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And then, If thou dost not learn to be full, thy full estate will endanger thy salvation exceedingly. It is easier for a Camel (saith Christ) to go through the eye of a Needle, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. Now Christ doth not interpret at first what is a ⟨p. 44⟩rich man, but at another time he doth, those that trust in them. Chrysostom hath this passage upon that to the Hebrews, He wonders how any Governor can come to be saved. The fullness of a mans condition doth much endanger his salvation, if God doth not teach him how to be full.

And then, If thou do'st not learn to be full, thy full estate will endanger thy salvation exceedingly. It is easier for a Cammel (saith Christ) to go thorow the eye of a Needle, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. Now Christ doth not interpret at first what is a ⟨p. 44⟩rich man, but at another time he doth, those that trust in them. Chrysostom hath this passage upon that to the Hebrews, He wonders how any Governor can come to be saved. The fulness of a mans condition doth much endanger his salvation, if God doth not teach him how to be full.

And then it will make death to be more terrible. O Death, how terrible will it be to a man that hath not learned to be full. When Death shall come, and now he must be deprived of all, bid an everlasting farewell to his House and Estate, and Lands coming in. Never such merry meetings as he was wont to have, I but now they are gone; there's an end of those days, he shall never have them more. O then (I say) Death will gnaw upon a man, and then a mans conscience indeed will terrify him. If he be afflicted, they will come upon him to terrify him. But when he sees that he must bid an everlasting farewell to all those things, then Death will terrify him to purpose. O conscience will tell him, Now art thou going to give an account before the great God of all that thou didst enjoy in this world. It's a sad message that this will be to some that are full. You think because you have money to pay for what you eat and drink, and do enjoy, you think you shall be called to no farther account. O yes, you must be called to an account for all the Creatures that you do enjoy. Now if men can scarce count the mercies that they do enjoy, O then how will you be able to give an account for them. Well, all this is but to awaken the hearts of people that have the comforts of this world, that they may not satisfy themselves with what they enjoy; but seek what they can to learn to be full.