Sinful Low f>i(co1Jered. 319 ~. 20 • DireCt. 16. Set Chrift contimcaUy hefort you tU yoHr pattern, whu caUcth you to learn of him Dirtfr. 16. to be n;cel;_ and lowly: Matth. Il· 29. Who defired not the wealth or glory of the world : who loved his own that were in tbe world, but loved not the things of the world: who never was lifted up or fin~ :2~J~~:~, fullv can down; who never de[pifed, or mvied man, nor never feared m:m : whonever was ovtr-mtr~ lf:t. 53 . ry Or over-f.zd : who being*rcviitd, reviled not again ; but was dumb as a lamb before·the Chearers. §. 2 1 • Direct. 17· Keep M far from all occafions ofyour P'ffions M other duties wi_U aU~w you: .-:tnd Direfl• . 17• contrive your affairs and occafion~ into ar gre.se~ an oppofiti?n af nuy be to tbe.t~mptatzon. Run not mto temptation if you would be.drlzvered from evzl: Much m1ght be done by a W1lhog prudent man, by the very ordering of his affairs: God and S.1tan wor~s by means: let the mean~ the~ be regar.de~. 9: 22 . Direct. 18. Have a due care of your budzCJ, that UIJ diftempr:r be cherifhed tn them, whz.cb ca'IC{ctb Direll. 1 8. the dif!e"i/.er of the foul. Paffions have a very great dependance on the temperament of the body : And much of the cure o( them licth (when it is poOible ) in the bodyes emendation. . §. 23. Direct. 19· 1urH aU ) !JUr paffionJ into the right cb.md, anti mak.f them aU Holy, ttfi;zg them for DireO. Ii, God :tpon tl!egrearejt_ tbiJtgt. This is t~e true cure : The bare reHraint of them is but a palliate cure ; like the eafmg of pam by a dofe of opzum. Cure the fear of man, by the fear of God, and the Love of the creature, by the Lttve of God, and the c.lrfl for the body,,by c..zr'ing for the fOul, and earthly flelh· ly defires and delights, by fpiritztal dejires and drlightJ, and woridly Corrow, by profitable godly iorrow. · §. 2+· Direct. zo. Controul,the tjftl:IJ, a;zd fnt[lrate }'Ottr p3ffiom of what tbty would have; and tlJat DireQ. 20o will ere long dtjfroy the c.zufi. Crofs your (elves of the things which carnal Love an~ defi~e would have: : .._ Forbear the things which carnal mirth or anger would provoke you to, and the tire wtll go ou~ for want of fcwel. ( Of which more in the particulars ). Tit. 2. f>ireCliom againft Jinfi•l Lo1Je of Creatures. 9· •· LOve is the Mafter Paffion of the foul, bccaufc it bath the chirfcjl Objc[/, even Goodnefi which So/us A~or _ is the ~b)eel of the wiU: A_n~ fimple Love is n_o~hing but Compl~cenci_e, which is norhi_ng ~:',~~~o~;~t(:m but the hmple Volm.on of Good; And tt IS a PajJionate Volztzon or Compl11cencu whtch we call the Paffirm nu.lum. Pwtt of Love. When this is Good and when its jinful I fhewed before: But yet becaufe the one half of rhe S"li,tr.1hrf. cure here licth in the conviliion, and it is {0 hard a thing to make any Lover perceive a finfultncfs in his p. 7u. Love, I fhall firU help you in the tryal of your Love, to 01ew the finfullncfs "of it : when I have fir!! nan1ed rhe objelis of it. , · . 9· 2· Any creature which feemeth Good to us, may potlibly be the objcCl: of jinful Love: As Honor, G1earnefs, authority, praifes, money, houfes, lands, caule 1 meat, drink, fleep, apparel, fports, friends, relations, and life it felf. As for Lujlful Lgve I fhall fpeak of it anon. Helps for difiovering of jinful Love. 9· 3: Dir:Cl:· •· M•~ Gods intmft :and IJis wo,.d ;he jlandard to j~tdge of all a!fr[/iolls by. That Oire{l. i. wluch u agamjt the Lri4 eof God, and would abate or hznder tt, ye;~ whJcb dotl> not dtrtflly or indirtftly unrl to further it, is cert11inly a finful Lovt : And fo is all that is againft his word. 1-'or the Love of God is our final arr upon our ultimate end, and therefore all that tends not to it, is a fin againfi our very end, and fo againfi our nature and the ufe of our faculties. §. 4· DireCt. 2· Therefore whatever creature i1 Lovedultimately for it [elf, and 11otjor a higher md, v· a tvtn f or God, his{trvict, bi1 honour, hi1 rdationto it, or hi1 exceUencie appe::ring in it, i1 finfu!ly loved. zre • 2 • J:~or it is made our God, when it is Loved ultimately for it [elf. ~· 5· Diretl. 3· Su[PcU all Love lo creatu~eJ whic!J is. v_cry jfrong and ~i.olent, a1zd eafily k]n,Uied, and Direfr. j• hardly moderated 9r quzeud: Though you rn1ght thmk It IS for fame fpzrztual end or cxceUelcie, that you Love any perfon· or any thing, yet fufpcct it if it be fo ealie and firong : Becaufe that which is truly ·,md purely fpiritual is againfi corrupted nature, and comes from Grace which is but weak : We tind no fuch eafinefs to Love God, and foripture, and prayer, and holimji: nor are our affections fo violem to rhefe. Its well if all the fewel and blowing we can ufc will keep them alive. Its two tQ one that the fitjh and, the Devil have put in fame of their fewd ·or gunpouder, if it be fierce. , 9· 6. DircCl:. 4· Sujpe[l aD that Love which felfifhmfi a11d fiejbly-intmjl have ahand in. Is it fome D' a ~odily plea[ure and delight that )'On love fo much? Or is it a good book or other help for your fonl? m • 4• We: are fo much apter tO exceed and fin in carnal jle]hly mindednefs, than in Loving what is good for our fouls, that there we fhould be much more fufpicious : If it be violent and for the body its ten to one there is fin in it. . · , . ~· 7· Direct. 5· Sufpe[l aU that Love to crcaturer whicb your Reajim ea~~ give no good ttccoimt of, nor iJirefJ, 5i jhew you a juffifiable caufe. If you Love one place or pcrfon tr.uch more than others, and k.Jwrv not n:by, b_ut Love them becaufe you cann~t choofe,, this is much to be iUJpectcd : Though God may fiHnetlme kmdle a fecret Love between fnends, from an unexprellibie unity or fimllitude of minds, bcUu z yond
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