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The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity…
The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity with the only way to throw it well : as also the gracious persons incomparable portion / by George Swinnock ...The fading of the flesh and flourishing of faith, or, One cast for eternity with the only way to throw it vvell : as also the gracious persons incomparable portion / by George Swinnock ...
London: printed for Tho. Parkhurst, 1662
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
One would think, thou shouldst take little comfort in any creature, whilst thy eternal state is thus in danger. Augustus wondered at the Roman Citizen, that he could sleep quietly when he had a great burden of debt upon him. What rest canst thou have, what delight in any thing thou enjoyest, who owest such vast sums to the Infinite Justice of God, when he is resolved to have full satisfaction either in this or the other world? When David offered Barzillai the pleasures and preferments of his own royal Palace, he refused them, because he was to die within a while. How long have I to live, that I should go up with the King unto Jerusalem? Let thy servant turn back that I may dye, 2 Sam. 19.34, 35, 36. i. e. Court me no courts, I have one foot in the grave, my glass is almost run, let me go home and dye. Without controversy, thou hast more cause to wink on these withering comforts, and to betake thy self wholly to a diligent preparation for death. The Thebans made a law, That no man should build a house before he had made his grave.
One would think, thou shouldst take little comfort in any creature, whilst thy eternal state is thus in danger. Augustus wondered at the Roman Citizen, that he could sleep quietly when he had a great burden of debt upon him. What rest canst thou have, what delight in any thing thou enjoyest, who owest such vast sums to the Infinite Justice of God, when he is resolved to have full satisfaction either in this or the other world? When David offered Barzillai the pleasures and preferments of his own royal Palace, he refused them, because he was to die within a while. How long have I to live, that I should go up with the King unto Jerusalem? Let thy servant turn back that I may dye, 2 Sam. 19.34, 35, 36. i. e. Court me no courts, I have one foot in the grave, my glass is almost run, let me go home and dye. Without controversie, thou hast more cause to wink on these withering comforts, and to betake thy self wholly to a diligent preparation for death. The Thebans made a law, That no man should build a house before he had made his grave.