
           on
           those
           things
           Eternal
           .
           I
           will
           direct
           my
           exhortation
           of
           you
           to
           three
           particulars
           for
           your
           Meditation
           .
        
         
           1.
           
           Meditate
           seriously
           on
           Eternity
           it selfe
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           Interminable
           ,
           Infinite
           ,
           endlesse
           duration
           of
           a
           being
           .
           Eternity
           makes
           good
           things
           infinitely
           good
           ,
           and
           evil
           things
           infinitely
           evil
           .
           The
           happiness
           of
           the
           Saints
           in
           heaven
           ,
           and
           the
           misery
           of
           the
           damned
           in
           hell
           ,
           have
           both
           of
           them
           a
           vast
           Circumference
           ;
           but
           the
           very
           Center
           of
           both
           is
           this
           one
           thing
           Eternity
           ;
           The
           Crowns
           of
           Glorified
           Saints
           ,
           and
           the
           Chains
           of
           tormented
           Sinners
           are
           both
           made
           so
           weighty
           by
           this
           inclining
           of
           Eternity
           .
           The
           
           mind
           of
           man
           is
           a
           vessel
           too
           narrow
           indeed
           ,
           to
           form
           or
           contain
           a
           meditation
           which
           may
           bear
           any
           proportion
           to
           Eternity
           :
           yet
           some
           Devout
           men
           have
           well
           improved
           their
           meditation
           ,
           to
           helpe
           to
           affect
           us
           with
           the
           thoughts
           of
           Eternity
           .
           One
           discoursing
           of
           the
           Eternal
           sufferings
           of
           the
           damned
           in
           hell
           ,
           thus
           represents
           them
           ;
           if
           (
           sayes
           he
           )
           the
           whole
           world
           from
           the
           lowest
           bottome
           of
           the
           earth
           ,
           to
           the
           highest
           top
           of
           heaven
           ,
           were
           filled
           with
           small
           grains
           of
           sand
           as
           close
           as
           they
           could
           possibly
           lye
           together
           ,
           and
           every
           thousandth
           year
           an
           Angel
           should
           come
           and
           fetch
           away
           one
           of
           them
           ,
           untill
           the
           whole
           heap
           were
           spent
           ;
           if
           then
           the
           prison
           door
           of
           hell
           might
           be
           set
           open
           ,
           and
           the
           damned
           set
           at
           Liberty
           ,
           it
           would
           be
           jowful
           News
           to
           them
           ,
           yet
           those
           years
           ,
           although
           innumerable
           ,
           are
           nothing
           to
           Eternity
           .
           Another
           thus
           ,
           if
           God
           should
           make
           this
           Motion
           to
           the
           damned
           ,
           that
           every
           thousandth
           year
           they
           should
           shed
           one
           single
           tear
           ,
           all
           which
           should
           be
           kept
           together
           ,
           untill
           they
           amounted
           to
           the
           quantity
           of
           a
           great
           Ocean
           ,
           and
           ,
           
           then
           with
           this
           sea
           of
           their
           tears
           he
           would
           quench
           the
           fire
           of
           hell
           and
           their
           torments
           should
           be
           at
           an
           end
           ;
           there
           would
           (
           sayes
           he
           )
           be
           great
           joy
           in
           hell
           at
           this
           merciful
           motion
           ,
           but
           the
           weight
           of
           Eternity
           in
           their
           sufferings
           ,
           presseth
           them
           down
           every
           day
           lower
           and
           lower
           ,
           with
           inconceivable
           ,
           unsupportable
           misery
           .
           O
           Eternity
           ,
           My
           Brethren
           ,
           if
           you
           could
           make
           your
           thoughts
           but
           stick
           to
           it
           ,
           if
           you
           would
           every
           day
           task
           them
           to
           some
           solemn
           meditations
           of
           it
           ,
           if
           you
           would
           breath
           them
           every
           day
           ,
           by
           walking
           up
           this
           high
           hill
           Eternity
           ,
           and
           there
           be
           taking
           a
           prospect
           of
           things
           that
           are
           not
           seen
           ,
           you
           would
           find
           it
           exceeding
           healthful
           to
           your
           soules
           ,
           I
           would
           commend
           it
           to
           you
           as
           a
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           Physick
           to
           cure
           all
           soul-diseases
           and
           distempers
           .
           If
           I
           were
           asked
           what
           were
           good
           to
           make
           a
           proud
           man
           humble
           ;
           Let
           him
           meditate
           seriously
           on
           Eternity
           ;
           what
           will
           make
           a
           vain
           man
           serious
           ,
           a
           covetous
           worldling
           heavenly
           minded
           ;
           a
           loose
           liver
           ,
           strict
           and
           precise
           ;
           a
           wicked
           man
           good
           ,
           and
           a
           good
           man
           better
           and
           better
           ;
           let
           
           them
           all
           daily
           seriously
           thinke
           on
           Eternity
           .
           Your
           hearts
           ,
           it
           is
           likely
           ,
           will
           be
           very
           averse
           from
           the
           practise
           of
           this
           duty
           ,
           as
           a
           foul
           stom●ck
           nausea●es
           all
           Physick
           ;
           but
           you
           that
           tender
           the
           health
           of
           your
           soules
           ,
           en●orce
           it
           down
           ,
           let
           it
           be
           part
           of
           thy
           daily
           Spiritual
           dyet
           ,
           some
           warme
           draughts
           ,
           some
           serious
           thoughts
           of
           Eternity
           .
           Many
           excellent
           advantages
           and
           benefits
           might
           be
           shewn
           you
           ,
           would
           follow
           from
           this
           duty
           .
           This
           would
           make
           Jesus
           Christ
           sweet
           and
           precious
           indeed
           ,
           to
           you
           that
           have
           obtained
           him
           ,
           whether
           you
           look
           on
           Eternal
           good
           things
           ,
           or
           eternal
           evil
           things
           ;
           he
           being
           a
           Sun
           by
           which
           are
           communicated
           
           to
           you
           all
           eternal
           good
           things
           ;
           and
           a
           shield
           by
           which
           you
           are
           defended
           from
           all
           Eternal
           evil
           things
           .
           And
           you
           that
           are
           yet
           out
           of
           Christ
           ,
           how
           anxious
           and
           industrious
           would
           this
           make
           you
           to
           obtain
           him
           .
           In
           this
           life
           thou
           canst
           make
           a
           shift
           without
           Christ
           ,
           thou
           art
           well
           provided
           against
           the
           evils
           of
           this
           life
           ,
           and
           well
           furnisht
           with
           the
           good
           things
           of
           it
           .
           Many
           friends
           thou
           hast
           
