Wesley Corpus

10. "How are the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!" What are the weapons that are so terrible among us, to the inhabitants of eternity How are the wise, the learned, the poet, the critic fallen, and their glory vanished away! How is the beauty fallen, the late idol of a gazing crowd! In how complete a sense are "the daughters of music brought low," and all the instruments thereof forgotten! Are you not now convinced, that (according to the Hebrew proverb) "a living dog is better than a dead lion" For the living know, yea, must know, unless they obstinately refuse, "that they shall die; but the dead know not anything" that will avail for the ease of their pain, or to lessen their misery. Also "their hope and fear, and their desire," all are perished; all of them are fled; "they have not any portion in the things that are done under the sun!" 11. Where, indeed, is the hope of those who were lately laying deep schemes, and saying, "To-day, or to-morrow, we will go to such a city, and continue there a year, and traffic, and get gain" How totally had they forgotten that wise admonition, "Ye know not what shall be on the morrow! For, what is your life It is a vapour that appeareth awhile, and then vanisheth away!" Where is all your business where your worldly cares, your troubles or engagements All these things are fled away like smoke; and your soul is left. And how is it qualified for the enjoyment of this new world Has it a relish for the objects and enjoyments of the invisible world Are your affections loosened from things below, and fixed on things above, -- fixed on that place where Jesus sitteth at the right hand of God Then happy are ye; and when He whom ye love shall appear, "ye shall also appear with him in glory."