...Ask whether you are detached in your affections from present things, which rapidly pass away ; for " this I say brethren, the time is " short : it remaineth,...abusing it ; " for the fashion of this world passeth away."* Moderate your expectations from the world, for the Lord is at hand ; let your enjoyments, pursuits,...

...Is forcing the consideration upon you ; every thing is saying, "The time is short ; it remains that they that . " have wives be as though they had none...abusing it : for the fashion of " this world passeth away." I am the more diligent, says the apostle Peter, " knowing that I must shortly " put off this...

...inscribed on every corner, and burning in the hearts of all who dwell within it. Let, therefore, those that have wives be as though they had none, and they...abusing it, for the fashion of this world passeth away." Human happiness lies not necessarily in either wedded life or single; but consists in the right...

...brethren, the time is short; it remaii;eth, that both they that have wives, be as though they had none; 30 And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoiee, as though they rejoieed not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; 31 And thev...

...propriety of the Apostle's conclusion, and let all the world see that we were influenced by it : " Brethren, the time is short. It remaineth that both...abusing it ; for the fashion of this world, passeth away." Considering our latter end, would also make it safe and comfortable. The good and bad join in...

...castaway." 1 Cor. ix. 24— 27. In another chapter, he presses temperance almost to indifterency : " But this I say, brethren, the time is short : it remaineth,...rejoice, as though they rejoiced not ; and they that use this world, as not abusing it." And all this is not without reason : he gives a very good one for...

...things of this world ; to remember that " the time is short ; that it behoves those who have wives to be as though they had none ; and they that weep as...not; and they that use this world as not abusing it, seeing the fashion of this world passeth away." 1 Cor. vii. 29 — 31. It will lead the disciples of...

...once to die, * but after this the Judgment, Heb. ix. 27. * Now, I fay, Brethren, it remains that 1 both they that have Wives, be as though * they had...that weep, as * though they wept not ? and they that re' joice, as though they rejoiced not ; and * they that buy, as though they poflefTed ' not ; and...

...enjoyments here ; that " they who have wives, be as though they had none ; that those that rejoice, be as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; and they that use the world, as not abusing it : for the fashion of the world passeth away." To a wise and pondering...

...therefore I say, brethren : tile • time is short : it remaineth, that they also who have wives, be as if they had none ; and they that weep, as though they wept not ; and they that rejoice, as it they rejoiced not ; and they that buy as though they possessed not ; and they that use this world,...