sif Gererall direitiont for A lent, delicious, or amiable. For exorbitancy and err this rtrt his,. waybrings many tittles, r. A toT of the thing fodoted up- on. 2. Sometimea croffe. 3. Ever a curfe. I. For the frlt; our righteous and holy God, when bee feesthe currentofhis creatures affeE1ions tobe carried inor- dinately and prepoflerouf}y from the Forzataine of living waters, uponbroken Ciflernes that can hold none ;from the bottomieffe treafury of all fweetefl beauties, deareft excel. lenciea, amiable delights, upon painted fhadowes ;from the .. Rocke ofeternitie, upona ffaffe of Reede;l meane, from the Creator, upon thecreature ; he wifelyand feafonably in the equitie of hisft./Rice , and outof the jealoufie of his owne Ghory takes away that earthly Idoll, that the occafion of fach irregular affe&ion removed, heçmaydraw the heart, in whichhe principally takes pleaftre, to his owne glorious Selfe, theonely Load-ftarreofall fan&ified love, and bound - leffe Oceanofhappineffe andblifie. May, it may be faid in the fweetneffe ofhis mercyalto, when he feesus diftrated, and as it were defperately mad with making too much of any tranfitory thing, fo that our mindedoth Rill runneand reft uponit, as our onelyheavenupon earth ; Hee fnatches the edge-toole out ofour hands, left wee make away our felves fpiritually ; and withdrawes the beloved vanitie from beforeour eyes, left we grow ftarkeblinde in themyfteries ofFaith, and matters of Heaven, by too much gazing upon the fadingbeautyofany baferearthly obje&. Thus: the immoderate partiall affection of Patents, may becomemany timesoccaf onall and acceffary to the untime- ly taking away of a fweete, faire, and towardly childe. Wherebyour gracious God ¡Wily intimates untb them their intolerable unthankefulnef*of his mercy, and extreme in- dignitie to his Majeftie, in wickedlypreferring intheir love, AMU=before theirCreator, and mercifully teaches them, that theflowre and fervour oftheir heft and deareft áffe&ion isonely due, and íhould be wholly devoted to thegreatefl good,God himfelfe, and thofe trueft, unutterable, ever-du. slugdeli-ghrrpreparedfor theBleífeda inbis Wordhers, and ors.
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