X20 Chap. 31. .fin'Exparition upon, the Rook of Jo B. Vcrf.24 fsgnifies ) at whichwe fhoote and level all our d fires and endea- vours. But worldly, men ( who are the oppolltes to we in the text) they lookeat the things which are feene, and -they !coke chiefly at than ; as for the things that. arenotfrene, they know not what tomake of them. Godly men bave their eye upon in- vüìbles, they expect not their happinefs in this world, butin that which is to come( Cor. t y. r 9.)1 f in tbie life only we hove hope in Chri(1, woe are ofall men era fl miferable. Howmiferable then are theywho make the things of this life their hope ! who looke for nothing but what the eye of fence or carnal rcafon may looke upon! how many are there, v, ho if they may have gold and fi}- ver enougb,houfes and lands enough,then they thinke they Thal! have enough. Though indeedwhen they have as much as they at prefent delire, themouth ofdelre is not ftopt, nor doe their hearts fay, ft is enough. Secondly , note. To makególd our hope it exceeding ófull. As every man who hathin him a real! hope ofglory, purifieth himfelfe from finfull as anddefires (z rob. 3.3. ) fohe purifi- eth himlelfe from this. hope. The hope which we have of hea- venly things is pure and it purifieth us but thehope,of earthly things is ufually impure, and to make earthly things our hone cannot but be impure,thereforewe havegreat need to purifie our (elves from all fuch hopes. God only is to be made our hope, artd tomake him fo is both our duty and our intereft. Hope is a part of that honour and worfhipwhich is proper toGod ; and 'cis witrfhip required in the firft Commandement ; hope in God is naturalt worfhip, that worfhip which thebare ifcoveries of - God. though he had never made a law, about it calls for. The knowledgeof the' excel'ency and All. íufltciency of God com- mands us tohope in him. And to Phew how much God fhduld - be hoped for andhoped in, yea and made our hope, the Scripture more then once calls him our hope (7er. 14.8 ) O thehope of frail, the Saviour thereof in time of trouble. And as God is eke hope cf lfrael, taken collt c ively for all the peopleof God, fo he is the hope of every lfratlite` indeed. Upon this ground thePro. phet makes that deprecation (aer. 17. 17.) Be not rloÑ a terreur ointe me, thouart my Ape in the day ofavil. And therefore .`Da-
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