The Cm·e of CovetorifiJejs. admitted to fee things fpirimal face to face. They are_ the provender of our ~odics; our travelling furniture and helps; our Inns, and fOlacing company in the way; they ar~ (?me ofGods Love-J:o– I<ens ~fame of the ldfcr pieces of his Coin, and bear his Image and fupcrfcnptlon; They are drops from the Rivers of the eternal plcafmes ;· w tdl the mind by the way of the fenfes how good the Donor is, and how amiable; and wflat"higher Delights there arc tor fOuls.;. and to. point us to tbe better things which thcfc foretell: They are meffcngcrs fro1~ Heaven t.o tdl!he o~a F:rhers Clr.e and Jovc, and (Q bcfpcak OUT thankfulucfs, love and dUly ) and tO lJ~ar Wltnefs ~gamfi fm, and bu1d US fafier to obedience: They ne the fir(\: Volume6f the \Vord of God : The hrt\ Book rhat man wa,s f~:t to read, to acquaint him fully with his Maker : As the \•Vord which wr: read and hear is the_Chariot of the Spirit, by which it makerh its acceffes to the foul ; Co the delights of tight, a~d rafi:e, and fmtll, and "ro'uch, and hearing were appointed as an ordinary way for the Cpeedy acceis of heavenly love and fwe~mefs to the Heart, that upon the tirfi: perception of the goodmfs and fweetnefs of the creature, there might prefently be tranfmined by a .due progreffion, or deep imprefficin of the goodnefs of God upon the foul: That the creature beinp the Letters of Gods Book, which are feen by our eye, the fcnfc (even the Love of our great CreatOr ) rnight prcfen\IY be perceived by the mind : and no letter might once be lookt upon but for the fcn~c: no creature ever feen, or tafted, or heard, or felt in any deltChbie quality, without a {(.nfe of the Love of God : That as the touch of the hand upon the flrings of the Lure do caufc the melody, fo Gods touch by his mercies upon our hearts, ·might prefently tune them into Love, and Gratitude, and Praife. They are the Tools by which we mull: do much of oUr Mafiers work: Thty are means by which we may refrefh our bre– thren, and exprefs our love to c.ne another, and our love · to our Lord and Mafier in his fervants: They afc our Mafiers Hock which we mull trade with, by the improvement of whic;h, no lefs than the Reward of endltfs Happincfs may be attained. Thcfe are the Ufcs to which God gives us outward mercies. Love th('m thM, and Delight in them, and Ufe them thM, and fpare not: yea, feek Evenl:tyoni{tus them thur, <~nd be thankful fOr them. But when the creatures arc given for fo excellent a ufe, will the Tyrant you deba[c them all by making them only the fuell of your luils, and the pr?vifions for your fl~01 ? was ~Ol~miful And will you love them and dote upon them in thefc bafc refpccts; whilt: you ucterly neglect their t~Pb,_lOi;• 11ohleft u[c? You are juii like children that crf for Books, a11d ·can never have enouw; but its only ~~l;t~ ·he ;ave to play with thtm becau[c they arc fine; but when they are fet ro learn and read them, they cry as abo\'c four– much becauft:: they love it not: Or like one that fhould fpend his life and labour in getting the fcore T~lcnrs, finefi clothes,· lO d.refs his Dogs and Hor[es with, but himlelf goeth naked and will not wear ~:~~·a:~~Pia~ them. mucb to Atiflippus ;2nd · many more , and he oJJ:d much many Philofophers that r~fufed ir.1 And fo did crajHI. 9· 33· Direct. 12• Rrnu~mbcr that God bath promifcd to prtJvide for you, ~nd tb:tt you jhJU want Diretl. 12· nothing tb.tt i1 (,(lod for you, if you n·ill live above tbcfe worldly thingr, and feel{_ ftrjt hU Ki11gdom, aJJd tbe"righte~,uJueji thereof. And cannot you tr;ifl: his promife? If you truly believe that he is God, Matth.to. 3,0; and that he is uut>, and that his particular providence cxtendech to the very numbring of your lu1-,e 1:.. 