Human nature in its fourfold state ... In several practical discourses

our worldly sorrow would be ••verted, and our best treasure increased. (4) […] nature will not last long. The world's smiles and […] will be quickly b•••ed together in everlasting forgetfulness. Its •es go as […] as the fo•• on the w• […] in a• […] our earthly […], and […] along with it: […] all accompany […] There the […] troubling, and […] at re•t. Ver. 18 The• the prisoners rest together they hear not the voice of the op• […] Th• […] and great are there, and the […] free from […] maker. Cast your eyes ⟨p. 222⟩on eternity, and ye will […]. The truth is, our tim• is so […] not allow either our joys or griefs. to come to perfection▪ Wherefore, let them that weep, be as tho' they wept not, and they that rejoice, as tho' they rejoiced not, &c 1 Cor. vii 29, 30, 31 (5) Death will put all men on a level The king and the beggar must dwell in one house, when they come to their journey's end; tho' their entertainment by the way be very different The small and the great are there, Job iii. 19. We are in this world as on a stage: it is no great matter, whether a man act the part of a prince or a peasant; for when they have acted their parts, they must both get behind the curtain, and appear no more. Lastly, If thou be not in Christ, whatever thy afflictions now be, troubles a thousand times worse, are abiding thee in another world Death will turn thy crosses into pure unmixed curses: and then how gladly wouldst thou return to thy former afflicted state, and purchase it at any rate; were there any possibility of such a return. If thou be in Christ, thou mayst well bear thy cross. Death will put an end to all thy troubles. If a man on a journey be not well accommodate▪ where he lodgeth only for a night, he will not trouble himself much about the matter; because he is not to stay there: it is not his home. Ye are on the road to eternity; let it not disquiet you, that you meet with some hardships in the inn of this world. Fret not, because it is not so well with you as with some others One man travels with a cane in his hand; his fellow-traveller (perhaps) has but a common stick, or staff: either of them will serve the turn It is no great matter which of them be yours; both will be laid aside when you come to your journey's end.