478 How*bemay knowwbctlserl\'e'Ge efeEludij ciilléd. ns4eth him f lje the cnemieofGod. Iftherefore our loue arid affe&ions beweaned in foine goodmeafure from theworld, and fixt on fpiritua;l and heauenlie things ; ifwee ceafe tobe citizens oftheworld, andbegintohaue our conuerfttion in heaucn, from rrhencee tree Tooke for a Samieur euen the Lord IcfusChrift; and ifthe world-begin to hate andfcorne vs, thenmay we be allured ff r that wee are feuered from the world, and intertained intoGodsChurch andFamilie. -_ .Seit'.6. But here the tempter willobie61, that by this it plainely satanr rents- appeareth that weearenot yet effeáIually called nor fepara- rion anfvve- ted from the world, becaufe wee flill loue the world,af. bépe f he'e tb feáting and defiring thevaine pleafures, honours,andriches the thereof,, yeaand altolouethofe whoare meere worldlings, that he !milt and ontheother fide the world alfo loueth vs, giuingvs the vvorld, 000dcountenance and performing other duties vnto vs. For .andrhe.vuorid Che anfweringofwhich fu gef}ion wee mull diffinguifh be- :im. a g tweene ourfelues and our felues; for whilefi wecontinue in this-life wee are partlie.flefh,and partly fpirit, and as there is great enmitic betweene the fpirit and theworld, fo is there great amide betweene the world and the flefli. So fame foorth therefore as wee are fill carnall and corrupt flefh the world loueth vs, but as much as isfpirituall and regenerate, fomuch the world hatethand abhorreth. Moreover,we may generallie be confideredas rnen, ormore fpeciallyas wee are Chriflianmen ; in the firfl refpe&,theworld,that is, wicked worldlings, may loue vs for fame naturalf parts or meere morall vertues, or elfe in common humanitieas members of the fame ciuill-or politickebodie : but as we are Chriflians whohaue given our namesvnto Godand deuoted ourfelues tohisworfhip and feruice,theworld hateth-vs and our pro- .feflion,religion, and all.the fruits-and exercifes offan6tifica- tion and holineffe, fo that though inother naturall,worldly, andmeere ciuill refpecs it loueth vs, yet in regardof our re- generationand the fruites thereof it cannot indure vs, and our cornpanieand conuerfation is exceeding tedious, irke- ,,fome and vnpleafant. So on the other `fide whereas Satan .obie6teth that we loue theworld,that is, carnal worldly mc, we may anfwere,that euen.as we are regenerate, it islawfull ;tc
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