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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A44571	The vnrighteovs Mammon exchanged for the true riches or A sermon, preached at the funeral of William Adams Esq; in the parish church of St. Lawrence Iury on Tuesday. Septemb. 3. 1661. By Thomas Horton. D.D.	Horton, Thomas, d. 1673.	1661 (1661)	Wing H2883; ESTC R213856	28,717	49

And then again when ye faile that is as we may take it exclusively not till then there 's no passage ordinarily to Heaven but by Death that 's the Iron gate that leades to the City of Gold Thirdly which is the main thing here considerable it is the great concernment of all men and especially of those that are rich to take care that when they dye they may be received into those everlasting Habitations this is that which our Saviour does cheiflly offer and propound here unto them and accordingly we should be sensible of it and affected with it and endeavour after it that when we must at last part with all these things here below yet we may have somewhat else to hold to which shall not be parted withal nor taken away from us that when this earthly Tabernacle shall be dissolved we may have as the Apostle speakes of himself in the place before cited an House in the Heavens We see how it is the Nature of every man as to the affairs of this present life when he thinks he shall be turned out of one dwelling to provide himself what he can of another no man would willingly ly in the streets but have a place whereto he might retire for his habitation and why should we not then be as wise and provident as to our spiritual and eternal condition Beloved the world will one day turne us all out of doors and whither then and whither then Quae tunc abibis in loca Oh it will be a miserable thing with that Emperour Adrian know whether to be destitute and to have no where to goe at least where we may have any comfort or contentment for our abode and continuance Let us therefore be perswaded to lay hold on the present opportunities which God in providence affords unto us let us lay up in store to ourselves a good foundation against the time to come laying hold on eternal life As St. Paul does in particular advise rich men to do in that excellent scripture 1 Tim. 6.18 Let us take time whiles time serves whiles the day of life and grace is continued still unto us The time for providing for Heaven is whiles we remain here upon earth we know how it is in other matters men do not stay till they are out of their old house before they get them a new one but get a new one at least in some readinese preparation before the old one be gone whiles they stay continue still in it and so let ourselves learn to do as to our fittings and preparations for Heaven another world let us do it whiles we abode in this for it will be too late to doe it afterwards when these dwellings shall be taken away from us Therefore it is worth our observation that is in effect here said in the text make your selves friends now that when ye faile they may not faile you then In the Greek it is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the Imperative Aorist have made your selves friends already Be afore-hand in this particuler doe good now that ye may reap the fruit of it hereafter There are many who never think of doing good till just the time when they should have the benefit of it never think of sowing till then when it is time to reap therefore if they make themselves friends of their riches it is perhaps only just when they dye and are going or are rather already gone out of the world But alas I ther 's then no opportunity for those friends whom they have made to doe this office of friends unto them If ever it be done at all it must be done before Whiles God gives us time upon earth we should be plotting and contriving for Heaven And as this is the concernment of all men so to speak more closely to the text it is of rich men more especially above the rest Ther 's none have more need to make sure of Heaven then those who have most of earth And that upon a two-fold consideration The one is the difficulty of obtaining And the other is the sadnesse of miscarrying which is a great deal more in them than in any other First from the difficulty of obtaining Our Saviour hath given notice of it that it is hard for a rich man to enter into the Kingdome of God and in deed so it is in regard of those manifold blocks and inpediments which ly in his way which we spake of before This if it doth not take off our minds from looking after riches as it seldome does yet at least it should stirr up our mindes to be more watchful over ourselves in them and more active in the pursuits of Heaven Secondly from the sadnesse of the miscarriage the better that men have lived in this world the more tedious will it be to them to be disappointed of happinesse in another Felix miser maximè miser Those who are miserable in the loss and deprivation of former happiness are the most miserable of all and so it is here to go out of a Pallace into a Prison yea into a Dungeon and pit of destruction what a lamentable case is this when men shall have lived here in the world in all kind of jollity and delight and had what ever their hearts could wish and then at last be turned into Hell into that lake which burnes with fire and brimstone for ever where there is weeping and wayling and gnashing of teeth where the worme never dyes and the fire never goes out To have had no changes before in all their life and now to meet with such a change as this Oh it will be a change indeed What is the hope of the Hypocrite though he hath gain'd when God taketh away his soul Iob. 27.8 Thou fool this night thy soul shall be taken from thee and then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided Luk. 12.20 Thus it is when men are rich to the world but are not rich to God The case is strangely alter'd with them over what it was here When the wicked spring as the grasse and the workers of Iniquity flourish it is that they may be destroyed for ever Psal 92.7 Therefore let all rich persons especially be awakened in this particular yea let all of us together be perswaded to minde those things which concern our peace that when we leave these earthly tabernables we may be received into those everlasting Habitations That when we go to our long home we may go to our eternal house which we shall be possest of for ever We see in the world when men remove and go to house they love if they can to settle and not to change to have such habitations as they may desire never to leave because removeals are troublesome why should we not desire the same also as to our settlements for Heaven that when we faile we may not faile when our flesh and our heart failes us yet God may be the strength of our