I I 'The Saints "· anduncomfortable pall1ons eoworke l,lpotr; but all joy, trClnquility andpea.~~, ev.eQ fot ev~r an4ever · · cloth dwell; I fayif he beoace thris peifwaded and a[ured, howwi-llingly dorh he bid the world fare– well ?How refd1mely doth he cafr out of his at.' ·. fed:ions all greedy thought~~ and ~xceffive defires ofearthand earthLy treafures?Howclearlydoth he fee and .ackuowl.edge that all things here ate trttnu· tory,, vaine, and((:o-Je flitting away"?If heoncefafien theeyeofhis minde,-'inHghm~dJtith the fa– credb~ameofa.n holy and Caving fa.itlr) upo.n the, nnval.uable predoufne[e, and everlalUng ,b~aucy . of theCrowrt<e ofglory; it-is not theglift:el'in.gof · Gold, the fplet:1dourofprinaeJy thrones,thr.gl9- _rrof th~whole-wodd~ taaafrergivehim~ny trqe 1 comfort, and found cont:enrnienc : Fortllenhe is - as Eagle-minded, as he is Eagle-eyed,) and for.es: aloft in hismeditations rowards·theSonne ofrigh~ teoufnef.fe, aod feafb al-ready upon tho!e endldfc_ plea(ures· at Gods right hand. He fulfers no more his hope andaffeetioms t Q fioope fo low, as to feiz~ upon the ffic:s &f thts world ; or the wide capacity ·ofhis friule to be filledwithwind, and emptinetre of worldly vat)iries. Then O!Jely~re wewillingne £hake hands wirh the world~ w·hen by, the handof faithwe,have laid 'hQldupon the joyesof Heaven. Theeighth . " ' 8. Eighth:y,thecQDflictbetweene thef?irirand , ;=eof(avmg : rheflef;h, is a notable m:lrke of Cavingf~ith. Un· : · .fanctihl!omen are for the moll part meere firan– . ~ers to the troubJes of conh:ienee. Saran like a mightyGianr,.andan imperious tyrant,keeps them inhis chai_pes.>- withoat.anygreat noife·or ftirfe, , · ' without
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