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Thefecond,isthegreatningofovr pofterityand che contemplation of their glory phom we leaue bebinde vs. (ertainely, of thofe which conceine that their Joules departed take any comfort therein, it may be trulyfaid ofthemwhich Lanétanti- iaddefala vas [pakeof certaine Heathen Pbilofophers , quod fapientes funt ire ftulta, {8329+ Lon phen ourpirits immortal fhall be once:feparatefrom our mortall bodies, x digpofed by G O-D:: there remainethin them no other iay of their pofterity which fucceeds than there doth of pride inthat ftome; which fleepeth inthe Wallof a Kings Palace ;nor any other forrow for their pouerty , than ‘there doth of s.ug-de cura fpame in that , which beareth copa Beggars cottage.Nefciuntmortui, etiam pom. fandti,quid aguntviui etiam: eorum hilii;quia anime mortuorumrebus viuentium. non interfunt > The: dead, though holy; know nothing of thelining, no, not of their owne children : for the foules of thofe dearted, are notconuerfant with theiraffaires that remaine. And if wee doubt of Sait Auguitine, wee cannot of lob ; whovtells vs 5° That wee knownot if our fonnes fhall bee honourable : neither fhall wee vn- derftand concerning them,» whether they fhall bee of low degree. Which Ecclefiaftes alfo confirmeth : Manswalketh in.a fhadow ;.:and Pilz. difquieteth himfelfe in vaine : hee heapeth vp riches, and cannottell Ecel.g.5.8 1.2 who fhall gather them.) The lining (/aith bee) know that they fhall die, butthe dead knownothing atall:for whocanfhew vnto man,what fhall be after him vnder the Sun? Heetherefore accomptethit among the re{t of worldly vanities,tolabour and trauailein the world: not knowing after death whethera foole ora wife man fhould enioy the fruits thereof : which made an (faith be)endeauour euento abhorre mineownlabour. Andwhat canotber 10,6346, men hope,whofe bleffed orforrowfulleftates after death God hath referned mans knowledge lying butin his hope, feeing the Prophet Efay confeffeth ofthe elet, That Abrahamisignorantofvs,and Iftaelknowesvsnot. But hereof we are affured,that the long and darkenightofdeath (of swhofe following day wee fhall neuer bebold the dawne, till his returne that , istybed csit)pall coner vs ouer till the world be no more.After whichand when all againe receine Organs glorified and incorruptible, the feats of rapheotis. in fo reat admiration{hall thefoules ofthe bleffed be exercifed, as they cannot admit the mixture ofany fecondor leffeiay ; nor any returne offorgone ex mortal af- ection towards friends, Kindred, or children, Ofwhom whether wejfall retaine any particular knowledge,orin anyfort diftingui{h them :no mancan affure Vs ; o thewife/t men doubt, But onthe contrary ; Ifa dinine life retaine any of thofé faculties which thefoule exercifed in a mortal body ; wee {hall not at bes timefo dinide the ioyes of Heauen, as tocaft any part therof on thememory of theirfelicities which remaine inthe World.N,0,be their eftates oreater Suibeurn the World Sane,se fha ll (by the difference knowne ynto vs) euen deteft their confideratton. A: What} oewercomfortfhall remaineofallforepaft. the fame will confift in the ¢ event We exercifed lining: and in that iety, luftice,and firme Faith, for whichit pleafed the infinite mercy of God to accept ofvs OFee Shall we therefore value honour and riches at nothing? and négleét them vm eceffarie poaa é Ce tainly no, For that infinite wifed ome of God aed hatb diftinote vcdoapels by degrees:which bath iuengreater and leffe light <x beauty; Aeanenly bodies: which hath made gece betweene beafts and birds: created ted the Eaglecand the Flyesthe Cedar: and the Shrub: and amongftones , giuen the faireft tintture to the Ruby,and thequicke/t light tothe Diamond ;bath alfo ora dined Kings;Dukes or Leaders ofthepeople, Magiftratesludges, and other des grees. among men, Andias, bonour is left to pofterity , for a markeand enfigneof the vertueand vaderftanding of theirAuce/tors :/o,eeing Siracides preferreth.;... gota Deathbefore Beggary: and that titles; without proportionable'eftates,fallynder the miferable Juccour of other mens pity ;I accompe it foolifhneffe to condemne uch acare: Prouided;that worldlygoods be wellvotten,and that we raifenorour owne buildings out of other:mens ruines. For, as Plato doth fir/t preferre the Bade leg.t.a6 perfe tion of bodily health secondly; the forme and beauty ; and thirdly, Dinitias © pha nulla fraude queefitas:/o leremy cries, "Woevato them thaterest theit hot te.22.13. fes by varighteoufnefie, and their chambers without equity : and Bfay the fame,Woe tothofe that {poile and were not fpoiled. Andit was out oftheres33. true wifdome of Salomon;thar he commandeth ys, nov to dtinkethe winerof,.... -» :3 violence, not to liein.wait forbloud and not to fwallow themvp aliue; Prou 23-1.35, whofe riches wecouet: for fuch:are the wayes (faith bee) of every orie *?**?" that is greedy of gaine. And ifwecould afford our felues bat fomuch leifure as to confider , That bee which hath mostin the world hath,in refpect ofthe world, nothing init: and: that he which haththe longest time lent himtoline init, bath yet no proportion ar all therein, fetting it either by that which is paft,when Wwe were not, or by that time which is tocome,in which we fhall abidefor exer; Ifay,ifboth;to wit, ourpropor. tion in the world,andour timein the world,differnot muchfromtbat which is no-~ thing, itisnotoutofany excellency ofvnderftanding» sthatwe fomuch prife the one,which hath(ineffect)no being:and fomuchneglettthe other, which hath no ending: coueting thofe mortall things of the world,as ofourfoules were therein immortaland neglecting thofe things which are immortall,asifourfelues after the World were but mortall. Batlet euery man value bis owne wifedome, as hepleafeth. Let the Richman thinkeall fooles that cannot equall his abundance;the Reuengerefteemeall negligentthat hauenot troddendowntheiroppofites; the Politician,allgroffe that cannot merchandize their faith : Yet whenwe once come infight of the Port ofdeath, to which all windes driue vs,cx when by letting fall that fatalt Anchorwhich can neuer be weighed again,the Nauigation ofthis life takes end.Thenit ,Lfay, that our own cogitations(thofe fad exfenerecogitations,formerly beatenfromys by our Health andFelicity)returne againe, and pay vs to the veterioftfor all the pleafing paffages of our lines paft. It ts then that we cry out toGodfor mercy ; then; whenous felues can no longer exercife cruelty toothers:ard it is onely then , ‘that weare ftrucken through thefoule with this terrible fentence,That God will not Gal.6.7: be mockti Forif according toS.Pecer, The righteous fearcely be fauied sand *?"* that God {pared not his Angels : where fhall thofe appeare, who, having ferued their appetites all their lines prefume to think,that thefeiere Commandenients of the All-powerfull God weregiuen but in fport.and that thefhort breathwhich we draw when death preffech vs if we can butfafhion it to theound ofMercy (without any kind offatisfaétion or amends)is /ufftcient?O quam multi, faith 4 reue~ rend Father, cum hac {pe ad wternos labores & bella defcendunt ! Iconfeffe that it isagreat comfort toour friends,to haueit faidthat we ended wel,for a a |