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2. Suppose a speedy deliverance from all grievances, and an assured security in all earthly desirables. These will seem to warrant such language, Soul take thine ease, Heart take thine ease; for, God hath dealt bountifully with thee; sit down and wish, 1 Chron. 4.10. Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thou wouldest keep me from all evil, that it might not grieve me. Should God say, Be it unto thee even as thou wilt; yea, give thee more then heart can wish; and give thee to enjoy the good of all thy labour, that thou takest under the Sun, all the days of thy life, to enjoy riches, and wealth, and power, to take thy portion, and to rejoice in thy labour, this is a rare gift of God, Eccles. 5, 18, 19. yet for all this, Psal. 73.20. When thou awakest, thou shalt despise their Image. When thou awakest them, they shall see they have been all this while but in a dream: all their greatness and supposed felicities, were but an imaginary, a vain and despicable thing. All the pageant of worldly pomp, and pride, and ⟨p. 7⟩life it self is but an image, a thing to look upon: good for nothing else. 'Tis valuable only for the outward appearance Though it be drawn to the life, it can have no reality of life. Take one instance of a man, who had as thriving a plentiful estate, and as quiet a long life as any we read of; I mean Isaac, he was a great heir, and in one year, he sowed and received a hundred fold, Gen. 26.12, 13. The man waxed great, and went forward and grew, until he became very great. Yet this great man is so little taken with all this, that out of choice he dwells in a tent, (a house which he might carry in a wagon,) he looks for something better; a City that hath foundations, where he may dwell with God. And you know that wise and learned Moses counts the worst of Christ, to be more worth then the treasures of Egypt, Heb. 11.26. and Christ is but a means to the enjoyment of God: the end is always more excellent then the means, so that the least enjoyment of God, is beyond any thing of the world incomparably excellent.