daily! that death may become familiar to
you, and not come as a stranger, or an ene∣my,
or an Executioner when it doth come; but
rather as a friend, to let your Souls out of
this prison of the flesh, that ye may enter in∣to
glory and blessedness.SERMON VI.Eccles. 2. 1.—nor the years draw nigh, when
thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.CHAP. I.IN this last Clause of the Verse, the daies
of Old Age are opposed unto the daies of
Youth, in these terms, The years wherein
shalt say, I have no pleasure in them.
Hence I note,Observ. That this short and mortal life
may outlast the pleasures and all the con∣tentments
of this life. This life is short, yet
as short as it is, it many times is longer than
the comforts of this life, longer than the de∣lights
and pleasures of this world. There
be years within the compass of this shor, wherein a man shall find no pleasure,
shall be weary of himself. Man is bu0
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