By theprofs ofChrift. 47 as they are under the commandof Reafon andWill, do not feel them as evils to the foul , (fo far as he is fanetified.) Still ob- ferve that I fpeakof worldly things, as feparated fromGod, in whom only they aregood, and in refpeet to him only the abfence of them is evil to the foul. And there is fomewhat of the PAL ons that bodily fente can force, perhaps in an innocent e.4dam ; But I fpeak onlyof that paflion which Reafon Ibould command. And fo, it is not enough that our Care and Grief for worldly things be lefs then that for the things of God. Though that much may prove ourfincerity(ofwhich more anon)yet that is not all that is our duty. But we fhould have no care or Rationall vo- luntary grief for anycreature,but only as it is a Means to God,& flandeth in a due fubordination to him:and fo we may have both. 4. Having (hewed you what e.9ffeCiiins are Crucified to the world, in the laft place I add, that Oar inordinate labour for it, muff be Crucified. Chri($ is as plain and peremptory in this, as in the former, not only commanding us to [ Seekftrfl the Kingdom of God and his righteoufnefr, ] Mat. 6. 33. but all() , [ Not to labourfor the meat that perilheth but for the meat that enduretb to everlafling life, which the Son willgive w4,1 John6.27. which is not only to beunderflood that our labour for earth fhouid be lefs then our Labour for heaven, and fo comparatively none at all ; but further , that as we muff have no Love or Dejire to the creature for it fell, but ultimately for God , fo we fhould not at all Seek or Labour for the creature for it felf, but ultimate- ly for God ; and therefore Seek and Labour for it no further then the End requireth ; that is, no further then it is neceffary to the Pleating of God, or to our fruition of him. This is the true and plain meaning of luch Texts. Aman that is truly Dead to the world, Both Labour for God andnot for the world (according to the meafure of his mortifi- cation) in all that he doth. If he be plowing, or lowing or reaping, or threfhing ; if he be working at his trade in his (hop, it is God that he is feeking and labouring for. He doth not flop or take up in the creature. He leeks it fhll but as a Means to God. But an unfandified man doth never truly Peek God for himfelf at aPl, nonot in his worfhip, much lefs in his trade and calling in the world. For God is not his ultimate End ; and therefore he cannot Love him or Seek. him for himfelf. It is fiefhr
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