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  ZEUXIS DIED LAUGHING AT THE PICTURE OF AN OLD WOMAN
  by Thomas Brooks
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Summary: The sermon highlights the unpredictability of life and the
certainty of death, urging listeners to prepare spiritually for their
eventual meeting with God.

Topics: "Preparation for Death", "Mortality"
Scripture References: Psalm 39:4, Amos 4:12, Acts 20:9

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Thomas Brooks emphasizes the brevity and uncertainty of life,
illustrating how death can strike unexpectedly and without warning. He
recounts various historical figures who met sudden ends, highlighting
the unpredictable nature of mortality. Brooks urges listeners to
recognize the certainty of death while acknowledging the uncertainty of
life, encouraging them to prepare spiritually for their eventual meeting
with God. The sermon serves as a poignant reminder of the need for
readiness in the face of life's unpredictability.

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As the life of man is very short, so it is very uncertain.

Now healthy--now sick! Alive this hour--and dead the next!

Death does not always give warning beforehand; sometimes

he gives the mortal blow suddenly; he comes behind with his

dart, and strikes a man at the heart, before he says, "Have I

found you, O my enemy?"

Eutychus fell down dead suddenly, Acts 20:9.

Death suddenly arrested David's sons and Job's sons.

Zeuxis died laughing at the picture of an old

woman which he drew with his own hand!

Sophocles choked to death on the seed of a grape!

Diodorus the logician died for shame that he

could not answer a witty question.

Joannes Measius, preaching upon the raising of

the woman of Nain's son from the dead, within

three hours after died himself!

Ah! death is sudden in his approaches.

Nothing more sure than death!

Nothing more uncertain than life!

Though there is but one way to come into this

world--yet there are a thousand thousand ways

to be sent out of this world!

"Prepare to meet your God!" Amos 4:12

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