VE RS.II. An Expojiti.on, -with Notes CHAP.I. ' accomplifh his ends ; In felf-deni•lll, covetoufnefs is the ape of .gr~ce, ~< It fujfereth all things, belee·veth all things, hopcth .tZ!/ " 1 Cor.r 3· things; what pains do men take for things that perith ? Do but 617 ' obfervetheir uncej{allt care, earnefllabour, and unwearied in– duftry, and fay, How well would this fuite with the heavenly trea– fure ? 'Tis pitty a plant that would thrive fo well in Ca1iattn, fhould frill grow in thefoy/e of v£gypt; that the~ea/om earne{l– ne.Jfe of the foul thould be mifjlaced, and we ·fhould take more "Luk.u,2.1. pains* to'.berichuntotheWorld, then tobe richtowardsGod? Ma.1 fa!ne is but the An~tgram of Man in Jnnocency, he ham the fame af.feClions and delights, only th~y are .tranf}ofeJ. and mif}l~t- · ced; therefore do we offend i;; the meafure, becaufe'we mijfafe! i11 the objcfl. Or elfe, Secondly obferve their paines and care, and fay thus ; Shall a lull: have more power upon· them, then the "'Pruv,u.xB.love of God upon,me ? I have higher motives, and a * reward moreJure ; they are more earnefi for an earthlypurch~tfe, and to heap up treafure to themfelves, then I am tq encrich my .foule' witH /}iritu~t! and heavenlJ excellencies: furely grace is an ~!live thing, of as forcible an efficacie as corruption; why th·en do we act with fuch difference, and dif}roportion ? The fanlt is not itf · grace, bu~ in our (elves ; grace is like a k.fen 'Weapon in a childes hand, it maketh little impre.ffion, becaufe 'cis 'Weak.§ly 'Wzelded; Wor!d(y mm have the advantage ofus in matter of principle," but w~ have the advantage of them in matter of motive ; we have · higher motives, but they more intire principles, for what they do, they do with their Whr;/e heart; but our principles are mixt, and therefore grace worketh with a greater faintntfs then corruption doth. But how((ver 'tis fad ; Pambm in Ecddiafiicall hifrory wept, whenhe faw an Harlot drdfed with much care and cofr, partly, to fee one ta~e[o much pains for her own undoing ; partly, becaufe her had not been fo careful tq pleafe God, aJ foe had been to pleafe 11. Wanton Lover. And truly when we fee men cumber themfelves .With much [trving, and toyling and bufling up and down in the world, and all for riches) that tab.! themfducs wings, andfly away; we may bealhamed that we doefo littltjQr Chrtjf, and they do fo much for 'Wealth ; and that we do not lay out our firength and earnefinefs for heaven, with any proportion, to what they do for the \\Ior/d. ob[ervat. 5· Lafrly, Again, from that, , ~ TrM~ '11'ofdctt;, from his 'Yays, or Journeys
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