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The spiritual watchThe spirituall vvatch
The spiritual watch, or Christs general watch-word A meditation on Mark. 13. 37. By Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith.The spirituall vvatch, or Christs generall watch-word A meditation on Mark. 13. 37. By Thomas Gataker B. of D. and pastor of Rotherhith.
London: printed by Edward Griffin for William Bladen, 1619
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
§. 49. And lwhat shall it avail a man that the world standeth still, if he die, and so the whole world be as good as gone with him? if the river run still that he dwelt by, the house stand still that he dwelt in, when himself is taken away from either? Though the last day of the world be never so far off, yet may the last day of thy life be near at hand. tThough the worlds Dooms-day come not yet, thine may come long before it: though it be never so long before that come, it cannot be long ere thine will come. And if it be uncertain when the general day of Doom will be, it is no less uncertain, yea in some sort more uncertain when thy particular day of doom will be.
§. 49. And lwhat shall it auaile a man that the world standeth still, if hee die, and so the whole world bee as good as gone with him? if the riuer runne still that hee dwelt by, the house stand still that hee dwelt in, when himselfe is taken away from either? Though the last day of the world bee neuer so farre off, yet may the last day of thy life bee neere at hand. tThough the worlds Doomes-day come not yet, thine may come long before it: though it bee neuer so long before that come, it cannot bee long ere thine will come. And if it bee vncertaine when the generall day of Doome will bee, it is no lesse vncertaine, yea in some sort more vncertaine when thy particular day of doome will be.
- lEtsi concluso superessent tempor• seclo, Ut posset longos mundus habere dies: Nos tamen occasum nostrū obseruare deceret, Et finem vitae quemque videre suae. Nam mihi quid prodest, quod longo flumina cursu Semper inexhaustis prona ferū tur aquis? Multa quod annosae vicerunt saecula syluae? Quodque suis durant flora rura locis? Ista manent: nostri sed non mansere parentes. Exigui vitam temporis hospes ago. Prosper ad voeorem.Etsi concluso superessent tempor• seclo, Vt posset longos mundus habere dies: Nos tamen occasum nostrū obseruare deceret, Et finem vitae quemque videre suae. Nam mihi quid prodest, quod longo flumina cursu Semper inexhaustis prona ferū tur aquis? Multa quod annosae vicerunt saecula syluae? Quodque suis durant flora rura locis? Ista manent: nostri sed non mansere parentes. Exigui vitam temporis hospes ago. Prosper ad voeorem.