i comfortable walking withGod. 179 multitude,ancl all other petty andprivate crofíes : but &tow him downe from his high place ; turne himout ofhis offices and honours ; andhowweary he is of the orid? how irke. Tome to himfelfe ? how prodigals of his life ? how impatient ofthe company ofmen ? While the wanton wallowes in the -brutifh pleafures of his abominable filth; hee bores well enough away the weakeningof his body, thewatlingof his goods, the fhame ofhis finne,lore offriends, ftaineofretail- ration : but beate himBacke, and barre him from the houle of the f range wonean, andyou breake his heart ; banifh him from his Minion, and hee is ready tomake away him felfe. Woe, torrow,contentions,wounds without carafe, redneffe ofeyes, undoing Of wife and children, houtingat in the átreets, will well enoughdowne with the drunkard; while he maydomineere upon the Ale-bench but cut off the new wine and íirong driL:kefrom his mouth; croffe him in his fwaggering courí.;çQr!fine him fromhis good-fellowmew tings,and you take away thevery life ofhis life.Thus every unregenerateman fecures himfelfe in Comeone fenfuall Hold or other, wherein thecrown of his carnali joyconifis ; of whichbereave him, and youmall leave him joyleffe, heart- leffe,hopelef re, and helpeleffe.But take from the true Chrifli- an, 1Fit.werepoftible, bothHeaven and Earth, and all the creaturesandcon "orts of both; -.het you cannot takeaway his joy.° God is theflrengthofhit heart, andhieportionfor ever, Surey beefhalll never be moved : his heart át fix d arid belseveth in theLord. Which Pith it is fo,that fpirituail joy is Inchan unvaluable Jewell, andcarnall fo curled a vanity ;let every Chriflianbe exceedingly carefull,not to fuller the froth and filthofthisl to ftaineor leffen theglory and fweetenef eof theother.`lrue ifheonce perceive anycompanycr kind ofrecreationbegi i to kale awayhis heart from communion andcomfort in his God; let him abandon it as a canker and cut -throats; of his fpirituall happineffe; and ever prize and preferre the ¡oy of the foule, delights of Grace, refre(hings of the holy Ghoil, infinitely before all worldly pleafures, carnali
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