           who
           profess
           themselves
           thine
           till
           death
           ,
           but
           Christ
           can
           only
           make
           good
           to
           a
           Soul
           ,
           Thine
           eternally
           .
           This
           would
           keep
           your
           hearts
           in
           awe
           of
           sinne
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           after
           claps
           and
           after-reckonings
           in
           Eternity
           ;
           This
           would
           put
           you
           upon
           exact
           and
           circumspect
           walking
           ;
           This
           would
           make
           you
           like
           ,
           and
           chuse
           the
           wayes
           of
           holiness
           .
           I
           have
           read
           of
           a
           Profane
           loose
           witty
           Gentleman
           ,
           being
           seriously
           asked
           what
           he
           thought
           of
           the
           severe
           strict
           life
           of
           Religious
           men
           ,
           and
           what
           of
           the
           voluptuous
           ,
           ungodly
           debauch'd
           courses
           of
           such
           as
           himself
           ;
           he
           answer'd
           ,
           
             Cum
             istis
             mallem
             vivere
             ,
             cum
             illis
             mallem
             mori
             ,
          
           I
           had
           rather
           live
           with
           these
           ,
           but
           I
           would
           be
           glad
           to
           dye
           with
           those
           ,
           said
           he
           ,
           as
           
             Balaam
             ,
             let
             me
             die
             the
             death
             of
             the
             righteous
             ;
          
           Serious
           frequent
           meditations
           of
           Eternal
           things
           would
           make
           you
           willing
           to
           live
           with
           them
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           die
           with
           them
           ;
           to
           fast
           and
           pray
           ,
           and
           sowe
           in
           teares
           with
           them
           on
           earth
           ;
           as
           well
           as
           to
           feast
           ,
           and
           triumph
           ,
           and
           reap
           in
           joy
           with
           them
           in
           heaven
           .
           This
           would
           make
           you
           less
           earthly
           and
           more
           heavenly
           
           minded
           ,
           this
           would
           make
           you
           chuse
           suffering
           before
           sinning
           ,
           the
           reproaches
           of
           Egypt
           before
           the
           pleasures
           and
           honours
           of
           Pharaohs
           court
           .
           This
           would
           make
           Christs
           yoke
           easie
           ,
           because
           of
           Eternal
           pleasures
           ;
           and
           sins
           yoke
           heavy
           ,
           because
           of
           Eternal
           wrath
           :
           this
           would
           make
           you
           fight
           the
           good
           fight
           of
           faith
           valiantly
           ,
           and
           hold
           out
           to
           the
           end
           without
           fainting
           ;
           in
           hopes
           to
           obtaine
           that
           incorruptible
           Crown
           of
           Eternal
           Glory
           .
        
         
           Having
           meditated
           on
           Eternity
           in
           General
           ;
           let
           thy
           next
           step
           be
           to
           consider
           thy
           Eternal
           things
           in
           particular
           ;
           Having
           set
           before
           thy
           thoughts
           Eternal
           joyes
           ,
           and
           eternal
           torments
           ,
           eternal
           happiness
           ,
           and
           eternal
           misery
           ,
           a
           Heaven
           Eternal
           ,
           and
           an
           hel
           eternal
           ;
           O
           my
           soul
           ,
           which
           of
           these
           Eternals
           will
           be
           thine
           ?
           for
           temporals
           ,
           thou
           art
           well
           enough
           ,
           thy
           lot
           is
           fallen
           into
           a
           good
           ground
           ,
           thou
           art
           well
           situated
           ,
           well
           accommodated
           with
           Wealth
           ,
           Honours
           ,
           Houses
           ,
           Lands
           ,
           Friends
           ,
           Relations
           ;
           but
           these
           are
           thy
           temporals
           ,
           thy
           
             Moment
             anea
             ;
          
           What
           are
           thy
           Eternals
           ?
           this
           
           world
           is
           but
           thy
           Inne
           ,
           where
           must
           thy
           home
           be
           ,
           in
           Heaven
           or
           in
           hell
           ?
           I
           do
           but
           sojourn
           here
           ,
           where
           must
           I
           dwell
           and
           abide
           ?
           where
           will
           my
           Eternal
           mansion
           be
           ?
           who
           must
           be
           my
           Eternal
           Companions
           God
           and
           his
           Saints
           ,
           or
           the
           Devil
           and
           his
           Angels
           ?
           must
           I
           dwell
           with
           
             Abraham
             ,
          
           and
           
             Isaac
          
           and
           
             Jacob
             ,
          
           with
           the
           
             innumerable
             company
             of
             Angels
             ,
             and
             Spirits
             of
             Just
             men
             made
             perfect
             ,
          
           or
           with
           
             Cain
             ,
          
           and
           
             Pharaoh
             ,
          
           and
           
             Judas
             ,
          
           with
           the
           Divel
           and
           his
           Angels
           and
           Legions
           of
           unclean
           Spirits
           ?
           't
           is
           said
           
             Acts
          
           1.
           25.
           of
           
             Judas
          
           at
           his
           death
           he
           
             went
             to
             his
             own
             place
             .
          
           Brethren
           ,
           as
           sure
           as
           you
           have
           all
           places
           of
           abode
           here
           on
           earth
           ,
           which
           you
           call
           your
           own
           homes
           ,
           so
           shall
           every
           one
           of
           us
           have
           either
           in
           heaven
           or
           hell
           a
           home
           that
           shall
           be
           our
           own
           place
           .
           In
           this
           world
           neither
           the
           wicked
           nor
           the
           Righteous
           are
           in
           their
           own
           places
           ;
           here
           for
           the
           most
           part
           the
           wicked
           and
           the
           ungodly
           have
           got
           the
           upper
           places
           ,
           the
           Children
           of
           God
           sit
           lower-most
           ,
           
             Dives
          
           sits
           at
           his
           table
           feasting
           ,
           and
           
             Lazarus
          
           lies
           at
           his
           Gate
           begging
           ;
           Beltshazars
           place
           here
           is
           
           a
           throne
           of
           Majesty
           ,
           and
           righteous
           
             Daniel
          
           a
           prison
           and
           a
           Den
           of
           Lions
           .
           But
           it
           shall
           be
           quite
           otherwise
           when
           all
           by
           death
           enter
           into
           their
           own
           proper
           places
           in
           Eternity
           ;
           The
           worst
           places
           in
           the
           world
           are
           too
           good
           for
           sinners
           ,
           and
           the
           best
           in
           heaven
           are
           prepared
           for
           Saints
           ,
           
             who
             in
             Christ
             are
             blessed
             with
             all
             Spiritual
             blessings
             in
             heavenly
             places
             .
          
