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God's eternal Preparations for his dying Saints.
For wee know, that if our earthly house of this Tabernacle were dissolved, wee have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
TOo many men in the world are like un∣wise Merchants that have two ships at sea;* 1.1 one little old rotten one, full of things of an inferior value; another, a goodly ship, and full fraught, and richly loaden; yet possibly, out of som parti∣cular and fond respect, hee may more minde that rotten bark, then that state∣ly ship, which call's for more serious thoughts, and more fervent prayers. Our immortal souls are goodly ships, indeed, sparks of Divinitie, our bodies are poor brittle houses of clay, (for the best of the sons of men dwel in no better.) Now, to have the strength of our thoughts, the vigor of our affections, the greatest stream of our endeavors, to run out to minde our bodies, it is a preposterous care; yet most men in the world are sick of this distemper; and therefore I shall desire you to set before you a better copie, that doth bespeak, yea, challenge, yea, com∣mand your imitation of it: Paul, hee well knew the worth of his immortal soul, and therefore laye's out his most serious thoughts