Oftheright vfe ofbonours,riches,andpleafure:. 185 ourpilgrimage, anddelring to hauean end ofour mtferies,wee fould refolue toreturne intoour crone countrie ;for whichpur- pofe wee /hauld haueneed to vfe either fhips orwaggons, thatfo )bee might come toour countrie,which wee were to enioy : but if now thefweetnes and pleafantnes of the Tourney, andour riding in the chariot,Jhouldfodelight os,thatweefl,ould beginto enioy theft things,\bhich we ought only to oft, ?ceìbouldnotmake any Eta/ie to end our journey; and being intangledwith this outward fweetnet,our mindes would bealienatedfrom cur countrie,whofe triteandfolid delight, would make vs happie :fo being pilçrimes andexiles from God in this mortalllife, if *re will returne in- toour countrie whereweemay bee bleffed, wee muffonlyvfe this worldandnot enjoy it,thatweemay behold the inerifible things of God inour onderflandings,by chofe creatures which arevi,6ble, thatfoafter the vfe ofcorporali and temporall things, wee may attaine onto the fruition ofthófewhich are flsirieuall andeter_ null. Towhich purpofc alto he faith elfewhère : Iam not - o et;gnero norant that f uite uoffuition,vfeofv find ;and that thisd :- gradpeeoriè rence is betweenthem,that we arefetid to enioy that thing,'rhich /reüus fuen. isnot referredtoanother,but delightethvsforit clinefake; and vtue,nzjits s f to v f e that tbin g whichhde f rod f oranother: and therefore táue.decinir, are rather tovfe temporall things then to enjoy them ; thatfowe deLli i, t t. may obtame thole things whichare eternal!: andnot to be Of cap.sy. chofeperuerfemen, who willenioy theirgold, and ofe their god; becau/e they doe not beflo.v their moneyfor Godsfake., but only wortip Godfor their moniesfalle. And thusare we tovfe thefe earthly things both in refpea 4 setrf.. ofour eaimation in iudgement,and affeaion, in louing and rho,n:muß defiling them, and accordingly muff ourpraóìife alfobe in fi,Jlfeeke ¡pi_ Peeking them :for feting they are to be bafely valued, and ritual! andbees- coldly loued,in companion offpirituall &hcauenly things, ávi th Z thereofit all() followet,r,that in refpedf ofthefé,they are to iythin stntbe be flackly followed and fought after in our pra6fife, and toll plate. thole things chiefly,and in the firff place to belaboured for, that areofa muchmore excellent nature, which being in- ioyed will make vs truly blefíed. For as inworldly things, fuch as are effcemed of great value arefought after in the firfc place,andchofe which are of meaneworth, are put off to
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