           Me
           thinks
           this
           should
           be
           a
           very
           affecting
           meditation
           ,
           
           O
           my
           Soule
           where
           wilt
           thou
           be
           when
           thou
           art
           gone
           to
           thy
           own
           place
           !
           when
           thou
           art
           removed
           from
           hence
           ,
           and
           shalt
           have
           left
           Husband
           ,
           and
           Wife
           and
           Children
           ,
           Neighbours
           and
           Friends
           ,
           and
           all
           these
           things
           that
           are
           seen
           ,
           where
           will
           thy
           abiding
           place
           be
           ?
           Where
           must
           I
           spend
           my
           Eternity
           ,
           which
           can
           indeed
           never
           be
           spent
           ?
           certainly
           if
           men
           would
           but
           use
           all
           diligence
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           sayes
           ,
           
           they
           might
           come
           to
           know
           where
           their
           Eternal
           mansion
           shall
           be
           :
           every
           man
           in
           this
           world
           may
           be
           said
           to
           chuse
           his
           own
           place
           in
           the
           world
           to
           come
           :
           
             Joshua
          
           24.
           15.
           
           
             Chuse
             you
             ,
          
           sayes
           
             Joshuah
          
           to
           the
           
             Israelites
             ,
             whom
             you
             will
             serve
             ;
             but
             as
             for
             me
             and
             my
          
           
           
             house
             we
             will
             serve
             the
             Lord
             .
             Psa.
          
           119.
           173.
           
           
             I
             have
             chosen
             thy
             precepts
             ,
          
           sayes
           
             David
             :
          
           he
           that
           chuses
           Christ
           for
           his
           Lord
           and
           King
           ,
           to
           be
           ruled
           by
           his
           word
           ,
           to
           be
           Sanctified
           and
           guided
           by
           his
           Spirit
           ;
           he
           consequently
           chuses
           heaven
           for
           his
           future
           habitation
           .
           But
           you
           that
           here
           refuse
           to
           serve
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           will
           not
           let
           Jesus
           Christ
           reigne
           over
           you
           ;
           you
           that
           chuse
           your
           lusts
           for
           your
           Lords
           ,
           and
           walke
           after
           the
           flesh
           as
           a
           servant
           after
           his
           Master
           ;
           you
           that
           chuse
           Mammon
           for
           your
           Master
           ,
           and
           the
           world
           for
           your
           portion
           ;
           you
           turn
           your
           back
           upon
           heaven
           ,
           and
           run
           head-long
           to
           destruction
           ;
           
             you
             make
             a
             Covenant
             with
             death
             ,
             and
             an
             agreement
             with
             hell
             .
          
           
           That
           there
           shall
           be
           your
           habitation
           ,
           what
           a
           gnawing
           worme
           will
           this
           be
           in
           the
           Consciences
           of
           wicked
           men
           for
           ever
           in
           hell
           ,
           to
           consider
           .
           This
           is
           a
           place
           of
           our
           own
           chusing
           ;
           here
           is
           the
           same
           Company
           we
           chose
           for
           our
           acquaintance
           on
           earth
           ,
           we
           cared
           not
           for
           Communion
           with
           Saints
           ,
           nor
           fellowship
           with
           God
           on
           earth
           ;
           here
           we
           are
           sentenced
           to
           an
           everlasting
           separation
           from
           them
           ;
           we
           are
           justly
           
           miserable
           being
           made
           so
           by
           our
           own
           choice
           and
           consent
           ;
           
             volenti
             non
             fit
             injuria
             ?
             O
             Israel
             ,
             thou
             hast
             destroyed
          
           
           
             thy self
             !
          
           Lastly
           ,
           proceed
           a
           little
           farther
           in
           thy
           meditations
           concerning
           Eternity
           ;
           what
           provision
           and
           preparation
           hast
           thou
           made
           for
           Eternity
           ?
           The
           fool
           in
           the
           Gospel
           
           applauded
           himself
           in
           this
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           much
           goods
           laid
           up
           for
           many
           years
           ,
           but
           nothing
           was
           laid
           up
           for
           Eternity
           :
           hast
           thou
           been
           any
           wiser
           ?
           
             Faelix
             ,
             quem
             faciunt
             ,
             &c.
          
           hath
           his
           woful
           Example
           item'd
           thee
           into
           more
           Carefulness
           ?
           what
           art
           thou
           provided
           with
           for
           thy
           long
           home
           in
           Eternity
           ?
           It
           is
           a
           commonly
           known
           true
           saying
           ,
           
             Ex
             hoc
             momento
             aeternitas
             ,
          
           The
           great
           weight
           of
           Eternity
           hangs
           upon
           this
           small
           wire
           of
           time
           :
           time
           hath
           an
           influence
           on
           Eternity
           :
           a
           few
           drops
           of
           bloud
           will
           discolour
           a
           great
           quantity
           of
           water
           ,
           the
           well
           or
           ill-spending
           of
           this
           moment
           of
           time
           will
           colour
           the
           great
           sea
           of
           Eternity
           into
           a
           white
           of
           happinesse
           or
           blacke
           of
           misery
           ;
           Thinke
           seriously
           of
           it
           ,
           Christians
           every
           action
           ,
           word
           or
           thought
           of
           thine
           will
           make
           thy
           
