"-' ... . ·~·· .. . felfe~inrir;hir;g txt~mination. ] 161 the .Ioffe .of frien~s! and £htime ~f reputation,- fo -})'---...-..........._,__ chat hee may.fwm.dhly waUowm the foule attd ! brnti!h p1eafures of uncleanneffe.. Thus every un- 1 · r~generate and earthly-minded man is ever wedded unto the world in one curfed vanity or other) untill he be even rentfrom it by thepower offa- . v~ngfaith: In which if he be oncemainly croft, he . is prefent lyeut oftheworld, at his wits end.,. and wtrhoot allcomfurt. If the covetousman bee tur– nedoncofhis treafures,how neare is he toadefpe- . racepbrenfie,or fomeaccurfed end~ If the·proud ' afp1rer b~e firirt of his honours and offices, and thrown fromhishighp·Jace,howweary is heofthe wodd- ~ howprodig-all ~fhis life ?howimpatient of the tompa"Qy ofmen ?Infinite·are l;he,wa}r-es, vanides,.ctndcrookedby-paths~ ]nwhichwretched m~neyre themfelves invaine. They fweat in fin– full courfes, and are fafi g~ued to the mire aoo mud of theearth, becaufethey want afound a:ffur.tnce by Caving faith>ofbetter things in the world rp coine. Butifa inanbeonceby faith perfwaded of Gods favour,'and have his eyes opened to fee what gre-at variety.ofholy ·and heavenly delights may be enjoyed in the frate ofChrifiianity: in compa– rifon of the mofr glorious revelling of the rkhefr · worldling ; if.hee be once fonndly and favmgly . aiftued, that after a fewdayes of vanitie}andan inchofmiferab1e time, he.flialllive everlafiingly wirhGod, the·holyAngels~ ·and·blelfed Sai~ts,an& ; in th~t fiate, and-in cho(e (acred manfions, where · - nothing@ut lightandbleffed'immonality, nofPa– . dow for·matter ofteares,difconteurments;griefes~ N - · and . ' l'··· · .. ' < ,....,...._..,.,.._. ________ ..;__~------ ··'
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