_,_– SermonS. Of the R-xsU.R-R E c T r oN, ... And indeed, the very frame ofour hodie_s(as ,the be:~then Poet well obferv~)gir , veth thither,upward: -·· ctrftlmque tumiaftt, and bidS us looke thtth;r. And, that "Ih<t<af2'"'· : way,lhould our foule make; it came frqm chance,'lmd dmher lhould it draw againe: And we doe but bow, and crookeourJoules, and make rhemCllr'tl£ zn terr.u amm.e, againft rheir nature, when we hang yokes on them; and fer rhem rofeeke nothmg but here below. , . , · . , -.- And if.N•tnrewouldhave us lWmoules, Grace wouldhavem Eagles, tomount, , k , " _ where the body /1. An? rhe LA'pofflegoe~habour ro breed in us, a holy ambition; Lu ·' 7 · 37 • telling us we areadalttoragemtt, borne for htgher Il)atters than any here: therefore, not robefo bafcminded, as to admire them; but, to feeke •(tcr things above. For contmyeo the Philofophers fentence, ~1~ Jt•pra nos nihil ad nos, Things 4bove, the] mtcerPetli wot; he reverfesoth:u :Yes(andwe fo to hold)Eam4xime ,dnos,rheychief~ Jy concernc us. . ,. Comctothelaftnow. Andwhythisplace, above ?.Ifhall tell you: For, tnm is CH A 1 s -r, and Him we feeke, today, ifit be Et•~~;day with J.IS;and ifwefeeke where Heis, He isabo'1Je, certainly. But h_e implieth a further reafon yet: Becaufe, invery deed, there, wirhHim, are the things which we,ofall other, feeke for ; and when all is done, all our feeking is to rherr. referred, as to tl)e end. We would not ever rravaile bur after ourlaborious royling courfe here, find a place ofreft, and this wefeeke. But, notthisalone: but a feareof glDry wiri].all. _Sit w~would ; bur in [omeeminent place ; not, artheleftfogt,,b,uf_:lr the"g~thand; ml!gfitrandhonour,as inuch as might be. . . ... it w~ feeke reft ,· Specially, they that are · rotted irt a t~m~eft, h<Jw doe they defire a Wfutt&e · goodhaven, a harbour ofreft! And fure,hcre we .dwelt 111 Mefech, m~ere with much thi•gs ab•v• di(quierne!fe. Nonebur,fometimes,hat_h(~n_fe ofthever{e in the 1'{4/me ,' oh that I 1>'Gi.••~~: h~dwings like aDove ! then wo11ld I I!! and be at r~jl.~ : A..nd the mo.re.our incolatm is P1.!.15 .6. · \ prolonge~rhell)orewe{eekm,firu:felrhowwem~,,, . , · .' . , ,~, And, Itisnorrhebod.estroublc fo much, _burl!(vemetu reiJutep; tintma6m, to Ma:.•r.•,: finde reft ro our(onles; that,is ir. And,the foultis,Cro_m above; and but in her owne place;neverfindesir. Turnetheetothyreftomy fouk, rhati~worrha!l. But, both praJ.u6.i; are bell: and nor, afrcr all our rurmoiles here in this world', to hearenon introibunt fn ts.~·~ reqliimuneam, in anotherworld, but to becaft into that place, where there is no re(l daynornighr: but, enrerintoHisreft, which (in the Epif1lttotheHebrewes)he[o much bears upon. ,; ; - 0 • . And veri!y, if\ve/ee~~-~e.fl; glory w~{.e~ke rrtuch llJ.Or~,' .For,'f;r it, 'we are con. Cb•p.J.Hi • tent to depnve our fclve_s of a\1 ~,eft, w4i«h, c;>~herwd~ w~ love :vel! enough. ~np_,a ~~ rellle!fe ~omfe, we ~~tepnro, anfl,hotd \Wt lll}.t, al~ our hfelong 1 ~n4 all rowmncHt, • '""1• though u bebut a!mle before our dearh. For,noreft willfatisfie, orgive us full con. tent unlelfe it be on the right h411d. , , , , · Thefe rwo then we feeke foq whe:~~r~they to i;e found 1 N9r in,qn4 {ttpra terr.m_ -· N?there therefore ::but fg~ly,~ feeke rhem h,ere.. '?f e,are,b.J,all mcanes ro . avmd ~h~1tetrour, that{o11ght, this daY.._do feeketh~lwmgamongt~t.dtad ; a thing Luk.>t.fJ where 1t ts notro be had. • · ,. , .f' , • Never{eeke, r_o fer up our reil b_ere, irt this rtimt,l,lttious troub!d'ome pl:ice; this vale•~t..Achor nghr.(as Hofee;) rh1~ b '&.xa, (as SdinVF'!es) awheele ever whirling a&f.•.•re about,_ qrwensreqt~tem & non rnvmtt eam. Where, we fhall foone bedifeafedWith r. Tam.3· 6 - , af"rgztepoflquam fc~critis, afrer we fir a li_ttle, quickly difquieted aglJige. ThePro- 'M"·"·+i.! l P et ";,:<atells us plame, .Non hahetis hie r.equitm, here we cannot have ir, rhis is not Mi<. •·•~• ~~ - . . the~~; neverfeekefor trueglory he~ :_'Why~ L.,ocds,eft pulicll1?; &c~ikum. Ir.i;,· . J: ce of fle.u and ofgnats, this. 'In tpegarden,,the,p)ace ofour delight,we meer Wl wormes; and tlwrebeSpiders, evenin rhy~isNlace.. :f. his pla'e of :or:;:d
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