Preston - Houston-Packer Collection BX5133.P7 N4 1634

G 0 D s from all the bleffings.of God, that he hath given underthe Sunne, iris a better way, and there is When we too letfe vanitie in it, _then to heapevp frill, and nt>t machaflet}- toenjoyir.Thislfound,faith :he, that this is the _ / the Creature bell..way f0r aman, to ·take the prefent benefit, -· w commit , • ~do!atrie. . this is the wife{} way,fo that this.be remembred that y0u enjoy themwith weaned affections, that y.ou do not fo enjoythemastocommit Idolatry– with them: for,ifyoudo fo, indeed then there is avanitie in them; for then theLordlookesvp– on you with a jealous eye,as that he will de!1roy.. both the things, .and the man,. as ajealous man will defiroy the,Adulterer-and the AdultereWe. : I ~ . 1 There is .a·vanitie in them then, but to enjoy .· them with weaned · affections, this·.fayrh he,J found to b(? the wifefr thing vnderthe Sunne, ra- · therthcn tb heape vp,· and increafe po1Teffions, and not to enjoy them•. This is that whichSalo- · mon I:1yth.. Ifa man fay now ;.But I finde con– temmentand [itis£1ction,thoughsakmonfound none, I finde I haue fweetneife in enjoyingplea– fure,and mirth, anq ahigh el1ate: ~Why, confi-· · Ifwefindletr:e der,ifthoudo, I willfay but this to thee, it is an · :~:~i;~~!nt ! ahrgumenrd,_h tha~ ;hou cdomh -, mh.ittefrd·· rdohlatrY. .with in outward t em, an t ere1ore Go at ma c t eeltke to· hings then ·I the very things .themfelues.. You fhall find the _ ~~=~,,we , I,Pfalmijl fpeaking ofIdolsfay; They hatte eyes and 'l -L __ ,foe not, they haue hands and h~tndle liot; and he addes thislhey that truft in them are l~ke to thetn. That is; This is the curfe of Godvpon thofethat worfhiplduls,theLor,dgiues them vpto as much llupiditie,as is in the Idols, that, they haueeyes / · ' and -- ~ . - .:.

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