A sermon preached to the Honourable House of Commons at their late solemn fast,…A sermon preached to the Honourable House of Commons at their late solemne fast,…

Thirdly, if he be God enduring for ever, What fools are we to place our hope in a King that shall die? Surely they cast their anchor in ill ground, who trust in the creature; thou puttest thy heaven betwixt the brows of a King and in the light of his countenance; he is but a man, and may change, and though his favour were constant, yet when his eye-strings shall be broken, with one breath he shall breathe out his own soul, and thy heaven: And what canst thou then say or do? because sense and the flesh leadeth us, and time goeth about us from the cradle to the grave; we are all for time, we are for a time-Court, a time-Glory, a time-Prince, a time-Friend, a time-Husband, a time-Brother, a time-Heaven and happiness, a time-deliverance in trouble, time-Riches, time-joy and time-pleasure, time-triumphing, a time-life, &c. But we may find in this King of ages, who endureth for ever, these same good things of another nature, as we find in God, eternal Court, eternal Glory, an eternal King, an eternal Friend, an eternal Husband, an eternal ⟨p. 54⟩Brother, an eternal Happiness, an eternal Salvation, eternal riches, eternal victory and triumph, and in sum, life eternal.

Thirdly, if he be God enduring for ever, What fooles are we to place our hope in a King that shall die? Surely they cast their anchor in ill ground, who trust in the creature; thou puttest thy heaven betwixt the browes of a King and in the light of his countenance; he is but a man, and may change, and though his favour were constant, yet when his eye-strings shall be broken, with one breath he shall breathe out his own soule, and thy heaven: And what canst thou then say or do? because sence and the flesh leadeth us, and time goeth about us from the cradle to the grave; we are all for time, we are for a time-Court, a time-Glory, a time-Prince, a time-Friend, a time-Husband, a time-Brother, a time-Heaven and happinesse, a time-deliverance in trouble, time-Riches, time-joy and time-pleasure, time-triumphing, a time-life, &c. But we may finde in this King of ages, who indureth for ever, these same good things of another nature, as we finde in God, eternall Court, eternall Glory, an eternall King, an eternall Friend, an eternall Husband, an eternall ⟨p. 54⟩Brother, an eternall Happinesse, an eternall Salvation, eternall riches, eternall victory and triumph, and in summe, life eternall.