A65313:23
Seven sermons on several select subjects preached
Seven sermons on several select subjects preached by Mr. Tho. Watson ...
London : s.n., 1689
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Doct. Job doth not measure his life by years, but by days.
Nay, he calls life a day, in verse 6. of this chapter. Mans life is very much resembled to a day in three or four respects.
1. Life is like a day for the shortness of it: men dream of a long life, saith Austin. Men they do think of such a thing as an earthly Eternity, but it is a short day. Infancy, that is day break: Youth, that is Sun rising: Full growth, that is the Sun in its Meridian: Old age, is Sun setting: Sickness, is Evening; and then comes the night of Death. Life it is a day; and is it so short? but a day; why do we then rather lose time, than live it?
2. Life is like a day for the vicissitudes that are in it. A day hath much alteration and change of weather; the Morning that shows clear and bright; at Noon, black Clouds and Rain: one part of the day is calm and serene, the other part it is blusterous and windy: Such is our life, it is like a day; what change of weather is there in Man's life? What sudden alterations fall out? sometimes health, sometimes sickness, sometimes prosperity, and sometimes adversity: Here is change of weather; sometimes we see the