Sean. 16. and in what not ? Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon ua ! Pfa1.4.6.How co men grafpat these things in their defires, which are as boundlefs as the Ocean ; as craving as the Horfe -leach daughters Oil' cryinggive ,give ; as unfatiable as-the. grave ; and as unfatisfied ashen and dettru&i.on to- wards which they are travelling What Libanius obfcrved fo long fence àa >, ,et. (and 'cis worth the obfervin) holds as true at this day. IL', difficult, faith he,to meet with a man, tatisóed and not complaining of his con - dition. If he want any bodily good, as beauty, flrength, &c. or, If none of thefe, yet not thankful!, if he want fome of the mind, if he be not an Orator,Phfitian, skilfull Commander, or the like. Ant efpe- cially in riches and honours. He that hash one Feld, would have, and complains if he have not two ; he that bath, two for four,he that haila ten, for twenty, and he that bath twenty; twice fo many ; and fo on, no number fa,isfying his desire. For though it be great before, when we enjoy any thingit then feems fmall to us ;, as a thoufand talents of Gold, when we have them are fmall to two, and two to ten, and fo on. In honors liken ife, he that governs a City is not fatisfied becaufe he governs not the Nation, and if the Nation, that no more ; as Cy- rtu Darissa, and Xerxes mighty Princes, yet They wanted Greece they thought which caufed their Expeditionsigainfl it. Thus paffing by Rill what we have,and reckoning what we have not,never think we en- joy enough. 'Adhtrvv ún dAt ye- , every one herein being injurious to God, not injurioufly dealt with by hitn. Keep therefore thy hearr, and moderate it that it break not out in theft things with all diligence, left the fwarmsof these lulls, what ever fweetnefs they feem to bring wish them, fling thee to death. 3 Moderate thy purfuitand endeavours after the acquiring and retain- ing thefe, by the ends for which,and fubordinat ion wherew tb thou mayrfl" and onghttfl defire them. This fpeaking only the execution of the for- mer particular, mull needs be accordingly bounded. What we may lawfully desire, that we may ufe lawful! means to attain and fo far forth as we mull defïre, fo far only mull we ufe the means. We muff Peek the Kingdom of God and his righteoufnefs abfolwelyand in the firfl place, then the things convenient for us in this life, according to their fubferviency thereto, and his Peeing good to bellow upon us. As it is the Statue Law of Heaven, that iu -the fweat of our brows we should eat our bread, and fhould be our daily prayer, th atour Father Which es in Heaven would give us this day our daily bread, i.e. all things requiuite and convenient ;So is it that we Thou d not lay up for Our felves tre.allures sspott tart h,nQr ferve theft as ourAfeers,nor take thought far our lives, W what
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