Moses his choice with his eye fixed upon Heaven, discovering the happy condition of…

It is a notable place we have in Psalm 49. 3, 4. The whole scope of the Psalm, is to show the happy secure estate of the godly in all troubles, and the vanishing condition of all ungodly in prosperity; now mark how he calls to us in the beginning of this Psalm, to hearken to this argument: We might say, this is an argument we have heard a hundred times, and know what it is, Why should we hearken so? Though you think this is an ordinary Theme, yet this is the great wisdom, and understanding of a gracious heart to know; this is the dark saying that I will open, so says the Psalmist, My mouth shall speak of wisdom, and the meditation of my heart ⟨p. 325⟩shall be of understanding, I will open my dark saying: So when you hear us speaking of this argument, you say, This is an ordinary argument; but the true knowledge of it is a dark hidden thing to the men of the world, and it is the work of the Spirit of God, to make men know this truly: and when God works any saving work upon the soul, he begins in this way, to settle upon the soul this truth, That all the things that it hath satisfied it self in, are fading; and what is a year or two, to enjoy all the contentments my heart can desire, if then I must be gone, and bid farewell to all? have not I an immortal soul? and when shall be the time that I shall provide for eternity? And therefore I beseech you look into this argument, and ponder it a little more.

It is a notable place we have in Psalm 49. 3, 4. The whole scope of the Psalm, is to shew the happy secure estate of the godly in all troubles, and the vanishing condition of all ungodly in prosperity; now mark how he calls to us in the beginning of this Psalm, to hearken to this argument: We might say, this is an argument we have heard a hundred times, and know what it is, Why should we hearken so? Though you think this is an ordinary Theam, yet this is the great wisdom, and understanding of a gracious heart to know; this is the dark saying that I will open, so says the Psalmist, My mouth shall speak of wisdom, and the meditation of my heart ⟨p. 325⟩shall be of understanding, I will open my dark saying: So when you hear us speaking of this argument, you say, This is an ordinary argument; but the true knowledge of it is a dark hidden thing to the men of the world, and it is the work of the Spirit of God, to make men know this truly: and when God works any saving work upon the soul, he begins in this way, to settle upon the soul this truth, That all the things that it hath satisfied it self in, are fading; and what is a year or two, to enjoy all the contentments my heart can desire, if then I must be gone, and bid farewel to all? have not I an immortal soul? and when shall be the time that I shall provide for eternity? And therefore I beseech you look into this argument, and ponder it a little more.