1. (2. z) -' watd good things of this life ~ which -may ferve~ and ·pleafe , and delight us in thefe dayes ofour pil– griniage ~ wh~~h may abide with us , and attend us to our graves, but there will take th~ir leave ~£ u~ . . . ·3. Spiritttafg0:o.d,or our h~na tl':l:im.te , ag,d thofe are either, I. External, as the Ordinances of God ; the' Lizht, Liberties, and ·priviledges .of the Gofpel; ~he Satiety , and Commun~on of ~aints , and ol1t peacefull and plentifull enjoying ·of them. . z. In.. ternal, as fpirhual Gn\(;e , faith~ Love, flopc, Patience, &c. r · 3. Erer11algoo_d,or that glory and joy,that ever.. lafii ng.relt and peace, thepoffeffion of ~hac Inheri. tance incorruptible, and undefiled , that is refe.rved in Heaven for us. / · Now here note thefe things. r, . ~. That dur ~~nd torpor~, our ou;ward good ~hin g~,a~ on~l¥ goodfor 1,#, as they ar~ conducible t(lil bonum [plrtt~ale,to the goocl ofo~r ~ouls. The bonavitt,are onlygood in the event,when they tend to the ~o.num Pat rid!. This World i~ bm a Nurferie for Eternity ; we are plant~d in ,this, in order to ~urtr.anfplanting ~nto the other Wolld: and what~ ever VJJC have here , is either good, or evil, accord– ing f'O t~ r~f.pett that ~t bears to ~:ereafter: As fa~ forth as pur il'prnoqa l pan is impro-ve~! by thefe pe 7 riihing things '[o far' forth one!y are ~hey good fot ~s. .He that hath this vVorlds goods, and is not hereby made more rich tbyyat ds 9o~ ; he wh~ profpers in this vVorld , and yet his Soul doth not p1 pfper : mu~h more, he; whofe wor~Hy fulndfe be– comes the emptinefs, apd leanncfs of hi$ ~oui: ~r~ th~fe gpod ~hings good for hu~ ? ~s he in pro~ , . · · · fperi:cy ' l I • ~
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