The truly blessed man, or, The way to be happy here, and forever being…

5. That the Eternal State into which men passeth from time, is unchangeable. Where time ends, Eternity ⟨p. 316⟩begins; and it is the property of time that the Subjects are mutable, they may be changed from what they are: but it is equally the property of eternal things that they are immutable. When men die, they pass to their particular judgment, Heb. 9. 27. The condition they enter into […] that from which there is no returning, Job. 16. 22. Life is working time; eternity is for the rewards of men according to their works. Men immediately pass from life, through death, either to heaven or hell, and the gulf between these two is sixth; and this follows properly upon death, Luk. 16. 21. with 26. In one word, when God will be no longer found, it is too late to seek him to any advantage: when life is done, and time spent, God is resolved that they who sought him not before shall never find him.

5. That the Eternal State into which men passeth from time, is unchangeable. Where time ends, Eternity ⟨p. 316⟩begins; and it is the property of time that the Subjects are mutable, they may be changed from what they are: but it is equally the property of eternal things that they are immutable. When men dy, they pass to their particular judgment, Heb. 9. 27. The condition they enter into 〈…〉 that from which there is no returning, Job. 16. 22. Life is working time; eternity is for the rewards of men according to their works. Men immediately pass from life, through death, either to heaven or hell, and the gulf between these two is fixt; and this follows properly upon death, Luk. 16. 21. with 26. In one word, when God will be no longer found, it is too late to seek him to any advantage: when life is done, and time spent, God is resolved that they who sought him not before shall never find him.