46 4 A Dìfcottrfeof true happáneße. foure or five inthe high branches. In thatlitt'le people, his childrenare but as the firfl fruits : fo thateven in I fael they are become as monflers and fpeóacles ofamazement. Then fo it is indeed,that a man drawn out of the darkenefle ofthis . world,and illightenedwith grace,is like a flarre new created in the skie, that drawes all the world to gaze upon it. Nay, & he draws not only the eies ofmenupon hirn, but is an eìe- fore unto them. For thus fpeaketh the wickedof the righte- ous man ; Wifd.2.15.16. ftgrieveth au alfo to loo upon hire, for his life is not like ether mens : his wayes areofanotherfafhion. Hecount eth to as baf4ards,andhe withdrareethhimflfefromour wayesasfromfilthinefe, heéorunoendethgreatly the latter eagle thejuji,and boa f eththat God is his Father. Fourthly, the formali hypocrite is well pleafed with his prefent flare, and very unwilling to embrace more forward- neffe; becaufeit is commonly thought, that the &late ofa. true Chriflian indeed, is a life full of uncomfortabieneffe, melancholy, auflerity, and fadneffe. The heart ofman is na- turally` greedyof joy and contentment, and is-either weake- ly or flrongly refreihed,according to the vanity or foundnes of the comfort in which it repofeth, but it mutt either enjoy it in Ionickind and rneafure, or it will wafie and confume it felfe. Hence it is,that thofe whowant inwardand fpirituall joy, ariung from the teflimony of a good confcience, from an aflùrance of remiffion of their finnes and the favour of God, hunt after worldly'contentments and carnali joyes. At home in their owne hearts they finde little comfort, rather much terrcur, iftheir confcierices awake; and therefore they feeke to refrefh themfelves amid their treafures,honours,and fports; as Playes, in Tavernes, with merry company, and manyother filch miferable comforters ; nay, they had rather be rieceffarily imployed then folitarie, not fo much to avoid idleneffe as bitings ofconfeience. Yea,fome had rather ceafe to be men, then that their confèiences fhould awake upon- them; and therefore. they labour to keepe it afeepe, and to drowne farrow for finne, with powring inof ltrongdrinke. But let themTooke unto it, thoughitgoe domepleafantly;yet fecretly
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