170 General directions for 4 Play-houfes, Conventicles of good fellowfhip, fìnnefulland unfeafonable fports, a thoufand kinds ofvanities and foole- ries, which are nothing but the Devils Wakes , and revel- lings ofHell. And all this little Poore carnali mirth, is pur- chafed many times withmuch flume, lofhe,miferie, beggery rottenneflêofbody, difcredit, damnation. At whatan high rate then, and withwhat eagernefle and thirft is that true, fweet,unmixed, glorious joy fpringingout of the Fountaine of comfort in an honefl andholy heart, to bee fet and fought after ? 3. Thedifferencesbetweene fpiritual.l and carnali joy : in refpe6. t. Of Laftingneffe. A fpirituall merry heart is a con- tinual! feafl, faith Sidemen, whereas 'the joy of the hypocrite ree hit for moment, lobchap. 20.5. Carnali joy is like light- ning, fpirituall like the light of the Sunne. While the Play lafts,then fènfualifts laughs;but he falls intohis dumps when all is done. TheDrunkard is merry, whileiLhee revels it a- mongft his pot- companions in the Ale- houfe; but whenhee comes home, there is many times woefull worke. Whilefi the Gamefîer is at play, he is well enough pleafed; but when hehath made away all, he is ready to make away himfelfe alto. A cunning and profperousWorldling, I confefle, by Godspermifl'ion may patch together his pleafures all his life long : but at furtheft, at death conies the deadly and ever- lafting dampe; whereas hee that walkes with God, is con- tented and comfortable all the day ; and death is the day- e Si quidarrir(ret profpernm, tads_ breake tohimof everlafling brightneflè. Carnali joy, I fay, bat apprehende_ is like lightning, a fiafh and a away; b leaves the mind in re'gurapend prr- more extreme and deeper darke efle blafls the heart and us, gnàm tenere- p tur,avolabat.Au. affeaions with fpirituall deadneffe and defolations, with b Deletatio oc- many boyling diftempers , much raging wild-fire, and un- cidit,etprateriir; quenchable thirff after fenfualitie, eartlalineffe and Epicu- vulneravlr,ct tre- ; miferumfe- y `rifine and firft or laft it is ever certainl followedwith ren- Illit cit, etabiit;infa- ting and roaringofthe fpirit , fpirituall terrours, thunders, licem rcddidit, et darkenefle and damnation. But godly joy is like the light of reliquie..AHsHß. Serál. 3.de tem7. theSunne, which though it may for a timebee overcall with clouds
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