A second volume of discourses or sermons on several scriptures

¹First, The generality of men are so immersed and drowned in the Affairs and pleasures of Life, that all serious thoughts of Death and preparations for it are swallowed up and devoured by them: Their minds are taken up about other things, and their time spent upon other matters; like an heap of Ants that busily toil to gather in their Provision, not regarding the foot that is ready to tread upon them; so is it with most men, they are taken up with impertinences and vain things: One contrives how he may melt away his days in Luxury and Pleasure, and with variety of invented Delights imp the wings of time that in their apprehensions makes but slow hast, that so their days and hours may roll away the faster; these are such Prodigals of their time, and lavish it away at that rate, as if their stock would last as long as Eternity it self. Some are busily climbing up the sleep ascent of Honour and Dignity, and are so taken up in seeking after promotions and new Titles that they forget their old stile of mortal creatures. Others are plotting with the Fool in the Gospel, how they may grow rich, and lay up goods for themselves for many ⟨p. 13⟩years as they fancy, when yet they know not but God may take away their Souls from them this very night; and what then remains to them of all that they have thus greedily scraped together. O vain and foolish men, are these the things you set your hearts upon; must the World drink up all your thoughts, and Death that shortly will snatch you from all your enjoyments here below be forgotten by you.

¹First, The generality of men are so immers'd and drowned in the Affairs and pleasures of Life, that all serious thoughts of Death and preparations for it are swallowed up and devoured by them: Their minds are taken up about other things, and their time spent upon other matters; like an heap of Ants that busily toil to gather in their Provision, not regarding the foot that is ready to tread upon them; so is it with most men, they are taken up with impertinencies and vain things: One contrives how he may melt away his days in Luxury and Pleasure, and with variety of invented Delights imp the wings of time that in their apprehensions makes but slow hast, that so their days and hours may roll away the faster; these are such Prodigals of their time, and lavish it away at that rate, as if their stock would last as long as Eternity it self. Some are busily climbing up the sleep ascent of Honour and Dignity, and are so taken up in seeking after promotions and new Titles that they forget their old stile of mortal creatures. Others are plotting with the Fool in the Gospel, how they may grow rich, and lay up goods for themselves for many