1· hairs, you will (urc trufi him ratherrhan truti to your own forccall and induftry. Do you think his provifion is nOt better for you than your own? All your own care cannot keep you alive an hour, 110r cannot profpt:r any of your labours, if you provoke him to blafi them. And if you arc not content wirh his proviiions, nor fubmit your felves to the difpofals of his love and wifdom, you difobligc God, and provoke him to leave you to the fruits of your own care and diligence: And then you will find that it had been your wifcr way to have tru!\:ed God. 9· 34· Direct. 13· 1'hinl(of:cn on the dreadful importance aJtd effeGiJ of the Love of RiBher, or a DirdJ. 13 • wurldty mind. I· le is a moH certain fign of a (\ace of death and mifery where it hath ~he upper The m&luef~ hand. lt is the departing c;l the beart from God to creatures: See the malignity of it before. Good ::;orIdly look upon the f:~ce of thc_cabmitl'"lus world, and tnquirc into .the caufcs of all the opprdlions, rapines·, cruehies, :wd i 1 1humanity which hue made men fo hke to Devib .: Look into the corruptetl , Ltccr.l:ed Churches, .and enquire into the caufe of their con– tentions, dtvi!ioru., ufurpatiom, m:.ltgniry, .and crudty agamft carh other : And you will find that P.rid~ .al'ld wor/dli,!tfs arc the C~ufcs of all. \~hen men ~f :t .Pro11d .and worldly mmd l1:1ve by f;aud, and fuend0.1ip, and Simony Ufurped rhe PaClodl1tp of the Churches, acconhnJ 10 thetr Muds and Eri~$. tiky turn tt into a Ma·ignant Dommltion, and theCJtntll 1l'OTldlJp:lrt ofrheChurch> is .the gr~at enemy and Perfecut~r of the fpmr~tal par~; a~d the fltfh_Jy H;poctiu, as ~~in againfi Abel, is filled envy a~1infi the fmo!tf b~luvtr, even out of the bmer d,fpielfure of Jus ffill<d, that h1s deceitful S::tmfice 1s lefs rcfpected : Wh::t o''ctoulncfs bath done to th: advance~ent of the pretende~t Holy Catho!ick Church of Romt, t will give you now, but in the words of :mAbbot and Chron~cler of thetr own, Abb.u u.fpergmj. C/uoa. p. p 1. Vix reiuanfit al1quii Epifcor:nus, five dignitas Ecclefi::tflica, vel eti~ :.tm Parochuhs Ecc!e!i:e, qu<e r~1 fie1et lirigiofa, & Ronum deduceretur ipfa caufa, fed uon nunu vuua.· G::tude m:uer nofiu Roma, qu~n::m~ aperi_u~tur C:ltar:1~:e thefaurorum i:l te1ra, ut ad tc conflulnt rivi & aggeres nummoiUm in magna copia. l;r:... t.uc fuper 1mqunare hltorum hom1num ) quom:.m m recompcnf:i\icncm r:mtorum malorum, ,datur tibi precium. Jocuudllrc fuper adju:rice. ma difcord~a.; quia ~rupit de p~teo infe~nalis abyffi, ut .accumul_enrur tibi mu~t~ pe_cunia:um przmia. Habes quod femper fitJfll j dec:.nt:t Canttcum, (jUt a p~r mal1tr:.m hom1man noA per tmm Rcligt.onem, orbem VJC!ll:!. Ad ce traltic homines, non ipforum de~·qno, aut pura. Conf~!CntJa, fed fcelerum mult1phdum perpetrario, & htium dccifio, prccio compar.ua. Fo !mt· Galindas fp~a~mg of Po~e Paul ~he fi_ftb, his .lo"ll,e to tt:e lefuiccsJor helpi1:g him to m?n.ey, f:~i~h Adeo prxflat ~cquirendarum pecunt~rum quam _:~mm~rum lh:d10~Unt & pemum cfl~, a\~ttd 11los , ~u.s cum .am~n~rum .Chnlh [.ln~?,ume redcmp1 ;;r; 1 um, iu fe cuum recepennt, yr! _qu1d amma Gt n~f~Ztur~~, \d. n?n _rlnr~s annnam homm1~ quam y1fCJS. faet~ut : quo~ credo fuum officium P1fcanun (}UCnd~m efie al.'q?and~ _per Hr~pttum IOludJc~m_s · qu1bus propcen·a grauor fuern, qut Amm;lm aur1 cum ~:lrac~lf3 > qu~m .anioutu ~axom.E Elctiorts J!l'iCmfre nuntret. Area/f.. SoCJ. Jtfll. pag. 46. z.t;.e ibid. Mlrua. [ecru. dt Jefuitarllln putxi. · Et Joh._sa:ifbllr. l. 1· c.:u. dt Mnf!cb. Pot~mi_orcs ~ ditiom f1vore vel mcrcede rccepta facilius ( abfolutione) excner3nt, & peccans_a.lre~ls_h~m.eros fuppo~ent.ts., .JUb~n~ ab,rc mtumcas Se y~fics p'!ilas, quicquid ilH fc commHilfe deplor~nt--Si eis t.blcq_1.1;: r·s, Rebg1onu lfiUmcu~, & \·~maus d1cens tmpugn?-to~~ men
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