comfortable walking withGed. 28 i ground in the world, but onely from the gall of graceleflè men : yet Iet all thofe that truely feare God, take heede how they give It'd occafîon thereunto. Affredly it were farre better for him, whofbever heebe, that a miliflone were han- ged about his necke, and he were drowned in the depth of the Sea ; than that by the continuanceofhis cruell anduncon Ici- unable dealings in the world, he fhould minifler jufl occafìon to any rayling BabJ 24h, to revile the fervants of the Li- ving God, or to Hander that holy Profeffion. thinkes, this one prefervative fhould be powerfull. encugh, tokeepe - the heart ofevery Chriflian from dotingUpon thewcrld, or fuffering it tobe poffifl'ed thereof. It is this : Every Chrifli- an by a fruitfull faith, may be affnred of a Crowne of Life, either byaffurance ofadherence, orevidence ; or both. Now ifbut once a day hee fhould take a ferions furvay ofthe glo- ry, everlaflingneflr, andunutterable excellencies of that Im- mortal Crowne ; me thinkes it wereable fo todull the edges anddiffolve the droiinefle of all earthly delires; that they fhould never more be able to heave, or hardenhis heart with immoderate or delightfiill repofe upon the vexing vanitiesof any worldly thing. I fay itagaine; Me thinkes, if a man doe but once a daycart theeye of his Faith upon that Crowne of life ; which our deare redeemerholds for us in his hand,ready to let upon our heads when wee fhall be diffolved from this valeofteases ; the goodly glory thereof fhould beable to di f- pell thefe millsof fading vanities, and hurtfull fumes of ho- nours, riches, andearthlypleafures ; which this great dung- hill of the World, heatedby the fire ofinens inordinate lulls, doth evaporate and interpole betwixt the light oftheir Ibules, and the blifl-e of Heaven. World'lineffe, earthlimindedneffèe, covetonfiieffe, loth infinitely unbecome an heire of Heaven. Be fired then, and frighted from all inclinationsand bent that way, by lochcon. liderationsas thefe : 1. Itisa mofi bale and dunghill diflemper, which eates up,not onelyall Religion and horsefly, manlittefi"e and rea- fon, naturall affection anddifcretion 5 but even humanity al- fo..
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