Ultima, = the last things in reference to the first and middle things

And a lying tongue is but for a moment, saith Solomon, Prov. 12.19.¹ and our light affliction is but for a moment, saith Paul, 2 Cor. 4.17.² Lo here the length of our little life, this is the gradation that God makes of it: at first a matter of seventy years, but these were tithed from seventy to seven, this number again was made no number, one single year: a year? nay a month, nay a day, nay an hour, nay a minute, nay a moment, as soon as we were born, we began to draw to our end. ⟨p. 17⟩Wisd. 5.13.³ There's but one poor moment which we have to live, and when that is spent, our life is gone, How? but one? and a moment? one is the least number that is, and a moment the shortest time that ever was: O what mean men to plot and project for the time to come, as if this life would never be done? O consider of the littleness of the time that thou hast to live! O consider of the greatness of the matter that depends upon it; thy body, soul, heaven, and hell, all hangs on this thread, a short life, a few days.] Few] and evil have the days of my life been.

And a lying tongue is but for a moment, saith Solomon, Prov. 12.19.¹ and our light affliction is but for a moment, saith Paul, 2 Cor. 4.17.² Lo here the length of our little life, this is the gradation that God makes of it: at first a matter of seventie years, but these were tythed from seventie to seven, this number again was made no number, one single year: a year? nay a moneth, nay a day, nay an hour, nay a minute, nay a moment, as soon as we were born, we began to draw to our end.