540 Chap. 3 r. An Expofition upon the Book! of J o a. Verf,z5._ world, foule and uncleane. Theworld is corrupt, and it corrupts thofe who luft after it (z 'Pet. r. 4.) They who re oyce rriuoh in the world tuft after it, and inch cannot efcape the corruption that is in the ovorld through !tiff. Fourthly, joyover-ailedupon the world, deads the heart to all fpirituall ac`tings and quencheth the Spirit. The fire ofworld- ly joy is as water call upon the holy Spirit, and uponour graces ; O how deadly cold is the heart of a man to heavenly things when once he isheated with rejoycings about the things of the earth I Fifthly, Immoderate Joy about earth!y things alwayes con. dudes in diffatisfaáion, often in vexation; The world at heft is not good enough, and at molt is not bigge enough to fill or fatif- fie the mindeofrnan ; And ftili the greater our expeFtations are from the world, (they who rejoyce much in ir, expea molt from it, now I fay, the greater our expetarionsare) the greater are our difappoyntments; Nothing vexeth more then dtfappoynt- ment; and they are meû vexed with di!appoentments about the world,who have rejoyced molt in it.So thatwe mutt tag of world- ly Joy as Solomon cloth ( Pro. 14 13.) Even in Inch laughter the heart id forrorvfull, or if not, jet the end of that mirth is heevi- neife. But fome may fay, how then fba!I we order our Joy ? I will anfwer this querte ; Firft, with refprft to thofe who have more then wealth to reoyce in, Secondly, to thofe who have nothing but wealth to rejoycein. To thole who have more then wealth to rej yce in, that is, to godly men,who are begotten agtine unto N lively hrpe by the refur- rellion of Chrifi from the dead, toan inheritance incorruptible and undefiled, to all fuch I fay, ter your joy about corporal! and tem- porali things lead yf.0 to rej.,vice in chore things which are fpiri- tualt and eternal!. T- ke occalion fÒra your great wealth (if your lot be'there ) to -e`ot ce in better and greater things then wealth. The belt improvement of the creature is, to make it a itaire or a ladder to afcend up to God by. And to get a fenceof better things th=n the earth hash any, is the heft ore we can make of the good, of the heft things we find on earth. Therefore as Chritt laid to chafe whom he perceaved over- fearing the evilts of this life, Z rail! Phewjonwhom jan /haltfeare, fears him, whowhen hes
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