worldlywifedome andpolicie is tobe contemned. 87 times thefe worldly vanities, whereofwhen it faileth it felfe isvaine and to novCe? Butmuch leihedoth it helpevs to the fruitionoffpirituall ,.Sell. t 7. benefits; for,as I haue (hewed, it is a great enemie to fauing Worldlywife- knowledge,and to thegrowth ofall fanitifying graces,rna- dome bindrerfi king the feedeof the word vnfnùtfull, and the meanes of rfi ie frarttuáll beneirian of faluation vnpowerfull andvneffe&uall, when it is ioyned fits. fß - with them,yeait fopuffeth men vpwith pride, that theyne_ r.Cor.z.8.6. uer delire tovfe the meanes of their fpiritnall welfare, and though they be difeafed to the death, yet feeling not their paine,theyhauenocare ofbeing cured and recouered.And therefore one prefcrreth the knowledge which is ioyned with paine andgriefe,before this which pufireth vp; beceufe peon requireth thathealth which thisfa elling counterfeiteth; Nödubito quip andhe ismere ontohealth that de(ireth it, becavfehe that af- dolentë tementi ðcloth elfo receive. Andas it hindreth grace in this life,fo jaíæi atem qu m fimu altoglorie in the life to come;for fo wholly is it taken vp tumor lat withearthly things,that it hathno leifure to thinkeon hea. dolor poftulat; uenly; and trauellethfomuch inatehieuing worldly&fires, ui nuterne to that it hath no time to take paines in trauelling that way' which leadeth to life eternall; andhe that buleth himfelf roper Cantic. about otherbufineffe,and fetteth not one Foote forward in Serm.36.' theway,fhall neuercome to his iourneys end. So onefaith, that thisworldlywifedomehelpeth notforward to theattaining Prudentiaifta ofeternall ; fir itis wholly intent about honour,triflingpro- quafeet&eft fits in heapingvp ofwealth,and not in treafaringvp good lòorks. nonfufragatur Finally,iti, whollycenuerfant about worldly rudiments,being e d Amberad, n' fedome rather in pompousThen then in deed and truth. And Pfal. t r8 Dens. fachisall Philofophte whichfeelteth afterflranóe things, and is ignorant ofitfelfe ;feertheth the climats ofheatten,and there- gionsofthe-worldwhichprofit not,and knowethnot Godand our SæviovrChrifl. And who Teeth not this verified by daily ex- perience ?for who aremoreignorant euen in the principles ofreligion,who snore prophanely contemn the feruice of God, and all meanes of their faluation,who more negle&t prayer and preaching, and all exercifes of Chriftian reli- gion,then the great Politiciansofthe world,being fo whol- ly taken vpwith the affaires of earthly kingdonaes, that G 4 they
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