The harmonie of Holie Scriptures vvith the seuerall sentences of sundry learned and vvorthy vvriters : collected for the comfort of all such as are desirous to seeke after theyr soules health / by I.B.

§. 13.

It behooueth a man so to liue (saith Ba∣sill,)* 1.1 that hee looke for death euery howre:

and to be alwaies in a readines for the com∣ming of death.

For, as God findeth thee to bee when he* 1.2 calleth thee, so will he iudge thee.

And, as the tree falleth, so shall it be ta∣ken* 1.3 vp.

Trouble not thy selfe then with taking* 1.4 thought how thou maist liue long, but ra∣ther be careful to liue well: and forasmuch as thou ar•• vncertaine in what place Death abideth fo•• thee▪ be thou ready prepared in eac•• plac•• to m••••te him.

Let not thy ••ea•• be layde downe to rest,* 1.5 before thou hast considered how thou hast bestowed the day past: If thou hast vvell done, giue thanks to God; if otherwise, re∣pent, and aske him forgiuenesse.

Also; if thou intend to doe well, deferre* 1.6 it not till to morow; for thou knowest not what may chaunce vnto thee this night.

Neuer trust too much to time; for it sud∣dainlie* 1.7 deceiueth them that trust thereto.

Thinke not, that another time vvill be* 1.8 soone enough for thee to repent, if thou now feele thy conscience touched with the remembrance of thy sinne.

For although we finde, that God in ma∣ny* 1.9 places of his holy Word, hath promised

pardon to the penitent; yet we no where read, that euer hee promised to morrowe vnto a sinner.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Basill.
• * 1.2

  Gueuara.
• * 1.3

  Eccles, 11, 3.
• * 1.4

  S••crates.
• * 1.5

  Isidore.
• * 1.6

  Plato.
• * 1.7

  Hermes.
• * 1.8

  Rauisius.
• * 1.9

  Gregory.