promifis ofenrtbly bleffangs,&c. Fiftly, Faithworketh theheart to fobriety and mode- ration, watchfulneffe, and feare left it fhoulo be enfnared anddrawne away with theft delights. To fobriety inaf"- fecìing, and in ufirg earthly things ; To fobriety in thought, that we fufter not the mindto be taken upwith cogitations, what we fhall Bate next, howwemay grati- fie thepalate ; Sobriety in delire, that we longnot after dainty meare; for fuch longing effeminates the mimic en- gender. and feeds pailion, and makes way tohardneffeof heart ; Sobriety in receiving them, for the firengthening ofnature, and notto the dulling of our fpirits. For faith raifeth the heart to more fpirituall delights, and guardeth the appetite, that it range not immoderately after fenfuall things. Thewordofgrace teacheth to live foberly, and faith receiving this word worketh fobrietie in earthly thing, refrefhing the foule with fpirituall fweetnefl'es, and watching again{} intemperate cheri- things, that theywinnenot ground. As a man, thatbath tooke in the talle of the bell creatures, cannot forth-with feedon that which is courfe,meane,na way tobe compa- red fo a Chriflian, whoby faithhath tailed the loveof God,which isbetter then wine,the comforts oftheword, which are fweeter then honey to the mouth,he cannot af- feel (as fometimes beforehe did) thole fenfuall delights, which carnali men (who knowno better) followwith greedineffe.Ifearthly delights creepe uponus,it is became the exercife offaith isnegletied,which mull confcionably be renewedagaine. Moreover,a Chriflian believercomes tohis Tablewith an holy Jealoufie, remembring that a fnare is laid for him in every creature. Sathan is acunning fowler, who bath his baits laid fecretly to catch us, where we leall fufpeel. The Snake lurketh in the fairell :gaffe : and the moil dan- gerouagrins are fet inourlawfìzll liberties. And through neglel tokeepe up our watch,thefe ofttake,when others mime. More perifh through the abufe ofthings lawfull, then by the praetifc of what is limply unlaw full. They ate 365 5. Titus.2.1 T. Cant.l,a. Pia', I 19,7z, 103. Pfa1.36 9, Jer.; 1.1}. Pïa1.63.},6.
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