           Eternity
           better
           or
           worse
           .
           My
           houres
           preaching
           and
           your
           hearing
           at
           this
           time
           will
           adde
           either
           to
           both
           our
           eternal
           happiness
           ,
           or
           to
           both
           our
           eternal
           miseries
           .
           All
           that
           we
           now
           do
           will
           rebound
           againe
           upon
           us
           in
           Eternity
           ;
           As
           when
           we
           put
           a
           lump
           of
           Sugar
           into
           a
           cup
           of
           wine
           or
           water
           :
           it
           falls
           presently
           to
           the
           bottome
           out
           of
           sight
           ,
           but
           there
           it
           dissolves
           and
           diffuseth
           it selfe
           over
           the
           whole
           cup
           ,
           and
           may
           be
           tasted
           in
           every
           parcel
           of
           it
           ,
           thus
           do
           all
           our
           actions
           sinke
           as
           it
           were
           out
           of
           sight
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           memory
           into
           the
           bottom
           of
           Eternity
           ;
           there
           they
           operate
           and
           effect
           either
           our
           happiness
           or
           misery
           ,
           which
           will
           be
           felt
           and
           tasted
           by
           us
           throughout
           all
           Eternity
           .
           Every
           wound
           which
           thou
           now
           givest
           thy
           Soule
           by
           sinne
           ,
           kept
           never
           so
           secret
           now
           ,
           will
           then
           fall
           on
           bleeding
           openly
           and
           smarting
           Eternally
           .
           O
           what
           miserable
           abused
           Soules
           will
           then
           be
           to
           be
           seen
           :
           most
           cruelly
           hackt
           and
           hewen
           with
           sin
           ,
           all
           over
           full
           of
           bruises
           ,
           and
           putrified
           sores
           !
           every
           good
           action
           and
           holy
           duty
           will
           then
           be
           seen
           ,
           blossoming
           forth
           Peace
           and
           
           Joy
           and
           Consolation
           .
           Consider
           that
           place
           of
           the
           Apostle
           .
           
             Gal.
          
           6.
           7
           ,
           8.
           
           
             Be
             not
             deceived
             ,
             God
             is
             not
             mocked
             ;
             for
             whatsoever
             a
             man
             soweth
             ,
             that
             shall
             he
             also
             reap
             ;
             for
             he
             that
             soweth
             to
             his
             flesh
             ,
             shall
             of
             the
             flesh
             reap
             corruption
             :
             but
             he
             that
             soweth
             to
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             shall
             of
             the
             Spirit
             reap
             life
             everlasting
             .
          
           Every
           man
           is
           a
           sower
           ,
           his
           actions
           are
           his
           seed
           ,
           this
           life
           is
           his
           seed-time
           ,
           Eternity
           is
           his
           harvest
           ,
           his
           reaping-time
           ;
           The
           husbandman
           that
           sowes
           oates
           ,
           does
           not
           expect
           to
           reap
           wheate
           ,
           his
           crop
           depends
           upon
           his
           seed
           .
        
         
           Sirs
           ,
           Whatever
           you
           do
           now
           ,
           is
           but
           sowing
           to
           Eternity
           ;
           when
           you
           are
           hearing
           and
           praying
           ,
           you
           are
           sowing
           ;
           when
           buying
           and
           selling
           ,
           you
           are
           sowing
           ;
           when
           you
           are
           swearing
           and
           lying
           you
           are
           sowing
           ;
           and
           all
           these
           several
           sorts
           of
           seeds
           will
           certainly
           come
           up
           in
           Eternity
           :
           doest
           thou
           ravel
           out
           thy
           time
           in
           vanity
           and
           sensuality
           ,
           and
           sin
           ,
           and
           yet
           look
           to
           be
           happy
           Eternally
           ?
           This
           is
           to
           sow
           thy
           field
           with
           oates
           or
           tare
           ,
           and
           to
           look
           for
           a
           crop
           of
           wheate
           ;
           If
           thy
           
           seed
           be
           sin
           ,
           thy
           crop
           will
           certainly
           be
           misery
           .
           O!
           what
           an
           encouragement
           should
           this
           be
           to
           Saints
           ,
           to
           be
           fruitful
           and
           abundant
           in
           good
           duties
           ;
           in
           Praying
           ,
           Fasting
           ,
           Repenting
           for
           sin
           ,
           &c.
           
           Although
           no
           present
           difference
           appears
           between
           him
           that
           prayes
           and
           pray
           not
           ;
           The
           good
           husbands
           ●a●d
           that
           is
           well
           sown
           ,
           yields
           at
           p●ese●●
           no
           more
           profit
           then
           the
           sl●gga●ds
           that
           is
           unsown
           ,
           and
           over
           〈◊〉
           with
           thi●●les
           and
           nettles
           ;
           the
           Husbandman
           w●it●
           
           until
           the
           time
           of
           〈◊〉
           ●omes
           You
           Harvest
           ●s
           〈◊〉
           ,
           then
           you
           〈◊〉
           have
           been
           
             ●owing
             to
             the
             〈◊〉
             shall
             reap
             life
             〈…〉
             .
          
        
         
           Be
           abundan●
           〈…〉
           of
           the
           Lord
           ;
           
             For
             〈…〉
             rally
             shall
             reap
             liberally
             ,
             and
             he
             that
          
           
           
             soweth
             sparingly
             shall
             reap
             sparingly
             :
          
           And
           because
           all
           will
           rise
           again
           in
           Eternity
           ,
           ●o
           what
           you
           do
           accurately
           .
           As
           that
           famous
           Painter
           
             Zeuxes
             ,
          
           being
           asked
           why
           he
           was
           so
           accurate
           in
           drawing
           all
           his
           pieces
           ?
           answered
           ,
           
             Pingo
             Aeternitati
             ,
          
           I
           Paint
           for
           Eternity
           .
           You
           Pray
           ,
           and
           Hear
           ,
           and
           Live
           for
           Eternity
           ;
           do
           all
           therefore
           accurately
           ,
           walk
           
             circumspectly
             .
          
           As
           you
           would
           all
           enter
           
           upon
           Eternity
           chearfully
           ,
           prepare
           and
           lay
           up
           good
           things
           towards
           it
           ,
           
             Heb.
          
           11
           T
           is
           said
           of
           
             Noah
             ,
             He
             being
             warned
             of
             God
             of
             things
             not
             seen
             ,
             moved
             with
             fear
             prepared
             an
             Ark
             ,
             to
             the
             saving
             his
             house
             .
          
