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

And therefore improve this argument, to take off ⟨p. 328⟩your hearts from things below, and say, What good will it be to me that I have been merry, and would have my will? I came to hear the word, and that was working to pull my lust from me, but my heart was set upon my lust, and I would have it: When my lust shall be at an end, what good will it be to me, to remember I had my lust and pleasure, and delight? This will afford little comfort after it is gone: You may live a year or two, and be drunk many a time that while, and have pleasure in uncleanness, and besot your selves; consider, many have had pleasures in the flesh, that now are gone, and within two or three years it may be said of you, Such a one was at such a Sermon, and heard, That all things that endure but for a season would not satisfy, and now he is gone; and if you will satisfy your selves in these things that are for a season, you may cry out in the anguish of your souls, and say, Such a day such an argument was treated upon, and I heard, Nothing that is but for a season will satisfy the heart, and how I should hazard my eternal happiness, if I set my heart upon them; And I heard, I had not only a little River to swim over, but an infinite Ocean to launch into, and yet I have sought after these things that are but for a season, to satisfy my flesh in them; now my season is gone, and I am launching into eternity, the Lord knows what shall become of me.

And therefore improve this argument, to take off ⟨p. 328⟩your hearts from things below, and say, What good will it be to me that I have been merry, and would have my will? I came to hear the word, and that was working to pull my lust from me, but my heart was set upon my lust, and I would have it: When my lust shall be at an end, what good will it be to me, to remember I had my lust and pleasure, and delight? This will afford little comfort after it is gone: You may live a year or two, and be drunk many a time that while, and have pleasure in uncleanness, and besot your selves; consider, many have had pleasures in the flesh, that now are gone, and within two or three years it may be said of you, Such a one was at such a Sermon, and heard, That all things that endure but for a season would not satisfie, and now he is gone; and if you will satisfie your selves in these things that are for a season, you may cry out in the anguish of your souls, and say, Such a day such an argument was treated upon, and I heard, Nothing that is but for a season will satisfie the heart, and how I should hazard my eternal happiness, if I set my heart upon them; And I heard, I had not onely a little River to swim over, but an infinite Ocean to lanch into, and yet I have sought after these things that are but for a season, to satisfie my flesh in them; now my season is gone, and I am lanching into eternity, the Lord knows what shall become of me.