Ch1p.z.Sect.3. Leokingunto ':fefns. Book I. with children a hunting after butter- flies? no more will a foul that is taking a furvey of heaven and heavenly things,fix his eyes on fuch poore things below: non v11.cat exiguu. C::-c.is the charaCter or a truly prudent man; the children of that Krngdom a• hove have no while for trifles, and efpecially when they are im- ' ployed in the affaires ofthe Kingdome. Oh when a Chriftian hath but a glimpfeofeternity,and then looks down on the world again, how doth he cc:mtemn and viii p~nd thefe t?in~- ?- How dot~ he fay of /aug hter,thou art mad,rmdofmmh,what ts thu thoti doejf? Eccler.~.:. whilft the Saint> are tafting heaven, they feel fuch fweet,that they care not for other things: Chriftians! how would thi'meditation weane your hearts? af.ld make you laugh ;tt the fooleries of the world ? and fcqrne to be cheated with fuch childilh toyi? If the devil had fet upon Peter in t_he mount, when hefaw Chrift in his mnsfiguration, and Mofes and E/i,u talking witlr - him would he fo eafily have -been drawn to deny his Lord ? wha;, with all that.glory in his eye ? fo if the devil fhould fet upon a believing foul, and perfwade his heart to profits, or .pleafures, or 110nours of the world, when· he is taktn up in the Mount with Chrift, what would fuch a foul fay, get thee behinde me S.ttan, would'ft thou perfw.tde me from hem·ewith many trifling toys? wBuld'ft thou have me fell thefe joys for nothing? is there an] ho,. nour or delight lik!_this ? or can thPit be profit which lofeth me this? Some fuch anfwer would the foul returne. Oh if we could keep the tafte ofour fouls continually ddighted with the fweetneife ofheaven '·as a man would fpit out aloes after honey, fo fhould we fp1t out all thefe ba1tes of thf world with dif.. daine. - 6. Cry mightily unto God, that he would takeoffyour hearts . . · and eyes, turne awlly mine eyes from beho/din!T vanity, prayes Plal.JI9o 37 David; either God mufl: (!o it, or you will be wearied in the · ~ul~itude otyo~r endeavours; butifthe Lorddrawofftheeye, , It will be drawn tndeed. Incline my heart unto thy teftimonin , _ 11nd not to covetoufnef[r, prkys David ag~ine ; if the heart bend Pia!. Il9· 36· down-wards, then go to God to erect 1t , and to incline it heaven-wards; if .it be after covetoufgeife, then cry to God, and fay, Lord, not after covetoufncJJe,but after thy teffimonies incline my hellrt~ lhave
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