. The considerations of Drexelius upon eternity . y do we not lay themcut like good Merchants for the Margariteor precious Fearl of Eternal life ? Thusfweetiy goes on Athanafius \ But I muftleave him, and draw to a conclufion. Pachonius was wont, whenfoever he feltany unlawful thoughts or defires arife inhis mind, to drive rhem away with the re-membrance upon Eternity. 213 membrance of Eternity $ and if at anytime he perceived them to rebel again, heftill reperd them by medic, ting feriouflyupon Eternity, the Ece n*l punimments ofthe damned, the u rments without end,the fie cha: never goes out
. The considerations of Drexelius upon eternity . y do we not lay themcut like good Merchants for the Margariteor precious Fearl of Eternal life ? Thusfweetiy goes on Athanafius \ But I muftleave him, and draw to a conclufion. Pachonius was wont, whenfoever he feltany unlawful thoughts or defires arife inhis mind, to drive rhem away with the re-membrance upon Eternity. 213 membrance of Eternity $ and if at anytime he perceived them to rebel again, heftill reperd them by medic, ting feriouflyupon Eternity, the Ece n*l punimments ofthe damned, the u rments without end,the fie cha: never goes out, and the wormthat never dieth. And here I will concludethis Confideration with the Exhortationof the fame Pachonius. be ore all things,faith he, let hs every day thinl^upn the liftday *, let us in time remember Eternity 5 let11* every minute we have to Uvi, jo live, asif -we lived in fear of EverlafHng Torments \tbatfo by the Mercy oj God in Jems Chrift,we may fir ever efeafe them. THE 13J TvhztqoocL -thing (hallldceMath,. ij . jo. ZiJJ- eajtir-fora camel-to ju thrash -an eye ofa. neec&£? -thatjbr a. tick man to PttoiJieXmadpm£ of Go I .The tote of< SC ofEier-nttLe-areJlarcz refidmtm ctte hart. 215 THE NINTH CONSIDERATION Upon ETERNHr. 77;^ /Srj? Conch/ion. NO Man living is able in word toexprefs, or in thought to con-ceive the infinite fpace of Eter-nity. Between a true Man, and a paintedMan, true fire and painted fire, there is agreat deal of difference-, and yet thefcare in fome kind one like unto between our common fire and die fireof Hell, between the forrows of this lifeand the pains of Hell, there is no com-panion, no proportion at all. For diislife,and the forrows of this life, are meafuredby fpace cf Time; but the life to come,and the forrows thereof annot be mea-fured by any thing but only Etimtf, whichalfo is without meafure. This doth ourSaviour moft elegantly exprefs in the Gof-pel of S. John, by the Parable of theL Vine- 216
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