. The considerations of Drexelius upon eternity . t us Christians keep always in mind tl years of Eternity, So whatsoever adverfi ty or affli&ion happeneth, we (hall mo: eafily bear it. Hvery thing is fhort, we compare it with Eternity. For ourligi affliftion, which is but for a moment* <wo keth for us afar more exceeding, and £tt 7*al weight of glory, 2 Cor. 4. 17. Hereuj on St. Augufiine crieth out, and prayeth earneftly, I)ominey hie ure% hie feca, mo in tternum parcas : Lord, fear me here, lar, me here, fo thou fparefi me hereafter. Ai Fulgentius, though a moft holy man, dr*< ing nea
. The considerations of Drexelius upon eternity . t us Christians keep always in mind tl years of Eternity, So whatsoever adverfi ty or affli&ion happeneth, we (hall mo: eafily bear it. Hvery thing is fhort, we compare it with Eternity. For ourligi affliftion, which is but for a moment* <wo keth for us afar more exceeding, and £tt 7*al weight of glory, 2 Cor. 4. 17. Hereuj on St. Augufiine crieth out, and prayeth earneftly, I)ominey hie ure% hie feca, mo in tternum parcas : Lord, fear me here, lar, me here, fo thou fparefi me hereafter. Ai Fulgentius, though a moft holy man, dr*< ing near unto his death, threefcore andt days before he died, was often heard to c out, Domine, da mihi medo patientiam, poftea indulgentiam ; Lord, grant me ft ence here, and eafe hereafter. Thefe wi his words and prayers even to the laft ga Certain it is, God fpareth them Leaft all, whom he determineth to take ui himfelf to dwell with bim throughout Eternity. ,* * of GoclaittoHife •ormSewth hflj&. eternal*-h r:ie ii^s-vetis 2 Cor: /»;<. here a mfi tarn pfocerfnhen^m L »TERHALITW«SI0H5 efheam 9 upon Eternity. tz^ THE SIXTH CONSIDERATION UPON E T E R N ITT law the holy Scripture in many places teach*eth us to meditate upon Eternity, rH E Kingly Prophet, fpeaking ofthe Wicked, faith, That they walkin every fide, or in a circuit; 8. This is their manner of life : they> from feaft to feaft, from delights to de-bits, from wickednefs to wickednefs,his is their Circuit. And when they thinkey have almoft finifhed their Circuit ofickednefs, and gone over the round ofeir luft, they begin again, returning11 to their former courfe, till death ftea-th upon them before they be Children of Job made this law a-ongft themfelves, to feaft one anotherund, every one in his courfe. The goodan their Father obferved and knew veryul, that this their feafling round, couldG 5 not H4 The fixth Consideration not be without fin: And therefore he fenand fan&tfied themy and rcfe up ear
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