           The
           flood
           was
           a
           thing
           not
           seen
           at
           first
           ,
           only
           by
           Faith
           in
           Gods
           threatnings
           ;
           
             Noah
          
           being
           warned
           and
           believing
           the
           threatning
           prepared
           an
           Ark
           .
           Beloved
           ,
           you
           have
           all
           this
           day
           been
           warned
           of
           God
           of
           things
           not
           seen
           ,
           of
           things
           Eternal
           :
           There
           is
           a
           great
           deluge
           of
           Eternity
           coming
           which
           will
           drown
           and
           swallow
           up
           all
           those
           things
           which
           are
           seen
           ,
           which
           are
           but
           temporal
           ,
           O
           let
           this
           be
           your
           preparation
           for
           Eternity
           !
           to
           be
           preparing
           an
           Ark
           for
           saving
           your selves
           :
           I
           do
           not
           mean
           an
           Ark
           Literally
           ,
           as
           
             Noahs
          
           was
           ,
           but
           an
           Ark
           Spiritually
           ,
           and
           Analogically
           .
           In
           
             Noahs
          
           time
           some
           believed
           not
           ,
           nor
           regarded
           the
           threatning
           of
           a
           fl●od
           ,
           but
           continued
           
             eating
             and
             drinking
             ,
             marrying
             ,
             and
             giving
             in
          
           
           
             marriage
             ,
             until
             the
             flood
             came
             and
             destroyed
             them
             all
             :
          
           others
           it
           is
           likely
           were
           not
           altogether
           without
           fearof
           it
           ,
           yet
           made
           light
           of
           it
           ,
           and
           reckoned
           upon
           some
           means
           of
           saving
           themselves
           
           by
           Arks
           of
           their
           own
           devising
           ,
           climbing
           the
           tops
           of
           high
           trees
           and
           mountains
           ,
           or
           such
           like
           .
           But
           all
           were
           destroyed
           that
           were
           not
           in
           the
           Arke
           with
           
             Noah
             .
          
           Thus
           do
           many
           through
           an
           evil
           heart
           of
           unbelief
           cashiere
           and
           abandon
           all
           thoughts
           of
           things
           Eternal
           ,
           as
           if
           but
           fabulous
           ;
           others
           too
           too
           many
           reckon
           upon
           safety
           by
           fals
           Arks
           .
           Poor
           ignorant
           creaturs
           make
           their
           good
           meaning
           their
           Arks
           ,
           the
           profane
           mans
           Ark
           is
           his
           presumption
           on
           Gods
           mercies
           ,
           Deut.
           29.
           19.
           
           
             He
             blesses
             himself
             ,
             saying
             ,
             I
             shall
             have
             peace
             ,
             though
             I
             walk
             in
             the
             imagination
             of
             mine
             heart
             ,
             adding
             drunkenness
             to
             thirst
             ;
          
           but
           let
           such
           mark
           what
           follows
           ,
           
             ver.
          
           20.
           
           
             The
             Lord
             will
             not
             spare
             him
             :
             but
             then
             the
             anger
             of
             the
             Lord
             and
             his
             jealousie
             shall
             smoke
             against
             that
             man
             ,
             and
             all
             the
             curses
             that
             are
             written
             in
             this
             book
             shall
             lie
             upon
             him
             ,
             and
             the
             Lord
             shall
             blot
             out
             his
             name
             from
             under
             heaven
             .
             —
          
           The
           Formal
           Professor
           makes
           his
           own
           righteousnesse
           and
           external
           conformity
           to
           the
           Gospel
           his
           Ark
           ;
           he
           thinks
           to
           be
           saved
           by
           hanging
           outwardly
           on
           the
           Ark
           by
           profession
           ,
           though
           he
           never
           enter
           
           into
           it
           by
           a
           faith
           effectual
           .
           The
           Papists
           Arke
           is
           his
           good
           works
           ,
           which
           he
           trusts
           to
           for
           Salvation
           ;
           but
           alas
           brethren
           !
           these
           are
           all
           Arks
           o●
           Bull-rushes
           ,
           one
           small
           wave
           of
           Gods
           wrath
           will
           overturn
           a
           thousand
           such
           as
           these
           .
           The
           only
           true
           Arke
           is
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           Act.
           4.
           12.
           
           
             Neither
             is
             there
             salvation
             in
             any
             other
             .
          
           Rom.
           8.
           1
           
           
             There
             is
             no
             condemnation
             to
             them
             that
             are
             in
             Christ
             Jesus
             :
          
           You
           have
           there
           the
           Ark
           ,
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           the
           entring
           into
           this
           ark
           by
           faith
           ,
           
             being
             in
             Jesus
             Christ
             ,
          
           &
           the
           safety
           of
           those
           who
           are
           so
           entred
           in
           ,
           
             There
             is
             no
             condemnation
             to
             such
             :
          
           there
           may
           be
           trouble
           &
           tribulation
           here
           ,
           but
           there
           is
           no
           condemnation
           hereafter
           to
           them
           that
           are
           in
           Jesus
           Christ
           .
           Remember
           this
           ,
           Christians
           ,
           Christ
           possessed
           by
           faith
           is
           the
           only
           Ark
           for
           your
           Eternal
           safety
           .
           Riches
           ,
           and
           Honors
           ,
           and
           worldly
           greatness
           ,
           these
           will
           be
           no
           Arks
           ;
           things
           temporal
           cannot
           make
           Arks
           for
           Eternal
           souls
           .
           Nothing
           in
           Religion
           which
           is
           but
           externall
           will
           be
           an
           Ark
           ;
           outward
           clothes
           and
           garments
           will
           not
           keep
           the
           body
           from
           dying
           ,
           nor
           will
           outward
           duties
           and
           performances
           only
           ,
           keep
           the
           soul
           from
           perishing
           .
           The
           Name
           of
           the
           
           Lord
           
             Jesus
             Christ
             is
             a
             strong
             Tower
             ,
          
           an
           A●k
           unto
           which
           every
           soul
           that
           runs
           by
           faith
           shall
           be
           saved
           .
           O
           Believers
           ,
           you
           who
           are
           possest
           of
           Christ
           how
           may
           you
           triumph
           in
           the
           words
           of
           that
           good
           dying
           man
           ,
           
             Salvus
             sum
             &
             sospes
             quia
             habito
             in
             vulneribus
             Christi
             ,
          
           Ps.
           91.
           9
           ,
           10.
           
