Part If;. r:t!'Saint or aBrutt;< 35' j ' to leave yourJenjuPll pleafures ? What will you do whenGcknefs makes you weary of them? Weary of your meat, and drink.,, and bed ; weary to hear talk of that which now doth fee mfo fweet ? · and to fay, Ihave no pleafure in them ? Cannot .you fpare your friends, your fport s, your br.avery, your wealeh and och~r.carnal accommodations? What wdl you fay of them, when pam dif– £raceth them, and convinceth yoa of rheir infufficiency to fiand you in any fiead ? Thefe t hings th;lt yGu are now fo lorh to leave, may fhortly become fuch a load to your fouls, as undigeilcd meat to the fiomack that is Gck, that you can have no eafe till you have cafi them off. Away therefore with thefe lufc!ous Vani ties betime, which vi- · ti.ate your appetites, and put them out of relli!h with the things . that are truly pleafant •. Q .what a fhame it is to hear a man fay [I fhall never endure fo godly, and fpiritual, and O:ri8; a life; l when be can endureana take pleafure in a life of fin 1You may wifelyer: · lie down in the dunghill or the ditch and fay , [I£hall never en. dure a cleaner place ; J, or feed on carrien, and fay, [I !hall ne- – ver endure a cleaner dyer; ]or accompany only wich enemies · and wild beafl:s ·, and fay [ 1 iliall never endure the company of my friend§. J What! is God worfe then tbe creature, and Heaven ' then earth ~ and fo much worfe, as -not to be endured in yo1:1r · thoughrs and affections in comparifon of them ? You will never · know your friends till you forfake thefe der;eivers ! Nor ever · know the Pleafures of a Holy life, till you will lei: go the poyfon- · ous Pleafures of fin : At:Jd then you may find that Sand:tfication : deftroyeth 1t1ot, bat ch.mgetb and receveretb· your De/iffhts: and give rh you fafety for the greatefr peril, health for fickntrs, friends . for enemies, gold for drofs, }ife for death, and the forc-tafis of · Refi for tiring vexation. . ;2.. ·· THE fecoml fort that are hence to be Reproved , are, . . Thofe weal( and troubleJ. /erv.mtnf 'the Lord, that l£ve ~[a~dly aLif they j9und.more g~ief. then pleafurc in ·the wayes of Indee.d it is to be lamented .that few of the heirs of life do live · a.ccording t? the happinefs·and dignity.0f their Calling; nor are the great thmgs-that God bath done tor them fo <ipparent in the ~~~e~!~l~~f~ ~nd comforcs•.of their. live$-as they fuould be: But . - --·-- -- -- . -- - · - -· - -- · · fom\; .:: . -- •
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