6. They are men that scorn at prayer, or at any thing that is said concerning the tenderness of conscience, they despise conscience and prayer▪ Lord let me never fall into the hands of such men as those are, deliver me from the men of this world, who have their portion in this life. For the opening of the words, from the men of the world: the words are translated by some, from mortal men, from men though of the world, yet are not like to enjoy the world long, for the Original doth signify as much from frail men, they shall not have it long, in the 89. Psalm, 47. Remember how short my time is; what little time I have in this world, the word is from the men that shall have but a little time in this world, and the men of this world, the Hebrew word here, that is translated men, sometimes with but the change of the position of one prick, it signifies dead men, mortui as well as vivi, I say, with the change not of a prick, but only of the position of one prick, of one point, it signifies dead men; they are men of the world, but such men as are within one prick of death, within one point of death, howsoever they rejoice; who have their portion, their dimension that is given out unto them in this life; the word life, though in the singular number in your books, in the Hebrew it is in the plural, Lives, they are men that have all they have, but only leased for their lives, nay not so much as leased, they have but an estate for life at the most, and this present life unto them is instead of all lives; from the men of this world, that have their portion in this life; there are these Two Doctrinal Conclusions in the words that lie plainly before you; the first is,
6. They are men that scorn at prayer, or at any thing that is said concerning the tenderness of conscience, they despise conscience and prayer▪ Lord let me never fall into the hands of such men as those are, deliver me from the men of this world, who have their portion in this life. For the opening of the words, from the men of the world: the words are translated by some, from mortal men, from men though of the world, yet are not like to enjoy the world long, for the Original doth signifie as much from frail men, they shall not have it long, in the 89. Psalm, 47. Remember how short my time is; what little time I have in this world, the word is from the men that shall have but a little time in this world, and the men of this world, the Hebrew word here, that is translated men, sometimes with but the change of the position of one prick, it signifies dead men, mortui as well as vivi, I say, with the change not of a prick, but only of the position of one prick, of one point, it signifies dead men; they are men of the world, but such men as are within one prick of death, within one point of death, howsoever they rejoyce; who have their portion, their dimension that is given out unto them in this life; the word life, though in the singular number in your books, in the Hebrew it is in the plural, Lives, they are men that have all they have, but only leased for their lives, nay not so much as leased, they have but an estate for life at the most, and this present life unto them is instead of all lives; from the men of this world, that have their portion in this life; there are these Two Doctrinal Conclusions in the words that lie plainly before you; the first is,