             no
             evil
             shal
             befal
             thee
             ,
             because
             thou
             hast
             made
             the
             Lord
             thy
             Ark
             ,
             even
             the
             most
             high
             thy
             habitation
             :
          
           you
           that
           are
           yet
           unprovided
           of
           this
           Ark
           ,
           be
           warned
           this
           day
           to
           breake
           off
           your
           sins
           by
           repentance
           ,
           least
           this
           floud
           come
           unawares
           ,
           and
           destroy
           you
           all
           ,
           in
           your
           unbelief
           .
           O
           tremble
           to
           think
           ,
           how
           neer
           those
           Eternal
           things
           may
           be
           ,
           which
           yet
           you
           have
           not
           looked
           after
           ;
           how
           neer
           Eternal
           good
           things
           of
           being
           gone
           out
           of
           your
           reach
           irrecoverably
           ,
           and
           eternal
           evils
           of
           falling
           upon
           you
           unavoidably
           :
           venture
           not
           to
           stay
           any
           longer
           in
           that
           Condition
           ,
           in
           which
           it
           is
           a
           sin
           to
           live
           ,
           and
           a
           misery
           to
           die
           ;
           your
           living
           in
           the
           world
           hitherto
           hath
           been
           to
           worse
           ,
           then
           no
           purpose
           :
           your
           Conversation
           must
           all
           be
           unravell'd
           ,
           at
           the
           bottome
           of
           which
           you
           will
           find
           nothing
           but
           vanity
           and
           vexation
           of
           Spirit
           .
           Get
           the
           impressions
           of
           Eternity
           upon
           
           your
           Soules
           and
           so
           live
           that
           the
           care
           of
           Eternal
           things
           may
           be
           seen
           in
           y●ur
           very
           Countenances
           ;
           
             while
             you
             look
             not
             more
             at
             things
             which
             are
             seen
             ,
             which
             are
             temporall
             ,
             but
             at
             the
             things
             which
             are
             not
             seen
             which
             are
             Eternall
             .
          
        
         
           I
           have
           done
           with
           my
           Text
           ;
           But
           something
           more
           is
           expected
           in
           reference
           to
           the
           Occasion
           of
           this
           sad
           meeting
           ;
           which
           is
           the
           death
           and
           funeral
           of
           the
           truly
           
             Honourable
             Lady
             Judith
             Barrington
             ;
          
           never
           was
           it
           my
           practise
           (
           nor
           indeed
           my
           Judgement
           )
           to
           exceed
           or
           be
           long
           on
           such
           Occasions
           :
           There
           being
           but
           little
           Edification
           in
           the
           best
           ,
           and
           great
           danger
           in
           the
           most
           funeral
           Commendations
           ,
           Funeral
           Encomiastickes
           of
           the
           Dead
           (
           sayes
           one
           )
           prove
           often
           Confections
           of
           poyson
           to
           the
           Living
           .
           It
           being
           too
           usuall
           (
           as
           another
           sadly
           Complaines
           )
           
             Vt
             eorum
             vitae
             laudenter
             in
             terris
             ,
             quorum
             animae
             cruciantur
             in
             inferno
             ,
          
           yet
           I
           thinke
           this
           Lady
           whose
           funerall
           we
           now
           solemnize
           :
           was
           a
           person
           of
           so
           much
           worth
           and
           merit
           ,
           that
           if
           I
           had
           prepared
           an
           Alablaster
           boxe
           of
           precious
           Spikenard
           to
           poure
           
           upon
           her
           name
           ,
           in
           the
           Memorial
           of
           her
           vertues
           ,
           I
           need
           not
           feare
           to
           meet
           with
           (
           as
           the
           good
           Woman
           in
           the
           Gospel
           did
           )
           any
           ones
           displeasure
           or
           indignation
           .
           I
           could
           hold
           you
           long
           in
           a
           large
           discourse
           of
           her
           many
           accomplishments
           ,
           whereof
           I
           could
           shew
           you
           very
           great
           variety
           ,
           As
           in
           
             Solomons
          
           Temple
           there
           were
           three
           Courts
           ;
           An
           Outward
           Court
           ,
           an
           innerand
           the
           Holy
           of
           Holies
           .
        
         
           First
           I
           could
           present
           you
           in
           the
           Outer
           Court
           with
           her
           rare
           Natural
           Endowments
           of
           Understanding
           ,
           Wit
           ,
           Memory
           ,
           Judgement
           ,
           improved
           by
           acquired
           knowledg
           in
           almost
           all
           things
           ,
           wherein
           I
           believe
           she
           exceeded
           most
           of
           her
           Sexe
           ,
           and
           was
           in
           the
           very
           upper
           Forme
           of
           Female-Scholars
           ,
           then
           might
           I
           lead
           you
           into
           the
           Inner
           Court
           ,
           and
           shew
           you
           her
           Moral
           Excellencies
           rarely
           to
           be
           pattern'd
           ,
           to
           be
           admired
           ?
           but
           scarce
           to
           be
           imitated
           .
           Her
           singular
           
             Prudence
             ,
             Meekness
             ,
             Sobriety
             ,
             Integrity
             ;
          
           Affability
           mixt
           with
           much
           Gravity
           ;
           Humility
           with
           great
           Eminency
           ;
           Temperance
           and
           Moderation
           in
           midst
           of
           great
           abundance
           ,
           where
           
           can
           you
           shew
           me
           so
           many
           rich
           Stones
           in
           one
           Ring
           together
           againe
           ?
           But
           (
           3
           )
           I
           can
           ,
           as
           the
           Apostle
           sayes
           ,
           shew
           you
           a
           more
           excellent
           way
           .
           This
           is
           a
           Christians
           Holy
           of
           Holies
           ,
           a
           heart
           possest
           of
           Christ
           ,
           A
           Soule
           Beautified
           with
           Saving
           Grace
           ,
           Parts
           and
           Natural
           Edowments
           :
           Moral
           Habits
           and
           Virtues
           of
           themselves
           without
           Grace
           ,
           are
           but
           
             Splendida
             Peccata
             ,
          
           Glittering
           Sinnes
           :
           
             Fulgent
             coram
             hominibus
             ,
             coram
             Deo
             sordent
             ,
          
           In
           comparison
           of
           Christ
           ,
           they
           are
           but
           dirt
           and
           dung
           .
           If
           Christ
           be
           not
           in
           you
           ,
           if
           he
           dwell
           not
           in
           your
           hearts
           by
           Faith
           ,
           theremay
           be
           glittering
           ,
           but
           no
           Gold
           .
           Except
           Christ
           be
           in
           in
           you
           ,
           you
           are
           Reprobates
           ,
           Reprobate
           Silver
           shall
           men
           call
           you
           ,
           
           because
           the
           Lord
           will
           reject
           you
           .
           A
           Christians
           treasure
           lies
           not
           in
           natural
           
           and
           moral
           gifts
           ,
           but
           supernatural
           Grace
           .
        
