II. The Experience of dying Mankind, Admonishes all men to be mindful of it, That they are also to Dye. O most overwhelming Admonition! Since all Mankind in every Age has Died before us, and is every Day Dying about us, that man is a Brute rather than a Man, who Dreams, that he shall Escape the common Lot of Mankind. We read; Eccl. 1.4. One Generation passeth away, and another cometh. Yea, and the Generation that Cometh, we see also Passing away. There have never been above Two men, that have Escaped the Common Lot, for more than Five Thousand Years, which have rolled away since the day that God made Man upon the Earth. The Empire of Death is an Universal Monarchy. The King of Terrors is a Monarch so Great, that he always has the Sun both Rising and Setting in his Dominions. On the whole Face of the Earth it may be, there are about Five Hundred Millions of People. In a few Years, there will no be One of them left! And what is become of them that Peopled the Earth, in the Former Ages? Death, Death has melted them all away, ⟨p. 18⟩as Drought and Heat Consume the Snow-waters. Our Sinful Earth, has never afforded, any Privileged Place unto the Children of men, where the Arrest of Death could not come at them. Has Holiness Exempted any man? Truly, No. The Holy Moses must have it said, Moses my Servant is Dead. Has Courage done it? No; David was a Brave man; And he Died. Has Vigour done it: No; Sampson was a Strong man; And he Died. Has Wisdom done it? No; Solomon was a Wise man; And he Died. Has Riches done it? No; Ahasuerus was a Rich man; And he Died. Have the Best Qualities imaginable, preserved any man so Invulnerable, that the Arrows of Death could not come at him? No; As Useful, as Humble, as Lovely a man as Paul, a man that had been both in Paradise, and in the Third Heaven too, must have a Time of departure: And he Died. Every Generation feels the Fulfilment of that Prophecy; Isa. 24.1. Behold, the Lord makes the Earth Empty.
II. The Experience of dying Mankind, Admonishes all men to be mindful of it, That they are also to Dye. O most overwhelming Admonition! Since all Mankind in every Age has Died before us, and is every Day Dying about us, that man is a Bruit rather than a Man, who Dreams, that he shall Escape the common Lot of Mankind. We read; Eccl. 1.4. One Generation passeth away, and another cometh. Yea, and the Generation that Cometh, we see also Passing away. There have never been above Two men, that have Escaped the Common Lot, for more than Five Thousand Years, which have rolled away since the day that God made Man upon the Earth. The Empire of Death is an Ʋniversal Monarchy. The King of Terrors is a Monarch so Great, that he alwayes has the Sun both Rising and Setting in his Dominions. On the whole Face of the Earth it may be, there are about Five Hundred Millions of People. In a few Years, there will no be One of them left! And what is become of them that Peopled the Earth, in the Former Ages? Death, Death has melted them all away, ⟨p. 18⟩as Drought and Heat Consume the Snow-waters. Our Sinful Earth, has never afforded, any Priviledged Place unto the Children of men, where the Arrest of Death could not come at them. Has Holiness Exempted any man? Truly, No. The Holy Moses must have it said, Moses my Servant is Dead. Has Courage done it? No; David was a Brave man; And he Died. Has Vigour done it: No; Sampson was a Strong man; And he Died. Has Wisdom done it? No; Solomon was a Wise man; And he Died. Has Riches done it? No; Ahashuerus was a Rich man; And he Died. Have the Best Qualities imaginable, preserved any man so Invulnerable, that the Arrows of Death could not come at him? No; As Useful, as Humble, as Lovely a man as Paul, a man that had been both in Paradise, and in the Third Heaven too, must have a Time of departure: And he Died. Every Generation feels the Fulfilment of that Prophecy; Isa. 24.1. Behold, the Lord makes the Earth Empty.
