Alleine - Houston-Packer Collection BX5201 .A42 1664 pt.2

I (93) ' gring He~rt cri~s out of~hat it hath~ V~n-~tJ '&{Va-' , nities, afl ts VanztJ~· ~eave It to thefe,Chnfh_ans,wh0have nothing but ernptinefs to fill thdr~Sou!s with- - all, leave it eo them to be difcontenceJ. WilLyou Jay the ~a me in1putation upo~ ~he G<-?d /'of '<?Io~y '? The D1fcontent of a Chrrft~an , 1.s a kufd of 'Blafpheri1y : 'it proclain1s concerning God alfo, and all !H e Glory ofthe Gofpd :_/This alfois Vanity; Va.nity of V~nities, all is Vanity. Chrift ians, fludy your Riches more, count ovt,r your Treafurcs; dwell mo.re in y9ur God, and his Gofptl ; R~ad over your Privtledges, Promifes , a ud ..Hopes; feed n1oi·e on~hat Bread ofLif~_, drink n1ore freely ofeho{e Living Sp,rings,which are bro– ken forth to you: Prove n1ore what Godlinefs hath in it: Get out the fweetn efs ahq dre Pleafure of ir, (none in the Wo,ld,live fu.ch a voluptuous Life, as . he.c!Jat lives moil:,with God)get out t"h·epleafure 'of · Godlinefs,lye more at the Breafrs,fu~k harder; prefs the Ch1fiers and t he Wine, ' and Milk will come; make the n1oft~ of Religion, and you will have e– nough ; never blan1e it for empty, 'or un[atisfa.B:o– ry, while there is more to be had. ·Gad not into othe.r Pafiur~s,run not fron1 Flo~1er tu .Flower, keep you Hon1e: Let not your God find you in at1other Field: ' If you ke~p with God, the lefs you have ~of Creatui·e-yaniti.es, the more full wiU yonr Contentment be. Chrifiian,- Honour thy God and nis Gofpci,let his Breafts fatisfie thce,and' err thou alwayes in his Love. Let the 'World read the 6-~fpel-fufficiency / in thy Souls pleafure ~ ' and·fa.tistattion with it alone.' I ' . 5. Let ' l ' '

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