         
           Here
           I
           might
           shew
           you
           how
           God
           had
           enriched
           her
           with
           the
           knowledg
           of
           himself
           and
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           whom
           to
           
             know
             is
             life
             Eternal
             :
          
           with
           soundnesse
           in
           the
           Faith
           ,
           having
           preserved
           her
           from
           making
           shipwrack
           of
           
           Faith
           in
           these
           stormy
           tempestuous
           times
           ,
           with
           love
           to
           Jesus
           Christ
           ,
           having
           heard
           her
           with
           tears
           bewailing
           the
           deadnesse
           of
           her
           affections
           to
           Christ
           ,
           and
           Spiritual
           things
           .
        
         
           I
           cannot
           but
           mention
           an
           excellent
           speech
           of
           hers
           a
           few
           dayes
           before
           her
           sicknesse
           ,
           to
           a
           worthy
           person
           ,
           and
           dear
           Relation
           ,
           
             Let
             us
          
           (
           saith
           she
           )
           
             love
             one
             another
             more
             and
             more
             ,
             and
             let
             us
             not
             love
             our selves
             in
             one
             another
             ,
             but
             Christ
             in
             one
             another
             ;
             that
             love
             will
             be
             sure
             to
             last
             and
             abide
             .
          
           Her
           love
           to
           the
           Ordinances
           and
           Saints
           might
           be
           remembred
           ;
           she
           had
           ,
           like
           God
           her
           Father
           ,
           a
           General
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           ,
           a
           sweet
           ,
           loving
           Nature
           to
           all
           ;
           and
           a
           Special
           
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
             {non-Roman}
          
           to
           the
           houshord
           of
           Faith
           .
           Her
           Compassionatenesse
           to
           those
           in
           misery
           was
           eminent
           ,
           and
           her
           Charity
           even
           to
           her
           enemies
           ;
           for
           such
           she
           wanted
           not
           altogether
           ,
           though
           altogether
           undeserved
           ;
           making
           good
           thereby
           that
           old
           saying
           ,
           
             Misera
             est
             fortuna
             quae
             caret
             inimico
             ;
          
           which
           I
           'l
           English
           in
           our
           Savior
           Christs
           
           words
           ,
           
             Wo
             be
             to
             you
             when
             all
             men
             speak
             well
             of
             you
             ;
          
           yet
           to
           her
           enemies
           
           she
           would
           not
           render
           evil
           for
           evil
           ,
           but
           sought
           to
           overcome
           their
           evil
           with
           good
           .
           Though
           I
           be
           but
           a
           very
           dull
           Orator
           ,
           yet
           having
           such
           plenty
           of
           pretious
           matter
           before
           me
           ,
           I
           doubt
           not
           but
           with
           very
           little
           enlargement
           ,
           I
           might
           draw
           tears
           from
           the
           eys
           of
           the
           greatest
           strangers
           to
           join
           with
           us
           in
           Lamenting
           the
           
             Losse
          
           of
           this
           excellent
           person
           .
        
         
           But
           give
           me
           leave
           to
           recal
           that
           word
           again
           ,
           that
           word
           
             Losse
             ;
          
           let
           us
           not
           say
           that
           she
           is
           
             lost
             ,
             Nemo
             perditus
             est
             quem
             Deus
             in
             custodiam
          
           
           
             rapuit
             .
          
           As
           our
           Saviour
           Christ
           said
           of
           the
           Maiden
           ,
           
             She
             is
             not
             dead
             but
             sleepeth
             ;
          
           so
           we
           of
           her
           ,
           
             She
             is
             not
             lost
             but
             laid
             up
             :
          
           As
           in
           a
           house
           where
           pretious
           things
           ,
           Plate
           ,
           Vessels
           of
           Silver
           or
           Gold
           are
           suffered
           for
           a
           while
           to
           go
           about
           the
           house
           for
           common
           uses
           ,
           which
           afterwards
           the
           Master
           of
           the
           house
           taking
           and
           Locking
           them
           up
           out
           of
           sight
           ;
           Servants
           missing
           
           them
           speak
           as
           if
           they
           were
           lost
           :
           Thus
           did
           God
           suffer
           this
           Vessel
           of
           honour
           to
           go
           about
           this
           his
           house
           even
           for
           common
           uses
           ;
           we
           had
           leave
           to
           Converse
           with
           her
           ,
           to
           eat
           with
           her
           ,
           to
           Drink
           with
           her
           ,
           to
           Pray
           and
           Confer
           with
           her
           ,
           but
           the
           Master
           of
           the
           house
           hath
           now
           removed
           her
           out
           of
           sight
           ,
           she
           is
           laid
           up
           amongst
           those
           things
           which
           are
           not
           seen
           ,
           that
           are
           Eternall
           .
           She
           is
           n●t
           lost
           ,
           we
           know
           where
           she
           is
           ;
           I
           trust
           through
           the
           mercies
           of
           God
           in
           Christ
           to
           her
           ,
           we
           may
           say
           ,
           
             She
             is
             ascended
             to
             her
             Father
             and
             our
             Father
             ,
             to
             her
             God
             and
             our
             God
             .
          
           From
           henceforth
           weep
           we
           no
           more
           for
           her
           ,
           but
           let
           us
           weep
           for
           our selves
           ,
           our
           sins
           challenge
           all
           our
           tears
           ;
           for
           them
           weep
           and
           spare
           not
           :
           Grudge
           at
           every
           tear
           spent
           and
           laid
           out
           upon
           other
           occasions
           ,
           as
           waste
           ,
           and
           of
           which
           no
           profit
           is
           to
           be
           made
           ,
           only
           on
           this
           account
           ;
           What
           you
           sow
           in
           Teares
           ,
           you
           shall
           reap
           in
           Joy
           :
           we
           have
           Eternal
           things
           to
           look
           after
           ,
           and
           
           our
           time
           is
           but
           short
           .
           Concerning
           Temporal
           things
           ,
           when
           we
           have
           them
           ,
           we
           must
           rejoice
           as
           though
           we
           rejoiced
           not
           ;
           and
           when
           we
           misse
           them
           ,
           we
           must
           weep
           as
           though
           we
           wept
           not
           .
           As
           
             Grotius
          
           in
           a
           Consolatory
           Letter
           ,
           to
           a
           great
           man
           in
           
             France
             ,
          
           after
           the
           death
           of
           his
           wife
           ,
           told
           him
           ,
           
             He
             had
             so
             many
             importaent
             businesses
             of
             State
             (
             Negotia
          
           
           
             tantae
             molis
             ac
             tanti
             laboris
             )
          
           incumbent
           on
           him
           ,
           which
           called
           to
           him
           
             Hoc
             age
             lugere
             tibi
             non
             vacat
             ,
          
           that
           he
           had
           no
           leisure
           to
           be
           sad
           ,
           no
           time
           for
           weeping
           .
           Eternal
           things
           are
           alwayes
           knocking
           at
           our
           doors
           ,
           and
           crying
           in
           our
           ears
           ,
           
             Hoc
             agite
             ,
          
           mind
           your
           Businesse
           .
        
