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( 14 ) duty; he will not only be diligent, but alſo exceeding ſerious and zealous in the exerciſe of his duty. This is clear, from that notable exhortation in Eccleſ. ix. 10.—“Whatſoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with all thy might.” And the reaſon is, “For there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wiſdom, in the grave, whither thou goeſt.” Wherefore, O be active, while you are alive, for ye ſhall never work any more after ye are dead. And, if ye leave but one work undone, there is no doing of it after death: “There is no work (ſaith Solomon) in the grave:” Therefore, O be active.

Third. The faith of this truth, that we muſt all die, will help a Chriſtian to be exceeding mortified to the things of a preſent world. Oh! covetous men and women, would you ſhake hands with cold death but once every morning, I ſhould defy you to purſue the world ſo much as ye do. Paul was much in the meditation of this change, which made him, 2 Cor. iv 18. to overlook theſe things that are temporary: “While we look not (ſaith he) at the things which are ſeen, which are temporal; but at the things which are not ſeen, which are eternal.” Therefore, Chap. v. 1. 2. “Knowing, that if our earthly houſe of this tabernacle were diſſolved, we have a building of God, an houſe not