         
           Your
           businesse
           lies
           all
           in
           that
           Scripture
           which
           you
           have
           heard
           opened
           ,
           with
           an
           Item
           from
           which
           I
           will
           dismisse
           you
           ,
           That
           you
           
             So
             live
             henceforth
             as
             those
             who
             looke
             not
             at
             the
             things
             which
             are
             seen
             ,
             which
             are
             Temporal
             ;
          
           But
           
           so
           live
           as
           becomes
           those
           who
           looke
           
             at
             things
             which
             are
             not
             seen
             ,
             which
             are
             Eternal
             .
          
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           Errata
           .
        
         
           Pag.
           15.
           for
           communion
           ,
           r.
           communication
           .
           p.
           17
           for
           
             possessio
             ,
          
           r.
           
             possessione
             .
          
           p.
           20.
           l.
           12.
           r.
           nature
           and
           grace
           ,
           by
           regenerate
           and
           unregenerate
           .
           
             dele
          
           the
           spirits
           .
           p.
           28.
           
             for
          
           wiser
           ,
           
             r.
          
           wise
           .
           p.
           45.
           
             for
          
           in-clining
           ,
           
             r.
          
           in
           lining
           .
           p.
           66.
           l.
           10.
           
             add
             ,
          
           I
           might
           .
           l.
           16.
           
             add
          
           she
           .
        
      
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A41543e-380
           
             Drexelius
             de
             Aeternit
             .
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             4.
             11
             
          
           
             For
             above
             300
             years
             together
             the
             Roman
             Bishops
             suffered
             Martyrdome
             one
             after
             another
             
               Jacobus
               Revius
               Hist.
               pontif
               .
               Rom.
               
            
          
           
             
               Notandae
               sunt
               elegantissimae
               Antitheses
               quovis
               etiam
               Demosthene
               non
               indignae
               .
            
             Beza
             in
             loc.
          
           
             
               En
               quid
               nobis
               facil●s
               tole●atu
               faciat
               omnes
               mundi
               hujus
               miserias
               ,
               n●mpe
               si
               cogitationes
               nostras
               ad
               regni
               caelestis
               ●ternitatem
               transf●ramus
               ,
            
             Calvin
             .
             in
             loc.
          
           
             Heb.
             11.
             35
             
             Matth.
             13.
             21.
             
          
           
             1
             
               Doct.
               
            
             Heb.
             1.
             11
             
          
           
             2
             
               Doct.
               
            
          
           
             1
             Cor.
             7.
             39.
             30.
             
          
           
             3.
             
               Doct.
               
            
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             7.
             
          
           
             1
             Gen.
             ●
          
           
             Drexelius
             .
          
           
             Psal.
             90.
             4
             
             ▪
             
               Heri
               nostrum
               cras
               ,
               &
               pridem
               ,
               Semper
               tibi
               nunc
               &
               idem
               :
               Tuum
               Deus
               ,
               ●odiernum
               Indivisum
               sempiternum
               .
               Hildeberti
               Hymnus
               .
            
             Vsser
             .
             D●
             Symb.
             
          
           
             Eccles.
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             Boetius
             
          
           
             Cardanus
             
          
           
             Eccles.
             3.
             1.
             
          
           
             Rev.
             10.
             6
             
          
           
             
               Facilius
               toto
               ann●
               solem
               aestivu●
               meridianum
               perf●ras
               oculis
               ,
               quam
               homo
               temporis
               exi
               gui
               parte
               aeternitatis
               Lucem
               intellectu
               possie
               contemplari
               .
            
             Card.
             
          
           
             Eph.
             1.
             12
             
          
           
             John
             3.
             5.
             
          
           
             1
             John
             .
             3.
             1.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             49.
             15.
             
          
           
             Mat.
             25.
             34.
             
             John
             .
             14
             .
             2
             
          
           
             1
             John
             3.
             2
             
          
           
             Heb.
             11.
             37.
             2
             Cor.
             6.
             10
             
          
           
             Psal.
             91.
             11.
             1
             Pet.
             4.
             14
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             6.
             1●
             .
          
           
             1
             Pet.
             1.
             4.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             4.
             27
             
          
           
             Heb.
             ii
             .
             26
             
          
           
             Use
             1.
             
          
           
             Exo.
             14
             .
             20.
             
          
           
             Psa.
             17
             .
             14
             .
          
           
             1
             Isal.
             2.
             
          
           
             See
             a
             memorable
             story
             in
             B●ards
             Theater
             of
             Gods
             Judgment
             2
             part
             pag.
             1●0
             .
          
           
             1
             Sam.
             26.
             10.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             55.
             2.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             36.
             ●2
             .
          
           
             Full
             .
             Holy
             State
             .
          
           
             
               Inter
               peritura
               vivimus
               .
            
             Sen●ca
             .
          
           
             2.
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             5.
             6.
             7.
             1
             Thes.
             4.
             17.
             18.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             2.
             7
             ,
             8.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             7.
             9.
             
          
           
             Rsal
             .
             102.
             13.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             66.
             13
             
          
           
             
               Vse
            
             2.
             
          
           
             Psal.
             84.
             11.
             
          
           
             Ephes.
             1.
             3.
             
          
           
             2
             Pet.
             1
             10.
             
          
           
             Isa.
             28.
             18.
             
          
           
             Hos.
             13.
             9.
             
          
           
             Luke
             12.
             19.
             
          
           
             〈…〉
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             9.
             6
             
          
           
             Luk.
             17.
             27
             
          
           
             2
             Cor.
             13.
             5
             
          
           
             Jer.
             6.
             30
             
          
           
             Luk.
             6.
             26
             
          
           
             Erasmus
             .
          
           
             
               Grot.
            
             Epist
             ad
             Maurerium
             .
             25